1 Tawarikh 19:5

19:5 Messengers ¹  came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ²  until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”

1 Tawarikh 21:15

21:15 God sent an angel ³  to ravage ⁴  Jerusalem. As he was doing so, ⁵  the Lord watched ⁶  and relented from ⁷  his judgment. ⁸  He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! ⁹  Stop now!” ¹⁰ 

Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan ¹¹  the Jebusite.

[19:5]  ¹ tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[19:5]  ² map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[21:15]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Or “destroy.”

[21:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “while he was destroying.”

[21:15]  ⁶ tn Or “saw.”

[21:15]  ⁷ tn Or “was grieved because of.”

[21:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

[21:15]  ⁹ tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.

[21:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

[21:15]  ¹¹ 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.