Verse 21
2 Samuel 24:21
New King James Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲרַ֔וְנָה מַדּ֛וּעַ בָּ֥א אֲדֹנִֽ/י הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל עַבְדּ֑/וֹ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד לִ/קְנ֧וֹת מֵ/עִמְּ/ךָ֣ אֶת הַ/גֹּ֗רֶן לִ/בְנ֤וֹת מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ לַֽ/יהוָ֔ה וְ/תֵעָצַ֥ר הַ/מַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵ/עַ֥ל הָ/עָֽם
English Translation
And Aravna said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" And David said, "To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague may be restrained from the people."
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10
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11
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14
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And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
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And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, an...
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21
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the thre...
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And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what
seemeth good unto him: beho...
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23
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these things did Araunah,
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24
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy
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