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1 Chronicles 21:18

King James Version (KJV)

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Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 21:18

Theological / Devotional

Threshingfloor of Oman. This was on Mt. Moriah. Here Abraham had erected an altar for the offering up of Isaac (Genesis 22:1-14), and here the Temple was later erected by Solomon (2 Chronicles 3:1). Oman is called Araunah in 2 Samuel 24:16.

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