And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for  Some write that every tribe gave 50 which makes 600, or that afterward he bought as much as came to 550 shekels.  fifty shekels of silver.