2 Samuel 24:19-21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁹ And David went up according to the word of Gad which the Lord had commanded him.

²⁰ And Areuna looked, and saw the king and his servants coming towards him:

²¹ An going out he worshipped the king, bowing with his face to the earth, and said: Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? Arid David said to him: To buy the thrashingfloor of thee, and build an altar to the Lord, that the plague, which rageth among the people, may cease.