1 Chronicles 21:30 KJV
But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 21:30, King James Version
In context
29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.