Old Testament · Major figure
Ornan
A Jebusite who sold his threshing floor to King David for the site of the future temple.
Ornan, also identified as Araunah, was a Jebusite landowner who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah. David purchased this site to build an altar to the Lord, ending a plague brought upon Israel. This location later became the foundational site for Solomon's temple.
In the text
- Verses
- 17
- Books
- 3
- First appears
- 2 Samuel 24:16
- Last appears
- 2 Chronicles 3:1
Where Ornan appears
17 verses · 3 chaptersIn the same books
- Absalom85 versesThe third son of King David who led a violent rebellion to usurp his father's throne.
- Adonijah25 versesThe fourth son of David who attempted to seize the throne of Israel before Solomon was established as king.
- Joram21 versesJoram was a king of Judah who reigned for eight years and followed the wicked ways of the house of Ahab.
- Asahel17 versesA swift-footed warrior and brother of Joab who was killed by Abner during the civil war between Israel and Judah.
- Hiram17 versesThe King of Tyre who provided cedar, gold, and skilled craftsmen for the construction of David and Solomon's palaces.
- Amasa11 versesAmasa was David's nephew and commander of the army who was later betrayed and killed by Joab.
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