So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
MESSAGE
So David bought the place from Araunah for 600 shekels of gold.
NKJV
So David gave Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
PHILIPS
RWEBSTR
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
GWV
So David gave Ornan 15 pounds of gold for that place.
NET
So David bought the place from Ornan for 600 pieces of gold.*
NET
21:25 So David bought the place from Ornan for 600 pieces of gold.590
tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:24 says David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for “fifty pieces of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.
tnHeb “six hundred shekels of gold.” This would have been about 15 lbs. (6.8 kg) of gold by weight.