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Ornan

also called Araunah

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Agile; also called Ornan 1 Chr. 21:15, a Jebusite who dwelt in Jerusalem before it was taken by the Israelites. The destroying angel, sent to punish David for his vanity in taking a census of the people, was stayed in his work of destruction near a threshing-floor belonging to Araunah which was situated on Mount Moriah. Araunah offered it to David as a free gift, together with the oxen and the threshing instruments; but the king insisted on purchasing it at its full price (2 Sam. 24:24; 1 Chr. 21:24, 25), for, according to the law of sacrifices, he could not offer to God what cost him nothing. On the same place Solomon afterwards erected the temple (2 Sam. 24:16; 2 Chr. 3:1).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 17 verses

2 Samuel
24:16, 24:18, 24:20, 24:21, 24:22, 24:23, 24:24
1 Chronicles
21:15, 21:18, 21:20, 21:21, 21:22, 21:23, 21:24, 21:25, 21:28
2 Chronicles
3:1

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.