Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.

Grant

Thou shalt grant

That the plague

General references

Bible References

Grant

1 Kings 21:2
Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden because it is close beside my house, and I will give you a better vineyard than it in its place; if you like, I will give you the price of it in money.”

Thou shalt grant

2 Samuel 24:21
Then Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be held back from the people.”

That the plague

Numbers 16:48
He took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked.
Numbers 25:8
and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body. So the plague on the sons of Israel was checked.

General references

Genesis 12:17
But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.