2 Samuel 24:19-21

Common English Bible

¹⁹ So David went up, following Gad’s instructions, just as the Lord had commanded.

²⁰ Araunah looked up and saw the king and his servants approaching him. Araunah rushed out and bowed low before the king, his nose to the ground. ²¹ Araunah said, “Why has my master and king come to his servant?”

David said, “To buy this threshing floor from you to build an altar to the Lord, so the plague among the people may come to an end.”