Context 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 sacrifice2 that cost me nothing.3
[21:24]1tnHeb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
[21:24]2tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”