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