Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of [this] threshingfloor, that I may build an (k) altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
(k) This he did by the command of God, (1 Chronicles 21:18), or else it would have been abominable, unless he had either God's word, or revelation.