1 Chronicles 21:18-28

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:18-30

We have here the controversy concluded, and, upon David's repentance, his peace made with God. Though thou wast angry with me, thy anger is turned away. 1. A stop was put to the progress of the execution, 1 Chron. 21:15. When David repented of the sin God repented of the judgment, and ordered the destroying angel to stay his hand and sheath his sword, 1 Chron. 21:27. 2. Direction was given to David to rear an altar in the threshing-floor of Ornan, 1 Chron. 21:18. The angel commanded the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:1-27

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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:28

At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the threshing floor Of Ornan the Jebusite ,.... The same with Araunah, 2 Samuel 24:16 , with some small variation of the letters, and are of the same signification; both signifying the "ornus", as Hillerus F13 Onomastic. Sacr. p. 529, 530. observes, the pine tree or ash; see Isaiah 44:14 , in whose threshingfloor David now was, and where he had been praying and sacrificing; and God had accepted his prayer, as the Targum,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 21:20

Ornan turned back , and saw the angel - The Septuagint say, And Orna turned, και ειδε τον βασιλεα , and saw the King. The Syriac and Arabic say, David saw the angel; and do not mention Ornan in this place. Houbigant translates the same reading המלך hammalech , the king, for המלעך hammalach , the angel, and vindicates his version from the parallel place, 2 Samuel 24:20 , where it is said, he saw David: but there is no word of his seeing the angel. But the seeing David... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 21:24

For the full price - That is, six hundred shekels full weight of pure gold. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 21:26

He answered him - by fire - In answer to David's prayers, God, to show that he had accepted him, and was now pacified towards him and the people, sent fire from heaven and consumed the offerings. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:18

The angel . The Hebrew shows no article (see Numbers 22:34 , Numbers 22:35 ; 1 Kings 13:18 ; 1 Kings 19:5 ; Zechariah 1:9 ). The place where the altar was now about to be erected was that made famous by the sacrifice of Abraham ( Genesis 22:2 , Genesis 22:9 ), and, though less certainly, that known to the priesthood of Melchizedek ( Genesis 14:17-20 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:20

This verse is not found in the parallel place. The Septuagint reading of "king" in this verse, in place of "angel," is no doubt an error. The drift of this and the following verse is plain and continuous. Ornan and his sons had hidden themselves on the apparition of the angel, but came out on the advent of David, to welcome him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:22

The place of this threshing-floor ; i.e. the place on which the threshing-floor was made. It was the level summit of the middle elevated ground of the eastern ridge on which Jerusalem was situate ( 1 Chronicles 11:4-7 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:23

Ornan's offer to David of the threshing-floor and all its belongings, as a gift, reminds of Ephron's offer to Abraham ( Genesis 23:11 ). Ornan's prompt offer of gift was, perhaps, all the prompter from the desire to render every assistance to the staying of the plague. For burnt offerings … for the meat offering. The whole code of regulations for offerings—sin offering, trespass offering, peace offering, burnt offering, meat and drink offering—is to be found in Leviticus 1-7. As regards... read more

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