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25 So David paid Araunah 600 gold coins for his threshing place. 26 David built an altar and offered sacrifices to please the Lord[a] and sacrifices to ask his blessing.[b] David prayed, and the Lord answered him by sending fire down on the altar. 27 Then the Lord commanded the angel to put the sword away.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 21.26 sacrifices to please the Lord: See the note at 16.1.
  2. 21.26 sacrifices to ask his blessing: See the note at 16.1.
  3. 21.27 the Lord commanded the angel to put the sword away: See verse 16.

25 So David paid Araunah six hundred shekels[a] of gold for the site. 26 David built an altar to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the Lord, and the Lord answered him with fire(A) from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

27 Then the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:25 That is, about 15 pounds or about 6.9 kilograms