“But David couldn’t go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid because of the sword of the LORD’s angel.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Chronicles 21 contains 30 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.