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2 Samuel 24:21

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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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  1. 2 Samuel 24:19

    And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.

  2. 2 Samuel 24:20

    And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

  3. 2 Samuel 24:22

    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.

  4. 2 Samuel 24:23

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

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