2 Samuel 24:24-25

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²⁴ But the king said to Araunah, “No! I must pay you for everything. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.”

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for 50 shekels of silver. ²⁵ Then David built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

The Lord answered his prayer for the country. He stopped the disease in Israel.