Bible Strands
2 Samuel 24:23
O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Araunah addresses King David at the threshing floor, concluding his offer of oxen and agricultural equipment for a sacrifice. He immediately follows the material gift with a spoken blessing that Yahweh may accept the king.
The words — The Hebrew נָתַן (na.Tan) literally means "he gives," marking the immediate transfer of the items. אֶל־ (el-) functions as the preposition "to," syntactically binding Araunah’s spoken prayer directly to the monarch.
The thread — The expectation of divine acceptance of sacrifices runs through Psalms 20:3, which asks God to remember gifts and favor burnt offerings, and Job 42:8, where Yahweh commands specific sacrifices to secure His acceptance of the worshiper.
Why it lands — The text establishes that worship rests on tangible provision and divine approval rather than human generosity alone. It requires the reader to recognize that the giver’s role ends with the offering, while acceptance belongs solely to God.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 20:40 For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
- Job 42:8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
- Psalms 20:3 May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah
- Psalms 45:16 Your sons will succeed your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.
- Isaiah 32:8 But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
- Isaiah 60:7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.
- Hosea 8:13 Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
- Romans 15:30 Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
- 1 Timothy 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—
- 1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.