25 So David paid Ornan (A)600 shekels[a] of gold by weight for the site.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 21:25 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

25 So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels[a] of gold for the site.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 21:25 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms

24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels[a] of silver. 25 And David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. (A)So the Lord responded to the plea for the land, and the plague was averted from Israel.

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  1. 2 Samuel 24:24 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

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. 25 David built an altar(C) to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the Lord answered his prayer(D) in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

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