1Ch 21:24 | NET2full | STEP | King David replied to Ornan , “ No , I insist on buying it for top price . I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice that cost me nothing .

1 Chronicles 21:24

24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. ^{▼▼tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.} I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice ^{▼▼tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”} that cost me nothing. ^{▼▼tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”}