2 Samuel 24:23

Contextual Overview

²³O king, Araunah gives all this to the king." Araunah also said to him, "May the LORD your God accept you."²³ Your Majesty, Araunah gives all this to the king." Araunah also said to him, "May the Lord your God accept you." ²³Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king." And Araunah said to the king, "May Yahweh your God accept you." ²³ "Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king." And Araunah said to the king, "May the LORD your God accept you."²³ All these thinges did Areuna as a king geue vnto the king, & said moreouer vnto the king: The Lorde thy God accept thee. ²³ O king, all these Araunah gives to the king. And Araunah said to the king, May Jehovah your God accept you. ²³ O King, I give everything to you!" Araunah also said to the king, "May the Lord your God be pleased with you." ²³ All this, O king, Arau'nah gives to the king." And Arau'nah said to the king, "The LORD your God accept you." ²³ all this, king, does Araunah give to the king. Araunah said to the king, Yahweh your God accept you. ²³ All these things did Araunah, as a king, giue vnto the King: and Araunah saide vnto the King, The Lord thy God accept thee.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as a king: Psalms 45:16, Isaiah 32:8

The Lord: Job 42:8, Job 42:9, Psalms 20:3, Psalms 20:4, Isaiah 60:7, Ezekiel 20:40, Ezekiel 20:41, Hosea 8:13, Romans 15:30, Romans 15:31, 1 Timothy 2:1, 1 Timothy 2:2, 1 Peter 2:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:7 - If thou doest well Deuteronomy 33:11 - accept 1 Chronicles 21:23 - Take it

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All these [things] did Araunah, [as] a king, give unto the king,.... The note of similitude as is not in the text; from whence some have thought he was king of the Jebusites before Jerusalem was taken out of their hands, or however was of the royal race, perhaps the son and heir of the then king at that time; or he has this title given him, because of his great liberality, having the spirit of a prince in him, even of a king; so Ulysses addressed Antinous, saying, thou art like a king, and therefore should give more largely than others h:

and Araunah said unto the king, the Lord thy God accept thee; thine offering with a good will; with pleasure and delight, as the Targum; that so the plague might be removed, and which no doubt made him the more ready to part with the above things, and all that he had; so dreadful did the calamity appear to him, and especially after he saw the angel with his drawn sword just over him.

h Homer. Odyss. 17. ver. 335.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Either, “the whole O king does Araunah give unto the king;” or (2) “the whole did king Araunah give to the king.” The former is preferable.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 24:23. As a king, give unto the king. — Literally, All these did King Araunah give unto the king. That there could not be a king of the Jebusites on Mount Moriah, is sufficiently evident; and that there was no other king than David in the land, is equally so: the word המלך hammelech, "the king," given here to Araunah, is wanting in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic; in three of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and in the parallel place in Chronicles: and, it is very probable, never made a part of the text. Perhaps it should be read, All these did Arnunah give unto the king.

There is, however, a difficulty here. David had taken the fortress of the Jebusites many years before; yet it is evident that Araunah was proprietor of the soil at this time. It is not clear that he was a subject of David; but he paid him respect as a neighbour and a king. This is merely possible.