Araunah
   agile; also called Ornan 1 Chr. 21:15, a Jebusite who dwelt in
   Jerusalem before it was taken by the Israelites. The destroying
   angel, sent to punish David for his vanity in taking a census of
   the people, was stayed in his work of destruction near a
   threshing-floor belonging to Araunah which was situated on Mount
   Moriah. Araunah offered it to David as a free gift, together
   with the oxen and the threshing instruments; but the king
   insisted on purchasing it at its full price (2 Sam. 24:24; 1
   Chr. 21:24, 25), for, according to the law of sacrifices, he
   could not offer to God what cost him nothing. On the same place
   Solomon afterwards erected the temple (2 Sam. 24:16; 2 Chr.
   3:1). (See ALTAR.)
   

Araunah, ark; song; joyful cry