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1 Chronicles 21:18-27
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18 So the angel of the Lord told Gad to instruct David to go up and build[a] an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 So David went up as Gad instructed him to do in the name of the Lord.[b] 20 While Ornan was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the messenger, and he and his four sons hid themselves. 21 When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face[c] to the ground. 22 David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor[d] so I can build[e] on it an altar for the Lord—I’ll pay top price[f]—so that the plague may be removed[g] from the people.” 23 Ornan told David, “You can have it![h] My master, the king, may do what he wants.[i] Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.” 24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price.[j] I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice[k] that cost me nothing.[l] 25 So David bought the place from Ornan for 600 pieces of gold.[m] 26 David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings.[n] He called out to the Lord, and the Lord[o] responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar. 27 The Lord ordered the messenger[p] to put his sword back into its sheath.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 21:18 tn Heb “that he should go up to raise up.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:19 tn Heb “and David went up by the word of Gad which he spoke in the name of the Lord.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:21 tn Heb “nostrils.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 21:22 tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 21:22 tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose: “so I can build.”
  6. 1 Chronicles 21:22 tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”
  7. 1 Chronicles 21:22 tn Following the imperative and first person prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive, this third person prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive introduces the ultimate purpose: “so the plague may be removed.”
  8. 1 Chronicles 21:23 tn Heb “take for yourself.”
  9. 1 Chronicles 21:23 tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”
  10. 1 Chronicles 21:24 tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
  11. 1 Chronicles 21:24 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”
  12. 1 Chronicles 21:24 tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”
  13. 1 Chronicles 21:25 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:24 says David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for “fifty pieces of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.tn Heb “six hundred shekels of gold.” This would have been about 15 lbs. (6.8 kg) of gold by weight.
  14. 1 Chronicles 21:26 tn Or “tokens of peace.”
  15. 1 Chronicles 21:26 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  16. 1 Chronicles 21:27 tn Heb “spoke to the messenger.”
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1 Chronicles 21:18-27
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David’s Altar

18 (A)Then the angel of the Lord [a]commanded Gad to say to David, that David was to go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 So David went up at the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the Lord. 20 Now Ornan turned back and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. And Ornan was threshing wheat. 21 As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor and prostrated himself to David with his face to the ground. 22 Then David said to Ornan, “Give me the [b]site of this threshing floor, so that I may build on it an altar to the Lord; you shall give it to me for the full price, so that the plague may be brought to a halt from the people.” 23 But Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and may my lord the king do what is good in his sight. See, I am giving the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for wood and the wheat for the grain offering; I am giving it all.” 24 Nevertheless, King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will certainly buy it for the full price; for I will not take what is yours for the Lord, nor offer a burnt offering [c]which costs me nothing.” 25 So (B)David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the [d]site. 26 Then David built an altar there to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the Lord, and (C)He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. 27 The Lord commanded the angel, and he returned his sword to its sheath.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 21:18 Lit said to
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:22 Lit place
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:24 Lit gratuitously
  4. 1 Chronicles 21:25 Lit place
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