So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people halted and pursued Israel no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore.

The king left, and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house.

Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?”

David replied, “To buy the threshing floor from you in order to build an altar to the Lord, so the plague on the people may be halted.”

And David built there an altar to LORD, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings. So LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was halted from Israel.