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

²⁴ And the damsel was exceeding beautiful, and she slept with the king: and served him, but the king did not know her.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ But King David said to Araunah, No, but I will buy it of you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God of that which costs me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price; neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Common English Bible

²⁴ “No,” the king said to Araunah. “I will buy them from you at a fair price. I won’t offer up to the LORD my God entirely burned offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ And in response, the king said to him: "It shall not be as you wish. Instead, I will purchase it from you at a price. For I will not offer to the Lord, my God, holocausts that cost nothing." Therefore, David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ And the king answered him, and said: Nay, but I will buy it of thee at a price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God holocausts free cost. So David bought the floor, and the oxen, for fifty sicles of silver.

2 Samuel 24:24 Cross References

Genesis 23:11

1 Let it not be so, my lord, but do thou rather hearken to what I say: The field I deliver to thee, and the cave that is therein, in the presence of the children of my people, bury thy dead.

Genesis 23:13

3 And he spoke to Ephron, in the presence of the people: I beseech thee to hear me: I will give money for the field: take it, and so I will bury my dead in it.

Genesis 23:16

6 And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver of common current money.

1 Chronicles 21:1

But Levi and Benjamin he did not number: for Joab unwillingly executed the king's orders.

1 Chronicles 22:1

And he called for Solomon his son: and commanded him to build a house to the Lord the God of Israel.

Romans 12:17

Wherefore be subject of necessity, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake.