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1 Chronicles 21:23

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Ornan said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all.

KJV

And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 21

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I give thee . . . the threshing instruments for wood--that is, to burn the sacrifice of the oxen. Very little real import--the haste and the value of the present offered--can be understood in this country. The offering was made for instant use.

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.

This site's exposition

the threshing sledges for the wood

Ornan offers the oxen, the sledges as firewood, and the wheat for a grain offering. Jamieson, Fausset & Brown say the sledges would burn the sacrificed oxen, and they read the gift as made for instant use. Everything needed for the sacrifice already stands on Ornan's floor.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

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.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אָרְנָ֤ןOrnan

    ʾarenanH771 →12 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • דָּוִיד֙David

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • קַֽח־take [it]

    kach-H3947 →966 times

  • לָ֔ךְfor yourself

    lakh

  • וְיַ֛עַשׂso may he do

    veyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • אֲדֹנִ֥יlord my

    ʾadoniH113 →333 times

  • הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • הַטּ֣וֹבthe good

    hatovH2896 →538 times

  • בְּעֵינָ֑יוin view his

    beeinavH5869 →887 times

  • רְאֵה֩see

    reehH7200 →1300 times

  • נָתַ֨תִּיI give

    natatiH5414 →2011 times

  • הַבָּקָ֜רthe ox[en]

    habakarH1241 →183 times

  • לָֽעֹל֗וֹתfor the burnt offerings

    laolotH5930 →287 times

  • וְהַמּוֹרִגִּ֧יםand the threshing-sledges

    vehammorigimH4173 →

  • לָעֵצִ֛יםfor the wood<s>

    laetzimH6086 →328 times

  • וְהַחִטִּ֥יםand the wheat<s>

    vehachitimH2406 →

  • לַמִּנְחָ֖הfor the grain offering

    laminchahH4503 →211 times

  • הַכֹּ֥ל<the> everything

    hakolH3605 →5413 times

  • נָתָֽתִּי׃I give

    natatiH5414 →2011 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 24:22–23Araunah 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.5 works1 Samuel 6:14The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.4 worksGenesis 23:4–6“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”3 worksJeremiah 32:8Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.2 works1 Kings 19:21So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.2 worksIsaiah 28:27–28Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Numbers 15:9present with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Kings 19:21

    So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set…

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 24:22

      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…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Luke 5:28–29

      and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.

    • Philemon 1:13

      I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel.

    • Exodus 24:13

      So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 32:8

    Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 32:7

      Behold! Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, is coming to you to say, ‘Buy for yourself my field in Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it.’

    • Jeremiah 32:2

      At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of…

    • 1 Kings 22:25

      Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”

  • Through

    1 Samuel 6:14

    The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Judges 21:4

      The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
1 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 1 Chronicles 21 →

This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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