1 Then David said, This shall be the house of the Lord God, and this shall be the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel, and he made them masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
3 Likewise, David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings, and brass in abundance without weight,
4 also cedar trees in abundance, for the Zidonians and those of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.