1. Then David said, “This is where the Lord God’s temple will be. Israel’s altar for burnt offerings will also be here.”
2. David ordered the foreigners living in Israel to gather. He appointed some of them to cut stones to build God’s temple.
3. David prepared a large quantity of iron for nails and fittings on the doors of the gates. He also prepared so much bronze that it couldn’t be weighed.
4. The men of Sidon and Tyre brought David so many cedar logs that the logs couldn’t be counted.