1 Tawarikh 17:16

David Praises God

17:16 David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, ¹  that you should have brought me to this point?

1 Tawarikh 21:24

21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. ²  I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice ³  that cost me nothing. ⁴ 

[17:16]  ¹ tn Heb “house.”

[21:24]  ² tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.

[21:24]  ³ tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”

[21:24]  ⁴ tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”