2 Samuel 24:23

23 - Araunah gives it all to the king! And may God, your God, act in your favor."

2 Samuel 24:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 24:23

All these [things] did Araunah, [as] a king, give unto the
king
The note of similitude as is not in the text; from whence some have thought he was king of the Jebusites before Jerusalem was taken out of their hands, or however was of the royal race, perhaps the son and heir of the then king at that time; or he has this title given him, because of his great liberality, having the spirit of a prince in him, even of a king; so Ulysses addressed Antinous, saying, thou art like a king, and therefore should give more largely than others ^F8:

and Araunah said unto the king, the Lord thy God accept thee;
thine offering with a good will; with pleasure and delight, as the Targum; that so the plague might be removed, and which no doubt made him the more ready to part with the above things, and all that he had; so dreadful did the calamity appear to him, and especially after he saw the angel with his drawn sword just over him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Homer. Odyss. 17. ver. 335.

2 Samuel 24:23 In-Context

21 and saying, "Why has my master the king come to see me?" "To buy your threshing floor," said David, "so I can build an altar to God here and put an end to this disaster."

22 "Oh," said Araunah, "let my master the king take and sacrifice whatever he wants. Look, here's an ox for the burnt offering and threshing paddles and ox-yokes for fuel

23 - Araunah gives it all to the king! And may God, your God, act in your favor."

24 But the king said to Araunah, "No. I've got to buy it from you for a good price; I'm not going to offer God, my God, sacrifices that are no sacrifice."

25 He built an altar to God there and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. God was moved by the prayers and that was the end of the disaster.