1 Chronicles 11:13
Context11:13 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
Context21:22 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
Context21:24 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.”