1 Chronicles 21:22
in 1 Chronicles 21Then 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.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 21
Commentary
2 notes on this verseBut 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.
This site's exposition
Grant me the site of this threshing floor
on 1 Chronicles 21:22-23
David asks, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor”, so the plague may be halted. Ornan offers everything at once: “the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering”. The whole sacrifice stands ready before David has paid anything.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| דָּוִ֜יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אָרְנָ֗ן | ʾarenan | Ornan | H771 → | 12 times |
| תְּנָה־ | tenah- | give ! | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לִּי֙ | li | to me | ||
| מְק֣וֹם | mekom | [the] place of | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַגֹּ֔רֶן | hagoren | the threshing floor | H1637 → | 36 times |
| וְאֶבְנֶה־ | veevneh- | so I may build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| בּ֥וֹ | bo | on it | ||
| מִזְבֵּ֖חַ | mizbeach | an altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| לַיהוָ֑ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּכֶ֤סֶף | bekhesef | for money | H3701 → | 403 times |
| מָלֵא֙ | male' | full | H4392 → | 64 times |
| תְּנֵ֣הוּ | tenehu | give it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לִ֔י | li | to me | ||
| וְתֵעָצַ֥ר | veteatzar | so it may be restrained | H6113 → | 47 times |
| הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה | hamagefah | the plague | H4046 → | |
| מֵעַ֥ל | meal | from on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָעָֽם׃ | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
דָּוִ֜ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אָרְנָ֗ןOrnan
ʾarenanH771 →12 times
תְּנָה־give !
tenah-H5414 →2011 times
לִּי֙to me
li
מְק֣וֹם[the] place of
mekomH4725 →401 times
הַגֹּ֔רֶןthe threshing floor
hagorenH1637 →36 times
וְאֶבְנֶה־so I may build
veevneh-H1129 →376 times
בּ֥וֹon it
bo
מִזְבֵּ֖חַan altar
mizbeachH4196 →401 times
לַיהוָ֑הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּכֶ֤סֶףfor money
bekhesefH3701 →403 times
מָלֵא֙full
male'H4392 →64 times
תְּנֵ֣הוּgive it
tenehuH5414 →2011 times
לִ֔יto me
li
וְתֵעָצַ֥רso it may be restrained
veteatzarH6113 →47 times
הַמַּגֵּפָ֖הthe plague
hamagefahH4046 →
מֵעַ֥לfrom on
mealH5921 →5755 times
הָעָֽם׃the people
haamH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 16:48He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.
it 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 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 106:30
But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
Reached by 2 separate 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,
- 2 Samuel 24:25
Through
Numbers 25:8followed 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,
it 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.
- Numbers 16:46–48
Through
1 Kings 21:2So 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…
it 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.
- 1 Samuel 8:14
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This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
