1 Crónicas 21:30

30 Pero David no pudo ir allá, delante de él, para consultar a Dios, porque estaba aterrado a causa de la espada del ángel del SEÑOR.

1 Crónicas 21:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:30

But David could not go before it to inquire of God
Which yet was the proper place to seek the Lord in: the reason follows,

for he was afraid, because of the sword of the angel of the Lord;
which had so terrified him, that he was so weak that he could not go; and he feared that, should he attempt to go, while he was going thither, at such a distance, the angel would make a terrible slaughter in Jerusalem, and therefore he durst not go and leave it; and besides, as the Lord had commanded him to build an altar there, he might fear it would displease him, should he depart from it; and the rather, as hereby he pointed out to him the place where the temple should be built, and sacrifices offered, as appears from what he says in the beginning of the next chapter.

1 Crónicas 21:30 In-Context

28 En aquel tiempo, viendo David que el SEÑOR le había respondido en la era de Ornán jebuseo, ofreció sacrificio allí;

29 porque el tabernáculo del SEÑOR que Moisés había hecho en el desierto y el altar del holocausto estaban en aquel tiempo en el lugar alto en Gabaón.

30 Pero David no pudo ir allá, delante de él, para consultar a Dios, porque estaba aterrado a causa de la espada del ángel del SEÑOR.