2 Samuel 24 · Verse 16

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
2 Samuel 24:16, King James Version

2 Samuel 24:16 in other translations

BSBBut when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
WEBWhen the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” The LORD’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
ASVAnd when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
YLTand the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, ‘Enough, now, cease thy hand;' and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
DARBYAnd the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it; but Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
BBEAnd when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
WebsterAnd when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thy hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite.

What does 2 Samuel 24:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. the Lord repented him of the evil--God is often described in Scripture as repenting when He ceased to pursue a course He had begun.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem - By what means this destruction took place, we know not: it appears that an angel was employed in it, and that this minister of Divine justice actually appeared as an object. of sight; for it is said, 2Sam 24:17, When David saw the angel that smote the people, he said, etc.; and both Ornan and his four sons saw him and were affrighted, 1Chr 21:20. The threshing-place of Araunah - These threshing-places, we have already seen, were made in the open air. In the parallel place, 1Chr 21:15, 1Chr 21:20, etc., this person is called Ornan. The word that we render Araunah is written in this very chapter אורנה Auarnah, 2Sam 24:16, ארניה Araniah, 2Sam 24:18, ארונה Araunah or Araunah, 2Sam 24:20, and the following: but in every place in 1 Chronicles 21:1-30 where it occurs it is written ארנן Ornan. It is likely he had both names, Araunah and Ornan: but the varieties of spelling in 2 Samuel must arise from the blunders of transcribers.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:16-17
Perhaps there was more wickedness, especially more pride, and that was the sin now chastised, in Jerusalem than elsewhere, therefore the hand of the destroyer is stretched out upon that city; but the Lord repented him of the evil, changed not his mind, but his way. In the very place where Abraham was stayed from slaying his son, this angel, by a like countermand, was stayed from destroying Jerusalem. It is for the sake of the great Sacrifice, that our forfeited lives are preserved from the destroying angel. And in David is the spirit of a true shepherd of the people, offering himself as a sacrifice to God, for the salvation of his subjects.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Samuel 24:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.Lachand he stretched outH7971
יָד֨וֹya.Dohand hisH3027
הַמַּלְאָ֥ךְ\׀ha.mal.'Akhthe angelH4397
יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֮ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
לְשַׁחֲתָהּ֒le.sha.cha.Tahto destroy itH7843
וַיִּנָּ֤חֶםvai.yi.Na.chemand he relentedH5162
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-concerningH413
הָ֣רָעָ֔הha.ra.'Ahthe harmH7451
וַ֠יֹּאמֶרVai.yo.merand he saidH559
לַמַּלְאָ֞ךְla.mal.'Akhto the angelH4397
הַמַּשְׁחִ֤יתha.mash.Chitthe destroyerH7843
בָּעָם֙ba.'Amamong the peopleH5971
רַ֔בRavenoughH7227
עַתָּ֖ה'a.TahnowH6258
הֶ֣רֶףHe.reflet dropH7503
יָדֶ֑ךָya.De.khahand yourH3027
וּמַלְאַ֤ךְu.mal.'Akhand [the] angel ofH4397
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
הָיָ֔הha.Yahhe wasH1961
עִם\־'im-nearH5973
גֹּ֖רֶןGo.ren[the] threshing floor ofH1637
הָאֲרַ֥וְנָהha.'Or.nah<the> AraunahH728
הַיְבֻסִֽי\׃\ \סhay.vu.Sithe JebusiteH2983

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 24:16

  • Exodus 12:23

    For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

  • Joel 2:13-14

    And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?

  • 2 Kings 19:35

    And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

  • Genesis 6:6

    And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 15:11

    It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.

  • Acts 12:23

    And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  • Habakkuk 3:2

    O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

  • Jeremiah 18:7-10

    At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

  • Isaiah 40:1-2

    Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

  • Psalms 35:6

    Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.

  • Exodus 9:28

    Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the angel.
Ex 12:23; 2Ki 19:35; 1Ch 21:15,16; 2Ch 32:21; Ps 35:6; Ac 12:23
repented.
Ge 6:6; 1Sa 15:11; Ps 78:38; 90:13; 135:14; Jer 18:7-10
Joe 2:13,14; Am 7:3,6; Hab 3:2
It is enough.
Ex 9:28; 1Ki 19:4; Isa 27:8; 40:1,2; 57:16; Joe 2:13,14; Mr 14:41
2Co 2:6
Araunah.
18; 1Ch 21:15; 2Ch 3:1
Ornan. the Jebusite.
5:8; Ge 10:16; Jos 15:63; Jud 1:21; 19:11; Zec 9:7

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 24:15

    So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba seventy thousand men.

  • 2 Samuel 24:16

    And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • 2 Samuel 24:17

    And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

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2 Samuel 24:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y como el ángel extendió su mano sobre Jerusalem para destruirla, Jehová se arrepintió de aquel mal, y dijo al ángel que destruía el pueblo: Basta ahora; detén tu mano. Entonces el ángel de Jehová estaba junto á la era de Arauna Jebuseo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et l’ange étendit sa main sur Jérusalem pour la détruire; et l’ Éternel se repentit de ce mal, et dit à l’ange qui détruisait parmi le peuple: Assez! Retire maintenant ta main. Or l’ange de l’ Éternel était près de l’aire d’Arauna, le Jébusien.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als der Engel seine Hand gegen Jerusalem ausstreckte, um es zu verderben, da reute Jehova des Übels, und er sprach zu dem Engel, der unter dem Volke verderbte: Genug! ziehe jetzt deine Hand ab. Der Engel Jehovas war aber bei der Tenne Arawnas, des Jebusiters.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cumque extendisset manum suam angelus Domini super Jerusalem ut disperderet eam, misertus est Dominus super afflictione, et ait angelo percutienti populum: Sufficit: nunc contine manum tuam. Erat autem angelus Domini juxta aream Areuna Jebusæi.