2 Samuel 24:22Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, the cattle for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:
The setting
Mount Moriah, Jerusalem, ~1000 BC. Araunah the Jebusite sees King David approaching his threshing floor during a national crisis. Without hesitation, he offers everything he owns...
The emotion here: spontaneous generosity overflowing from a grateful heart
The original word
moragim (מֹרַגִּים) — threshing sledges, heavy wooden boards with stones underneath to separate grain
Why it matters
Araunah was likely a Jebusite, the original inhabitants David conquered, yet he showed extraordinary loyalty
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Samuel 24:22
Araunah offered his cattle, tools, and yokes — literally his entire livelihood for the king's emergency
Common misconceptionPeople think Araunah was just being polite to the king. He was actually sacrificing his entire business — those cattle and tools were how he made his living.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 2 Samuel 24:22
Bible Genome reading
2 Samuel 24:22 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Samuel 24:22 comes from the book of 2 Samuel, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Araunah. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 70% and a tone that is tender. It belongs to the dialogue genre of biblical literature. Key themes include generosity, sacrifice. Notable phrases: take and offer up; cattle for the burnt offering.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grateful
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
— John 3:16
“I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.”
— 2 Timothy 4:7
“It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'”
— Acts 2:21
“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”
— Ephesians 2:8
“So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land o…”
— Genesis 45:8
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