1 Chronicles 21 · Verse 18

1 Chronicles 21:18

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.
1 Chronicles 21:18, King James Version

1 Chronicles 21:18 in other translations

BSBThen 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 Ornan the Jebusite.
WEBThen the LORD’s angel commanded Gad to tell David that David should go up and raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
ASVThen the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
YLTAnd the messenger of Jehovah spake unto Gad, saying for David, ‘Surely David doth go up to raise an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.'
DARBYAnd the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up and rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
BBEThen the angel of the Lord gave orders to Gad to say to David that he was to go and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
WebsterThen the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and erect an altar to the LORD in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

What does 1 Chronicles 21:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

1 Chronicles 21:18 in the original Hebrew

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וּמַלְאַ֧ךְu.mal.'Akhand [the] angel ofH4397
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אָמַ֥ר'a.Marhe saidH559
אֶל\־'el-toH413
גָּ֖דgadGadH1410
לֵאמֹ֣רle.Morto sayH559
לְדָוִ֑ידle.da.Vidto DavidH1732
כִּ֣י\׀kithatH3588
יַעֲלֶ֣הya.'a.Lehhe will go upH5927
דָוִ֗ידda.VidDavidH1732
לְהָקִ֤יםle.ha.Kimto set upH6965
מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙miz.Be.achan altarH4196
לַיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
בְּגֹ֖רֶןbe.Go.renon [the] threshing floor ofH1637
אָרְנָ֥ן'a.re.NanOrnanH771
הַיְבֻסִֽי\׃hay.vu.Sithe JebusiteH2983

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 21:18

  • 2 Chronicles 3:1

    Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Samuel 24:18

    And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:11

    So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee

  • 1 Chronicles 21:15

    And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • Acts 8:26-40

    And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the angel.
11; Ac 8:26-40
that David.
15; 2Sa 24:18; 2Ch 3:1

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 21:17

    And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:18

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:19

    And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord.

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1 Chronicles 21:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijo David á Dios: ¿No soy yo el que hizo contar el pueblo? Yo mismo soy el que pequé, y ciertamente he hecho mal; mas estas ovejas, ¿qué han hecho? Jehová Dios mío, sea ahora tu mano contra mí, y contra la casa de mi padre, y no haya plaga en tu pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ange de l’ Éternel commanda à Gad de dire à David, que David monte pour dresser un autel à l’ Éternel dans l’aire d’Ornan, le Jébusien.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der Engel Jehovas sprach zu Gad, daß er zu David sage, David solle hinaufgehen, um Jehova einen Altar zu errichten auf der Tenne Ornans, des Jebusiters.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Angelus autem Domini præcepit Gad ut diceret Davidi ut ascenderet, exstrueretque altare Domino Deo in area Ornan Jebusæi.