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ARAUNAH (2Sa_24:18; called in 1Ch_21:15, 2Ch_31:1-21 Ornan).—A Jebusite who owned a threshing-floor on Mount Moriah. This spot was indicated by the prophet Gad as the place where an altar should he erected to J″ [Note: Jahweh.] , because the plague, which followed David’s numbering of the people, had been stayed. David bought the threshing-floor and oxen for 50 shekels of silver. The price paid is given in 1Ch_21:15 as 600 shekels of gold—a characteristic deviation from the earlier account.