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 Living Translation (NLT)So David gave Araunah 600 pieces of gold in payment for the threshing floor.

Context of 1 Chronicles 21:25

23But Ornan said to David, “Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. Look, I also give you the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing implements for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; I give it all.” 24Then 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 for the place. 26And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the Lord; and He answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering. 27So the Lord commanded the angel, and he returned his sword to 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 24:24Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels 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