Therefore, David ascended, in accord with the word of Gad, which he had spoken to him in the name of the Lord.
Then the Angel of the Lord instructed Gad to tell David that he should ascend and build an altar to the Lord God on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Now when Ornan had looked up and seen the Angel, he and his four sons hid themselves. For at that time, he was threshing wheat upon the floor.
His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
And he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do you want me to do?"