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Araunah
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
a -rô´na ( ארונה , 'ărawnāh , 2 Samuel 24:16 , 2 Samuel 24:20; ארניה , 'ăranyāh 2 Samuel 24:18 , and ארנן , 'ornān , 1 Chronicles 21:15; 2 Chronicles 3:1 , all from a Hebrew root meaning "to be strong"): A J ebusite from whom David at the request of the prophet Gad bought a threshing-floor located upon Mt. Moriah, as a site for an altar of the Lord at the time of the great plague (2 Samuel 24:15; 1 Chronicles 21:15 ), upon which Solomon later erected the temple (2 Chronicles 3:1 ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Araunah'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/a/araunah.html. 1915.