as well as the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

<t /><p class="bodytext">David and the whole Israelite army<n id="1" /> advanced to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus).<n id="2" /> (The Jebusites, the land&#8217;s original inhabitants, lived there.)<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">At that time, when David saw that the <sc>Lordsc> responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there.

<n id="1" /> David said, &#8220;Whoever attacks<n id="2" /> the Jebusites first will become commanding general!&#8221;<n id="3" /> So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked<n id="4" /> first and became commander.<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">So the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build<n id="1" /> an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

<p class="bodytext">God sent an angel<n id="1" /> to ravage<n id="2" /> Jerusalem. As he was doing so,<n id="3" /> the <sc>Lordsc> watched<n id="4" /> and relented from<n id="5" /> his judgment.<n id="6" /> He told the angel who was destroying, &#8220;That&#8217;s enough!<n id="7" /> Stop now!&#8221;<n id="8" />p> <p class="bodytext">Now the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan<n id="9" /> the Jebusite.