The Bible Story - Volume V - Basil Wolverton - 1987

Basil Wolverton

BECAUSE DAVID had gone against divine orders and had taken a census in Israel, God had caused seventy thousand sudden deaths in Israel. Israel's king had then heeded the advice of the prophet Gad, who had told him that the plague would be stopped if David would quickly build an altar. The site God had chosen for the altar was Mount Moriah, a high area on the northeast side of Jerusalem. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library