2 Samuel 24:16-18

2 Samuel 24:16-18

[16] And when the angel  stretched out  his hand  upon Jerusalem  to destroy  it, the LORD  repented  him of the evil,  and said  to the angel  that destroyed  the people,  It is enough:  stay  now thine hand.  And the angel  of the LORD  was by the threshingplace  of Araunah  the Jebusite.  [17] And David  spake  unto the LORD  when he saw  the angel  that smote  the people,  and said,  Lo, I have sinned,  and I have done wickedly:  but these sheep,  what have they done?  let thine hand,  I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's  house.  [18] And Gad  came  that day  to David,  and said  unto him, Go up,  rear  an altar  unto the LORD  in the threshingfloor  of Araunah  the Jebusite.