1 Chronicles 21:25

25 So David paid Ornan shekels^[a] of gold by weight for the site.

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 Then Ornan said to David, “Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems good to him. See, I give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood and the wheat for a grain offering; I give it all. ”

24 But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing. ”

25 So David paid Ornan shekels of gold by weight for the site.

26 And David built there an altar to the Lord and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings and called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering.

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

Cross References

• 1. 21:25 [2 Sam. 24:24]

Footnotes

• [a] 21:25 A 'shekel' was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams