1 Chronicles 21:26 “And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings an…”

1 Chronicles 21:26

And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

World English Bible

David built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the LORD; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.

American Standard Version

And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Dauid built there an altar vnto the Lord, and offred burnt offrings, and peace offrings, and called vpon the Lord, and he answered him by fire from heauen vpon the altar of burnt offring.

Darby Translation

And David built there an altar to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

Young's Literal Translation

and David buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and offereth burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and calleth unto Jehovah, and He answereth him with fire from the heavens on the altar of the burnt-offering.

Bible in Basic English

And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.

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Cross references

“built there”

Exodus 20:24 Exodus 20:25 Exodus 24:4 Exodus 24:5

Exodus 20:24 · BSB

You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless…

Exodus 20:25 · BSB

Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.

Exodus 24:4 · BSB

And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 24:5 · BSB

Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

“and called”

Proverbs 15:8 Psalm 51:15 Psalm 91:15 Psalm 99:9 Isaiah 65:24 Jeremiah 33:3

Proverbs 15:8 · BSB

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Psalm 51:15 · BSB

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

Psalm 91:15 · BSB

When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

Psalm 99:9 · BSB

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

Isaiah 65:24 · BSB

Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Jeremiah 33:3 · BSB

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

“by fire”

Leviticus 9:24 Judges 6:21 1 Kings 18:38 Judges 13:20 1 Kings 18:24 2 Chronicles 3:1

Leviticus 9:24 · BSB

Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

Judges 6:21 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of…

1 Kings 18:38 · BSB

Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

Judges 13:20 · BSB

When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.

1 Kings 18:24 · BSB

Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”

2 Chronicles 3:1 · BSB

Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.

27Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.

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