2 Samuel 24:21-23

International Standard Version

²¹ and asked^[a] him, “Why has your majesty the king come to his servant?”

David replied, “To purchase your threshing floor and to build an altar to the Lord, so the pestilence can be averted from the people.”

²² Araunah responded to David, “May your majesty the king take it and offer whatever pleases him. Here are oxen for a burnt offering, along with the threshing sledges and yokes from the oxen for wood! ²³ Your majesty, Araunah gives all of this^[b] to the king.” Araunah also told the king, “May the Lord your God be pleased with you!”