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Araunah

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(uh ryoo' nah) Personal name of unknown meaning. A Jebusite whose threshing floor David purchased as a site for sacrifice, following the prophetic command of God, holding back a divine plague after David disobeyed by taking a census (2 Samuel 24:15-25 ). 2 Chronicles 3:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:15-30 refer to Araunah as Ornan.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Araunah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​a/araunah.html. 1991.
 
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