1 Tawarikh 21:25-30

21:25 So David bought the place from Ornan for 600 pieces of gold. ¹  21:26 David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. ²  He called out to the Lord, and the Lord ³  responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar. 21:27 The Lord ordered the messenger ⁴  to put his sword back into its sheath.

21:28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. 21:29 Now the Lord’s tabernacle (which Moses had made in the wilderness) and the altar for burnt sacrifices were at that time at the worship center ⁵  in Gibeon. 21:30 But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord’s messenger.

[21:25]  ¹ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:24 says David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for “fifty pieces of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.

[21:25]  tn Heb “six hundred shekels of gold.” This would have been about 15 lbs. (6.8 kg) of gold by weight.

[21:26]  ² tn Or “tokens of peace.”

[21:26]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “spoke to the messenger.”

[21:29]  ⁵ tn Or “high place.”