1 Chronicles 21:24

21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. 1  I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice 2  that cost me nothing. 3 

1 tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

2 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”

3 tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”