23 But Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and may my lord the king do what is good in his sight. See, I am giving the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for wood and the wheat for the grain offering; I am giving it all.” 24 Nevertheless, King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will certainly buy it for the full price; for I will not take what is yours for the Lord, nor offer a burnt offering [a]which costs me nothing.” 25 So (A)David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the [b]site.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:24 Lit gratuitously
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:25 Lit place

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