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| HOW MUCH DID DAVID PAY ARAUNAH FOR HIS PROPERTY? |
| II Samuel 24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will
surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto
the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the
threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. (KJV)
I Chronicles 21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. (KJV)
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| Note: Araunah and Ornan are the same person
1 Chronicles also speaks of David buying threshing instruments and wheat (see 21:23), and thus paying six hundred shekels. 2 Samuel mentions the fifty shekels being only for the threshingfloor and oxen. Not a contradiction. |
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