1 Chronicles 21:15 And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was destroying the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The angel of the LORD was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite
1 Corinthians 10:10 And do not grumble, as some of them did - and were killed by the destroying angel.
Exodus 12:23c and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
Acts 12:23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
More than once we hear of angels involved in the act of destroying people, killing them. It is not entirely clear whether such angels may be fallen or unfallen. This appears to be what happened in David's time, although given the reference to the angel of the LORD, it may be God himself who is in mind. Paul suggests in the New Testament that a destroying angel was responsible for putting people to death in the wilderness. The destroyer of Exodus 12 is popularly thought of as the angel of death and this may be the reference here too. In Acts Herod is killed by an angel who inflicts a terrible disease on him.
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