2 Samuel 24:21-24

2 Samuel 24:21-24

[21] And Araunah  said,  Wherefore is my lord  the king  come  to his servant?  And David  said,  To buy  the threshingfloor  of thee, to build  an altar  unto the LORD,  that the plague  may be stayed  from the people.  [22] And Araunah  said  unto David,  Let my lord  the king  take  and offer up  what seemeth good  unto him:  behold,  here be oxen  for burnt sacrifice,  and threshing instruments  and other instruments  of the oxen  for wood.  [23] All these things did Araunah,  as a king,  give  unto the king.  And Araunah  said  unto the king,  The LORD  thy God  accept  thee. [24] And the king  said  unto Araunah,  Nay; but I will surely  it of thee at a price:  neither will I offer  burnt offerings  unto the LORD  my God  of that which doth cost me nothing.  So David  bought  the threshingfloor  and the oxen  for fifty  shekels  of silver.