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Fear of the angel’s sword.
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1 Chronicles 21:30

Fear of the angel’s sword

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Story guide: David cannot go to seek God there because the angel’s sword terrifies him. Unspecified appearances and settings provide contextual imagery; Scripture remains the source.

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30But David could not go before it to seek God, because he was terrified by the sword of the angel of Yahweh.

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