1 Chronicles 21:20 BSB

1 Chronicles 21:20

Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

BSB

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ASV

And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

KJV

And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ornan turned back, and saw the angel - The Septuagint say, And Orna turned, και ειδε τον βασιλεα, and saw the King. The Syriac and Arabic say, David saw the angel; and do not mention Ornan in this place. Houbigant translates the same reading המלך hammalech, the king, for המלעך hammalach, the angel, and vindicates his version from the parallel place, 2Sa 24:20, where it is said, he saw David: but there is no word of his seeing the angel.

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But God sees not as man sees. It is plain it was wrong in David to do it, and a great provocation to God, because he did it in the pride of his heart; and there is no sin that has in it more of contradiction and therefore more of offence to God than pride. The sin was David's; he alone must bear the blame of it.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֣שָׁב	vai.Ya.shov	and he turned	H7725 →
אָרְנָ֗ן	'a.re.Nan	Ornan	H771 →
וַיַּרְא֙	vai.yaR'	and he saw	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ	ha.mal.'Akh	the angel	H4397 →
וְאַרְבַּ֧עַת	ve.'ar.Ba.'at	and [the] four	H702 →
בָּנָ֛יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
עִמּ֖וֹ	i.Mo	with him	H5973 →
מִֽתְחַבְּאִ֑ים	mit.cha.be.'Im	[were] hiding themselves	H2244 →
וְאָרְנָ֖ן	ve.'a.re.Nan	and Ornan	H771 →
דָּ֥שׁ	dash	he threshed	H1758 →
חִטִּֽים׃	chi.Tim	wheat<s>	H2406 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Judges 6:11
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it…
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- Joshua 17:2
  So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of…
- Hebrews 11:32
  And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
- Judges 13:3
  The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
- Judges 8:2
  But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
- Isaiah 63:9
  In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days…

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Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

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About 1 Chronicles