“but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.”
1 Chronicles 21:30 (BSB)
Context Reading
28At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. 29For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon, 30but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.