2 Samuel 24:18-25
David Erects an Altar
18So Gad came to David that day and said to him, “aGo up, erect an altar to Yahweh on the threshing floor of 1Araunah the Jebusite.” 19So David went up according to the word of Gad, just as Yahweh had commanded. 20And Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him; and Araunah went out and bowed his face to the ground before the king. 21Then Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to Yahweh, athat the plague may be checked from being upon the people.” 22And Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up what is good in his sight. Look, athe oxen for the burnt offering, the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. 23“Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May Yahweh your God aaccept you.” 24However, the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for aI will not offer burnt offerings to Yahweh my God 1which cost me nothing.” So bDavid bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty 2shekels of silver. 25Then David built there an altar to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. aThus Yahweh was moved by the entreaty for the land, and the plague was checked from being upon Israel.