1 Chronicles 21:24

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy it for the full price; I will not take for the Lord what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings which cost me nothing.”

Cross References

Genesis 23:13

And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, “But if you will, hear me; I will give the price of the field; accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there.”

Genesis 14:23

that I would not take a thread or a sandal-thong or anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Romans 12:17

Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.

2 Samuel 24:24

But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it of you for a price; I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

1 Chronicles 21:23

Then Ornan said to David, “Take it; and let my lord the king do what seems good to him; see, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for a cereal offering. I give it all.”

1 Chronicles 21:25

So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site.

Genesis 23:9

that he may give me the cave of Mach-pelah, which he owns; it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a possession for a burying place.”