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1 Chronicles 21

1 Chronicles 21:28

David Builds an Altar · 1 Chronicles 21:18–30
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Translations

Modern
At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
Traditional
At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
Literal
At that time David saw that YHWH had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, and he sacrificed there.
Latin
Protinus ergo David, videns quod exaudisset eum Dominus in area Ornan Jebusæi, immolavit ibi victimas.

Original

Hebrew
English
At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.

Notes

1 Chronicles 21:26–22:1

The census and plague led to dedicating Araunah’s threshing floor as the site for the new sanctuary. Normally, offerings were made at Gibeon, where the tabernacle was located (see 1 Chronicles 16:39; 21:29; 2 Chronicles 1:3). The plague stopped at the threshing floor, allowing David to make offerings there as instructed by Gad the seer (1 Chronicles 21:18). David then chose this new location for the future temple of the Lord God.

1 Chronicles 21:1–22:1

This 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).

Theme notes and profiles

David God or Satan?

Parallels

2 Samuel 24:18–25

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Jebusites: Canaanite tribe inhabiting Jerusalem before David's conquest Ornan: Jebusite, sold threshing floor to David

Glossary

Araunah Chronicles, Books of First and Second David Genealogy Moriah Zion

Topics

Ornan: A Jebusite Temple: Solomon's: Site of the First Temple: Built on Mount Moriah on the Threshing-Floor of Ornan Or