2 Samuel 24:24 Cross References - Thomson

²⁴ But the king said to Orna, No. Let me only purchase them of thee for their full value; for I cannot offer to the Lord my God a whole burnt offering which costeth me nothing. So David purchased the threshing floor, and the cattle, for fifty shekels of silver.

¹³ he said to Ephron in the hearing of all the people of the land, As thou art here before me, hearken to me. Take of me in silver the value of the field and I will bury my dead there.

²⁴ And David said to Orna, By no means: for I must buy them for their worth in money. For I cannot take what are thine for the Lord, to offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord at free cost. ²⁵ So David gave Orna for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

¹ David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for whole burnt offerings for Israel.

¹² and you profane it, by your saying, "The table of the Lord is polluted, "and when no regard was paid to the offerings laid thereon his meats, ¹³ you said, "These are because of affliction, "and though I rejected them, saith the Lord Almighty, yet you offered the torn, the lame and the sickly; if then you bring this sacrifice shall I accept such at your hands, saith the Lord Almighty, ¹⁴ when he is cursed, who is of ability and who hath a male in his flock and his vow upon him, and sacrificeth to the Lord a corrupted thing? Because I am a great king, saith the Lord Almighty and1 my name is illustrious among the nations,

¹⁷ Render to none evil for evil. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of all men.