2 Samuel 24:25
And there David put up an altar to the Lord, making burned offerings and peace-offerings. So the Lord gave ear to his prayer for the land, and the disease came to an end in Israel.
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Genesis 12:7And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
Numbers 17:13Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?
Judges 21:4Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.
1 Samuel 7:17And his base was at Ramah, where his house was; there he was judge of Israel and there he made an altar to the Lord.
2 Samuel 24:14And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.
Lamentations 3:32For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 24:19-25
The Plague Removed. ( b. c. 1017.) 18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. 19 And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. 20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. 21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the… Read the whole commentary →