15. So the Lord sent a plague on Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and from Dan to Beer-sheba 70,000 men died.
16. Then the angel extended his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, but the Lord relented concerning the destruction and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough, withdraw your hand now! ” The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17. When David saw the angel striking the people, he said to the Lord, “Look, I am the one who has sinned; I am the one who has done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand be against me and my father’s family.”
18. Gad came to David that day and said to him, “Go up and set up an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19. David went up in obedience to Gad’s command, just as the Lord had commanded.
20. Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants coming toward him, so he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground.
21. Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant? ”David replied, “To buy the threshing floor from you in order to build an altar to the Lord, so the plague on the people may be halted.”
22. Araunah said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever he wants and offer it. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood.