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2 Samuel 24:24
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24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels [1] of silver.

Footnotes

[1] 24:24 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

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