Then David said to Ornan, "Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague on the people may be halted." Cross References Genesis 50:10When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
1 Chronicles 21:21David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.
1 Chronicles 21:23Ornan said to David, "My lord the king may take whatever seems good. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering--I will give it all."
Chapter Outline 1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people5. The number of the people being brought, David repents of it9. David having three plagues proposed by God, chooses the pestilence14. After the death of 70,000, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem18. David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing floor; 26. where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favor by fire.28. David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angelJump to Previous Afflicting Altar Averted Build David Disease Floor Full Grain-Floor Grant Ornan Plague Price Restrained Stopped Therein Thereon Threshing Threshingfloor Threshing-FloorJump to Next Afflicting Altar Averted Build David Disease Floor Full Grain-Floor Grant Ornan Plague Price Restrained Stopped Therein Thereon Threshing Threshingfloor Threshing-Floor |
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