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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:25 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.tn Heb “six hundred shekels of gold.” This would have been about 15 lbs. (6.8 kg) of gold by weight.
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:26 tn Or “tokens of peace.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 21:26 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 1 Chronicles 21:27 tn Heb “spoke to the messenger.”