2 Samuel 24:21

Then said Araunah, Wherefore, hath my lord the king come unto his servant? And David said—To buy of thee the threshing-floor, to build an altar unto Yahweh, that the plague may be stayed from off the people.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

In Context

20And Araunah looked out, and saw the king, and his servants, passing over unto him—so Araunah went forth, and did homage unto the king, with his face to the ground.

22Then said Araunah unto David, Let my lord the king accept it and cause to ascend what is good in his own eyes,—see! the oxen for the ascending-sacrifice, and the threshing-sledges and ox-yokes for wood.

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Cross References

Numbers 16:44Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

2 Samuel 21:3wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites—What shall I do for you, and wherewith shall I make propitiation, so that ye may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?

2 Samuel 24:18And Gad came unto David, on that day,—and said unto him—Go up, rear thou unto Yahweh an altar, in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Psalms 106:30Then stood up Phinehas, and interposed, and stayed was the plague:

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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