KJV ORIGINAL
And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
When Araunah looked up and saw the king and his servants walking toward him, he went out to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows Araunah giving King David the highest form of respect by bowing face-down on the ground when he saw him approaching.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during a plague that struck Israel because David had conducted an unauthorized census. God had instructed David to build an altar on Araunah's threshing floor to stop the plague. Araunah was a Jebusite who owned land on Mount Moriah, the same area where Solomon would later build the temple.
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