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2 Samuel 24:20

Ornan

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.

19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.

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.

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.

22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for 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

    And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

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  • Ruth 2:10

    Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

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  • Genesis 18:2

    And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:20–21

    And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

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