The Meaning of 2 Samuel 24:18 Explained

2 Samuel 24:18

KJV: And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

YLT: And Gad cometh in unto David on that day, and saith to him, 'Go up, raise to Jehovah an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite;'

Darby: And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

ASV: And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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What is the context of 2 Samuel 24:18?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

What does 2 Samuel 24:18 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 24:15-25 - Judgment Stayed By Sacrifice

The pestilence swept through the land like cholera or the black death in modern times. At last it approached the Holy City. It seemed as if the angel of the Lord were hovering over it, sword in hand, awaiting the final order. All this is spoken after the manner of men. It is clear, however, that, in answer to David's penitent faith, a great change came over the scene. If the same faith had been exercised before the plague reached Jerusalem, may we not believe that an arrest would have come previously? As soon as David was prepared, as in 2 Samuel 24:17, to suffer instead of his people, his love and contrition and faith were accepted on their behalf.

Then, on Mount Moriah, where centuries before Abraham's uplifted knife was stayed, the angel now stayed his act of judgment. The threshing floor of Araunah became the site of an altar, while afterward on that spot stood the Temple, the center of national worship and the scene of the manifestation of the Son of man. The lesson for us is that, when we take the true attitude toward God, we can exercise, by our faith, prayer and self-sacrifice, a wonderful influence in behalf of cities and nations.

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Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 24

¹ David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people
⁵ The captains, in nine months and twenty days, gather 1,300,000 fighting men
¹⁰ David repents, and having three plagues proposed by God, chooses pestilence
¹⁵ After the death of 70,000, David by prayer prevents the destruction of Jerusalem
¹⁸ David, by God's direction, purchases Araunah's threshing floor;
²⁵ and the plague stops

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 24:18 mean?

And came Gad to David day that and said to him go up erect to Yahweh an altar on the threshing floor of Araunah Araunah the Jebusite

וַיָּבֹא־ גָ֥ד אֶל־ דָּוִ֖ד בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ עֲלֵה֙ הָקֵ֤ם לַֽיהוָה֙ מִזְבֵּ֔חַ בְּגֹ֖רֶן [ארניה] (אֲרַ֥וְנָה) הַיְבֻסִֽי

וַיָּבֹא־	And came
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
גָ֥ד	Gad
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: גָּד Sense: seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, and full brother of Asher.
דָּוִ֖ד	David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
בַּיּ֣וֹם	day
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הַה֑וּא	that
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular Root: הוּא Sense: he, she, it.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	and said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
ל֗וֹ	to him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
עֲלֵה֙	go up
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
הָקֵ֤ם	erect
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
לַֽיהוָה֙	to Yahweh
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מִזְבֵּ֔חַ	an altar
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מִזְבֵּחַ Sense: altar.
בְּגֹ֖רֶן	on the threshing floor
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: גֹּרֶן Sense: threshing-floor.
[ארניה]	of Araunah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
(אֲרַ֥וְנָה)	Araunah
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲרַוְנָה Sense: a Jebusite who sold David the site for an altar.
הַיְבֻסִֽי	the Jebusite
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְבוּסִי Sense: descendants of the 3rd son of Canaan who lived in or around the site of Jebus, the early name for Jerusalem.

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