1 Chronicles 21:17-21
1 Chronicles 21:17
And David said to God, “Is it not I who commanded to count the people? Indeed, I am the one who has sinned and acted very wickedly, but these sheep, what have they done? Lord, my God, just let Your hand be against me and my father’s household, and not against Your people as a plague.” David’s Altar
1 Chronicles 21:18
Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David was to go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1 Chronicles 21:19
So David went up at the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 21:20
Now Ornan turned back and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. And Ornan was threshing wheat.
1 Chronicles 21:21
As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor and prostrated himself to David with his face to the ground.