2 Samuel 24:18
And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
KJV
Venit autem Gad ad David in die illa, et dixit ei : Ascende, et constitue altare Domino in area Areuna Jebusæi.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἦλθεν Γὰδ πρὸς Δαυεὶδ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἀνάβηθι καὶ στῆσον τῷ κυρίῳ θυσιαστήριον ἐν τῷ ἅλωνι Ὀρνὰ τοῦ Ἰεβουσαίου.
LXX
And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
ASV
וַ/יָּבֹא גָ֥ד אֶל דָּוִ֖ד בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֑וּא וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗/וֹ עֲלֵה֙ הָקֵ֤ם לַֽ/יהוָה֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ בְּ/גֹ֖רֶן ארניה אֲרַ֥וְנָה הַ/יְבֻסִֽי
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers David's reign: his lament over Saul and Jonathan, the capture of Jerusalem, the bringing of the Ark, the Davidic covenant, the sin with Bathsheba, Absalom's rebellion, and David's final years. Josephus treats David as both a military genius and a flawed ruler.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 21:18 — Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 1Chr 22:1 — Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
- Judg 6:26 — And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.