1 Chronicles 21:25
in 1 Chronicles 21So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
KJV
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 21
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Compare the marginal reference and note. It may also be conjectured that we should read “six” for “six hundred” here; since, according to the later Jewish system, six gold shekels were nearly equal in value to fifty silver ones.
This site's exposition
Nay; but I will verily buy
on 1 Chronicles 21:24-25
David refuses Ornan's free gift outright, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price, stating the principle in his own words, I will not offer burnt offerings without cost. Chronicles records the price as six hundred shekels of gold by weight; 2 Samuel 24:24 records fifty shekels of silver, and the two sums are not the same purchase read two ways. The readings the commentators offer are named without forcing agreement: some hold Samuel's fifty shekels bought only the floor and the oxen for that day's sacrifice, while Chronicles' six hundred shekels bought the whole hill later given to the temple, and Albert Barnes records a minority reading of six shekels rather than six hundred, closer in value to Samuel's fifty. David's refusal to take Ornan's gift for nothing stands the same in both books; only the sum differs.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
David had prepared by singing psalms, and the other prophets too by prophesying prepared for the Lord who was indeed the true Solomon a place that he might build a house, because they taught the hearts of their hearers by true faith, earnestly urging them …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
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.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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;
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The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתֵּ֥ן | vaiyiten | and he gave | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| דָּוִ֛יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| לְאָרְנָ֖ן | learenan | to Ornan | H771 → | 12 times |
| בַּמָּק֑וֹם | bamakom | for the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| שִׁקְלֵ֣י | shiklei | shekels of | H8255 → | |
| זָהָ֔ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| מִשְׁקָ֖ל | mishkal | weight | H4948 → | 49 times |
| שֵׁ֥שׁ | shesh | six | H8337 → | 216 times |
| מֵאֽוֹת׃ | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
וַיִּתֵּ֥ןand he gave
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
דָּוִ֛ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
לְאָרְנָ֖ןto Ornan
learenanH771 →12 times
בַּמָּק֑וֹםfor the place
bamakomH4725 →401 times
שִׁקְלֵ֣יshekels of
shikleiH8255 →
זָהָ֔בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
מִשְׁקָ֖לweight
mishkalH4948 →49 times
שֵׁ֥שׁsix
sheshH8337 →216 times
מֵאֽוֹת׃hundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Bede, Of the Temple of Solomon 1. 5.4-5; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.