1 Chronicles 21:25

1 Chronicles 21:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
• New International Version (NIV)So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So David paid Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the site.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.

Context of 1 Chronicles 21:25

23Ornan said to David, “Take it! My lord the king may do whatever he wants. See, I give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering — I give it all.” 24King David answered Ornan, “No, I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the Lord what belongs to you or offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David gave Ornan fifteen pounds of gold for the plot. 26He built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and he answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. 27Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

1 Chronicles 21:25 word by word

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן דָּוִ֛יד לְאָרְנָ֖ן בַּמָּק֑וֹם שִׁקְלֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב מִשְׁקָ֖ל שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: payH5414
• to Ornanאׇרְנָן'ornân · OrnanH771
• for the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• sixשֵׁשׁshêsh shishshâh · sixH8337
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• shekelsשֶׁ֫קֶלsheqel · shekelH8255
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• by weightמִשְׁקָלmishqâl · weightH4948

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 21:25

• 2 Samuel 24:24The king answered Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you for a price, for I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for twenty ounces of silver.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Compare 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30This account of the census is similar to 2 Samuel 24:1–25 but focuses on different aspects. The Chronicler’s version sets the stage for dedicating the altar and preparing to build the temple (1 Chronicles 22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. David gave ... for the place six hundred shekels of gold--At first he bought only the cattle and the threshing instruments, for which he paid fifty shekels of silver (2Sa 24:24); afterwards he purchased the whole property, Mount Moriah, on which the future temple stood. High in the center of the mountain platform rises a remarkable rock, now covered by the dome of "the Sakrah." It is irregular in its form, and measures about sixty feet in one…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 21:25

• Araunah
• Gold
• Miracles
• Money
• Ornan

In the dictionaries

• David
• Advise
• Araunah
• Coin
• Cost
• Displease
• Grant
• Jebusites
• Require
• Shekel

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings