1 Chronicles 21:24

The English Standar Version

But King David said to Ornan, "No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the LORD what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing."

Cross References

Genesis 14:23

that I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

Genesis 23:13

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

Genesis 23:9

that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, 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 property for a burying place."

2 Samuel 24:24

But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels[7] 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 grain offering; I give it all."

1 Chronicles 21:25

So David paid Ornan 600 shekels[1] of gold by weight for the site.

Romans 12:17

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.