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2 Samuel 24:20

Ornan

18 And that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

19 So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.

When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.

21 “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

22 Araunah said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.

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BSB
When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
KJV
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.
WEB
Araunah looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. Then Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
ASV
And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
DARBY
And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on towards him; and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
BLB
And Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants coming toward him. And Araunah went out and bowed low before the king with his nose to the ground.
ÅB
Da Aravna så ut, fikk han se kongen og hans tjenere som kom over til ham; da gikk Aravna ut og kastet seg ned for kongen med ansiktet mot jorden.
OTB
Arauna så ned og så kongen og hans tjenere komme over mot ham, og han gikk ut og bøyde seg for kongen med ansiktet mot jorden.
B1930
Da Aravna så ut, fikk han se kongen og hans tjenere som kom over til ham; da gikk Aravna ut og kastet sig ned for kongen med ansiktet mot jorden.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 9:8

    Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

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  • Ruth 2:10

    At this, she fell on her face, bowing low to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you should take notice of me, even though I am a foreigner?”

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  • Genesis 18:2

    And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:20–21

    Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

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