1 Chronicles 21:26

And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	דָּוִ֤יד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
built	וַיִּבֶן֩ vai.yi.Ven	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
altar	מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ miz.Be.ach	H4196	an altar · noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	לַיהוָ֔ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
offered	וַיַּ֥עַל vai.Ya.'al	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
offerings	עֹל֖וֹת o.Lot	H5930	a step or (collectively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
offerings	וּשְׁלָמִ֑ים u.she.la.Mim	H8002	properly · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
called	וַיִּקְרָא֙ vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
answered	וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֤הוּ vai.ya.'a.Ne.hu	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
fire	בָאֵשׁ֙ va.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
altar	מִזְבַּ֥ח miz.Bach	H4196	an altar · noun, common masculine singular construct
offering	הָעֹלָֽה ha.'o.Lah	H5930	a step or (collectively · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Leviticus 9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, t…
Judges 6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there ro…
1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that w…
Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Exodus 20:24-25 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine ox…
Exodus 24:4-5 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, accord…
Judges 13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar.…
1 Samuel 7:8-9 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philis…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:18–end

We have here the controversy concluded, and, upon David's repentance, his peace made with God. Though thou wast angry with me, thy anger is turned away. 1. A stop was put to the progress of the execution, Ch1 21:15. When David repented of the sin God repented of the judgment, and ordered the destroying angel to stay his hand and sheath his sword, Ch1 21:27. 2. Direction was given to David to rear an altar in the threshing-floor of Ornan, Ch1 21:18. The angel commanded the prophet Gad to bring David this direction. The same angel that had, in God's name, carried on the war, is here forward to set on foot the treaty of peace; for angels do not desire the woeful day. The angel could have given…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 21:26

David built there an altar--He went in procession with his leading men from the royal palace, down Mount Zion, and through the intervening city. Although he had plenty of space on his own property, he was commanded, under peremptory direction, to go a considerable distance from his home, up Mount Moriah, to erect an altar on premises which he had to buy. It was on or close to the spot where Abraham had offered up Isaac. answered him by fire from heaven--(See Lev 9:24; Kg1 18:21-23; Kg2 1:12; Ch2 7:1).

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 21:26

He answered him - by fire - In answer to David's prayers, God, to show that he had accepted him, and was now pacified towards him and the people, sent fire from heaven and consumed the offerings.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1

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Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 21:1-27

See Chapter Introduction See Chapter Introduction 1 Chronicles 21:28 ch1 21:28 ch1 21:28 ch1 21:28At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshing floor Of Ornan the Jebusite,.... The same with Araunah, Sa2 24:16, with some small variation of the letters, and are of the same signification; both signifying the "ornus", as Hillerus (m) observes, the pine tree or ash; see Isa 44:14, in whose threshingfloor David now was, and where he had been praying and sacrificing; and God had accepted his prayer, as the Targum, and had answered him, by causing fire to come down on the sacrifice and consume it, and by ordering the angel to put up his sword in its sheath: then h…

Dictionary and topics

Temptation — (1.) Trial; a being put to the test. Thus God “tempted [Gen. 22: 1; R.V., ‘did prove’] Abraham;” and afflictions are said to tempt, i.e., to try, men (James 1:2, 12; comp. Deut. 8:2), putting their…
Fire · .David’s sacrifice — .David’s sacrifice
Heaven · God: Answers his people from — God: Answers his people from

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1 Chronicles 21:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:18–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 21:26

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 21:26

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 21:1-27

Dictionary and topics

1 Chronicles 21:26

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 21:18–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 21:26

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 21:26

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 21:1-27

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 21:26–end

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 21:25