1. Thus David said, “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for burnt offerings for Israel.”
2. David then ordered that the resident aliens in the land of Israel should be brought together, and he appointed them stonecutters to hew out stone blocks for building the house of God.
3. David also laid up large stores of iron to make nails for the doors of the gates, and clamps, together with so much bronze that it could not be weighed,
4. and cedar trees without number. The Sidonians and Tyrians brought great stores of cedar logs to David.
5. David said: “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced; but the house that is to be built for the Lord must be made so magnificent that it will be renowned and glorious in all lands. Therefore I will make preparations for it.” Thus before his death David laid up materials in abundance.