1st Chronicles 21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar therein unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
1st Chronicles 21:23 And Ornan said unto David, take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all…. [2] If it is a fire sale, or distressed sale, negotiations can be entered into. However, low balling a person, or family that is in distress is contrary to scriptural principles, since it violates the golden rule.
In such cases it might be best to leave the property alone, and walk away with a clear conscience. During the financial crisis of 2008 and beyond, there were several subprime, and predatory lenders who used fear, and intimidation tactics to get real estate from vulnerable and distressed home owners. Cash strapped home owners many of whom had lost jobs were bullied into surrendering their homes even as the crisis deepened and widened.
Many became so scared and afraid of collectors that in sheer desperation, some of them took their lives, and there are documented instances where families and individuals were forced into negotiations, which benefitted the lenders, leaving the home owners in property purgatory, with the short end of the stick. Nehemiah 5: 3 Some also there were that said, we have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the famine.
Nehemiah 5:5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are also brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!