1 Chronicles 21:23 — Ornan's Generous Offer to David

Ornan responds to David's request for the threshing-floor by giving not only the land itself but also all the materials needed for the sacrifices: oxen for burnt-offerings, the wooden threshing implements for fuel, and wheat for the meal-offering. The verse assembles the three main categories of sacrifice described in the altar laws — burnt-offering (עֹלָה), meal-offering (מִנְחָה), and the wood for the fire — in a single offer.

The phrase 'that which is good in his eyes' shows Ornan yielding full discretion to the king; he is not negotiating but handing over control. Together with the verbs of repeated giving — 'I give thee,' 'I give it all' — the verse pictures a man whose heart has been seized by the gravity of what his eyes have just seen (the destroying angel in verse 20).

Though the text does not explain Ornan's motivation, it presents the gift as prompt and unconditional. In the flow of the chapter, this generosity precedes David's refusal in verse 24 to offer 'that which is thine … without cost,' setting up the exchange that becomes the purchase price of the future temple site.

Chapter 21 opens with David's census, the resulting pestilence, and the appearance of the destroying angel at Ornan's threshing-floor (vv. 15–18). Verses 20–22 show Ornan seeing the angel, hiding with his sons, bowing to David, and then hearing David's request to buy the site so 'the plague may be stayed from the people.' The target verse is Ornan's answer to that request.

In the immediate aftermath (vv. 24–28) David refuses the free gift, insisting on paying 'the full price,' pays six hundred shekels of gold, builds the altar, and receives fire from heaven. The chapter ends by noting that the tabernacle was still at Gibeon while David sacrificed here — establishing the threshing-floor of Ornan as the chosen place of worship that 2 Chronicles 3:1 will later identify as the temple mount.