2Sa 24:24 | ESV | STEP | But the king said to Araunah , No , but I will buy it from you for a price . I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing . So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver .

‏ 2 Samuel 24:24

24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver.