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1 Chronicles 21:26
“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.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 21
24
King 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 without cost.
25
So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
26
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.
27
Yahweh commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into its sheath.
28
At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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