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 22:19

22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! ¹⁰  Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring ¹¹  the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service ¹²  into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” ¹³ 

[21:15]  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.

[21:15]  ² tn Or “destroy.”

[21:15]  ³ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

[21:15]  ⁴ tn Or “saw.”

[21:15]  ⁵ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

[21:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

[21:15]  ⁷ tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

[21:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

[21:15]  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.

[22:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the Lord your God.”

[22:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to bring.”

[22:19]  ¹² tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”

[22:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “for the name of the Lord.”