What is the context?
David recognizes that the Lord has answered him at Ornan’s threshing floor and offers sacrifices there. The location is explained through this encounter rather than through the discovery of a convenient empty site.
The tabernacle made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering are still at Gibeon. David is afraid to go there because of the angel’s sword.
The account therefore acknowledges the existing worship location while explaining why this place becomes important. The next chapter will identify it with the future house of the Lord.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley understands David’s fear as reluctance to leave Jerusalem while the threat is present. The text itself states the fear and the answer at the threshing floor without narrating every further consideration. Read with 22:1, this conclusion prepares for the temple arrangements.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.
Where can I study this further?
No deeper study linked yet.