David Buys Threshing Floor Bible
Neither will i offer burnt offerings unto the lord my god of that which.
David buys threshing floor bible. Then the lord answered his prayer in behalf of the land and the plague on israel was stopped 2 sam 24 18 25. Sell it to me for the full price so that the plague upon the people may be halted 23 ornan said to david my lord the king. David built an altar to the lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. 22 then david said to ornan grant me the site of this threshing floor that i may build an altar to the lord.
The angel of adonai was then by the threshing floor of araunah the jebusite 2 samuel 24 15 16 so david bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 50 shekels of silver. See the cattle and available for elevation offerings and the threshing tools and the. King david ordered a census of the fighting men of israel. 1 kings 22 10 dressed in their royal robes the king of israel and jehoshaphat king of judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of samaria with all the prophets prophesying before them.
Perhaps the census was a source of pride or a sign that david was relying upon the strength of his men rather than the strength of the lord. David gave the fifty shekels for the immediate use of the place and for the oxen and implements. 2 samuel 24 24 then king david said to ornan no but i will surely buy it for the full price for i will not take what is yours for the lord nor offer burnt offerings with that which costs me nothing so david gave ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight. David said to buy the threshing floor from you in order to build an altar to the lord that the plague may be averted from the people then araunah said to david let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him.
Here are the oxen for the burnt offering and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. David builds an altar 21 david came to ornan and when ornan looked out and saw david he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before david. This census was contrary to god s will. And david replied to buy threshing floor from you in order to build an altar to hashem so that the pestilence may cease from the people but araunah said to david let my lord the king take it and offer whatever is proper in his eyes.
And david said to buy the threshingfloor of thee to build an altar unto the lord that the plague may be stayed from the people. But i will surely buy it of thee at a price. So david bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. So david bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them.
The story of araunah and his threshing floor is linked to that of david s sinful census in 2 samuel 24. Then david built there an altar to adonai and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. 2 samuel 24 24 view whole chapter see verse in context and the king said unto araunah nay.