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1 Chronicles 21:28 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 28. 28At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
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Role in This Section
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech: “At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Fear, answered sacrifice, and declaration identify the temple site.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 21:28–22:1
Read 1 Chronicles 21:28 with 21:28–22:1. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: David continues sacrificing at Ornan's floor because the angel's sword makes Gibeon inaccessible to him, then declares this site God's house and Israel's altar.
Why It Needs Context
1 Chronicles 21:28 depends on 21:28–22:1; isolating “At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the…” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “Fear, answered sacrifice, and declaration identify the temple site.”
Read 1 Chronicles 21:28–22:1 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 21:28–22:1 forms the complete movement “Fear, answered sacrifice, and declaration identify the temple site”: David continues sacrificing at Ornan's floor because the angel's sword makes Gibeon inaccessible to him, then declares this site God's house and Israel's altar.
Verse 28. 28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
Verse 29. 29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
Verse 30. 30 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.
Verse 1. 1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 21:28–22:1, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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