2 Samuel 24:16-18

24:16 When the angel ¹  extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. ²  He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!” ³  (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

24:17 When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.” ⁴ 

David Acquires a Threshing Floor and Constructs an Altar There

24:18 So Gad went to David that day and told him, “Go up and build an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”

[24:16]  ¹ tn Heb “messenger.”

[24:16]  ² tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

[24:16]  ³ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”

[24:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”