KJV ORIGINAL
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for that piece of land.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
David paid a substantial amount of gold to buy the land where he would build an altar to God.
📚 Historical Context
In the time of King David, he had sinned by ordering a census of Israel, which provoked God's anger and resulted in a severe plague across the land. God then instructed David through the prophet Gad to build an altar on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite as a place of atonement. David purchased this site for six hundred shekels of gold to ensure his sacrifice was a genuine offering from his own resources, marking it as the future location of the Temple.
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