2 Samuel 24:23
New International Version
Your Majesty, Araunah gives all this to the king.” Araunah also said to him, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

New Living Translation
I will give it all to you, Your Majesty, and may the LORD your God accept your sacrifice.”

English Standard Version
All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

Berean Standard Bible
O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

King James Bible
All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

New King James Version
All these, O king, Araunah has given to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

New American Standard Bible
Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God be favorable to you.”

NASB 1995
“Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

NASB 1977
“Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May Yahweh your God accept you.”

Amplified Bible
All of this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God be favorable to you.”

Christian Standard Bible
Your Majesty, Araunah gives everything here to the king.” Then he said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My king, Araunah gives everything here to the king.” Then he said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

American Standard Version
all this, O king, doth Araunah give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, Jehovah thy God accept thee.

Contemporary English Version
Take them--they're yours! I hope the LORD your God will be pleased with you."

English Revised Version
all this, O king, doth Araunah give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All this Araunah gave to the king and said, "May the LORD your God accept you."

Good News Translation
Araunah gave it all to the king and said to him, "May the LORD your God accept your offering."

International Standard Version
Your majesty, Araunah gives all of this to the king." Araunah also told the king, "May the LORD your God be pleased with you!"

Majority Standard Bible
O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

NET Bible
I, the servant of my lord the king, give it all to the king!" Araunah also told the king, "May the LORD your God show you favor!"

New Heart English Bible
All these Araunah gives to the king." And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you."

Webster's Bible Translation
All these things did Araunah, as a king, give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

World English Bible
All this, O king, does Araunah give to the king.” Araunah said to the king, “May Yahweh your God accept you.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Araunah has given the whole [as] a king to a king; and Araunah says to the king, “Your God YHWH accepts you.”

Young's Literal Translation
the whole hath Araunah given, as a king to a king; and Araunah saith unto the king, 'Jehovah thy God doth accept thee.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Araunah gave all to the king for the king. And Araunah will say to the king, Jehovah thy God will take pleasure in thee.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
All these things Areuna as a king gave to the king: and Areuna said to the king: The Lord thy God receive thy vow.

Catholic Public Domain Version
All these things Araunah gave, as a king to a king. And Araunah said to the king, “May the Lord your God accept your vow.”

New American Bible
All this does Araunah give to the king.” Araunah then said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept your offering.”

New Revised Standard Version
All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God respond favorably to you.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
All these things did Aran give to King David. And Aran said to the king, May the LORD your God bless you.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Aran gave all this to King David, and Aran said to King David: “LORD JEHOVAH your God will bless you!”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
All this did Araunah the king give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king: 'The LORD thy God accept thee.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Orna gave all to the king: and Orna said to the king, The Lord thy God bless thee.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
David Builds an Altar
22Araunah said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood. 23O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.” 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.…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 21:24
“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

1 Chronicles 21:22-23
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 upon the people may be halted.” / Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. 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.”

Genesis 23:11-16
“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.” / Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land / and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.” ...

1 Kings 21:2-3
So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.” / But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

1 Kings 21:15-16
When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.” / And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

2 Kings 5:15-16
Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.” / But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.

2 Kings 5:26-27
But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants? / Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.

1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

2 Samuel 19:24
Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.

2 Samuel 21:1-3
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.” / At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.) / So David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?”

Matthew 10:8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

Matthew 21:12-13
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Mark 12:33
and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Luke 19:45-46
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there. / He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”


Treasury of Scripture

All these things did Araunah, as a king, give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, The LORD your God accept you.

as a king

Psalm 45:16
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

Isaiah 32:8
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

The Lord

Job 42:8,9
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job…

Psalm 20:3,4
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah…

Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

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2 Samuel 24
1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people
5. The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men
10. David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence
15. After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
18. David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor;
25. and the plague stops














O king
This phrase acknowledges the authority and sovereignty of King David. In the Hebrew context, the term "king" (melek) signifies not only a political leader but also a divinely appointed ruler. The respect shown by Araunah reflects the cultural and religious understanding of kingship in ancient Israel, where the king was seen as God's representative on earth.

Araunah gives
The act of giving by Araunah is significant. The Hebrew root for "gives" (natan) implies a voluntary and generous act. Araunah's willingness to give his threshing floor and oxen to David without cost demonstrates a spirit of generosity and submission to God's will. This act of giving is a model of sacrificial offering, reflecting the biblical principle that true worship involves giving to God what is valuable to us.

all this
The phrase "all this" refers to the threshing floor, oxen, and other items Araunah offered. In the historical context, a threshing floor was a valuable asset, essential for processing grain. By offering "all this," Araunah is not holding back anything of value, symbolizing total surrender and dedication to God's purposes. This act prefigures the complete sacrifice that God desires from His people.

to the king
The repetition of "to the king" emphasizes the personal nature of the gift. Araunah's offering is directed specifically to King David, highlighting the relationship between the giver and the recipient. In a broader theological sense, it underscores the importance of directing our offerings and sacrifices to God, the ultimate King, with a heart of reverence and devotion.

Araunah also said
This phrase introduces Araunah's verbal blessing, which complements his physical offering. The act of speaking a blessing was a powerful tradition in ancient Israel, often invoking God's favor and presence. Araunah's words are not mere formalities but carry a deep spiritual significance, reflecting his faith and hope in God's acceptance.

to the king
The repetition here again underscores the personal and direct nature of Araunah's actions and words towards David. It reinforces the idea of personal responsibility and intentionality in our relationship with God and His anointed leaders.

May the LORD your God accept you
This blessing is profound. The Hebrew word for "accept" (ratsah) implies pleasure and favor. Araunah's blessing is a prayer that God would look favorably upon David's actions and offerings. It reflects a deep understanding of the need for divine acceptance in worship and sacrifice. This phrase also highlights the covenant relationship between God and His people, where acceptance by God is the ultimate goal of worship and obedience.

(23) All these things did Araunah.--This clause should be rendered as a part of Araunah's address to David: "The whole, O king, does Araunah give unto the king." (Comp. 1Chronicles 21:23.) Then, after a moment's pause, he added, "The LORD thy God accept thee." The first word king, however, is omitted in some MSS., and in the LXX., Vulg., and Syr. The word "give," of course, means only offer. David actually bought the threshing-floor and other things required.

Verse 23. - All these did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. The Hebrew is, "The whole gave Araunah the king to the king;" and so the Vulgate, dedit Areuna rex regi. The rendering of the Revised Version (and Keil), "All this, O king, doth Araunah give unto the king," requires a change both of the order and of the tense. It is, of course, possible (though highly is probable) that Araunah was the representative of the kings of Jebus, and a titular monarch, like the Maori king in New Zealand. But the word is omitted in the Septuagint and Syriac, and is probably a mere repetition of the following word. The remark is made in order to point out Araunah's generosity; and to mark even more clearly how hearty and sincere he was in his offering, the narrator adds, in Araunah's own words, his prayer for God's acceptance of David and his offering.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
O king,
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

Araunah
אֲרַ֥וְנָה (’ă·raw·nāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 728: Araunah -- a Jebusite

gives
נָתַ֛ן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

all these
הַכֹּ֗ל (hak·kōl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

to the king.”
לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

[He] also
אֲרַ֙וְנָה֙ (’ă·raw·nāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 728: Araunah -- a Jebusite

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the king,
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

“May the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

accept you.”
יִרְצֶֽךָ׃ (yir·ṣe·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt


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