23 Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself; and let my lord the king do what is good in his sight. See, I will give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for wood and the wheat for the grain offering; I will give it all.” 24 But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will surely buy it for the full price; for I will not take what is yours for the Lord, or offer a burnt offering [a]which costs me nothing.” 25 So (A)David gave Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the [b]site.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:24 Lit gratuitously
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:25 Lit place