1 Chronicles 21:24

Easy To Read Version

But King David answered Araunah, “No, I will pay you the full price. I won’t take anything that is yours and give it to the Lord. I won’t give offerings that cost me nothing.”

Cross References

Genesis 14:23

I promise that I will not keep anything that is yours—not even a thread or a shoestring! I don’t want you to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’

Genesis 23:13

Abraham said to Ephron before all the people, “But I want to pay you the full price for the field. Accept my money, and I will bury my dead.”

Genesis 23:9

I would like to buy the cave of Machpelah. Ephron owns this. It is at the end of his field. I will pay him the full price—all that it is worth. I want all of you to be witnesses that I am buying it as a burial place.”

2 Samuel 24:24

But the king said to Araunah, “No! I tell you the truth, I will pay you for the land. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.”

1 Chronicles 21:23

Araunah said to David, “Take this threshing floor {\cf2\super [222]} ! You are my lord and king. Do anything you want. Look, I will also give you cattle for the burnt offering. {\cf2\super [223]} I will give the wooden floor boards so you can burn them for the fire on the altar. {\cf2\super [224]} And I will give the wheat for the grain offering. I will give all this to you!”

1 Chronicles 21:25

So David gave Araunah about 15 pounds {\cf2\super [225]} of gold for the place.

Romans 12:17

If someone does wrong to you, don’t pay him back by doing wrong to him. Try to do the things that all people think are good.