2 Samuel

2 Samuel 24:24–25

²⁴“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.^h ²⁵And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.

Footnotes

h 24:24 50 shekels is approximately 1.26 pounds or 569.8 grams of silver.

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2 Samuel 24:24

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
No	לֹ֚א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
replied	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
the king	הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
I insist on paying	קָנ֨וֹ	qā·nōw	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H7069 get, acquire
a price	בִּמְחִ֔יר	bim·ḥîr	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H4242 price, hire
for I will not	וְלֹ֧א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
offer	אַעֲלֶ֛ה	’a·‘ă·leh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
to the LORD	לַיהוָ֥ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
my God	אֱלֹהַ֖י	’ĕ·lō·hay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God
burnt offerings	עֹל֣וֹת	‘ō·lō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H5930 whole burnt-offering
that cost me nothing	חִנָּ֑ם	ḥin·nām	Adverb	H2600 out of favour
So David	דָּוִ֤ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
bought	וַיִּ֨קֶן	way·yi·qen	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7069 get, acquire
the threshing floor	הַגֹּ֙רֶן֙	hag·gō·ren	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1637 threshing-floor
and the oxen	הַבָּקָ֔ר	hab·bā·qār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1241 cattle, herd, ox
for fifty	חֲמִשִּֽׁים׃	ḥă·miš·šîm	Number - common plural	H2572 fifty
shekels	שְׁקָלִ֥ים	šə·qā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8255 shekel
of silver	בְּכֶ֖סֶף	bə·ḵe·sep̄	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money

2 Samuel 24:25

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	דָּוִ֤ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
there	שָׁ֨ם	šām	Adverb	H8033 there, thither
he built	וַיִּבֶן֩	way·yi·ḇen	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1129 build
an altar	מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙	miz·bê·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H4196 altar
to the LORD	לַֽיהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and offered	וַיַּ֥עַל	way·ya·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
burnt offerings	עֹל֖וֹת	‘ō·lō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H5930 whole burnt-offering
and peace offerings	וּשְׁלָמִ֑ים	ū·šə·lā·mîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H8002 sacrifice for alliance or friendship, 'peace-offering'
Then the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
answered the prayers	וַיֵּעָתֵ֤ר	way·yê·‘ā·ṯêr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6279 pray, supplicafe
on behalf of the land	לָאָ֔רֶץ	lā·’ā·reṣ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
and the plague	הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה	ham·mag·gê·p̄āh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4046 blow, slaughter, plague, pestilence
upon	מֵעַ֥ל	mê·‘al	Preposition-m	H5921 height
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
was halted	וַתֵּעָצַ֥ר	wat·tê·‘ā·ṣar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H6113 restrain, retain

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2 Samuel 24:24 1 Chronicles 21:24–25 · Malachi 1:12–14 · Genesis 23:13 · Romans 12:17

2 Samuel 24:25 2 Samuel 21:14 · Genesis 8:20 · 1 Samuel 7:17 · Lamentations 3:32–33 · 2 Samuel 24:14 · 1 Samuel 7:9 · 1 Chronicles 21:26–27 · Genesis 22:9

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