2 Samuel 24:19-21

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁹ So David went up and obeyed Gad’s instructions as the Lord had commanded.

²⁰ Araunah looked up and saw the king and his servants coming toward him. So Araunah went out and bowed down to the king with his face to the ground, ²¹ and he said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?”

David said, “To purchase the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the Lord, so the plague will be held back from the people.”