2 Samuel 24:24

New American Bible - revised edition

The king, however, replied to Araunah, “No, I will buy it from you at the proper price, for I cannot sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty silver shekels.

Cross References

Genesis 23:11

“Please, sir, listen to me! I give you both the field and the cave in it; in the presence of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead!”

Genesis 23:13

addressed Ephron in the hearing of these men: “If only you would please listen to me! I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.”

Genesis 23:16

Abraham accepted Ephron’s terms; he weighed out to him the silver that Ephron had stipulated in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver at the current market value.

1 Chronicles 21:1

A satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David to take a census of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:1

Thus David said, “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for burnt offerings for Israel.”

Romans 12:17

Do not repay anyone evil for evil; be concerned for what is noble in the sight of all.