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An Unhesitating Gift
Commentators note Araunah's immediate and unhesitating generosity. Upon hearing David's need, he instantly offers not just the location but everything required for the sacrifice: the oxen, the threshing instruments, and the yokes. This models a spirit of wholehearted and immediate giving for the purposes of worship.
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2 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Samuel 24:22
18th Century
Theologian
Here are oxen - This refers to the oxen that were at that very time threshing the grain on Araunah’s threshing floor ([Reference 1 Chronicle…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Samuel 24:22
19th Century
Bishop
And Araunah said. —Araunah, having heard David’s errand, has not a moment’s hesitation. That his threshing-floor is to be…
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 24:22
17th Century
Pastor
And Araunah said unto David, let my lord the king take and
offer up what [seemeth] good unto him
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 24:18–25
17th Century
Minister
God's encouraging us to offer spiritual sacrifices to him is evidence of his reconciling us to himself. David purchased the ground to build the alt…