2 Samuel 24:23-25

New Catholic Bible

²³ All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king.” Then he added: “May the Lord, your God, look favorably upon your offering.”

²⁴ However, the king said to Araunah: “No. I insist on paying you for this. Under no circumstances will I offer up to the Lord, my God, burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” Therefore, David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.^[a]

²⁵ Then David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. After this, the Lord answered David’s supplications for the land, and the plague was lifted from Israel.