Wherefore

2 Samuel 24:3, 18
But Joab replied to the king, "May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?" . . .

To buy

Genesis 23:8-16
"If you are willing for me to bury my dead, " he said to them, "listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf . . .

1 Chronicles 21:22
Then David said to Ornan, "Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague on the people may be halted."

Jeremiah 32:6-14
Jeremiah replied, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying: . . .

the plague

2 Samuel 21:3-14
So David asked the Gibeonites, "What shall I do for you? How can I make amends so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?" . . .

Numbers 16:47-50
So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the middle of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people. . . .

Numbers 25:8
followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them--through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,

Psalm 106:30
But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.