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.