Discovery Box2 Samuel 24:17 
Context24:17 When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.” 1
2 Samuel 24:22
Context24:22 Araunah told David, “My lord the king may take whatever he wishes 2 and offer it. Look! Here are oxen for burnt offerings, and threshing sledges 3 and harnesses 4 for wood.
1 tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”
2 tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”
3 sn Threshing sledges were heavy boards used in ancient times for loosening grain from husks. On the bottom sides of these boards sharp stones were embedded, and the boards were then dragged across the grain on a threshing floor by an ox or donkey.
4 tn Heb “the equipment of the oxen.”
