David builds an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor and offers burnt offerings and peace offerings on it, calling upon the Lord for mercy. David's construction of the altar and his immediate offering of sacrifices demonstrate his commitment to worship and his desire for reconciliation with God. The combination of burnt offerings and peace offerings represents both expiation of guilt and restoration of communion with the divine, suggesting the fullness of David's reconciliation. David's calling upon the Lord represents his invocation of divine attention and his appeal for forgiveness and favor. The act of worship on the threshing floor transforms this location from the site of divine judgment into a place of divine encounter and restoration. This moment prefigures the future construction of the temple on this very spot, suggesting that worship and sacrifice constitute the proper response to judgment.

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