22 Now Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take and offer up whatever seems good to him. aLook, here are oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing implements and the yokes of the oxen for wood.
23 All these, O king, Araunah has given to the king.” And Araunah said to the king, “May the Lord your God aaccept you.”
24 Then the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that which costs me nothing.” So aDavid bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
25 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. aSo the Lord heeded the prayers for the land, and bthe plague was withdrawn from Israel.
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Book Notes:
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Introduction to 2 Samuel
See the Introduction to Samuel in the notes on First Samuel