2 Samuel 24 · Verse 20

2 Samuel 24:20

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
2 Samuel 24:20, King James Version

2 Samuel 24:20 in other translations

BSBWhen Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, he went out and bowed facedown before the king.
WEBAraunah looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. Then Araunah went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
ASVAnd Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
YLTAnd Araunah looketh, and seeth the king and his servants passing over unto him, and Araunah goeth out and boweth himself to the king--his face to the earth.
DARBYAnd Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on towards him; and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
BBEAnd Araunah, looking out, saw the king and his servants coming to him: and Araunah went out, and went down on his face to the earth before the king.
WebsterAnd Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming towards him: And Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

What does 2 Samuel 24:20 mean?

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…

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2 Samuel 24:20 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.

וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣ףvai.yash.Kefand he looked downH8259
אֲרַ֗וְנָה'a.Rav.nahAraunahH728
וַיַּ֤רְאvai.Yar'and he sawH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.Davservants hisH5650
עֹבְרִ֖ים'oe.Rimpassing onH5674
עָלָ֑יו'a.Lavto himH5921
וַיֵּצֵ֣אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
אֲרַ֔וְנָה'a.Rav.nahAraunahH728
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּvai.yish.Ta.chuand he bowed downH7812
לַמֶּ֛לֶךְla.Me.lekhto the kingH4428
אַפָּ֖יו'a.Pavface hisH639
אָֽרְצָה\׃'A.re.tzah[the] ground towardsH776

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Samuel 24:20

  • 2 Samuel 9:8

    And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

  • Ruth 2:10

    Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

  • Genesis 18:2

    And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

  • 1 Chronicles 21:20-21

    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.

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9:8; Ge 18:2; Ru 2:10; 1Ch 21:20,21

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 24:19

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

  • 2 Samuel 24:20

    And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

  • 2 Samuel 24:21

    And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

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2 Samuel 24:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y mirando Arauna, vió al rey y á sus siervos que pasaban á él. Saliendo entonces Arauna, inclinóse delante del rey hacia tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Arauna regarda, et il vit le roi et ses serviteurs qui passaient vers lui; et Arauna sortit, et se prosterna devant le roi, le visage contre terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Arawna blickte hin und sah den König und seine Knechte zu sich herüberkommen; da ging Arawna hinaus und beugte sich vor dem König nieder, mit seinem Antlitz zur Erde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Conspiciensque Areuna, animadvertit regem et servos ejus transire ad se: