2 Samuel 24:21 - The Scriptures 1998

²¹ And Arawnah said, “Why has my master the sovereign come to his servant?” And Dawiḏ

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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

And they came to the threshing-floor of Ataḏ

2 Samuel 24:18

And Gaḏ

2 Samuel 24:20

And Arawnah looked and saw the sovereign and his servants coming toward him. And Arawnah went out and bowed before the sovereign with his face to the ground.

2 Samuel 24:3

And Yo’aḇ

1 Chronicles 21:22

And Dawiḏ

Psalm 106:30

Then Pineḥ

Numbers 25:8

and he went after the man of Yisra’ĕ