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David went up in obedience to Gad's command, just as the Lord had commanded.
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.
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When David saw the angel who was striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “I have sinned; I, the shepherd, have done wrong. These are but sheep. What have they done? Let your hand fall on me and my family.”
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On that day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
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So David went up, as the LORD had commanded through Gad.
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When Araunah looked and saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.
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Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” “To buy your threshing floor,” David answered, “so I can build an altar to the LORD, that the plague on the people may be stopped.”