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1 Chronicles · Chapter 21

1 Chronicles 21:25

So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.

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Before · 1 Chronicles 21:23–24

23Ornan said to David, “Take it for yourself, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes. Behold, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal offering. I give it all.” 24King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will most certainly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is yours for the LORD, nor offer a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”

25So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.

After · 1 Chronicles 21:26–27

26David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the LORD; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering. 27Then the LORD commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

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Notes and cross references in the WEB

  • FootnoteA shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.

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