All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”
And the king said unto Araunah, nay, but I will surely buy it of thee at a price,.... And a full price too, Ch1 21:24; that is, give him as much for it as it was worth: neither will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing; which shows an ingenuous spirit, and contrary to the temper...
All these things did Araunah, as a king, give--Indicating, as the sense is, that this man had been anciently a heathen king or chief, but was now a proselyte who still retained great property and influence in Jerusalem, and whose piety was evinced by the liberality of his offers. The words, "as a king," are taken by some to signify simply, "he gave with royal munificence."
All these [things] did Araunah, [as] a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. (m) That is, abundantly, for as some write, he was king of Jerusalem before David won the tower.