Note 51 — PRELIMINARY REMARKS
Reading edition
"And when the Angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord ... said to the Angel that destroyed the people," &c. "And the Angel of the Lord was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite."—2 Sam. xxiv. 16.
"The Angel of the Lord stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the Angel of the Lord stand between the Earth and the Heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem."—1 Chron. xxi. 15, 16.