1 Chronicles 21:30
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And David could not go to the altar there to pray to God: for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 21:29
But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, was at that time in the high place of Gabaon.

1 Chronicles 22:1
Then David said: This is the house of God, And this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.

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And David could not go to the altar there to pray to God: for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel of the Lord.

he was afraid

1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the ground.

1 Chronicles 13:12 And he feared God at that time, saying: How can I bring in the ark of God to me?

Deuteronomy 10:12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

2 Samuel 6:9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, saying: How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?

Job 13:21 Withdraw thy hand far from me, and let not thy dread terrify me.

Job 21:6 As for me, when I remember, I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Job 23:15 And therefore I am troubled at his presence, and when I consider him, I am made pensive with fear.

Psalm 90:11 Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear

Psalm 119:120 Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.

Jeremiah 5:22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.

Jeremiah 10:7 Who shall not fear thee, O king of nations? for thine is the glory: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms there is none like unto thee.

Hebrews 12:28,29 Therefore, receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace: whereby let us serve, pleasing God, with fear and reverence. . . .

Revelation 1:17 And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am the First and the Last,

Revelation 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou only art holy. For all nations shall come and shall adore in thy sight, because thy judgments are manifest.

Context
David Builds an Altar
29But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the desert, and the altar of holocausts, was at that time in the high place of Gabaon. 30And David could not go to the altar there to pray to God: for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel of the Lord.
Lexicon
but David
דָּוִ֛יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

could
יָכֹ֥ל (yā·ḵōl)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3201: To be able, have power

not
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

go
לָלֶ֥כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

before it
לְפָנָ֖יו (lə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

to inquire
לִדְרֹ֣שׁ (liḏ·rōš)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship

of God,
אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he was afraid
נִבְעַ֔ת (niḇ·‘aṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1204: To fall upon, startle, terrify

of
מִפְּנֵ֕י (mip·pə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the sword
חֶ֖רֶב (ḥe·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

of the angel
מַלְאַ֥ךְ (mal·’aḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

of the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.

And David could not go before it to enquire of God; for he hasted not because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.

But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.

and David is not able to go before it to seek God, for he hath been afraid because of the sword of the messenger of Jehovah.
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