24 Nevertheless, King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will certainly buy it for the full price; for I will not take what is yours for the Lord, nor offer a burnt offering [a]which costs me nothing.” 25 So (A)David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the [b]site. 26 Then David built an altar there to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the Lord, and (B)He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 21:24 Lit gratuitously
  2. 1 Chronicles 21:25 Lit place

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