1 Chronicles 21:24 BSB

1 Chronicles 21:24

“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

BSB

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ASV

And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.

KJV

And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

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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

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
דָּוִיד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
לְאָרְנָ֔ן	le.'a.re.Nan	to Ornan	H771 →
לֹ֕א	lo'	In-	H3808 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	deed	H3588 →
קָנֹ֥ה	ka.Noh	certainly <to acquire>	H7069 →
אֶקְנֶ֖ה	'ek.Neh	I will acquire [it]	H7069 →
בְּכֶ֣סֶף	be.Khe.sef	for money	H3701 →
מָלֵ֑א	ma.Le'	full	H4392 →
כִּ֠י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
אֶשָּׂ֤א	'e.Sa'	I will take	H5375 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[that] which	H834 →
לְךָ֙	le.Kha	[belongs] to you
לַיהוָ֔ה	la.Yah.weh	for Yahweh	H3068 →
וְהַעֲל֥וֹת	ve.ha.'a.Lot	and to offer up	H5927 →
עוֹלָ֖ה	o.Lah	a burnt offering	H5930 →
חִנָּֽם׃	chi.Nam	for nothing	H2600 →

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The walk

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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
Romans 12:17
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
leads to
- Proverbs 20:22
  Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15
  Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
- 1 Peter 3:9
  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- Matthew 5:39
  But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
- 2 Corinthians 8:20–21
  We hope to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this generous gift.
Through
Genesis 14:23
that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
leads to
- 2 Kings 5:16
  But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.
- 2 Corinthians 11:9–12
  And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to…
- Esther 9:15–16
  On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.