Davis Purchased The Threshing Floor

David gave the fifty shekels for the immediate use of the place and for the oxen and implements.

Davis purchased the threshing floor. 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. א ר ו נ ה ǎrawnāh was a jebusite mentioned in the second book of samuel who owned the threshing floor on mount moriah which david purchased and used as the site for assembling an altar to god the first book of chronicles a later text renders his name as ornan hebrew. King david purchased the threshing floor temple altar. The story of araunah and his threshing floor is linked to that of david s sinful census in 2 samuel 24.

Hashem then answered the prayers of the land and the pestilence ceased from israel. 1ch 21 28 then david said this is the house of the lord god and this is the altar of the burnt offering for israel. Spurgeon at the metropolitan tabernacle newington. I chronicles 21 22 30.

So david bought the threshing floor and the cattle for fifty silver shekels. In 1 chronicles 21 25 so david gave to ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight there is a superficial but no real discrepancy between these two narratives. Make sure to click bell select all to receive up to date videos. Then david built there an altar to adonai and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.

King david ordered a census of the fighting men of israel. The land purchased from araunah was eventually used as the site of the temple in jerusalem. David built and altar there to hashem and he offered elevation offering and peace offerings. David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

David built an altar on ornan s araunah s threshing floor 2 samuel 24 18 24 1 chronicles 21 18 27 which later became the site of the temple 2 chronicles 3 1. David probably chose this place for his altar because it was on an elevation and the ground was already level and prepared by rolling. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. Ybendavid victoria david bolton.

A sermon delivered on lord s day morning november 9 1884 by c. So david bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them.