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He called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/21.htm">New Living Translation</a> David built an altar there to the LORD and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when David prayed, the LORD answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn up the offering on the altar. <a href="/esv/1_chronicles/21.htm">English Standard Version</a> And David built there an altar to the LORD and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings and called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/21.htm">King James Bible</a> And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/21.htm">New King James Version</a> And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the LORD; and He answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then David built an altar there to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the LORD, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/21.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then David built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the LORD and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the LORD and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then David built there an altar to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to Yahweh and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/amp/1_chronicles/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then David built an altar to the LORD there and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called on the LORD, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/csb/1_chronicles/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the LORD, and he answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the LORD, and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/asv/1_chronicles/21.htm">American Standard Version</a> And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. <a href="/cev/1_chronicles/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> David built an altar and offered sacrifices to please the LORD and sacrifices to ask his blessing. David prayed, and the LORD answered him by sending fire down on the altar. <a href="/erv/1_chronicles/21.htm">English Revised Version</a> And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> David built an altar for the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He called on the LORD, and the LORD answered him by [sending] fire from heaven on the altar for burnt offerings. <a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/21.htm">Good News Translation</a> He built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. He prayed, and the LORD answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn the sacrifices on the altar. <a href="/isv/1_chronicles/21.htm">International Standard Version</a> built an altar to the LORD there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called out to the LORD, and he answered him from heaven with fire on the altar of burnt offerings. <a href="/msb/1_chronicles/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. <a href="/net/1_chronicles/21.htm">NET Bible</a> David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the LORD, and the LORD responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar. <a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering, and it consumed the burnt offering. <a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. <a href="/web/1_chronicles/21.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and David builds an altar to YHWH there, and offers burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and calls to YHWH, and He answers him from the heavens with fire on the altar of the burnt-offering. <a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and David buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and offereth burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and calleth unto Jehovah, and He answereth him with fire from the heavens on the altar of the burnt-offering. <a href="/slt/1_chronicles/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And David will build there an alter to Jehovah, and he will bring up burnt-offerings and peace, and will call to Jehovah; and he will answer him in fire from the heavens upon the altar of burnt-offering.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he built there an altar to the Lord: and he offered holocausts, and peace offerings, and he called upon the Lord, and he heard him by sending Are from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust. <a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he built an altar to the Lord there. And he offered holocausts and peace offerings, and he called upon the Lord. And he heeded him by sending fire from heaven upon the altar of the holocaust. <a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/21.htm">New American Bible</a> David then built an altar there to the LORD, and sacrificed burnt offerings and communion offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him by sending down fire from heaven upon the altar for burnt offerings. <a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> David built there an altar to the LORD and presented burnt offerings and offerings of well-being. He called upon the LORD, and he answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings of lambs, and prayed before the LORD and he answered him, and fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offerings that were upon the altar. <a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And David built there an altar to LORD JEHOVAH, and he brought burnt sacrifices and peace lambs, and he prayed before LORD JEHOVAH, and he answered him, and fire came down from Heaven and consumed the sacrifices that were on the altar.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon the LORD; and He answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. <a href="/sep/1_chronicles/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and he cried to the Lord, and he answered him by fire out of heaven on the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, and it consumed the whole-burnt-offering. <a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=6055" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/21.htm">David Builds an Altar</a> …25So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site. 26<a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wîḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">And</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: way·yi·ḇen (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">he built</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·bê·aḥ (N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">an altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and offered</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">burnt offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/8002.htm" title="8002: ū·šə·lā·mîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering. From shalam; properly, requital, i.e. A sacrifice in thanks.">and peace offerings.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">He called</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">upon</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘ă·nê·hū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3ms) -- To answer, respond.">who answered him</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ḇā·’êš (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">with fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·baḥ (N-msc) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: hā·‘ō·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">of burnt offering.</a> 27Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_samuel/24-25.htm">2 Samuel 24:25</a> And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted. <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20-21</a> Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar. / When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done. <a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm">Leviticus 9:24</a> Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown. <a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm">1 Kings 18:38</a> Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench. <a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">2 Chronicles 7:1</a> When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. <a href="/psalms/20-3.htm">Psalm 20:3</a> May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah <a href="/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19</a> Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar. <a href="/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2</a> May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering. <a href="/hebrews/11-4.htm">Hebrews 11:4</a> By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead. <a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a> Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. <a href="/revelation/8-3.htm">Revelation 8:3-4</a> Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. / And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. <a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13</a> Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. <a href="/exodus/29-18.htm">Exodus 29:18</a> Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. <a href="/numbers/16-46.htm">Numbers 16:46-48</a> Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.” / So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people. / He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted. <a href="/judges/6-21.htm">Judges 6:21</a> Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering.built there<a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24,25</a> An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee… <a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Exodus 24:4,5</a> And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel… and called<a href="/1_samuel/7-8.htm">1 Samuel 7:8,9</a> And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines… <a href="/psalms/51-15.htm">Psalm 51:15</a> O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.<a href="/psalms/99-9.htm">Psalm 99:9</a> Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.by fire<a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm">Leviticus 9:24</a> And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.<a href="/judges/6-21.htm">Judges 6:21</a> Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.<a href="/judges/13-20.htm">Judges 13:20</a> For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/21-22.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-6.htm">Built</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-24.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-24.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-25.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-2.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-12.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-16.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-31.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-10.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-12.htm">Offereth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-24.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-24.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-19.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-2.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-20.htm">Prayers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">Presented</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-26.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-16.htm">Sky</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/21-29.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-5.htm">Built</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-29.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-31.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-28.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-16.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-29.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-23.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-23.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-28.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-5.htm">Offereth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-28.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-1.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-9.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-7.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-21.htm">Prayers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-31.htm">Presented</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-28.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/27-23.htm">Sky</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 21</div>1. <a href="/1_chronicles/21-1.htm">David, tempted by Satan, forces Joab to number the people</a> 5. <a href="/1_chronicles/21-5.htm">The number of the people being brought, David repents of it</a> 9. <a href="/1_chronicles/21-9.htm">David having three plagues proposed by God, chooses the pestilence</a> 14. <a href="/1_chronicles/21-14.htm">After the death of 70,000, David by repentance prevents the destruction of Jerusalem</a> 18. <a href="/1_chronicles/21-18.htm">David, by Gad's direction, purchases Ornan's threshing floor; </a> 26. <a href="/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">where having built an altar, God gives a sign of his favor by fire.</a> 28. <a href="/1_chronicles/21-28.htm">David sacrifices there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of the angel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And there he built an altar to the LORD David built the altar on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, which is significant as it later became the site of Solomon's Temple. Building an altar was a common practice for worship and sacrifice, signifying dedication and repentance. This act of building an altar is reminiscent of the patriarchs like Abraham, who also built altars to worship God (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>).and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Burnt offerings were entirely consumed by fire, symbolizing complete surrender to God, while peace offerings were shared between the offerer, the priests, and God, symbolizing fellowship and thanksgiving. These offerings were part of the Levitical sacrificial system (Leviticus 1, 3) and demonstrated David's desire to atone for his sin and restore his relationship with God.He called upon the LORD, David's act of calling upon the LORD indicates a personal and direct appeal to God, reflecting a heart of repentance and dependence. This is a common theme in the Psalms, where David often calls upon God in times of trouble (<a href="/psalms/18-6.htm">Psalm 18:6</a>).who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. The divine response of fire from heaven signifies God's acceptance of David's sacrifice and repentance. This miraculous event parallels other instances in Scripture, such as Elijah's offering on Mount Carmel (<a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm">1 Kings 18:38</a>) and the dedication of Solomon's Temple (<a href="/2_chronicles/7.htm">2 Chronicles 7:1</a>). It prefigures the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, whose offering was fully accepted by God, as evidenced by His resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The King of Israel who sinned by conducting a census of the people, leading to God's judgment. In repentance, he builds an altar to the LORD. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The God of Israel who responds to David's offerings with fire from heaven, signifying acceptance and forgiveness. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a> Constructed by David on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite, it becomes a place of sacrifice and divine encounter. 4. <a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings_and_peace_offerings.htm">Burnt Offerings and Peace Offerings</a> Sacrifices made by David as acts of atonement and thanksgiving, symbolizing reconciliation with God. 5. <a href="/topical/f/fire_from_heaven.htm">Fire from Heaven</a> A divine sign of God's acceptance of David's repentance and offerings, reminiscent of other biblical instances where God responds with fire.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> David's actions demonstrate the importance of genuine repentance and seeking God's forgiveness. When we sin, we must turn back to God with sincere hearts. <a href="/topical/g/god's_mercy_and_forgiveness.htm">God's Mercy and Forgiveness</a> The fire from heaven signifies God's readiness to forgive and restore those who come to Him in humility and faith. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_sacrifice.htm">The Significance of Sacrifice</a> The offerings represent a heart willing to give to God what is costly, pointing to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ for our sins. <a href="/topical/d/divine_response_to_faith.htm">Divine Response to Faith</a> God's answer with fire shows that He responds to the faith and obedience of His people. Our faith should be active and expectant of God's intervention. <a href="/topical/w/worship_as_a_priority.htm">Worship as a Priority</a> Building an altar and offering sacrifices were acts of worship. We must prioritize worship in our lives, making space for encounters with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 21</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_fire.htm">What does the Bible say about fire from heaven?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_divine_appointment.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on incense?</a> <a href="/q/who_incited_david's_census.htm">Who incited David to take a census? (2 Samuel 24:1 vs. 1 Chronicles 21:1)</a> <a href="/q/why_did_god_delay_judging_child_sacrifice.htm">Jeremiah 19:4-5 -- If God commands against child sacrifice elsewhere, why would He allow His own people to practice it for so long without immediate judgment?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) And David built . . . peace offerings.--Word for word as in Samuel.And called upon the Lord.--Not in Samuel, where the narrative ends with the words, "And the Lord was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel."From heaven by fire (with the fire from the heavens).--The Divine inauguration of the new altar and place of sacrifice. (See <a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm" title="And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed on the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.">Leviticus 9:24</a>; <a href="/1_kings/18-24.htm" title="And call you on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answers by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.">1Kings 18:24</a>; <a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm" title="Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.">1Kings 18:38</a>--Elijah's sacrifice; <a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm" title="Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.">2Chronicles 7:1</a>.) Also a sign that David's prayer was heard.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 26. - He answered him from heaven by fire. There is no doubt significance in the fact that the compiler of Chronicles records this answer by fire, unmentioned in the Book of Samuel. He would give prominence to this great token, as determining, or going a great way towards determining, the site of the temple. The answer by fire was given on critical and special occasions (<a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm">Leviticus 9:24</a>; <a href="/1_kings/18-24.htm">1 Kings 18:24, 38</a>). <a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And דָּוִ֤יד (dā·wîḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse there שָׁ֨ם (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither he built וַיִּבֶן֩ (way·yi·ḇen) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build an altar מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ (miz·bê·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar to the LORD לַיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and offered וַיַּ֥עַל (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively burnt offerings עֹל֖וֹת (‘ō·lō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering and peace offerings. וּשְׁלָמִ֑ים (ū·šə·lā·mîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8002.htm">Strong's 8002: </a> A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering He called וַיִּקְרָא֙ (way·yiq·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read upon אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the LORD, יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel who answered him וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֤הוּ (way·ya·‘ă·nê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> To answer, respond with fire בָאֵשׁ֙ (ḇā·’êš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire from מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of heaven הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky on עַ֖ל (‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the altar מִזְבַּ֥ח (miz·baḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> An altar of burnt offering. הָעֹלָֽה׃ (hā·‘ō·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> Whole burnt offering <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">1 Chronicles 21:26 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-26.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 21:26 David built there an altar to Yahweh (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 21:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 21:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/21-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 21:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 21:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>