1 Chronicles 21:18

1 Chronicles 21:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the angel of the Lord ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the angel of the Lord had commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and raise an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore, the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David that David should go and erect an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Context of 1 Chronicles 21:18

16David looked up and saw the Lord’s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. 17David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, but remove the plague from your people!” So the Lord’s messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19So David went up as Gad instructed him to do in the name of the Lord. 20While Ornan was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the messenger, and he and his four sons hid themselves.

1 Chronicles 21:18 word by word

וּמַלְאַ֧ךְ יְהוָ֛ה אָמַ֥ר אֶל־גָּ֖ד לֵאמֹ֣ר לְדָוִ֑יד כִּ֣י׀ יַעֲלֶ֣ה דָוִ֗יד לְהָקִ֤ים מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַיהוָ֔ה בְּגֹ֖רֶן אָרְנָ֥ן הַיְבֻסִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• commandedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Gadגָּדgâd · GadH1410
• to Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• should go upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• and set upקוּםqûm · to arise: raiseH6965
• an altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• in the threshingfloorגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637
• of Ornanאׇרְנָן'ornân · OrnanH771
• the Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyebûsîy · JebusiteH2983

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 21:18

• 1 Chronicles 21:11Gad went to David and told him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Pick one of these:
• Acts 8:26Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” (This is a desert road.)
• 1 Chronicles 21:15God sent an angel to ravage Jerusalem. As he was doing so, the Lord watched and relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! Stop now!” Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
• 2 Samuel 24:18So Gad went to David that day and told him, “Go up and build an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
• 2 Chronicles 3:1Solomon began building the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18It has been observed that it is only in books of a late period that Angels are brought forward as intermediaries between God and the prophets. This, no doubt, is true; and it is certainly unlikely that the records, from which the author of Chronicles drew, spoke of Gad as receiving his knowledge of God‘s will from an angel. The touch may be regarded as coming from the writer of Chronicles himself, who expresses the fact related by his authorities in the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30This account of the census is similar to 2 Samuel 24:1–25 but focuses on different aspects. The Chronicler’s version sets the stage for dedicating the altar and preparing to build the temple (1 Chronicles 22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say--The order about the erection of an altar, as well as the indication of its site, is described (2Sa 24:18) as brought directly by Gad. Here we are informed of the quarter whence the prophet got his commission. It is only in the later stages of Israel's history that we find angels employed in communicating the divine will to the prophets.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 21:18

• Angel (Holy Trinity)
• Araunah
• Gad
• Miracles
• Ornan
• Prophets
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• David
• Gad
• Jebus; Jebusi; Jebusite
• Jebus, Jebusite
• Angel of the Lord
• Advise
• Cost
• Displease
• Grant
• Require

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings