2 Samuel 24:21

2 Samuel 24:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? 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.
• New International Version (NIV)Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” “To buy your threshing floor,” David answered, “so I can build an altar to the Lord, that the plague on the people may be stopped.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" 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."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be withdrawn from the people.”

Context of 2 Samuel 24:21

19So David went up as Gad instructed him to do, according to the Lord’s instructions. 20When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground. Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied, “To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the Lord, so that the plague may be removed from the people.” 22Araunah told David, “My lord the king may take whatever he wishes and offer it. Look! Here are oxen for burnt offerings, and threshing sledges and harnesses for wood. 23I, the servant of my lord the king, give it all to the king!” Araunah also told the king, “May the Lord your God show you favor!”

2 Samuel 24:21 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲרַ֔וְנָה מַדּ֛וּעַ בָּ֥א אֲדֹנִֽי־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד לִקְנ֧וֹת מֵעִמְּךָ֣ אֶת־הַגֹּ֗רֶן לִבְנ֤וֹת מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְתֵעָצַ֥ר הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל הָעָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Araunahאֲרַוְנָה'ăravnâh 'ôrnâh 'anîyâh · AraunahH728
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Wherefore is my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to his servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• To buyקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• the threshingfloorגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637
• of thee, to buildבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
• an altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• that the plagueמַגֵּפָהmaggêphâh · plagueH4046
• may be stayedעָצַר‛âtsar · to restrainH6113
• from the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 24:21

• 2 Samuel 24:3Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”
• Genesis 23:8Then he said to them, “If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar
• 1 Chronicles 21:22David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor so I can build on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price – so that the plague may be removed from the people.”
• Jeremiah 32:6So now, Jeremiah said, “The Lord told me,
• 2 Samuel 21:3David said to the Gibeonites, “What can I do for you, and how can I make amends so that you will bless the Lord’s inheritance?”
• Numbers 16:47So Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague was just beginning among the people. So he placed incense on the coals and made atonement for the people.
• Numbers 25:8and went after the Israelite man into the tent and thrust through the Israelite man and into the woman’s abdomen. So the plague was stopped from the Israelites.
• Psalms 106:30Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 24:21

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 God's encouraging us to offer to him spiritual sacrifices, is an evidence of his reconciling us to himself. David purchased the ground to build the altar. God hates robbery for burnt-offering. Those know not what religion is, who chiefly care to make it cheap and easy to themselves, and who are best pleased with that which costs them least pains or money. For what have we our substance, but to honour God with it; and how can it be better…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21so that the plague: David did not know that God had already told the angel the plague would end (2 Samuel 24:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed--It is evident that the plague was not stayed till after the altar was built, and the sacrifice offered, so that what is related (2Sa 24:16) was by anticipation. Previous to the offering of this sacrifice, he had seen the destroying angel as well as offered the intercessory prayer (2Sa 24:17). This was a sacrifice of expiation; and the reason why he was allowed to offer it on Mount Moriah…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 24:21

• Araunah
• Jerusalem
• Ornan
• Plague
• Threshing

In the dictionaries

• David
• Advise
• Foolishly
• Jebusites
• Jerusalem
• Offer
• Plague
• Temptation
• Wickedly
• Buying

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 24

• 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