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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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Here be oxen - Those, namely, which were at that very time threshing out the grain in Araunah’s threshing-floor 1Ch 21:20; Deu 25:4. Threshing-instruments - This was a kind of sledge with iron teeth…
Adam Clarke
Here be oxen for burnt-sacrifice - He felt for the king; and showed his loyalty to him by this offer. He felt for the people; and was willing to make any sacrifice to get the plague stayed. He felt…
Cambridge Bible
threshing instruments The threshing sledges, drawn by the oxen which Araunah offers for sacrifice. For a description of this implement see note on ch. 2Sa 12:31. The word there is different, and that…
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