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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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BrLXXΚαὶ οὐκ ἐδύνατο Δαυὶδ τοῦ πορευθῆναι ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ζητῆσαι τὸν Θεόν, ὅτι οὐ κατέσπευσεν ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς ῥομφαίας ἀγγέλου Κυρίου. (Kai ouk edunato Dawid tou poreuthaʸnai emprosthen autou tou zaʸtaʸsai ton Theon, hoti ou katespeusen apo prosōpou taʸs ɽomfaias angelou Kuriou. )
BrTrAnd David could not go before it to enquire of God; for he hasted not because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
ULTAnd David was not able to go to its face to seek God, for he was terrified from the faces of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.
USTBut David did not want to go there to request God to tell him what he wanted David to do, because he was afraid that the angel sent from Yahweh might strike him with his sword.
NETBut David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord’s messenger.
LSVand David is not able to go before it to seek God, for he has been afraid because of the sword of the messenger of YHWH.
FBVBut David did not want to go there to ask God's will,[fn] because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
21:30“Ask God's will”: literally, “inquire of God.”
T4TBut David did not want to go there to request God to tell him what he wanted him to do, because he was afraid that the angel sent from Yahweh might strike him with his sword.
JPSBut David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was terrified because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
ASVBut David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
DRAAnd David could not go to the altar there to pray to God: for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel of the Lord.
YLTand David is not able to go before it to seek God, for he hath been afraid because of the sword of the messenger of Jehovah.
DrbyBut David could not go before it to inquire of [fn]God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
RVBut David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. (But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. )
WbstrBut David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
KJB-1769But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
KJB-1611But Dauid could not goe before it to euquire of God; for he was afraid, because of the sword of the Angel of the LORD. (But David could not go before it to euquire of God; for he was afraid, because of the sword of the Angel of the LORD.)
GnvaAnd Dauid could not go before it to aske counsel at God: for he was afraide of the sworde of the Angel of the Lord.) (And David could not go before it to ask council/counsel at God: for he was afraid of the sword of the Angel of the Lord.) )
ClVgEt non prævaluit David ire ad altare ut ibi obsecraret Deum: nimio enim fuerat in timore perterritus, videns gladium angeli Domini. (And not/no beforevaluit David ire to the_altar as there obsecraret God: nimio because had_been in/into/on with_fear perterritus, seeing a_sword angeli Master. )
Verses 29–30 are background information to explain why David offered this sacrifice at the threshing floor instead of on the altar at the tabernacle.
(Occurrence 0) to ask for God’s direction
(Some words not found in UHB: and=not could Dāvid to=go before,face/front,it to,inquire_of ʼElohīm that/for/because/then/when afraid from=face/in_front_of sword_of messenger_of YHWH )
Alternate translation: “to ask God to tell him what he should do”
(Occurrence 0) afraid of the sword of the angel of Yahweh
(Some words not found in UHB: and=not could Dāvid to=go before,face/front,it to,inquire_of ʼElohīm that/for/because/then/when afraid from=face/in_front_of sword_of messenger_of YHWH )
Here “sword” represents being killed by the angel of Yahweh. Alternate translation: “afraid he would be killed by the angel of Yahweh”
The Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, where all Israelite males were commanded to offer sacrifices to the Lord (Exodus 23:14-19; Deuteronomy 16:16-17), underwent several stages of reconstruction and development over hundreds of years. The first Temple was built by King Solomon to replace the aging Tabernacle, and it was constructed on a threshing floor on high ground on the north side of the city (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21). Hundreds of years later King Hezekiah expanded the platform surrounding the Temple. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 B.C., the Temple was completely destroyed (2 Kings 25:1-21; 2 Chronicles 36:17-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 52:1-30). It was rebuilt in 515 B.C. after a group of Jews returned to Judea from exile in Babylon (Ezra 1:5-6:15; Nehemiah 7:5-65). Herod the Great completely rebuilt and expanded the Temple once again around 20 B.C., making it one of the largest temples in the Roman world. Jesus’ first believers often met together in Solomon’s Colonnade, a columned porch that encircled the Temple Mount, perhaps carrying on a tradition started by Jesus himself (John 10:23; Acts 3:11; 5:12). But Herod’s Temple did not last long: After many Jews revolted against Rome, the Romans eventually recaptured Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple in A.D. 70.
