20. Araunah looked down and saw the king and his officials coming up to him. He threw himself on the ground in front of David
21. and asked, “Your Majesty, why are you here?”David answered, “To buy your threshing place and build an altar for the Lord, in order to stop the epidemic.”
22. “Take it, Your Majesty,” Araunah said, “and offer to the Lord whatever you wish. Here are these oxen to burn as an offering on the altar; here are their yokes and the threshing boards to use as fuel.”