1 Chronicles 21:20

20 While Araunah was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

1 Chronicles 21:20 in Other Translations

20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

20 Now Ornan was threshing wheat. He turned and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

20 Araunah, who was busy threshing wheat at the time, turned and saw the angel there. His four sons, who were with him, ran away and hid.

20 Meanwhile Araunah had quit threshing the wheat and was watching the angel; his four sons took cover and hid.

20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

20 Now, Ornan had turned around and seen the Messenger. Ornan's four sons who were with him hid, but Ornan kept on threshing the wheat.

20 Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel. His four sons, who were with him, hid themselves.

20 Araunah was threshing wheat. He turned and saw the angel. His four children were with him. They hid themselves.

1 Chronicles 21:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:20

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

1 Chronicles 21:20 In-Context

18 Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

19 So David went up in obedience to the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.

20 While Araunah was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the angel; his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

21 Then David approached, and when Araunah looked and saw him, he left the threshing floor and bowed down before David with his face to the ground.

22 David said to him, “Let me have the site of your threshing floor so I can build an altar to the LORD, that the plague on the people may be stopped. Sell it to me at the full price.”

Cross References

• 1. S Judges 6:11