1 Chronicles 21:22 BSB

1 Chronicles 21:22

Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

KJV

Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But God sees not as man sees. It is plain it was wrong in David to do it, and a great provocation to God, because he did it in the pride of his heart; and there is no sin that has in it more of contradiction and therefore more of offence to God than pride. The sin was David's; he alone must bear the blame of it.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
דָּוִ֜יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אָרְנָ֗ן	'a.re.Nan	Ornan	H771 →
תְּנָה־	te.nah-	give !	H5414 →
לִּי֙	li	to me
מְק֣וֹם	me.Kom	[the] place of	H4725 →
הַגֹּ֔רֶן	ha.Go.ren	the threshing floor	H1637 →
וְאֶבְנֶה־	ve.'ev.neh-	so I may build	H1129 →
בּ֥וֹ	bo	on it
מִזְבֵּ֖חַ	miz.Be.ach	an altar	H4196 →
לַיהוָ֑ה	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
בְּכֶ֤סֶף	be.Khe.sef	for money	H3701 →
מָלֵא֙	ma.Le'	full	H4392 →
תְּנֵ֣הוּ	te.Ne.hu	give it	H5414 →
לִ֔י	Li	to me
וְתֵעָצַ֥ר	ve.te.'a.Tzar	so it may be restrained	H6113 →
הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה	ha.ma.ge.Fah	the plague	H4046 →
מֵעַ֥ל	me.'Al	from on	H5921 →
הָעָֽם׃	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 16:48
He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 24:25
  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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 106:30
  But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 25:8–11
  followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
Through
Numbers 25:8
followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
leads to
- Numbers 16:46–48
  Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the…
- Psalms 106:29–31
  So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
Through
1 Kings 21:2
So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 8:14
  He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.
- 1 Timothy 6:9
  Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- James 1:14–15
  But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.