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ORNAN (Heb. 'Ornān; in 2 Sam. 24:16-25 Vulg. Araunah, Heb. 'Arawnāh). - Name, of Hurrian or Hittite origin, of a Jebusite living in Jerusalem at the time of David, owner of a threshing floor on the highest spot

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of Mount Moriah. During the plague brought about by the census ordered by David, the avenging angel was seen by the King near that threshing floor. Having bought it immediately from the Jebusite for the price of 50 shekels (a different, but improbable, figure in Chronicles), he built an altar there on which he offered sacrifices: and the scourge ceased (II Sam. 24:16-25; I Chron. 21:15-28). On the site of that altar the Temple was later built by Solomon.

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By Gino Bressan

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), coll. 361–362.

More by Gino Bressan: Ophir · Odollam (Hebrew 'Adhullām; cf. Arabic 'Adula, "To Take Refuge") · Obededom ("Servant of [the God] Edom") · Nathan (Hebr. Nāthān «[God] Has Given») · Nabal (Hebrew: «Fool»)

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Bressan, Gino. “Ornan (Ebr. 'OrnĀN; in II Sam. 24, 16-25 volg. areuna, ebr. 'arawnāh).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, coll. 361–362. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/ornan-ebr-ornan-in-ii-sam-24-16-25-volg-areuna-ebr-arawnah.

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Bressan, Gino. “Ornan (Ebr. 'OrnĀN; in II Sam. 24, 16-25 volg. areuna, ebr. 'arawnāh).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 361–362. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ornan-ebr-ornan-in-ii-sam-24-16-25-volg-areuna-ebr-arawnah.

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@incollection{ec9_ornan_ebr_ornan_in_ii_sam_24_1,
  author    = {Bressan, Gino},
  title     = {Ornan (Ebr. 'OrnĀN; in II Sam. 24, 16-25 volg. areuna, ebr. 'arawnāh)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {361--362},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ornan-ebr-ornan-in-ii-sam-24-16-25-volg-areuna-ebr-arawnah}
}

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