Discovery Box2 Samuel 6:17 
Context6:17 They brought the ark of the Lord and put it in its place 1 in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the Lord.
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.
2 Samuel 24:25
Context24:25 Then David built an altar for the Lord there and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And the Lord accepted prayers for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.
1 tc The Syriac Peshitta lacks “in its place.”
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.”
