2 Samuel 24:21 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²¹ Now king David was old, and advanced in years: and when he was covered with clothes, he was not warm.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor from you, to build there an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

Common English Bible

²¹ Araunah said, “Why has my master and king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy this threshing floor from you to build an altar to the LORD, so the plague among the people may come to an end.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ And going out, he adored the king, lying prone with his face to the ground, and he said, "What is the reason that my lord the king has come to his servant?" And David said to him, "So as to purchase the threshing floor from you, and to build an altar to the Lord, and to quiet the plague that rages among the people."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ And going out he worshipped the king, bowing with his face to the earth, and said: Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said to him: To buy the thrashing-floor of thee, and build an altar to the Lord, that the plague, which rageth among the people, may cease.

2 Samuel 24:21 Cross References

Genesis 50:10

2 So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.

2 Samuel 24:18

3 All these things Areuna as a king gave to the king: and Areuna said to the king: The Lord thy God receive thy vow.

2 Samuel 24:20

5 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered holocausts and peace offerings: and the Lord became merciful to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

2 Samuel 24:3

And having gone through the whole land, after nine months and twenty days, they came to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 21:22

7 And the Lord commanded the angel: and he put up his sword again into the sheath.

Psalm 106:30

7 And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

Numbers 25:8

3 And the covenant of the priesthood for ever shall be both to him and his seed, because he hath been zealous for his God, and hath made atonement for the wickedness of the children of Israel.