1 Chronicles 21:20

1 Chronicles 21:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
• New International Version (NIV)While Araunah was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now Ornan was threshing wheat. He turned and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Ornan turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves, but Ornan continued threshing wheat.

Context of 1 Chronicles 21:20

18Then the angel of Yhwh commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto Yhwh in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of Yhwh. And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves, but Ornan continued threshing wheat. 21And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. 22Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto Yhwh: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

1 Chronicles 21:20 word by word

וַיָּ֣שָׁב אָרְנָ֗ן וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֔ךְ וְאַרְבַּ֧עַת בָּנָ֛יו עִמּ֖וֹ מִֽתְחַבְּאִ֑ים וְאָרְנָ֖ן דָּ֥שׁ חִטִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

• And Ornanאׇרְנָן'ornân · OrnanH771
• turned backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and sawרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
• and his fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• with him hidחָבָאchâbâ' · to hideH2244
• continued threshingדּוּשׁdûsh dôsh dîysh · to treadH1758
• wheatחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 21:20

• Judges 6:11And there came an angel of Yhwh, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 21:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Ornan turned back, and saw the angel - The Septuagint say, And Orna turned, , and saw the King. The Syriac and Arabic say, David saw the angel; and do not mention Ornan in this place. Houbigant translates the same reading המלך hammalech, the king, for המלעך hammalach, the angel, and vindicates his version from the parallel place, 2 Samuel 24:20, where it is said, he saw David: but there is no word of his seeing the angel. But the seeing David is mentioned…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. 20-2120-21. Ornan was threshing wheat--If the census was entered upon in autumn, the beginning of the civil year, the nine and a half months it occupied would end at wheat harvest. The common way of threshing corn is by spreading it out on a high level area, and driving backwards and forwards upon it two oxen harnessed to a clumsy sledge with three rollers and some sharp spikes. The driver sits on his knees on the box, while another person is employed in…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 21:20

• Araunah
• Miracles
• Ornan

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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