Araunahsaidto David,"Let my lordthe kingtakeand offerup whatis goodin his sight.Look,the oxenfor the burntoffering,the threshingsledgesand the yokesof the oxenfor the wood.
"No,my lord,hearme; I giveyou the field,and I giveyou the cavethat is in it. In the presenceof the sonsof my peopleI giveit to you; buryyour dead."
So he returnedfrom followinghim, and tookthe pairof oxenand sacrificedthem and boiledtheir fleshwith the implementsof the oxen,and gave[it] to the peopleand they ate.Then he aroseand followedElijahand ministeredto him.
Then Davidsaidto Ornan,"Giveme the siteof [this] threshingfloor,that I may buildon it an altarto the LORD;for the fullpriceyou shall giveit to me, that the plaguemay be restrainedfrom the people."
and buildan altarto the LORDyour Godon the topof thisstrongholdin an orderlymanner,and takea secondbulland offera burntofferingwith the woodof the Asherahwhichyou shall cutdown."
The cartcameinto the fieldof Joshuathe Beth-shemiteand stoodtherewherethere[was] a largestone;and they splitthe woodof the cartand offeredthe cowsas a burntofferingto the LORD.
