Chronicles I 21:26

26 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and he cried to the Lord, and he answered him by fire out of heaven on the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, and consumed the whole-burnt-offering.

Chronicles I 21:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 21:26

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).

Chronicles I 21:26 In-Context

24 And king David said to Orna, Nay; for I will surely buy it for its worth in money: for I will not take thy property for the Lord, to offer a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord without cost .

25 And David gave to Orna for his place six hundred shekels of gold weight.

26 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and he cried to the Lord, and he answered him by fire out of heaven on the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, and consumed the whole-burnt-offering.

27 And the Lord spoke to the angel; and he put up the sword into its sheath.

28 At that time when David saw that the Lord answered him in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite, he also sacrificed there.