2 Samuel 24:22
in 2 Samuel 24Araunah 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:
KJV
And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 24
Commentary
8 notes on this verseTherefore, the king himself offered blessed David the threshing floor and oxen for a burnt offering, but King David refused to accept them without first paying a price. This, too, was fulfilled at the coming of our Lord and Savior, for he refused to take …
This site's exposition
build an altar to the LORD
on 2 Samuel 24:18-23
That day Gad brings an instruction: “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite”. Araunah bows facedown before the king and offers the oxen for a burnt offering. He closes with a blessing, “May the LORD your God accept you”.
This site's exposition
the threshing sledges and ox yokes
Albert Barnes explains the threshing sledge as a board set with iron teeth, drawn by oxen over the grain (Isaiah 41:15). The oxen were at work on the floor that day, and their wooden yokes would feed the fire. 1 Samuel 6:14 records a like use of a cart's wood.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
1 And again the anger of the L ORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. 2 For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
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), and all this gratis, and a good prayer into the bargain: The Lord thy God accept thee! This he did, (1.) Because he had a generous spirit with a great estate.
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And Araunah said unto David, let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Here be oxen for burnt-sacrifice - He felt for the king; and showed his loyalty to him by this offer. He felt for the people; and was willing to make any sacrifice to get the plague stayed. He felt for his own personal safety; and therefore was willing to give up all to save his life. He felt for the honor of God; and therefore was glad that he had a sacrifice to offer, so that God might magnify both his justice and mercy.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Here be oxen - Those, namely, which were at that very time threshing out the grain in Araunah’s threshing-floor 1Ch 21:20; Deu 25:4. Threshing-instruments - This was a kind of sledge with iron teeth Isa 41:15. It was drawn by two or four oxen over the grain on the floor. Other instruments of the oxen - “i. e., the harness of the oxen,” of which the yoke, and perhaps some other parts, would be made of wood (marginal references; 1Sa 6:14).
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲרַ֙וְנָה֙ | ʾaravnah | Araunah | H728 → | 9 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| דָּוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| יִקַּ֥ח | yikach | let him take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| וְיַ֛עַל | veyaal | and let him offer up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֲדֹנִ֥י | ʾadoni | lord my | H113 → | 333 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַטּ֣וֹב | hatov | the good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| בְּעֵינָ֑יו | beayno | in eyes his | H5869 → | 887 times |
| רְאֵה֙ | reeh | see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| הַבָּקָ֣ר | habakar | the ox[en] | H1241 → | 183 times |
| לָעֹלָ֔ה | laolah | for the burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| וְהַמֹּרִגִּ֛ים | vehammorigim | and the threshing-sledges | H4173 → | |
| וּכְלֵ֥י | ukhelei | and [the] equipment<s> of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| הַבָּקָ֖ר | habakar | the ox[en] | H1241 → | 183 times |
| לָעֵצִֽים׃ | laetzim | for the wood<s> | H6086 → | 328 times |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲרַ֙וְנָה֙Araunah
ʾaravnahH728 →9 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
דָּוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
יִקַּ֥חlet him take
yikachH3947 →966 times
וְיַ֛עַלand let him offer up
veyaalH5927 →890 times
אֲדֹנִ֥יlord my
ʾadoniH113 →333 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
הַטּ֣וֹבthe good
hatovH2896 →538 times
בְּעֵינָ֑יוin eyes his
beaynoH5869 →887 times
רְאֵה֙see
reehH7200 →1300 times
הַבָּקָ֣רthe ox[en]
habakarH1241 →183 times
לָעֹלָ֔הfor the burnt offering
laolahH5930 →287 times
וְהַמֹּרִגִּ֛יםand the threshing-sledges
vehammorigimH4173 →
וּכְלֵ֥יand [the] equipment<s> of
ukheleiH3627 →325 times
הַבָּקָ֖רthe ox[en]
habakarH1241 →183 times
לָעֵצִֽים׃for the wood<s>
laetzimH6086 →328 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Genesis 23:11“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your…
it leads to
- Luke 19:24
Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
- Isaiah 32:8
But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
- Luke 19:24
Through
1 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…
it leads to
- Luke 5:28–29
and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
- 2 Timothy 4:11
Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.
- 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.
- Luke 5:28–29
Through
1 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.
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.
- Judges 21:4
Through
1 Chronicles 21:22Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 24:21
“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the…
- 1 Kings 21:2
So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you…
- 2 Samuel 24:21
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Caesarius of Arles, SERMON 122.2; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.