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.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Araunah | אֲרַ֗וְנָה 'a.Rav.nah | H728 | Aravnah (or Arnijah or Ornah) · proper noun, a man's name |
| looked | וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣ף vai.yash.Kef | H8259 | properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| saw | וַיַּ֤רְא vai.Yar' | H7200 | to see · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| king | הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ha.Me.lekh | H4428 | a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute |
| servants | עֲבָדָ֔יו 'a.va.Dav | H5650 | a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular |
| on | עֹבְרִ֖ים 'oe.Rim | H5674 | to cross over · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute |
| Araunah | אֲרַ֔וְנָה 'a.Rav.nah | H728 | Aravnah (or Arnijah or Ornah) · proper noun, a man's name |
| out | וַיֵּצֵ֣א vai.ye.Tze' | H3318 | to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| bowed | וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ vai.yish.Ta.chu | H7812 | to depress · conjunction + verb, sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| king | לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ la.Me.lekh | H4428 | a king · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute |
| face | אַפָּ֖יו 'a.Pav | H639 | properly · noun, common masculine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular |
| ground | אָֽרְצָה 'A.re.tzah | H776 | the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular absolute + directional suffix |
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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 Araunah looked,.... Peeped up out of the place in which he had hid himself with his four sons, for fear of the angel, and which they saw, 1 Chronicles 21:20, and saw the king and his servants coming towards him; he perceived, by the course they steered, that they were coming to him: and Araunah went out; of the threshingfloor, out of the place where he had hid himself, for he had been threshing wheat, 1 Chronicles 21:20; nor was it thought below great personages in those times to be employed in such work; so Gideon was threshing, when the angel of the Lord appeared to him, Judges 6:11; Boaz winnowed barley in his threshingfloor, Ruth 3:2, and bowed himself before the king with his fac…
Read the whole note in the consoleDavid 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…
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I 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).
Aravnoh saw. He was hiding from the angel, this is what is written in Divrei Hayomim.23Divrei Hayomim I, 21:20.
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