So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
Parallel translations
- WEB So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
- KJV So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
- BSB So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.
- NASB So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site.
- NLT So David gave Araunah 600 pieces of gold in payment for the threshing floor.
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Quick answer
David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site. The substantial price secured the future temple site through honest purchase.
Overview
The figure of six hundred shekels of gold here is larger than the fifty shekels of silver in 2 Samuel 24:24; interpreters faithfully suggest the smaller sum may have been for the threshing floor and oxen alone, while Chronicles records the price for the whole site. Either way, David acquired the place at real cost. This purchase legally established Israel's claim to the ground on which the temple would stand.
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- 2 Sam 24:24–25The king said to Araunah, “No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
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