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1 Chronicles 21:25

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1 Chronicles 21:25

Verse 25 of 30

Scripture focus

So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

1 Chronicles 21:25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 21:25

Theological / Devotional

Six hundred shekels of gold. According to 2 Samuel 24:24, “David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.” According to Genesis 23:16, 17, Abraham paid 400 shekels of silver to Ephron for the field containing the cave of Machpelah (see on Genesis 23:15). Thus it would seem that 50 shekels was too low a price for the property of Oman. It is possible that the 50 shekels was the price of the threshing floor and the oxen, and that these were only a portion of the total purchase (see on 2 Samuel 24:24).

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