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# Connecting Statement:
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Verses 29-30 are background information to explain why David offered this sacrifice at the threshing floor instead of on the altar at the tabernacle. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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# to ask for God's direction
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"to ask God to tell him what he should do"
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# afraid of the sword of the angel of Yahweh
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Here "sword" represents being killed by the angel of Yahweh. Alternate translation: "afraid he would be killed by the angel of Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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