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2 Samuel 24:23-25
New Catholic Bible
2 Samuel 24:23-25
New Catholic Bible
23 All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” Then he added: “May the Lord, your God, look favorably upon your offering.”
24 However, the king said to Araunah: “No. I insist on paying you for this. Under no circumstances will I offer up to the Lord, my God, burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” Therefore, David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.[a]
25 Then David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. After this, the Lord answered David’s supplications for the land, and the plague was lifted from Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 24:24 The price is a small one. In 1 Chr 21:25 David pays 600 shekels of gold. The price is solely for the oxen and the threshing floor where David builds an altar.
2 Samuel 24:23-25
New International Version
2 Samuel 24:23-25
New International Version
23 Your Majesty, Araunah[a] gives(A) all this to the king.” Araunah also said to him, “May the Lord your God accept you.”
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.”(B)
So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels[b](C) of silver for them. 25 David built an altar(D) to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the Lord answered his prayer(E) in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 24:23 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts King Araunah
- 2 Samuel 24:24 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
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