18. The angel of the Lord told Gad to command David to go and build an altar to the Lord at Araunah's threshing place.
19. David obeyed the Lord's command and went, as Gad had told him to.
20. There at the threshing place Araunah and his four sons were threshing wheat, and when they saw the angel, the sons ran and hid.
21. As soon as Araunah saw King David approaching, he left the threshing place and bowed low, with his face touching the ground.
22. David said to him, “Sell me your threshing place, so that I can build an altar to the Lord, to stop the epidemic. I'll give you the full price.”
23. “Take it, Your Majesty,” Araunah said, “and do whatever you wish. Here are these oxen to burn as an offering on the altar, and here are the threshing boards to use as fuel, and wheat to give as an offering. I give it all to you.”
24. But the king answered, “No, I will pay you the full price. I will not give as an offering to the Lord something that belongs to you, something that costs me nothing.”