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ARAUNAH
agile; also called Ornan 1-Chr 21:15, 1-Chr 21: 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, 1-Chr 21: 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). (See ALTAR.)
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