24 However, the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will certainly buy it from you for a price; for (A)I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God [a]that cost me nothing.” So (B)David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

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  1. 2 Samuel 24:24 Lit gratuitously

24 But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”(A)

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels[a](B) of silver for them.

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  1. 2 Samuel 24:24 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams