2 Samuel 24:19-21

International Standard Version

¹⁹ So David went up, just as Gad had ordered, consistent with the Lord’s command.

²⁰ When Araunah looked down, he saw the king and his staff approaching him. Araunah went out, bowed down before the king with his face on the ground, ²¹ and asked^[a] him, “Why has your majesty the king come to his servant?”

David replied, “To purchase your threshing floor and to build an altar to the Lord, so the pestilence can be averted from the people.”