David Purchases the Top of Mount Moriah

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After a plague struck the Israelites, King David went up to the threshing floor of Arvanah on the top of Mount Moriah and prayed for the plague to cease.

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In the process, G-d showed him that this would be the site of the future Temple, so David purchased the threshing floor from Arvanah.

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2 Samuel 24:18, 25

‍Gad came to David the same day and said to him, "Go and set up an altar to the L-RD on the threshing floor of Arvanah the Jebusite."...And David built there an altar to the L-RD and sacrificed burnt offerings and offerings of well-being.

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In the Bible

2 Samuel 24:18, 25

Gad came to David the same day and said to him, "Go and set up an altar to the L-RD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."

…And David built there an altar to the L-RD and sacrificed burnt offerings and offerings of well-being.

שְׁמוּאֵל ב' כ"ד:י"ח, כ"ה

וַיָּבֹא-גָ֥ד אֶל-דָּוִ֖ד בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ "עֲלֵה֙ הָקֵ֤ם לה' מִזְבֵּ֔חַ בְּגֹ֖רֶן (ארניה) אֲרַ֥וְנָה הַיְבֻסִֽי" ... וַיִּבֶן֩ שָׁ֨ם דָּוִ֤ד מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לה' וַיַּ֥עַל עֹל֖וֹת וּשְׁלָמִ֑ים ...