1 Chronicles 21-23, Song of Solomon 3

The first refernce I read in about 12 minutes earlier today; the second I read in a couple minutes later in the day. I can hardly imagine what a day Araunah the Jebusite had as recorded in chapter 21. Verse 20 says that he and his four sons were on their threshing floor working on their wheat. (Which means this was close to the festival of firstfruits, or of tabernachals) There was some sort of comotion and Araunah noticed an angel approaching his threashing floor. This angel must have been very frightening, because Araunah's sons saw him and took off to hide. Araunah stayed to watch and was soon greated by king David who offered to buy his threshing floor. Surely this man understood that God was always about the work to protect his people and draw them closer to him.
Stuart