Araunah (also spelled Ornan) was a Jebusite who owned the threshing floor on Mount Moriah where David encountered the angel of the LORD during a plague. His threshing floor became the most theologically significant piece of real estate in history — the site where Solomon later built the Temple.
Araunah's threshing floor connects three pivotal acts of divine encounter: Abraham's offering of Isaac on Moriah, David's sacrifice that stopped the plague, and Solomon's Temple where God's glory dwelt. That a Jebusite owned this ground before Israel purchased it illustrates God's sovereign orchestration of history. David's insistence on paying full price — 'I will not sacrifice to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing' — stands as a timeless model of true worship.