1 Chronicles 21:22

21:22 David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor ¹  so I can build ²  on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price ³  – so that the plague may be removed ⁴  from the people.”

1 Chronicles 21:24

21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. ⁵  I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice ⁶  that cost me nothing. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”

² tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose/result: “so I can build.”

³ tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”

⁴ tn Following the imperative and first person prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive, this third person prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive introduces the ultimate purpose/result: “so the plague may be removed.” Another option is subordinate this form to the preceding imperative, but the latter may be taken as a parenthetical expansion of the initial request.

⁵ tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

⁶ tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”

⁷ tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”