2 Samuel 24:16

The angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem - By what means this destruction took place, we know not: it appears that an angel was employed in it, and that this minister of Divine justice actually appeared as an object. of sight; for it is said, 2 Samuel 24:17 , When David saw the angel that smote the people, he said, etc.; and both Ornan and his four sons saw him and were affrighted, 1 Chronicles 21:20 .

The threshing-place of Araunah - These threshing-places, we have already seen, were made in the open air. In the parallel place, 1 Chronicles 21:15 , 1 Chronicles 21:20 , etc., this person is called Ornan. The word that we render Araunah is written in this very chapter אורנה Auarnah , 2 Samuel 24:16 , ארניה Araniah , 2 Samuel 24:18 , ארונה Araunah or Araunah , 2 Samuel 24:20 , and the following: but in every place in 1 Chronicles 21:1-30 where it occurs it is written ארנן Ornan . It is likely he had both names, Araunah and Ornan: but the varieties of spelling in 2 Samuel must arise from the blunders of transcribers.