2 Samuel 24 · Verse 18

2 Samuel 24:18

And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
2 Samuel 24:18, King James Version

2 Samuel 24:18 in other translations

BSBAnd that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
WEBGad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
ASVAnd Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
YLTAnd Gad cometh in unto David on that day, and saith to him, ‘Go up, raise to Jehovah an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite;'
DARBYAnd Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
BBEAnd that day Gad came to David and said to him, Go up, and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
WebsterAnd Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to the LORD in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

What does 2 Samuel 24:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. Araunah--or Ornan (1Ch 21:18), the Jebusite, one of the ancient inhabitants, who, having become a convert to the true religion, retained his house and possessions. He resided on Mount Moriah, the spot on which the temple was afterwards built (2Ch 3:1); but that mount was not then enclosed in the town.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord - This place is supposed to be Mount Moriah: on which, according to the rabbins, Cain and Abel offered their sacrifices; where Abraham attempted to sacrifice Isaac, and where the temple of Solomon was afterwards built.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 24:18-25
God's encouraging us to offer to him spiritual sacrifices, is an evidence of his reconciling us to himself. David purchased the ground to build the altar. God hates robbery for burnt-offering. Those know not what religion is, who chiefly care to make it cheap and easy to themselves, and who are best pleased with that which costs them least pains or money. For what have we our substance, but to honour God with it; and how can it be better bestowed? See the building of the altar, and the offering proper sacrifices upon it. Burnt-offerings to the glory of God's justice; peace-offerings to the glory of his mercy. Christ is our Altar, our Sacrifice; in him alone we may expect to escape his wrath, and to find favour with God. Death is destroying all around, in so many forms, and so suddenly, that it is madness not to expect and prepare for the close of life.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Samuel 24:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּבֹא\־vai.ya.vo'-and he cameH935
גָ֥דgadGadH1410
אֶל\־'el-toH413
דָּוִ֖דda.VidDavidH1732
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֑וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
ל֗וֹloto <the> him
עֲלֵה֙'a.Lehgo upH5927
הָקֵ֤םha.Kemraise upH6965
לַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
מִזְבֵּ֔חַmiz.Be.achan altarH4196
בְּגֹ֖רֶןbe.Go.renon [the] threshing floor ofH1637
אֲרַ֥וְנָה'a.ra.ne.yahAraunahH728
הַיְבֻסִֽי\׃hay.vu.Sithe JebusiteH2983

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 24:18

  • 1 Chronicles 21:18-30

    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. And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the Lord. And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. …

  • 2 Samuel 24:11

    For when David was up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Gad.
11; 1Ch 21:18-30
threshing floor.These, among the ancient Jews, were only round, level plats of ground in the open air, as they are to this day in the East, where the corn was trodden out by oxen.
Araunah. Heb. Araniah.
16

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 24:17

    And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

  • 2 Samuel 24:18

    And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • 2 Samuel 24:19

    And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.

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2 Samuel 24:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Gad vino á David aquel día, y díjole: Sube, y haz un altar á Jehová en la era de Arauna Jebuseo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Gad vint vers David, ce jour-là, et lui dit: Monte, dresse un autel à l’ Éternel dans l’aire d’Arauna, le Jébusien.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Gad kam zu David an selbigem Tage und sprach zu ihm: Gehe hinauf, errichte Jehova einen Altar auf der Tenne Arawnas, des Jebusiters.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Venit autem Gad ad David in die illa, et dixit ei: Ascende, et constitue altare Domino in area Areuna Jebusæi.