2 Samuel 24:24 · WEB
“The king said to Araunah, "No; but I will most certainly buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.”
— 2 Samuel 24:24
Speaker
David
Era
Kingdom (~1000 BC)
Emotion
deciding
Type
dialogue
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
sacrificeintegrity
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