2 Samuel 24:23

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.

All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

²⁴ And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

²⁵ 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.

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.

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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 in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.
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Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
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Psalms 20:3–4
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
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Psalms 45:16
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
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Isaiah 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
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Job 42:8–9
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
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Romans 15:30–31
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
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Hosea 8:13
They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
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