12. Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding and give thee commandments for Israel, and that thou keep the law of the Lord thy God.
13. Then shalt thou be prospered if thou shalt keep thyself to do the statutes and rights which the Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
14. Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and the brass and iron are without weight, for it is in abundance. Likewise, I have prepared timber and stone, unto which thou shalt add.
15. Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber and all manner of expert men for every manner of work.
16. Of the gold, the silver, and the brass and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and go to work, and the Lord be with thee.
17. David, likewise, commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon, his son, saying,