KJV ORIGINAL
All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
All these things Araunah gave to the king like a king himself would give. And Araunah said to the king, 'May the LORD your God accept you.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Araunah generously gave King David everything he needed for worship and blessed him, asking God to accept David's offering.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes at the end of David's reign when God had sent a plague on Israel due to David's pride in taking a census. David needed to buy Araunah's threshing floor to build an altar and offer sacrifices to stop the plague. Araunah, a Jebusite who owned land in Jerusalem, offered to give David everything free of charge - the land, oxen for sacrifice, and wood for the altar.
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