2 Samuel 24:23

all this, king, does Araunah give to the king." Araunah said to the king, "May the Lord your God accept you."

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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

22Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the cattle for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:

24The king said to Araunah, "No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

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Cross References

Psalms 20:3remember all your offerings,and accept your burnt sacrifice.Selah.

Psalms 45:16Your sons will take the place of your fathers.You shall make them princes in all the earth.

Isaiah 60:7All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.

Hosea 8:13As for the sacrifices of my offerings,they sacrifice flesh and eat it;But the Lord doesn't accept them.Now he will remember their iniquity,and punish their sins.They will return to Egypt.

1 Timothy 2:1I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, 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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