1 Chronicles 21:23-25

International Standard Version

²³ But Ornan replied to David, “Take it! Let your majesty the king do whatever seems like a good idea to him. Look here! I’m giving the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing machinery for the wood, and the wheat for a grain offering. I’m giving all of it.”

²⁴ But King David told Ornan, “No. I will buy them for the full price^[a] because I will not offer to the Lord what is yours or offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

²⁵ So David paid Ornan 600 shekels weight worth in gold for the site,