2 Samuel 24:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bible Comments

And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for (n) fifty shekels of silver.

(n) Some write that every tribe gave 50 which makes 600, or that afterward he bought as much as came to 550 shekels.

2 Samuel 24:24

24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.