1 Chronicles 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel ¹  to ravage ²  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ³  the Lord watched ⁴  and relented from ⁵  his judgment. ⁶  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ⁷  Stop now!” ⁸ 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ⁹  the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 20:1

20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, ¹⁰  Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.

1 Chronicles 21:12

21:12 three ¹¹  years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, ¹²  or three days being struck down by the Lord, during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord’s messenger will destroy throughout Israel’s territory.’ ¹³  Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”

¹ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16-17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.

² tn Or “destroy.”

³ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

⁴ tn Or “saw.”

⁵ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

⁶ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

⁷ tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

⁸ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

⁹ tn In the parallel text in 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (’aravna’, “Aravna”), traditionally “Araunah.” The form of the name found here also occurs in vv. 18-28.

¹⁰ tn Heb “and it was at the time of the turning of the year, at the time of the going out of kings.”

¹⁹ tc The parallel text in the MT of 2 Sam 24:13 has “seven,” but LXX has “three” there.

²⁰ tc Heb “or three months being swept away from before your enemies and the sword of your enemies overtaking.” The Hebrew term נִסְפֶּה (nisppeh, Niphal participle from סָפָה, safah) should probably be emended to נֻסְכָה (nusÿkhah, Qal infinitive from נוּס [nus] with second masculine singular suffix). See 2 Sam 24:13.

²¹ tn Heb “or three days of the sword of the Lord and plague in the land, and the messenger [or “angel”] of the Lord destroying in all the territory of Israel.”