1 Chronicles 21:25

25 So David gave Ornan 15 pounds of gold^[a] for the plot.

1 Chronicles 21:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:25

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

1 Chronicles 21:25 In-Context

23 Ornan said to David, "Take it! My lord the king may do whatever he wants. See, I give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering-I give it all."

24 King David answered Ornan, "No, I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the Lord what belongs to you or offer burnt offerings that cost [me] nothing."

25 So David gave Ornan 15 pounds of gold for the plot.

26 He built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

27 Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

Footnotes

• [a] Lit 600 shekels of gold by weight