1 Chronicles

¹Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel. ²And 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. ³And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight; ⁴and cedar trees without number: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David. ⁵And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. ⁶Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the Lord, the God of Israel. ⁷And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God.