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2Sa_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.
Ver. 24. Nay, but I will surely buy it of thee.] That I may honour the Lord with my substance, {Pro_3:9} and be at cost for him, as she was with her spikenard of great price, {Joh_12:3} and as Justinian the emperor with his rich communion table, which had in it, saith Cedrenus, all the riches of land and sea. David’s preparations for building the temple, where now he built an altar, were exceeding great, as shall be seen hereafter.
For fifty shekels of silver.] But the whole place and ground, with the houses where the temple was afterwards built, cost him six hundred shekels of gold. {1Ch_21:25}