Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
Then David said to Ornan, 'Let me buy this threshing floor from you so I can build an altar to the LORD here. I will pay you the full price for it, so that this plague will stop affecting the people.'
David is asking to purchase land to build an altar where he can worship God and ask Him to stop the plague that's hurting his people.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs after David sinfully counted Israel's fighting men, which led God to send a plague as judgment. An angel of the Lord had appeared at Ornan's threshing floor, and the prophet Gad told David to build an altar there. David insisted on paying full price rather than accepting it as a gift, showing proper reverence in his approach to God.
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