2 Samuel 24:21 - Easy To Read Version

²¹ Araunah said, “Why has my lord and king come to me?”

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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."

2 Samuel 24:21 Cross References

Genesis 50:10

They went to Goren Atad, [262] east of the Jordan River. At this place they had a long funeral service for Israel. This funeral service continued for seven days.

2 Samuel 24:18

That day Gad came to David. Gad told David, “Go and build an altar [163] to the Lord on the threshing floor [164] of Araunah [165] the Jebusite.”

2 Samuel 24:20

Araunah looked and saw King David and his officers coming to him. Araunah went out and bowed his face to the ground.

2 Samuel 24:3

But Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God give you 100 times as many people, no matter how many there are! And may your eyes see this thing happen. But why do you want to do this?”

1 Chronicles 21:22

David said to Araunah, “Sell me your threshing floor. {\cf2\super [220]} I will pay you the full price. Then I can use the area to build an altar {\cf2\super [221]} to worship the Lord. Then the terrible sicknesses will be stopped.”

Psalm 106:30

But Phinehas prayed {\cf2\super [562]} to God,\par and God stopped the sickness.\par

Numbers 25:8

He followed the Israelite man into the tent. Then he used the spear to kill the Israelite man and the Midianite woman in her tent. [314] He pushed the spear through both of their bodies. At that time, there was a great sickness among the Israelite people. But when Phinehas killed these two people, the sickness stopped.