Add parallel Print Page Options

16 When the angel[a] extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment.[b] He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!”[c] (Now the angel of the Lord was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 24:16 tn Heb “messenger.”
  2. 2 Samuel 24:16 tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”
  3. 2 Samuel 24:16 tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

16 When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented(A) concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord(B) was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Read full chapter