16. The angel raised his arm over Jerusalem and was ready to destroy it, but the Lord felt very sorry about the bad things that had happened. He said to the angel who destroyed the people, “That’s enough! Put down your arm.” The Lord’S angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
17. When he saw the angel who killed the people, David spoke to the Lord. David said, “I sinned! I did wrong! And these people only did what I told them—they only followed me like sheep. They did nothing wrong. Please let your punishment be against me and my father’s family.”
18. That day Gad came to David and said, “Go and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
19. So David did what Gad told him to. David did what the Lord wanted and went to see Araunah.
20. Araunah looked and saw King David and his officers coming to him. Araunah went out and bowed his face to the ground.
21. He said, “Why has my lord and king come to me?” David answered, “I came to buy the threshing floor from you. Then I can build an altar to the Lord. Then the disease will stop.”
22. Araunah said to David, “My lord and king, you can take anything you want for a sacrifice. Here are some oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing boards and the yokes for the wood.
23. O King, I give everything to you!” Araunah also said to the king, “May the Lord your God be pleased with you.”