2 Samuel 24:24

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Genesis 23:11

"Let it never be so, my lord, but you should pay greater heed to what I say. The field I will transfer to you, and the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people, bury your dead."

Genesis 23:13

And he spoke to Ephron, standing in the midst of the people: "I ask you to hear me. I will give you money for the field. Take it, and so I will bury my dead in it."

Genesis 23:16

And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had requested, in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, of the approved public currency.

1 Chronicles 21:1

Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:1

And David said, "This is the house of God, and this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel."

Romans 12:17

Render to no one harm for harm. Provide good things, not only in the sight of God, but also in the sight of all men.