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1 Chronicles 21:19 Explained in Context

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Verse 19. And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.

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Role in This Section

Records David's obedience to the command spoken in the LORD's name.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:18–21:27

Records David's obedience to the command spoken in the LORD's name. Read 1 Chronicles 21:19 within 21:18–21:27. The complete unit records: Gad directs David to build an altar, Ornan and sons encounter the scene, David insists on full payment, offerings receive heavenly fire, and the angel sheathes the sword.

Why It Needs Context

Records David's obedience to the command spoken in the LORD's name. Its responsible force depends on 21:18–21:27; isolated from “Ornan's floor is purchased and the sword is sheathed,” the supporting action, name, number, object, quotation, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.

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Read 1 Chronicles 21:18–21:27 — Ornan's floor is purchased and the sword is sheathed
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How certain is this explanation? strong

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.

Exact location: 1 Chronicles 21:18–21:27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles

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Open Scriptures, release 2.2

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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 21:18–21:27

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