2And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.
3And he got together a great store of iron, for the nails for the doors and for the joins; and brass, more in weight than might be measured;
4And cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the men of Tyre came with a great amount of cedar-trees for David.
5And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.
6Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.
7And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.
8But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.
