2 Samuel 24:23-25
24:23 I, the servant of my lord
the king, give it all to the king!” Araunah also told the king, “May the
Lord your God show you favor!”
24:24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the
Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.”
So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.
24:25 Then David built an altar for the Lord there and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And the Lord accepted prayers for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.