§ 02 · King James Bible

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

Simple English

When the angel tried to destroy Jerusalem, God changed His mind and told the destroying angel to stop. The angel of God was then at a place where grain was being sorted by Araunah from Jerusalem.

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