1 Chronicles 21:15
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 21:12 presents the three choices for punishment (famine, defeat, plague) — the immediate context of the disaster.
1 Chronicles 21:18 records the angel's command to David to build an altar at this threshing floor, continuing the narrative.
1 Chronicles 21:27 shows the angel sheathing the sword after the sacrifice, concluding the judgment scene.
In Exodus 32:14, God relents from destroying Israel after Moses' plea — here God relents from destroying Jerusalem, showing His merciful character.
2 Samuel 24:16 is the parallel account of the same event — God relenting and stopping the angel from destroying Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 24:18 gives the parallel account of the same event, with Gad instructing David to build an altar at the threshing floor.
2 Chronicles 3:1 identifies this threshing floor as the future site of Solomon's temple, directly linking the location.
In Psalm 78:38, God's compassion leads Him to restrain anger and not destroy — exactly what happens here when God stops the angel.
In Jeremiah 18:7-10, God declares He relents from disaster when people repent — this principle is enacted here when God halts Jerusalem's destruction.
In Jonah 4:2, Jonah acknowledges God as one who relents from disaster — exactly what God does here in sparing Jerusalem.
1 Corinthians 10:10 mentions the Destroyer (angel) who punished Israel—a direct parallel to the destroying angel in this verse.
Amos 7:3 shows God relenting from judgment, mirroring His mercy in sparing Jerusalem from the destroying angel.
In Genesis 6:6, God 'regretted' making humanity — this same divine capacity to relent appears here when God halts the destruction.
In Genesis 19:13, angels are also sent to destroy a city, but there God does not relent — a thematic parallel with a different outcome.
In Psalm 90:13, the psalmist prays for the LORD to return and have pity — here God does return from judgment, showing His compassionate character.
Ezekiel 9:1 depicts God summoning destroyers with weapons — a parallel motif of divine judgment by angels.