1 Chronicles 21:26 KJV

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.

Matthew Henry

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Cross References

  • Leviticus 9:24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
  • Judges 6:21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.
  • Exodus 20:24–25 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. …
  • Exodus 24:4–5 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. …
  • Judges 13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.

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Topics

  • David Takes the military strength of Israel without divine authority, and is reproved
  • Fire David’s sacrifice
  • Heaven God’s dwelling place
  • Miracles The plague in Israel
  • Temptation To count the nation of Israel

Kings of Israel & Judah

  • DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • DavidBeloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s...
  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And David דָּוִיד dāwîd דָּוִד Proper name
  • built וַיִּבֶן wayyiben בָּנָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • there an altar שָׁם šām Adverb מִזְבֵּחַ mizbēaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular
  • unto the LORD לַיהוָה layhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
  • and offered וַיַּעַל wayyaʿal עָלָה Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • burnt offerings עֹלוֹת ʿōlôt עֹלָה Noun · feminine plural
  • and peace offerings וּשְׁלָמִים ûšĕlāmîm שֶׁלֶם Noun · masculine plural · with and
  • and called וַיִּקְרָא wayyiqrāʾ קָרָא Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • upon the LORD אֶל ʾel Preposition יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • and he answered וַיַּעֲנֵהוּ wayyaʿănēhû עָנָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
  • him from heaven מִן min Preposition הַשָּׁמַיִם haššāmayim שָׁמַיִם Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • by fire בָאֵשׁ bāʾēš אֵשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the
  • upon the altar עַל ʿal Preposition מִזְבַּח mizbaḥ מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of burnt offering הָעֹלָה hāʿōlâ עֹלָה Noun · feminine singular · with the

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