And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| David | דָּוִ֤ד 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 | לַֽיהוָ֔ה 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 |
| LORD | יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh | H3068 | Jehovah · proper noun, a title |
| intreated | וַיֵּעָתֵ֤ר vai.ye.'a.Ter | H6279 | to burn incense in worship · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| land | לָאָ֔רֶץ la.'A.retz | H776 | the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute |
| plague | הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה ha.ma.ge.Fah | H4046 | a pestilence · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute |
| stayed | וַתֵּעָצַ֥ר va.te.'a.Tzar | H6113 | to inclose · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵֽל Yis.ra.'El | H3478 | Jisrael · proper noun, a place name |
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David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings--There seem to have been two sacrifices; the first expiatory, the second a thanksgiving for the cessation of the pestilence (see on Ch1 21:26). Next: (1 Kings) Introduction
David - offered burnt-offerings - And that these sacrifices were pleasing to the Lord, is evident from a circumstance marked in the parallel place, Ch1 21:26 : David called upon the Lord, and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. The plague was stalled - Jerusalem did not share in the common calamity, seventy thousand being the whole that were slain throughout the land. This book is unfinished, and requires 1 Chronicles 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29, to complete it. A few things relative to this history may be found in the beginning of the following book; but the information in 1 Chronicles is much more extensive and satisfactory.
And David built there an altar unto the Lord,.... After he had made the purchase: and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings; the one to expiate the sin or sins committed, the other to give thanks for the intimation given, that the plague would be stayed upon this: so the Lord was entreated for the land; was pacified and prevailed upon to remove the pestilence from it; which was signified by fire descending upon the altar of burnt offering, which showed the sacrifice was accepted, and by the angel being ordered to put his sword into its sheath, 1 Chronicles 21:26; and the Targum is,"and the Lord received the prayer of the inhabitants of the land:" and the plague was stayed from Israe…
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…
David performed priestly functions when he built an altar, offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and prayed for his people; in response, the Lord answered his prayer (cp. 21:14).
Fifty shekolim. [But] in Divrei Hayomim25Divrei Hayomim I, 21:25. it says, "Golden Shekolim weighing six hundred," how is this possible? [The answer is] he collected fifty silver shekolim from each tribe that is [a total of] six hundred26 and he gave him an amount of silver that had the value of [six hundred] gold [shekolim]. We also are taught this in the end of Zevochim,27 "He collected an amount of silver that had a value of six hundred gold shekolim, and we also learned this in the Sifri.28Re’eh, 10.
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