Bible Commentary

And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 24. neither will I offer of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:24”

All these [things] did Araunah, [as] a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. 23. All these things, &c.] Render, The whole doth Araunah, O king, give unto the king. The words are a continuation of Araunah’s speech in 2Sa 24:22. Cp. 1Ch 21:23. Although … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:23”

And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what [seemeth] good unto him: behold, [here be] oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and [other] instruments of the oxen for wood. 22. threshing instruments ] The threshing sledges, drawn by the oxen which Araunah offers for sacrifice. For a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:22”

And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? wherefore doth the king do me this … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:21”

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. 20. saw the king ] In Chron. saw the angel, but the words angel and king in Heb. are very similar, and probably king is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:20”

And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded. And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. From the place where he was in a lower part of the city to Mount Moriah, on which was the threshing floor, a place fit for winnowing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:19”

And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. 18 25. Purchase of Araunah’s threshingfloor and erection of an altar there 18. Gad came ] By direction of the angel, according to 1Ch 21:18. Gad’s message was the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:18”

And David spoke unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house. 17. when he saw the angel ] The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:17”

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. 16. the angel ] Angels … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:16”

So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. 15 17. The Plague 15. even to the time appointed ] The meaning of these words, which are not found in Chron., is very doubtful. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 24:15”