2nd Samuel Chapter 24 verse 21 Holy Bible
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
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And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To give you a price for your grain-floor, so that I may put up an altar to the Lord, and the disease may be stopped among the people.
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And Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar to Jehovah, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
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And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
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And Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
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Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? David said, To buy the threshing floor of you, to build an altar to Yahweh, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
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And Araunah saith, `Wherefore hath my lord the king come unto his servant?' and David saith, `To buy from thee the threshing-floor, to build an altar to Jehovah, and the plague is restrained from the people.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“Whyמַדּ֛וּעַ (mad·dū·a‘)InterrogativeStrong's 4069: Why? for what reason?has my lordאֲדֹנִֽי־ (’ă·ḏō·nî-)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 113: Sovereign, controllerthe kingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4428: A kingcomeבָּ֥א (bā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gotoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, tohis servant?”עַבְדּ֑וֹ (‘aḇ·dōw)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 5650: Slave, servantAraunahאֲרַ֔וְנָה (’ă·raw·nāh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 728: Araunah -- a Jebusitesaid.וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, say“To buyלִקְנ֧וֹת (liq·nō·wṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to ownyour threshing floor,”הַגֹּ֗רֶן (hag·gō·ren)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 1637: A threshing-floor, open areaDavidדָּוִ֜ד (dā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jessereplied,וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, say“that I may buildלִבְנ֤וֹת (liḇ·nō·wṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 1129: To buildan altarמִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ (miz·bê·aḥ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4196: An altarto the LORD,לַֽיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelso that the plagueהַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה (ham·mag·gê·p̄āh)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 4046: A blow, slaughter, plague, pestilenceonמֵעַ֥ל (mê·‘al)Preposition-mStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstthe peopleהָעָֽם׃ (hā·‘ām)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flockmay be halted.”וְתֵעָצַ֥ר (wə·ṯê·‘ā·ṣar)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 6113: To inclose, to hold back, to maintain, rule, assembleJump to PreviousAfflicting Altar Araunah Arau'nah Averted Build Buy David Disease Floor Grain-Floor Held Order Plague Price Restrained Servant Stopped Threshing Threshingfloor Threshing-Floor Wherefore
