2 Samuel 24:19-21

New Catholic Bible

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

²⁰ When Araunah looked down and beheld the king and his retinue coming toward him, he went forth and prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground. ²¹ Then Araunah asked: “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied: “I have come to purchase the threshing floor from you in order to build an altar to the Lord so that the plague may be lifted from the people.”