2 Samuel 24:21

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Araunah	אֲרַ֔וְנָה 'a.Rav.nah	H728	Aravnah (or Arnijah or Ornah) · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
lord	אֲדֹנִֽי 'a.do.ni-	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
king	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	בָּ֥א ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
servant	עַבְדּ֑וֹ av.Do	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
David	דָּוִ֜ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
buy	לִקְנ֧וֹת lik.Not	H7069	to erect · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
threshingfloor	הַגֹּ֗רֶן ha.Go.ren	H1637	a threshing-floor (as made even) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
build	לִבְנ֤וֹת liv.Not	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
altar	מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ miz.Be.ach	H4196	an altar · noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	לַֽיהוָ֔ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
plague	הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה ha.ma.ge.Fah	H4046	a pestilence · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
stayed	וְתֵעָצַ֥ר ve.te.'a.Tzar	H6113	to inclose · conjunction + verb, niphal, 3rd person feminine singular
people	הָעָֽם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Genesis 23:8-16 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the…
Numbers 16:44-50 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So t…
2 Samuel 21:3-14 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritan…
2 Samuel 24:3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord…
2 Samuel 24:18 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.
1 Chronicles 21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me…
Psalms 106:30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 24:21

to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed--It is evident that the plague was not stayed till after the altar was built, and the sacrifice offered, so that what is related (Sa2 24:16) was by anticipation. Previous to the offering of this sacrifice, he had seen the destroying angel as well as offered the intercessory prayer (Sa2 24:17). This was a sacrifice of expiation; and the reason why he was allowed to offer it on Mount Moriah was partly in gracious consideration to his fear of repairing to Gibeon (Ch1 21:29-30), and partly in anticipation of the removal of the tabernacle and the erection of the temple there (Ch2 3:1).

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 24:18

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.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 24:21

And Araunah said, wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?.... Which both implies admiration in him, that so great a person should visit him in his threshingfloor; that a king should come to a subject his servant, who should rather have come to him, and would upon the least intimation; it was a piece of condescension he marvelled at; and it expresses a desire to know his pleasure with him, supposing it must be something very urgent and important, that the king should come himself upon it: and to this David made answer: and David said, what he was come for: to buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people; for though D…

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Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 24:19–end

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…

Dictionary and topics

Araunah — Agile; also called Ornan 1 Chr. 21:15, a Jebusite who dwelt in Jerusalem before it was taken by the Israelites. The destroying angel, sent to punish David for his vanity in taking a census of the…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Jebusites — The name of the original inhabitants of Jebus, mentioned frequently among the seven nations doomed to destruction (Gen. 10:16; 15:21; Ex. 3:8, 17; 13:5, etc.). At the time of the arrival of the…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Plague — A “stroke” of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity…
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…
Altars · Mentioned in scripture: Of David — Mentioned in scripture: Of David
Araunah · A Jebusite from whom David bought a site for an altar — A Jebusite from whom David bought a site for an altar
Diseases · Mentioned in scripture: Plague — Mentioned in scripture: Plague
Ornan · General references — General references
Plague · .On account of David’s sin

2 Samuel 24:21

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 24:21

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 24:18

John Gill on 2 Samuel 24:21

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 24:19–end

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2 Samuel 24:21

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 24:21

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 24:18

John Gill on 2 Samuel 24:21

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 24:19–end

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 24:21

Rashi on 2 Samuel 24:20