And that day Gad came to David and said to him, "Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite." Cross References Genesis 50:10When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
2 Samuel 24:19So David went up at the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded.
1 Chronicles 21:18Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Chapter Outline 1. David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people5. The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men10. David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence15. After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem18. David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor; 25. and the plague stopsJump to Previous Altar Araunah Arau'nah Build David Erect Floor Gad Jebusite Jeb'usite Raise Rear Threshing Threshingfloor Threshing-FloorJump to Next Altar Araunah Arau'nah Build David Erect Floor Gad Jebusite Jeb'usite Raise Rear Threshing Threshingfloor Threshing-Floor |
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