21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy
the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from
the people.
22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemethgood unto
him: behold, here beoxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and otherinstruments
of the oxen for wood.
23 All these thingsdid Araunah, asa king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king,
The LORD thy God accept thee.
24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy itof thee at a price: neither will I
offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought
the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
