KJV King James Version
And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what [seemeth] good unto him: behold, [here be] oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and [other] instruments of the oxen for wood.
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2 Samuel 24:22
And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what [seemeth] good unto him: behold, [here be] oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and [other] instruments of the oxen for wood.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
WEB World English Bible
Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the cattle for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:
ASV American Standard Version
And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Araunah saith unto David, ‘Let my lord the king take and cause to ascend that which is good in his eyes; see, the oxen for a burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments, and the instruments of the oxen, for wood;’
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 24
19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what [seemeth] good unto him: behold, [here be] oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and [other] instruments of the oxen for wood.
23 All these [things] did Araunah, [as] a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֲרַ֙וְנָה֙H728 · a.rav.nahAraunahאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)דָּוִ֔דH1732 · da.vidDavidיִקַּ֥חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeוְיַ֛עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאֲדֹנִ֥יH113 · a.donlordהַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingהַטּ֣וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantבְּעֵינָ֑יוH5869 · a.yineyeרְאֵה֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeהַבָּקָ֣רH1241 · ba.qarcattleלָעֹלָ֔הH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringוְהַמֹּרִגִּ֛יםH4173 · mo.ragthreshing sledוּכְלֵ֥יH3627 · ke.liarticle/utensilהַבָּקָ֖רH1241 · ba.qarcattleלָעֵצִֽים׃H6086 · etstree: wood
Cross-references
1 Kings 19:21And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.1 Samuel 6:14And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where [there was] a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.Genesis 23:11Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that [is] therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.1 Chronicles 21:22Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of [this] threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
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