And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what [seemeth] good unto him: behold, [here be] oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and [other] instruments of the oxen for wood.
Ver. 22. Let my lord the king take and offer up.] In this fright, and for expedition's sake, he maketh this frank offer, being ready to spend and be spent for the public good.