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David Builds an Altar

1 Chronicles 21:25

In 11 translations

BSB
So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.600 shekels is approximately 15.1 pounds or 6.8 kilograms of gold.
KJV
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
WEB
So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.
ASV
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
LSV
And David gives to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold [in] weight for the place;
YLT
And David giveth to Ornan for the place shekels of gold [in] weight six hundred;
DBY
And David gave to Ornan for the place in shekels of gold the weight of six hundred [shekels].
DRC
So David gave to Ornan for the place, six hundred sicles of gold of just weight.
GNV
So Dauid gaue to Ornan for that place sixe hundreth shekels of golde by weight.
JPS
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
LXXE
And David gave to Orna for his place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּתֵּ֥ן דָּוִ֛יד לְאָרְנָ֖ן בַּמָּק֑וֹם שִׁקְלֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב מִשְׁקָ֖ל שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br
καὶ ἔδωκεν Δαυὶδ τῷ Ὀρνὰ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ αὐτοῦ σίκλους χρυσίου ὁλκῆς ἑξακοσίους.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:24–25“No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. And…

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