2 Samuel 24:19

19 David obeyed the Lord's command and went as Gad had told him to.

2 Samuel 24:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 24:19

And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the
Lord commanded.
] From the place where he was in a lower part of the city to Mount Moriah, on which was the threshing floor, a place fit for winnowing corn when threshed.

2 Samuel 24:19 In-Context

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 to.

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."