2 Samuel 24:23

All these things, O king, doth Araunah give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, Jehovah thy God accept thee.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

In Context

22And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up that which is good in his sight: see, [here are] oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-sledges and implements of the oxen for wood.

24And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will in any case buy [them] of thee at a price: neither will I offer up to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings without cost. And David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

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Cross References

Psalms 20:3Remember all thine oblations, and accept thy burnt-offering; Selah.

Psalms 45:16Instead of thy fathers shall be thy sons; princes shalt thou make them in all the earth.

Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my magnificence.

Hosea 8:13They sacrifice flesh [for] the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; Jehovah hath no delight in them. Now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

1 Timothy 2:1I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings be made 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 →

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