Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. New Living Translation When David saw that the LORD had answered his prayer, he offered sacrifices there at Araunah’s threshing floor. English Standard Version At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. Berean Standard Bible At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. Berean Literal Bible At that time David saw that YHWH had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, and he sacrificed there. King James Bible At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. New King James Version At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. New American Standard Bible At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifice there. NASB 1995 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifice there. NASB 1977 At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifice there. Legacy Standard Bible At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. Amplified Bible At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. Berean Annotated Bible At that time, when David (beloved) saw that the LORD {YHWH} had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan (light was perpetuated) the Jebusite (Jerusalemite), he offered sacrifices there. Christian Standard Bible At that time, David offered sacrifices there when he saw that the LORD answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. Holman Christian Standard Bible At that time, David offered sacrifices there when he saw that the LORD answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. American Standard Version At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. Contemporary English Version When David saw that the LORD had answered his prayer, he offered more sacrifices there at the threshing place, English Revised Version At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. GOD'S WORD® Translation At that time, when David saw the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. Good News Translation David saw by this that the LORD had answered his prayer, so he offered sacrifices on the altar at Araunah's threshing place. International Standard Version From that time on, after David had observed that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he made his sacrifices there. NET Bible At that time, when David saw that the LORD responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. New Heart English Bible At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. Webster's Bible Translation At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleAt that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. World English Bible At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAt that time, when David sees that YHWH has answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrifices there; Berean Literal Bible At that time David saw that YHWH had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, and he sacrificed there. Young's Literal Translation At that time when David seeth that Jehovah hath answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificeth there; Smith's Literal Translation In that time in David's seeing that Jehovah answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, and he will sacrifice there. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd David seeing that the Lord had heard him in the thrashingfloor of Oman the Jebusite, forthwith offered victims there. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, seeing that the Lord had heeded him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, David immediately immolated victims there. New American Bible Once David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he continued to offer sacrifices there. New Revised Standard Version At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he made his sacrifices there. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAt that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing floor of Aran the Jebusite, then he offered there many sacrifices. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated At that time, when David saw that LORD JEHOVAH had answered him at the granary of Aran the Yebusite and he offered there great sacrifices OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. Brenton Septuagint Translation At that time when David saw that the Lord answered him in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite, he also sacrificed there. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context David Builds an Altar…27Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath. 28At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there. 29For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,… Cross References At that time, 2 Samuel 24:25 And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted. Numbers 16:46-48 Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.” / So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people. / He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted. 1 Samuel 7:9 Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him. when David saw that the LORD had answered him Psalm 66:19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer. Psalm 118:21 I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation. 1 Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench. at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, 2 Chronicles 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 1 Chronicles 22:1 Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.” Genesis 22:2 “Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.” he offered sacrifices there. 2 Samuel 24:24 “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 1 Kings 8:64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings. Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. Genesis 22:9-14 When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood. / Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. / Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied. … 1 Kings 8:22-30 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, / and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. / You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day. … Exodus 20:24 You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you. 1 Kings 18:30-39 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down. / And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.” / And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. … Treasury of Scripture At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. Jump to Previous Araunah David Floor Grain-Floor Jebusite Jeb'usite Offered Offering Ornan Sacrifice Sacrificed Sacrifices Sacrificeth Threshing Threshingfloor Threshing-Floor TimeJump to Next Araunah David Floor Grain-Floor Jebusite Jeb'usite Offered Offering Ornan Sacrifice Sacrificed Sacrifices Sacrificeth Threshing Threshingfloor Threshing-Floor Time1 Chronicles 21 1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people5. The number of the people being brought, David repents of it 9. David having three plagues proposed by God, chooses the pestilence 14. After the death of 70,000, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem 18. 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 angel At that time This phrase indicates a specific moment in the narrative, following the events of David's census and the subsequent plague. It marks a turning point where David recognizes God's intervention and mercy. when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite he offered sacrifices there Persons / Places / Events 1. DavidThe King of Israel who sinned by conducting a census of the people, leading to God's judgment. He is central to this passage as he seeks reconciliation with God. 2. The LORD The God of Israel who responds to David's repentance and prayer, demonstrating His mercy and willingness to forgive. 3. Ornan the Jebusite The owner of the threshing floor where David offers sacrifices. His land becomes the site of significant worship and later the location of the Temple. 4. Threshing Floor of Ornan The specific location where David builds an altar to the LORD. This site is significant as it becomes a place of divine encounter and future worship. 5. Sacrifices The offerings made by David as an act of repentance and worship, signifying his restored relationship with God. Teaching Points Repentance and RestorationDavid's actions demonstrate the importance of genuine repentance in restoring one's relationship with God. When we sin, we must turn back to God with a contrite heart. Divine Mercy God's response to David's repentance shows His readiness to forgive. This encourages believers to approach God with confidence in His mercy. Significance of Place in Worship The threshing floor of Ornan becomes a sacred space, reminding us that God can transform ordinary places into sites of divine encounter. Sacrificial Worship David's offering of sacrifices highlights the importance of worship that costs us something, reflecting our devotion and gratitude to God. Legacy of Faith The site of David's altar becomes the location of the Temple, illustrating how acts of faith can have lasting impacts beyond our immediate circumstances. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of 1 Chronicles 21:28?2. How does David's altar in 1 Chronicles 21:28 demonstrate true repentance? 3. What does 1 Chronicles 21:28 teach about God's response to sincere worship? 4. How can we apply David's example of obedience in our daily lives? 5. What other Scriptures emphasize the importance of building altars to God? 6. How does David's action in 1 Chronicles 21:28 reflect trust in God's mercy? 7. Why did David choose Araunah's threshing floor for an altar in 1 Chronicles 21:28? 8. How does 1 Chronicles 21:28 illustrate God's mercy and forgiveness? 9. What is the significance of sacrifice in 1 Chronicles 21:28? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 21? 11. Why do 2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21 differ in their attribution of who prompted David's census--God or Satan? 12. What historical or archaeological evidence supports a massive plague and angelic destruction in 1 Chronicles 21:14-16? 13. Who incited David to take a census? (2 Samuel 24:1 vs. 1 Chronicles 21:1) 14. What are the visions and prophecies of Gad? What Does 1 Chronicles 21:28 Mean At that time• The phrase roots the event in a specific moment—immediately after the plague that struck Israel because of David’s census (1 Chron 21:14-17). • It signals a turning point: God’s judgment is concluding, and mercy is unfolding (Psalm 30:5). • The narrative pauses here to show that history, worship, and God’s intervention intersect in real time. when David saw that the LORD had answered him • David pleaded for the plague to stop (1 Chron 21:17; 2 Samuel 24:17). Fire fell from heaven to consume his offering (1 Chron 21:26), a visible proof that the plea was heard. • Scripture often links divine fire with divine approval (Leviticus 9:24; 1 Kings 18:38). • David’s “seeing” is more than physical sight; it is recognition that God’s wrath has been turned away—an assurance echoed later in Psalm 32:5. at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite • A threshing floor is an open, elevated space—ideal for both agriculture and worship. God chooses ordinary sites for extraordinary purposes (Genesis 28:16-17). • Ornan (Araunah) was a Jebusite, reminding us that God’s redemptive plan reaches beyond ethnic Israel (Joshua 2:9-11). • This very location becomes the future temple mount (2 Chron 3:1), anchoring Israel’s worship for generations and fulfilling earlier hints of a permanent dwelling place for God (Deuteronomy 12:5-7). he offered sacrifices there • David acts immediately, showing that genuine faith responds with obedience (James 2:17). • Sacrifices express gratitude, atonement, and dedication. Here they celebrate deliverance and acknowledge God’s ownership of the site (1 Chron 21:24-25; Psalm 116:12-14). • The progression—petition, answer, sacrifice—models biblical worship: approach God, receive mercy, respond in wholehearted devotion (Romans 12:1). summary 1 Chronicles 21:28 records David’s realization that God had chosen both the place and the moment to halt judgment and establish future worship. Seeing unmistakable evidence of answered prayer, David dedicates Ornan’s threshing floor by sacrifice, marking it as the divinely selected ground for Israel’s temple. The verse invites readers to recognize God’s interventions, honor Him at once, and cherish the spaces He redeems for His glory. (28) At that time when David saw . . .--The use of Ornan's threshingfloor as a place of sacrifice was continued from the time of the cessation of the pestilence. The words "then he sacrificed there" refer to this fact. The answer by fire from heaven (1Chronicles 21:26) was an unmistakable intimation of the Divine will that it should be so. (Comp. also Joshua 5:15.)Verse 28. - David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshing-floor. David "saw "this by the fire on the altar, and by the fact that God, at the voice of the angel (ver. 18), had not misdirected him, but had guided him aright. He sacrificed there. This means to say that he thenceforward "sacrificed there;" and established there the service of sacrifices. David was so impressed "at that time," by the answer given in fire from heaven, that he began systematically to sacrifice on the site of this threshing-floor, instead of going to the high place at Gibeon, where the altar of burnt offering still stood. To have attempted to go thither would not only have meant a long and wasteful delay, but would also have meant the neglecting of the august omen of the angel present. An awful sanction is thus given to" this place," Moriah, and it becomes" the house of the Lord God," and the place of lawful and established sacrifice.
Hebrew At thatהַהִ֔יא (ha·hî) Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are time, בָּעֵ֣ת (bā·‘êṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6256: Time, now, when when David דָּוִיד֙ (dā·wîḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse saw בִּרְא֤וֹת (bir·’ō·wṯ) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7200: To see that כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel had answered him עָנָ֣הוּ (‘ā·nā·hū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond at the threshing floor בְּגֹ֖רֶן (bə·ḡō·ren) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1637: A threshing-floor, open area of Ornan אָרְנָ֣ן (’ā·rə·nān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 771: Ornan -- a Jebusite the Jebusite, הַיְבוּסִ֑י (hay·ḇū·sî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2983: Jebusite -- inhabitant of Jebus he offered sacrifices וַיִּזְבַּ֖ח (way·yiz·baḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice there. שָֽׁם׃ (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither Links 1 Chronicles 21:28 NIV1 Chronicles 21:28 NLT 1 Chronicles 21:28 ESV 1 Chronicles 21:28 NASB 1 Chronicles 21:28 KJV 1 Chronicles 21:28 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 21:28 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 21:28 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 21:28 French Bible 1 Chronicles 21:28 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 21:28 At that time when David saw that (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |
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