1Then David said, “This is to be the house of the LORD God, and this is to be an altar of whole-offering for Israel.”
Preparation for the temple
2DAVID now gave orders to assemble the aliens resident in Israel, and he set them as masons to dress hewn stones for building the house of God.
3He laid in a great store of iron to make nails and clamps for the doors, and more bronze than could be weighed,
4and cedar-wood without limit; the men of Sidon and Tyre brought David an ample supply of cedar.
5David said, “My son Solomon is a boy of tender years, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, renowned and celebrated in every land; therefore I must make provision for it myself.” So David before his death made abundant provision.
6He sent for Solomon his son and charged him with building a house for the LORD the God of Israel.
7“Solomon, my son,” he said, “it was my intention to build a house for the name of the LORD my God;
8but the LORD forbade me and said, ‘You have shed much blood in my sight and waged great wars; for this reason you are not to build a house for my name.
9But you will have a son who will be a man of peace; I shall give him peace from all his enemies on every side; his name will be Solomon, “Man of Peace”, and I shall grant peace and quiet to Israel in his days.
10It is he who will build a house for my name; he will be my son and I shall be a father to him, and I shall establish his royal throne over Israel for ever.’
11“Now, my son, may the LORD be with you! May you prosper and build the house of the LORD your God as he promised you would.
12May the LORD grant you insight and understanding, so that when he gives you authority in Israel you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
13You will prosper only if you are careful to observe the decrees and ordinances which the LORD enjoined upon Moses for Israel; be strong and resolute, neither faint-hearted nor dismayed.
14“At the cost of some trouble, I have here ready for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver, with great quantities of bronze and iron, more than can be weighed; timber and stone, too, I have got ready; and you may add to them.
15Besides, you have at your disposal a large force of workmen, masons, sculptors, and carpenters, and every kind of skilled craftsmen
16in gold and silver, bronze and iron. Set to work, and the LORD be with you!”
17David ordered all the officers of Israel to help Solomon his son:
18“Is not the LORD your God with you? Will he not give you peace on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my power; the land will be subdued before the LORD and his people.
19Devote yourselves, therefore, heart and soul, to seeking guidance of the LORD your God, and set about building his sanctuary, so that the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD and God's holy vessels may be brought into the house built for his name.”
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