2 Samuel 24:23
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.
O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
24 “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
- KJV
- All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
- WEB
- All this, O king, does Araunah give to the king.” Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
- ASV
- all this, O king, doth Araunah give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, Jehovah thy God accept thee.
- DARBY
- All these things, O king, doth Araunah give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, Jehovah thy God accept thee.
- BLB
- All these Araunah has given, O king, to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May YHWH your God accept you.”
- ÅB
- alt dette, konge, gir Aravna kongen. Og Aravna sa til kongen: Herren din Gud ta nådig imot deg!
- OTB
- Alt dette, konge, gir Arauna fritt til kongen." Og Arauna sa til kongen, "Måtte Herren din Gud akseptere deg."
- B1930
- alt dette, konge, gir Aravna kongen. Og Aravna sa til kongen: Herren din Gud ta nådig imot dig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 20:40–41
For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
Read in contextIsaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
Read in contextPsalms 20:3–4
May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah
Read in contextPsalms 45:16
Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:8
But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
Read in contextJob 42:8–9
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
Read in contextRomans 15:30–31
Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
Read in contextHosea 8:13
Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
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