And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, “Go up, rear an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
1 Chronicles 21:18 - Revised Standard Version Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and rear an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and set up an altar to the Lord in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. American Standard Version (1901) Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Common English Bible The LORD’s messenger ordered Gad to tell David that he should go up to the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite in order to set up an altar for the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Angel of the Lord instructed Gad to tell David that he should ascend and build an altar to the Lord God on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to tell David, to go up, and build an altar to the Lord God in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. |
And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, “Go up, rear an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Take which you will:
And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but when he was about to destroy it, the Lord saw, and he repented of the evil; and he said to the destroying angel, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
So David went up at Gad's word, which he had spoken in the name of the Lord.
Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the Lord God and here the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.