And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| David | דָּוִד֙ da.Vid | H1732 | David · proper noun, a man's name |
| saying | כִּדְבַר kid.var- | H1697 | a word · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct |
| Gad | גָּ֔ד Gad | H1410 | Gad · proper noun, a man's name |
| up | וַיַּ֤עַל vai.Ya.'al | H5927 | to ascend · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| LORD | יְהוָֽה Yah.weh | H3068 | Jehovah · proper noun, a title |
| commanded | צִוָּ֥ה tzi.Vah | H6680 | (intensively) to constitute · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
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Araunah--or Ornan (Ch1 21:18), the Jebusite, one of the ancient inhabitants, who, having become a convert to the true religion, retained his house and possessions. He resided on Mount Moriah, the spot on which the temple was afterwards built (Ch2 3:1); but that mount was not then enclosed in the town.
Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord - This place is supposed to be Mount Moriah: on which, according to the rabbins, Cain and Abel offered their sacrifices; where Abraham attempted to sacrifice Isaac, and where the temple of Solomon was afterwards built.
And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. From the place where he was in a lower part of the city to Mount Moriah, on which was the threshing floor, a place fit for winnowing corn when threshed.
David went up to Aravnah according to the command of God. Sa2 24:20-21 When Aravnah saw the king coming up to him with his servants (ויּשׁקף, "he looked out," viz., from the enclosure of the threshing-floor), he came out, bowed low even to the earth, and asked the king what was the occasion of his coming; whereupon David replied, "To buy the floor from thee, to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be turned away from the people." Sa2 24:22-23 Aravnah replied, "Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold (i.e., there thou hast) the ox for the burnt-offering, and the threshing-machine, and the harness of the ox for wood" (i.e., for fuel). הבּקר, the pa…
Read the whole note in the consoleI am the one who has sinned: David’s earlier confession of sin was limited to his circumstances (“forgive my guilt,” 24:10); now he prayed for those he considered innocent (but see 24:1) and offered to die in their place. • as sheep: David was the shepherd of Israel (see study note on 7:8).
The Yevusite. He was the chief officer of the Zion fortress the name of which is Yevusi.22Having formerly belonged to them, see earlier verses 5:6–5:9.
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