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1 Chronicles 21:23
Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ornan speaks to King David at the threshing floor, responding to David’s request to purchase the site to halt the plague. The words — The Hebrew קַֽח (kach) issues a command to "take," while וְ/יַ֛עַשׂ (ve./Ya.'as) expresses a wish that the king "may do" whatever he chooses. The thread — This dialogue mirrors Araunah’s identical offer in 2 Samuel 24:22 and recalls the provision of wood for sacred use in 1 Samuel 6:14. Why it lands — The text records an unconditional offer of oxen, sledges, and wheat, which the narrative immediately frames against David’s insistence on paying full price rather than accepting a costless gift.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 24:22 Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.
- 1 Samuel 6:14 The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
- Genesis 23:4 “I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
- 1 Kings 19:21 So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.
- Isaiah 28:27 Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
- Jeremiah 32:8 Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you own the right of inheritance and redemption. Buy it for yourself.’” Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.