And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, in mount Moria, which had been shewn to David his father, in the place which David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
And he sent an angel to Jerusalem, to strike it. And as he was striking it, the Lord beheld; and took pity for the greatness of the evil; and said to the angel that destroyed: It is enough. Now stop thy hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.