2Samuel:24:18-25

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* And Gad came in to David on that day and said to him , Go up , raise up an altar to Jehovah in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite . * And David went up according to Gad 's word , as Jehovah commanded . * And Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants crossing over to him . And Araunah went out and bowed himself to the king , his face to the earth . * And Araunah said , Why has my lord the king come to his servant ? And David said , To buy the threshing-floor from you , in order to build an altar to Jehovah ; and the plague will be stayed from the people . * And Araunah said to David , Let my lord the king take and offer up that which is good in his eyes . Behold , the oxen for a burnt offering , and the threshing instruments , and the yokes of the oxen for wood . * O king , all these Araunah gives to the king . And Araunah said to the king , May Jehovah your God accept you . * And the king said to Araunah , No , for I will surely buy from you for a price , and I will not offer to Jehovah my God burnt offerings for nothing . And David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver . * And David built an altar there to Jehovah , and offered burnt offering and peace offerings . And Jehovah was entreated for the land ; and the plague was stayed from Israel .

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