When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.
2 Samuel 24:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Araunah said, ‘Why has my lord the king come to his servant? ’ David replied, ‘To buy the threshing-floor from you in order to build an altar to the Lord, so the plague on the people may be halted.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor from you, to build there an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people. American Standard Version (1901) And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people. Common English Bible Araunah said, “Why has my master and king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy this threshing floor from you to build an altar to the LORD, so the plague among the people may come to an end.” Catholic Public Domain Version And going out, he adored the king, lying prone with his face to the ground, and he said, "What is the reason that my lord the king has come to his servant?" And David said to him, "So as to purchase the threshing floor from you, and to build an altar to the Lord, and to quiet the plague that rages among the people." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And going out he worshipped the king, bowing with his face to the earth, and said: Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said to him: To buy the thrashing-floor of thee, and build an altar to the Lord, that the plague, which rageth among the people, may cease. |
When they reached the threshing-floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wept loudly, and Joseph mourned seven days for his father.
Gad came to David that day and said to him, ‘Go up and set up an altar to the Lord on the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.’
Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants coming towards him, so he went out and paid homage to the king with his face to the ground.
Joab replied to the king, ‘May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times more than they are #– #while my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king want to do this? ’
Then David said to Ornan, ‘Give me this threshing-floor plot so that I may build an altar to the Lord on it. Give it to me for the full price, so the plague on the people may be stopped.’
followed the Israelite man into the tent, and drove it through both the Israelite man and the woman #– #through her belly. Then the plague on the Israelites was stopped,