2 Samuel 24:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ David saw the angel who was killing the people, and said to the Lord, “I am the guilty one. I am the one who did wrong. What have these poor people done? You should punish me and my family.”

¹⁸ That same day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up to Araunah's threshing place and build an altar to the Lord.” ¹⁹ David obeyed the Lord's command and went as Gad had told him to.