Did you know that King David purchased the land for the Temple because of a plague? When King David took a census against the Lord’s command (see 2 Sam. 24; 1 Chr. 21), a devastating plague came upon Israel. In just three days, 70,000 Israelites from Dan to Beersheba died. But when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem, the Lord stopped the plague right at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite (Canaanite). So David went to Araunah and offered to purchase the