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Ornan
1 Chr. 21:15. (See ARAUNAH.)
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(active). (1 Chronicles 21:15; 2 Chronicles 3:1) [Araunah]
In the Bible
10
Verses where Ornan is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 21:15
Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 1 Chronicles 21:18
Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
- 1 Chronicles 21:20
Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
- 1 Chronicles 21:21
David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.
- 1 Chronicles 21:22
Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:23
Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
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Scripture on Ornan
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Ornan references
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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