1 Chronicles 21:25 KJV — MannaFest

1 Chronicles 21:25

So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

KJV

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ASV

So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

WEB

So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.

YLT

And David giveth to Ornan for the place shekels of gold in weight six hundred;

DBT

And David gave to Ornan for the place in shekels of gold the weight of six hundred [shekels].

About this book

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1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra, per rabbinic tradition)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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1 verse on the floor

2 Samuel 24:24–25
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It is the natural surface of Mount Moriah and is thought by many to be the rock of the threshing-floor of Araunah, selected by David, and continued by Solomon and Zerubbabel as "the unhewn stone" on which to build the altar [BARTLETT, Walks about Jerusalem;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

By fire - Hebrew. by fire sent from heaven: which was the sign of God's acceptance. The fire that might justly have fastened on the sinner, fastened upon the sacrifice and consumed it. Thus Christ was made sin and a curse for us, and it pleased the Lord to bruise him, that through him God might be to us, not a consuming fire, but a reconciled Father.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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