11:4 David and the whole Israelite army 1 advanced to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). 2 (The Jebusites, the land’s original inhabitants, lived there.) 3
21:28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.
21:15 God sent an angel 4 to ravage 5 Jerusalem. As he was doing so, 6 the Lord watched 7 and relented from 8 his judgment. 9 He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! 10 Stop now!” 11
Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan 12 the Jebusite.
1 tn Heb “all Israel.”
2 sn Jebus was an older name for the city of Jerusalem (cf. Josh 15:8; Judg 1:21).
3 tn Heb “and there [were] the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land.”
1 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16-17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.
2 tn Or “destroy.”
3 tn Heb “while he was destroying.”
4 tn Or “saw.”
5 tn Or “was grieved because of.”
6 tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”
7 tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.
8 tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”
9 tn In the parallel text in 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (’aravna’, “Aravna”), traditionally “Araunah.” The form of the name found here also occurs in vv. 18-28.