2 Samuel 24:23-25

New International Reader's Version

²³ Your Majesty, I’ll give all of it to you.” Araunah continued, “And may the Lord your God accept you.”

²⁴ But the king replied to Araunah, “No. I want to pay you for it. I won’t sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that haven’t cost me anything.”

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen. He paid 20 ounces of silver for them. ²⁵ David built an altar there to honor the Lord. He sacrificed burnt offerings and friendship offerings. Then the Lord answered David’s prayer and blessed the land. The plague on Israel was stopped.