2 Samuel 24:25
And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
Cross-reference
2 Samuel 24:14 records David's plea to fall into God's merciful hands—this earlier verse sets up the plea that the sacrifice in verse 25 answers.
1 Chronicles 21:26 adds that God answered with fire from heaven—providing a miraculous confirmation not mentioned in 2 Samuel.
1 Chronicles 21:27 shows the angel sheathing his sword—the direct divine command that halts the plague.
In Numbers 16:48, Aaron stands between the dead and living to stop a plague — parallel to the plague ceasing here after David's sacrifice.
1 Chronicles 21:25 gives the parallel account but records David paying 600 shekels of gold instead of 50 shekels of silver here.
In Genesis 8:20, Noah's altar and offering after the flood mirror David's—both are acts of worship after divine judgment is lifted.
In 1 Samuel 7:9, Samuel's burnt offering also leads to God's response—a parallel pattern of sacrifice and divine deliverance.