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1 Chronicles 21:26

World English Bible

David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.

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1 Chronicles 21:26 in other translations

And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

1 Chronicles 21:26 · American Standard Version

1 Chronicles 21:26 in context

  1. 24King David said to Ornan, “No; but I will most certainly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is yours for Yahweh, nor offer a burnt offering that costs me nothing.”
  2. 25So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
  3. 26David built an altar to Yahweh there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
  4. 27Then Yahweh commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.
  5. 28At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.