22
Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of
this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD; thou shalt grant it to me for the full price, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
23
And Ornan said unto David, Take
it to thee, and let my lord the king do
that which is good in his eyes; I even give
thee the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing instruments for wood and the wheat for the present; I give it all.
24
And King David said to Ornan, No, but I will truly buy it for the full price, for I will not take
that which
is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
25
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
26
And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings and called upon the LORD, and he answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.