2 Samuel 24:23
All this does the servant of my lord the king give to the king. And Araunah said, May the Lord your God be pleased with your offering!
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Psalms 20:3\20:2\May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion;
Psalms 45:16\45:15\With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house.
Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will come together to you, the sheep of Nebaioth will be ready for your need; they will be pleasing offerings on my altar, and my house of prayer will be beautiful.
Hosea 8:13He gives the offerings of his lovers, and takes the flesh for food; but the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep in mind their evil-doing and give them the punishment of their sins; they will go back to Egypt.
1 Timothy 2:1My desire is, first of all, that you will make requests and prayers and give praise for all men;
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 24:19-25
The Plague Removed. ( b. c. 1017.) 18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. 20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the… Read the whole commentary →