"And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself befo…" — 2 Samuel 24:20

2 Samuel 24:20 · KJV

“And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.”

— 2 Samuel 24:20

Verse 19

And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.

Verse 21

And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

2 Samuel 24 — Context

And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. {Araunah: Heb. Araniah}

And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what {seemeth} good unto him: behold, {here be} oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and {other} instruments of the oxen for wood.

Cross References

Genesis 18:2

And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw {them}, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

Ruth 2:10

Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I {am} a stranger?

1 Chronicles 21:20-21

And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. {And Ornan...: or, When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he and his four sons with him hid themselves}

2 Samuel 9:8

And he bowed himself, and said, What {is} thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I {am}?

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