2 Samuel 6:6
6:6 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, 1 Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of 2 the ark of God, 3 because the oxen stumbled.
2 Samuel 24:18
David Acquires a Threshing Floor and Constructs an Altar There
24:18 So Gad went to David that day and told him, “Go up and build an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
2 Samuel 24:16
24:16 When the angel
4 extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the
Lord relented from his judgment.
5 He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!”
6 (Now the
Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)
2 Samuel 24:21
24:21 Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied, “To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the
Lord, so that the plague may be removed from the people.”
2 Samuel 24:24
24:24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the
Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.”
So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver. 7
1 tn 1 Chr 13:9 has “Kidon.”
2 tn Or “steadied.”
3 tn Heb “and Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and grabbed it.”
4 tn Heb “messenger.”
5 tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”
6 tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”
7 tn Heb “fifty shekels of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.