John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 24:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Araunah looked, etc.] Peeped up out of the place in which he had hid himself with his four sons, for fear of the angel, and which they saw, (<132120>1 Chronicles 21:20); and saw the king and his servants coming towards him; he perceived, by the course they steered, that they were coming to him: and Araunah went out; of the threshingfloor, out of the place where he had hid himself, for he had been threshing wheat, (<132120>1 Chronicles 21:20); nor was it thought below great personages in those times to be employed in such work; so Gideon was threshing, when the angel of the Lord appeared to him, (<070611>Judges 6:11,12); Boaz winnowed barley in his threshingfloor, (<080302>Ruth 3:2); and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground; in reverence of the king.

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