2Samuel:24:18-25

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* And Gad came to David in that day , and said to him , Go up , and set up to the Lord and altar in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite . * And David went up according to the word of Gad , as the Lord commanded him . * And Orna (note :)Gr . stooped ; See 1 Pe strkjv @1:12 , also Joh strkjv @20:5 (:note ) looked out , and saw the king and his servants coming on before him : and Orna went forth , and did obeisance to the king with his face to the earth . * And Orna said , Why has my lord the king come to his servant ? and David said , To buy of thee the threshing-floor , in order to build an altar to the Lord that the plague may be restrained from off the people . * And Orna said to David , Let my lord the king take and offer to the Lord that which is good in his eyes : behold , here are oxen for a whole-burnt-offering , and the wheels and furniture of the oxen for wood . * Orna gave all to the king : and Orna said to the king , The Lord thy God bless thee . * And the king said to Orna , Nay , but I will surely buy it of thee at a fair price , and I will not offer to the Lord my God a whole-burnt-offering for nothing . So David purchased the threshing-floor and the oxen for (note :)Gr . silver of fifty shekels (:note ) fifty shekels of silver . * And David built there an altar to the Lord , and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings : and Solomon made an addition to the altar afterwards , for it was little at first . And the Lord hearkened to the land , and the plague was stayed from Israel .

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