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2 Samuel 24:21

2 Samuel 24:21
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Araunah said unto David, let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him,.... Build an altar, offer sacrifices of whatsoever he found upon the premises fit for the same, and make…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

2 Samuel 24:18-25

Purchase of Araunah's threshingfloor and erection of an altar there

18. Gad came By direction of the angel, according to 1Ch 21:18. Gad's message was the answer to David's prayer, the announcement to…