1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.
2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
4 and cedar trees without number: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.