The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:25
Six hundred shekels of gold by weight . The only way to reconcile this statement with that of the parallel place, which ( 2 Samuel 24:24 )speaks of "fifty shekels of silver" ( i.e. taking the shekel at 2s. 8d; equal to about f6 13s. 4d.) as the price of "the threshing-floor and the oxen ," is to suppose that the fifty shekels speak of the purchase money of the oxen indeed, but not of the floor itself, which was valuable, not only for size and situation, but also for its prepared... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 21:23
Ornan's offer to David of the threshing-floor and all its belongings, as a gift, reminds of Ephron's offer to Abraham ( Genesis 23:11 ). Ornan's prompt offer of gift was, perhaps, all the prompter from the desire to render every assistance to the staying of the plague. For burnt offerings … for the meat offering. The whole code of regulations for offerings—sin offering, trespass offering, peace offering, burnt offering, meat and drink offering—is to be found in Leviticus 1-7. As regards... read more