1 David said, “The Temple of the Lord God and the altar for burning offerings for the Israelites will be built here.”
2 David gave an order for all foreigners living in Israel to be gathered together. He chose stonecutters from that group of foreigners. Their job was to cut stones ready to be used for building God’s Temple.
3 David got iron for making nails and hinges for the gate doors. He also got more bronze than could be weighed
4 and more cedar logs than could be counted. The people from the cities of Sidon and Tyre brought many cedar logs to David.