2 Samuel 24:20

2 Samuel 24:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. And Araunah went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming toward him. So Araunah went out and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.

Context of 2 Samuel 24:20

18On that day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” 19So David went up, as the Lord had commanded through Gad. When Araunah looked and saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground. 21Araunah 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.” 22Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take whatever he wishes and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and here are threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.

2 Samuel 24:20 word by word

וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣ף אֲרַ֗וְנָה וַיַּ֤רְא אֶת־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְאֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו עֹבְרִ֖ים עָלָ֑יו וַיֵּצֵ֣א אֲרַ֔וְנָה וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אַפָּ֖יו אָֽרְצָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Araunahאֲרַוְנָה'ăravnâh 'ôrnâh 'anîyâh · AraunahH728
• lookedשָׁקַףshâqaph · to lookH8259
• and sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• coming onעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• and bowedשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• on his faceאַף'aph · faceH639
• upon the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 24:20

• 2 Samuel 9:8Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?”
• Genesis 18:2Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
• Ruth 2:10At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”
• 1 Chronicles 21:20While Araunah was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 24:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20And his servants - In Chronicles “his four sons,” namely, David‘s. It is very possible that David may have taken his sons with him, as well as his elders, and Gad‘s original narrative may have mentioned the circumstance, which the compiler of this chapter did not care to specify, and so used the general term “his servants.”Read the comment
• 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. 1-25The final chapters of 2 Samuel form a coda (a concluding section). This section brings together and summarizes the main themes from earlier chapters. These chapters are thematic, not chronological (arranged by topic, not by time). Because of this, not all the events happened at the end of David’s reign (for example, 2 Samuel 22:1). The material is arranged using a common Hebrew literary pattern called a chiasm (a mirror-like structure). In a chiasm, the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 24:20

• Araunah
• Jerusalem
• Ornan
• Plague
• Threshing

In the dictionaries

• Advise
• David
• Foolishly
• Jebusites
• Jerusalem
• Offer
• Temptation
• Wickedly
• Araunah
• Guilt

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