2 Samuel 24:19-21

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹ So David went up at Gad’s word, as the Lord commanded. ²⁰ And when Arau′nah looked down, he saw the king and his servants coming on toward him; and Arau′nah went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground. ²¹ And Arau′nah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David said, “To buy the threshing floor of you, in order to build an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be averted from the people.”