2 Samuel 24:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ When the angel raised his ·arm [^Lhand] toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord ·felt very sorry about the terrible things that had happened [relented about the calamity/disaster]. He said to the angel who was ·destroying [afflicting] the people, “That is enough! ·Put down [Stay; Withdraw] your ·arm [^Lhand]!” The angel of the Lord was ·then [at that moment] by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁷ When David saw the angel that ·killed [^Lwas striking down/ravaging] the people, he said to the Lord, “I am the one who sinned and did wrong. ·These people only followed me like sheep. They did nothing wrong [^LWhat have these sheep done?]. Please ·punish me and my family [^Llet your hand fall on me and my father’s house].”

¹⁸ That day Gad came to David and said, “Go and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”