KJV ORIGINAL
And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
When David approached Ornan, Ornan looked up and saw David coming. He left his threshing floor and bowed down to David with his face touching the ground.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows Ornan showing deep respect and honor to King David by bowing down when David came to see him.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during a plague that struck Israel after David sinfully conducted a census of his people. David was instructed by the prophet Gad to build an altar to God on Ornan's threshing floor to stop the plague. Ornan was a Jebusite who owned a threshing floor on Mount Moriah, which would later become the site of Solomon's temple.
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