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Araunah in the Bible — Who Was Araunah? (also known as Ornan) | fresh.bible

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Araunah

The Jebusite whose threshing floor became the site of Solomon's Temple

Also known as Ornan

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RoleJebusite landowner

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A Jebusite who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah that David purchased to build an altar after a devastating plague struck Israel (2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 21). Araunah offered to give David the site for free — but David insisted on paying full price — saying he wouldn't offer God something that cost him nothing. That threshing floor became the site of Solomon's Temple.

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David's Census and the Threshing FloorUnited Kingdom

David ordered a census against God's will, and the resulting plague killed 70,000 people before stopping at a threshing floor — the future site of the temple.