1 Chronicles 20:2

20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king ¹  and wore it ²  (its weight was a talent ³  of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city.

1 Chronicles 21:22

21:22 David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor ⁴  so I can build ⁵  on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price ⁶  – so that the plague may be removed ⁷  from the people.”

[20:2]  ¹ tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.

[20:2]  ² tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”

[20:2]  ³ sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.

[21:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”

[21:22]  ⁵ tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose/result: “so I can build.”

[21:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”

[21:22]  ⁷ 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.