²² Then David said to Ornan, ^[a]“Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar on it to the Lord. You shall grant it to me at the full price, that the plague may be withdrawn from the people.”

² So Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your ^(A)vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near, next to my house; and for it I will give you a vineyard better than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”

²¹ Then Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?”

^(A)And David said, “To buy the threshing floor from you, to build an altar to the Lord, that ^(B)the plague may be withdrawn from the people.”

⁸ and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So ^(A)the plague was ^(B)stopped among the children of Israel.

⁴⁸ And he stood between the dead and the living; so ^(A)the plague was stopped.