1 Chronicles 11:13

11:13 He was with David in Pas Dammim ¹  when the Philistines assembled there for battle. In an area of the field that was full of barley, the army retreated before the Philistines,

1 Chronicles 21:22

21:22 David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor ²  so I can build ³  on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price ⁴  – so that the plague may be removed ⁵  from the people.”

1 Chronicles 21:24

21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. ⁶  I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice ⁷  that cost me nothing. ⁸ 

[11:13]  ¹ tc Some read here “Ephes Dammim.” See 1 Sam 17:1.

[21:22]  ² tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”

[21:22]  ³ tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose/result: “so I can build.”

[21:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”

[21:22]  ⁵ tn Following the imperative and first person prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive, this third person prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive introduces the ultimate purpose/result: “so the plague may be removed.” Another option is subordinate this form to the preceding imperative, but the latter may be taken as a parenthetical expansion of the initial request.

[21:24]  ³ tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[21:24]  ⁴ tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”

[21:24]  ⁵ tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”