17. David saw the angel who was killing the people, and said to the Lord, “I am the guilty one. I am the one who did wrong. What have these poor people done? You should punish me and my family.”
18. That same day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up to Araunah's threshing place and build an altar to the Lord.”
19. David obeyed the Lord's command and went as Gad had told him.
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.”