2 Samuel 24:24
New International Version
But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them.

New Living Translation
But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the LORD my God that have cost me nothing.” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver for the threshing floor and the oxen.

English Standard Version
But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Berean Standard Bible
“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.

Berean Literal Bible
And the king said to Araunah, “No, but I shall surely buy it from you for a price, and I will not offer to YHWH my God burnt offerings for nothing.” And David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God with that which costs me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

New American Standard Bible
However, the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will certainly buy it from you for a price; for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

NASB 1995
However, the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

NASB 1977
However, the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Legacy Standard Bible
However, the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Amplified Bible
But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing.” So David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Berean Annotated Bible
“No, replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God {YHWH Elohay} burnt offerings that cost me nothing. So David (beloved) bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver <1.26 lb / 569.8 g>.

Christian Standard Bible
The king answered Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you for a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for twenty ounces of silver.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The king answered Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you for a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 20 ounces of silver.

American Standard Version
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price; neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Contemporary English Version
But David answered, "No! I have to pay you what they're worth. I can't offer the LORD my God a sacrifice that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing place and the oxen for 50 pieces of silver.

English Revised Version
And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"No!" the king said to Araunah. "I must buy it from you at a [fair] price. I won't offer the LORD my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 11/4 pounds of silver.

Good News Translation
But the king answered, "No, I will pay you for it. I will not offer to the LORD my God sacrifices that have cost me nothing." And he bought the threshing place and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.

International Standard Version
"No!" the king replied to Araunah. "I will buy them from you at full price. I won't offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 50 silver shekels,

NET Bible
But the king said to Araunah, "No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.

New Heart English Bible
But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt-offerings to the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Bible
“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.

World English Bible
The king said to Araunah, “No, but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the king says to Araunah, “No, for I surely buy from you for a price, and I do not cause burnt-offerings to ascend to my God YHWH for nothing”; and David buys the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

Berean Literal Bible
And the king said to Araunah, “No, but I shall surely buy it from you for a price, and I will not offer to YHWH my God burnt offerings for nothing.” And David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith unto Araunah, 'Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;' and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the king will say to Araunah, Nay, but buying, I will buy of thee at a price; and I will not bring up to Jehovah my God a burnt-offering gratuitously. And David will buy the threshing-floor and the oxen for the silver of fifty shekels.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king answered him, and said: Nay, but I will buy it of thee at a price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God holocausts free cost. So David bought the floor, and the oxen, for fifty sicles of silver:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And in response, the king said to him: “It shall not be as you wish. Instead, I will purchase it from you at a price. For I will not offer to the Lord, my God, holocausts that cost nothing.” Therefore, David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

New American Bible
The king, however, replied to Araunah, “No, I will buy it from you at the proper price, for I cannot sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty silver shekels.

New Revised Standard Version
But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy them from you for a price; I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the king said to Aran, No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; and I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God of that which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor by the garden and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And David said to Aran: “I buy from you for a price and I do not offer to LORD JEHOVAH my God a burnt offering that is without cost.” And David bought the granary of the garden and oxen for fifty shekels
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the king said unto Araunah: 'Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price; neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD my God which cost me nothing.' So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the king said to Orna, Nay, but I will surely buy it of thee at a fair price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God a whole-burnt-offering for nothing. So David purchased the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
David Builds an Altar
23O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.” 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. 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.…

Cross References
“No,” replied the king,

1 Chronicles 21:24
“No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

2 Kings 5:15-16
Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.” / But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.

Genesis 14:22-23
But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, / that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
“I insist on paying a price,

Genesis 23:13-16
and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.” / Ephron answered Abraham, / “Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.” …

Jeremiah 32:9-12
So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver. / I signed and sealed the deed, called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. / Then I took the deed of purchase—the sealed copy with its terms and conditions, as well as the open copy— …

Ruth 4:9-10
At this, Boaz said to the elders and all the people, “You are witnesses today that I am buying from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Chilion, and Mahlon. / Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

Malachi 1:8
When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

Genesis 22:2
“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

Hebrews 11:17-19
By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son, / even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” / Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

1 Chronicles 21:25
So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.

Genesis 33:19
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

Leviticus 25:23-28
The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me. / Thus for every piece of property you possess, you must provide for the redemption of the land. / If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold. …
Genesis 23:9-16
to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.” / Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, / “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.” …

1 Kings 21:2-3
So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.” / But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”

1 Kings 21:15-16
When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.” / And when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

1 Chronicles 21:22-25
Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.” / Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.” / “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” …


Treasury of Scripture

And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will surely buy it of you at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God of that which does cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Nay

Genesis 23:13
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

1 Chronicles 21:24
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

Malachi 1:12-14
But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible…

So David

1 Chronicles 21:25
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

1 Chronicles 22:1
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

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2 Samuel 24
1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people
5. The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men
10. David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence
15. After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
18. David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor;
25. and the plague stops












“No,” replied the king,
David, as king, demonstrates his authority and responsibility. His response is decisive, reflecting his understanding of leadership and accountability before God. This moment follows a divine judgment on Israel due to David's earlier census, which was against God's will. The king's reply signifies a turning point towards obedience and repentance.

“I insist on paying a price,
David's insistence on paying for the threshing floor highlights the principle of sacrificial giving. In the ancient Near Eastern context, offerings to deities were common, but David's determination to pay underscores the importance of personal sacrifice in worship. This principle is echoed in the New Testament, where true worship involves personal cost and commitment (Romans 12:1).

for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”
David's statement reveals his deep reverence for God. Burnt offerings were a significant part of Israelite worship, symbolizing atonement and dedication. By refusing to offer something that cost him nothing, David acknowledges that genuine worship requires personal sacrifice. This foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who gave Himself fully for humanity's redemption (Ephesians 5:2).

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
The purchase of the threshing floor, which later becomes the site of Solomon's Temple, is significant both historically and theologically. The location is Mount Moriah, where Abraham was tested with Isaac (Genesis 22), linking it to themes of faith and obedience. The transaction for fifty shekels of silver indicates a fair and deliberate exchange, emphasizing the value David placed on making things right with God. This act of purchasing the site for worship prefigures the establishment of a permanent place for God's presence among His people, ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who is the true temple (John 2:19-21).

Persons / Places / Events
1. David
The King of Israel, known for his heart after God, who insists on paying for the threshing floor to offer a sacrifice to God.

2. Araunah
A Jebusite who owned the threshing floor that David desired to purchase for building an altar to the Lord.

3. Threshing Floor
The location where David intended to build an altar to offer sacrifices to God, which later became the site of Solomon's Temple.

4. Burnt Offerings
Sacrifices made to God, symbolizing atonement and dedication, which David insists must cost him something.

5. Fifty Shekels of Silver
The price David paid for the threshing floor and oxen, signifying his commitment to offering a meaningful sacrifice.
Teaching Points
The Cost of True Worship
Worship that honors God often requires personal sacrifice and commitment. David's refusal to offer something that cost him nothing challenges us to consider what we are willing to give up for God.

Heart of Sacrifice
The heart behind the offering is crucial. David's insistence on paying for the threshing floor reflects a heart fully devoted to God, reminding us that God values our intentions and sincerity.

Ownership and Stewardship
David's purchase signifies taking ownership of his worship and stewardship of resources. We are called to be responsible stewards of what God has entrusted to us.

Legacy of Faith
The site of David's altar became the location of the Temple, showing how acts of faith and obedience can have lasting impacts. Our faithful actions today can influence future generations.

God's Provision and Grace
While David paid for the threshing floor, it was God's grace that provided the means. Recognizing God's provision in our lives encourages gratitude and reliance on Him.
Bible Study Questions and Answers
1. What is the meaning of 2 Samuel 24:24?

2. Why did David insist on paying for the threshing floor in 2 Samuel 24:24?

3. How does David's action demonstrate the principle of costly worship?

4. What does 2 Samuel 24:24 teach about sacrifice and commitment to God?

5. How can we apply David's example of giving to our own lives today?

6. How does this verse connect to Jesus' teaching on giving in Luke 21:1-4?

7. Why did David insist on paying for the threshing floor in 2 Samuel 24:24?

8. How does 2 Samuel 24:24 illustrate the principle of sacrificial giving?

9. What is the significance of David's refusal to offer costless sacrifices in 2 Samuel 24:24?

10. What are the top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 24?

11. Why was David punished for conducting a census?

12. What are the visions and prophecies of Gad?

13. What defines a free will offering?

14. Who was Araunah the Jebusite in the Bible?
What Does 2 Samuel 24:24 Mean
“No,” replied the king

David’s immediate refusal to accept Araunah’s gift shows a heart that recognizes the difference between convenience and true devotion.

1 Chronicles 21:24 (parallel account) records the same “No,” underscoring David’s unwavering stance.

• Like Abraham turning down the king of Sodom’s riches (Genesis 14:22-23), David will not allow anyone to say his worship was subsidized.

• The moment echoes Jesus’ later teaching, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21).


“I insist on paying a price”

David’s insistence highlights that worship requires personal investment.

• Sacrifice by definition involves cost (Leviticus 1:3-4).

• The widow who put in “all she had to live on” (Mark 12:44) models the same principle.

Romans 12:1 calls believers to “present your bodies as a living sacrifice,” implying a life-long, costly commitment.


“for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing”

Here David states a timeless rule for genuine worship.

Malachi 1:8 rebukes priests for offering blemished animals; cheap offerings dishonor God.

Psalm 51:17 reminds that the sacrifices God desires are “a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart.” Costly worship springs from humility.

Luke 14:27-33 shows Jesus connecting discipleship with counting the cost; cheap grace is no grace at all.


“So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver”

David follows through with tangible obedience.

• Obedience, not intent alone, stays the plague (2 Samuel 24:25).

• The site becomes the location for Solomon’s temple (2 Chronicles 3:1), turning David’s costly offering into a blessing for generations.

2 Samuel 24:25 parallels Genesis 22:14, where God provides on Moriah; both scenes point to the ultimate costly sacrifice at Calvary.


summary

2 Samuel 24:24 teaches that authentic worship is never cheap. David’s refusal of a free gift, his determination to pay the price, and his immediate action remind us that honoring the LORD requires personal cost, heartfelt devotion, and obedient follow-through.

(24) Of that which cost me nothing.--The principle on which David acted is that which essentially underlies all true sacrifice and all real giving to God.

For fifty shekels of silver.--This sum is expressly said to cover the cost both of the ground and of the oxen, and seems very small. In 1Chronicles 21:25, it reads "six hundred shekels of gold by weight." One of the most ingenious propositions for the reconciliation of the two statements is that our text speaks of fifty shekels, not of silver but of money, and that Chronicles means that these were of gold, in value equal to 600 shekels of silver. But the explanation is quite inconsistent with the text in both places. In one of them the statement of price must have been altered in transcription. In the entire uncertainty as to the extent of the purchase of Araunah (the whole hill of Moriah, or only a part), and of the value of land in the locality and at the time, it is impossible to decide between the two.

Verses 24, 25. - David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. In 1 Chronicles 21:25, "So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight." There is a superficial, but no real discrepancy between these two narratives. David gave the fifty shekels for the immediate use of the place, and for the oxen and implements. He had no idea at the time of permanently occupying it, and probably the note in the LXX., interpolated by scribes from the margin into the text, is true, "And Solomon added to the altar afterwards, for it was small at the first." It was a small altar hurriedly put together for the purpose of offering one sacrifice; and fifty shekels would be full compensation. But the sacrifice had hallowed the spot, and, when finally it was selected as the site for the temple, David bought the whole area and all that Araunah possessed there. Fifty shekels of silver would be about £9; six hundred shekels of gold would be about £1500; so that there is no comparison between the two sums. But the precious metals were worth very much more in David's time than in ours, so that the smaller sum was adequate compensation for David's first acquisition, while the larger implies the purchase of an extensive and valuable estate. Substantially the fuller narrative in Chronicles agrees with this. David refuses to sacrifice of that which cost him nothing, and must therefore have at once paid for what he took. But When God accepted his offering, and answered him by fire from heaven, then David said, "This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel." And as the Chronicler has in view throughout the selection of the site for the temple, he naturally mentions its full cost. In the Book of Samuel this purpose is not expressly mentioned, and the narrative closes with the forgiveness of the sin both of David and his people. Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed. But this sudden smiting down of so large a host humbled both king and people, and their eagerness for war and their lust of empire ceased. ? DEO GLORIA.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“No,”
לֹ֚א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

replied
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the king,
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

“I insist on paying
קָנ֨וֹ (qā·nōw)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

a price,
בִּמְחִ֔יר (bim·ḥîr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4242: Price, payment, wages

for I will not
וְלֹ֧א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

offer
אַעֲלֶ֛ה (’a·‘ă·leh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to the LORD
לַיהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

my God
אֱלֹהַ֖י (’ĕ·lō·hay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

burnt offerings
עֹל֣וֹת (‘ō·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

that cost me nothing.”
חִנָּ֑ם (ḥin·nām)
Adverb
Strong's 2600: Gratis, devoid of cost, reason, advantage

So David
דָּוִ֤ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

bought
וַיִּ֨קֶן (way·yi·qen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own

the threshing floor
הַגֹּ֙רֶן֙ (hag·gō·ren)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1637: A threshing-floor, open area

and the oxen
הַבָּקָ֔ר (hab·bā·qār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd

for fifty
חֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ (ḥă·miš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 2572: Fifty

shekels
שְׁקָלִ֥ים (šə·qā·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard

of silver.
בְּכֶ֖סֶף (bə·ḵe·sep̄)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money


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OT History: 2 Samuel 24:24 The king said to Araunah No (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam)
2 Samuel 24:23
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