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The divine choice of his land for the temple site, 2 Chronicles 3:1, and his readiness to give it freely for this purpose, suggest the probability that he was a convert to the true religion. His son Solomon will build Jehovah’s Temple here (2 Chronicles 3:1).

The word araunah is not a personal name but a title meaning "the lord" in Hurrian and other near eastern languages.

The account found in 2 Samuel 24 records only David’s purchase of the threshing floor and oxen. It is enough.

Agile; also called Ornan 1 Chr. The destroying angel, sent to punish David for his vanity in taking a census of the people, was stayed in his work of destruction near a threshing-floor belonging to Araunah which was situated on Mount Moriah. (See NIV). ... DAVID AND ARAUNAH. [citation needed] Other scholars believe that a more mundane motive is the reason - that the knowledge gained from a census would enable David to impose more accurate taxes and levies, and thus the census would be unpopular with the people who were at risk of higher taxes or levies.[7]. Ornan offers to give the land along with the bulls for a burnt offering and the threshing sledge as wood for the fire. (See NIV), 2 Chronicles 3:1Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh appeared to David his father, which he made ready in the place that David had appointed, in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

(ark), a Jebusite who sold his threshing floor on Mount Moriah to David as a site for an altar to Jehovah, together with his oxen. (Bottom right) Photo credit: American Colony, Jerusalem {PD – Library of Congress}Wikimedia Commons, Post 12 – The threshing floor of Ornan (Araunah) the Jebusite, this week in #weeklybiblereadingarcheology. The Book of Chronicles states that the figure was 1,570,000 men fit for military service. [1] In the Samuel narrative, God was angry again both with Israel [2] and with king David who imposed a census upon Israel, an order which Joab reluctantly carried out.

Then David built there an altar to Adonai , and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.

Multi-Version Concordance Arau'nah (6 Occurrences).

The Jewish Encyclopedia. Yahweh regarded David's action as a sin, and so punished him, sending Gad the prophet to offer David a choice between three punishments: David indicated that instead of falling into the hands of men, he would rather fall into the hands of the Lord's mercy and discretion. "(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV), 2 Samuel 24:20Araunah looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. David and Araunah. #biblereadingarcheology #biblereadingarchaeology. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Araunah, Arau'nah. (See NIV), 1 Chronicles 21:28At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. Thank you for the real picture.It helps a lot while reading.Peace. The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

[8] In 2 Samuel 24:23, Araunah is referred to as a king: "... Araunah the king gave to the king [i.e., David]". Araunah (Hebrew: אֲרַוְנָה ‎ ’Ǎrawnāh) was a Jebusite mentioned in the Second Book of Samuel, who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah which David purchased and used as the site for assembling an altar to God.The First Book of Chronicles, a later text, renders his name as Ornan (Hebrew: אָרְנָן ‎ ’Ārənān

... /.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/david and araunah.htm, That when David had Numbered the People, they were Punished; and ... ... he caused the pestilence to cease, and sent Gad the prophet to him, and commanded him to go up immediately to the thrashing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite, and ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 13 that when david.htm, David's Sorrow.

--Of Persecution. ... whereon Abraham built the altar, when he bound upon it Isaac his son; and as it was desolate when David bought the threshing-floor from Araunah the Jebusite ... /.../aphrahat/aphrahat select demonstrations/demonstration xxi of persecution.htm, The Children and the Dogs ... and as a chieftain in Judah, and when the most stubborn race of all the Canaanites should be absorbed in Israel as thoroughly as that which gave Araunah to the ... /.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 7 24-30 the children and.htm, Mount Moriah ... "It is a tradition received by all, that the place, where David built an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah, was the place where Abraham built his, upon ... /.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 27 mount moriah.htm, How David Laid Siege to Jerusalem; and when He had Taken the City ... ... 3. A Jebusite, residing on Mount Moriah after the Jebusites were dispossessed by David, 2 Samuel 5:6 24:18. The First Book of Chronicles, a later text, renders his name as Ornan (Hebrew: אָרְנָן‎ ’Ārənān). It was on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, the place provided by David. His .../j/jebusite.htm - 25k, 2 Samuel 24:16When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, "It is enough.

Then Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. Now stay your hand."

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(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV), 2 Samuel 24:21Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" On the other hand, the account in 1 Chronicles 21 records a higher price for the full purchase, including the surrounding land. a-ro'-na ('arawnah, 2 Samuel 24:16, 20; 'aranyah 2 Samuel 24:18, and 'ornan, 1 Chronicles 21:15; 2 Chronicles 3:1, all from a Hebrew root meaning "to be strong"): A Jebusite from whom David at the request of the prophet Gad bought a threshing-floor located upon Mt. ( Log Out /  Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account.

Araunah said to the king, "May Yahweh your God accept you. (See NIV), 1 Chronicles 21:18Then the angel of Yahweh commanded Gad to tell David, that David should go up, and raise an altar to Yahweh in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Early in King David’s reign, the large hill to the north of the City of David (Mount Moriah), was still devoid of buildings. I shall now make mention of Araunah, who was a wealthy man among the Jebusites, but was not slain by David in the siege of Jerusalem, because of the good ... /.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 how david laid.htm, The Kingdom of all Israel. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account.

.../t/threshing.htm - 28k, Floor (69 Occurrences)... Now stay your hand."

Araunah. ... /.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxv davids sorrow.htm, Demonstration xxi.

"(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV), 2 Samuel 24:24The king said to Araunah, "No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price.

David said, "To buy your threshing floor, to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stopped from afflicting the people. ... 2 Samuel 24:21 And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant?

The angel of Adonai was then by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” (2 Samuel 24:15-16) ”So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 50 shekels of silver.

"Araunah".

[6] Some scholars believe the motive for the census was pride, that David's numbering of the people was to show his strength as a king; his sin in this was relying on human numbers instead of God. Biblical scholar H. P. Mathys notes that the purchase of threshing floor "is modelled on Abraham's purchase of Machpelah's cave (Genesis 23), even repeating specific details, the most important of which is David's insistence on paying the full price (an expression used only in Genesis 23:9 and in 1 Chronicles 21:22,24). Now stay your hand." Some biblical scholars believe that he may have simply been the Jebusite king of Jerusalem at the time. The Samuel version is the final member of a group of narratives which together constitute the "appendix" (2 Samuel 21-24) of the Books of Samuel, and which do not fit into the chronological ordering of the rest of Samuel.

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV), 2 Samuel 24:18Gad came that day to David, and said to him, "Go up, build an altar to Yahweh on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing." The angel of Yahweh was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. The spot chosen for it was that of Isaac's sacrifice, where was the threshing-floor bought by David from Araunah, but to give farther room, he levelled the ... //christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson vi the kingdom of.htm, Chronicles ... Where, eg in 2 Samuel 24:24 David pays Araunah fifty shekels of silver for the ground on which the temple was afterwards built, in 1 Chronicles 21:25 he pays ... /.../mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/chronicles.htm, Altar and Temple ... What memories of Araunah's threshing-floor, and of the hovering angel of destruction, and of the glories of Solomon's dedication, and of the long centuries ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/altar and temple.htm, Arau'nah (6 Occurrences)Arau'nah.