1 Chronicles 21:23 BSB

1 Chronicles 21:23

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

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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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Commentary

2 voices

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.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 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

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אָרְנָ֤ן	'a.re.Nan	Ornan	H771 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
דָּוִיד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
קַֽח־	kach-	take [it]	H3947 →
לָ֔ךְ	Lakh	for yourself
וְיַ֛עַשׂ	ve.Ya.'as	so may he do	H6213 →
אֲדֹנִ֥י	'a.do.Ni	lord my	H113 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
הַטּ֣וֹב	ha.Tov	the good	H2896 →
בְּעֵינָ֑יו	be.'ei.Nav	in view his	H5869 →
רְאֵה֩	re.'Eh	see	H7200 →
נָתַ֨תִּי	na.Ta.ti	I give	H5414 →
הַבָּקָ֜ר	ha.ba.Kar	the ox[en]	H1241 →
לָֽעֹל֗וֹת	la.'o.Lot	for the burnt offerings	H5930 →
וְהַמּוֹרִגִּ֧ים	ve.ham.mo.ri.Gim	and the threshing-sledges	H4173 →
לָעֵצִ֛ים	la.'e.Tzim	for the wood<s>	H6086 →
וְהַחִטִּ֥ים	ve.ha.chi.Tim	and the wheat<s>	H2406 →
לַמִּנְחָ֖ה	la.min.Chah	for the grain offering	H4503 →
הַכֹּ֥ל	ha.Kol	<the> everything	H3605 →
נָתָֽתִּי׃	na.Ta.ti	I give	H5414 →

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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…
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 independent 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.
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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…
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.
leads to
- Judges 21:4
  The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.

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