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25 So David gave Araunah 600 pieces of gold[a] in payment for the threshing floor.

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  1. 21:25 Hebrew 600 shekels of gold, about 15 pounds or 6.8 kilograms in weight.

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 replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver[a] for the threshing floor and the oxen.

25 David built an altar there to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the Lord answered his prayer for the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.

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  1. 24:24 Hebrew 50 shekels of silver, about 20 ounces or 570 grams in weight.

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