1 Chronicles 21:24
21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. 1 I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice 2 that cost me nothing. 3
1 Chronicles 29:16
29:16 O Lord our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.
1 tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
2 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”
3 tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”