1Then David said, This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.
2David commanded to gather together the sojourners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God.
3David 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 Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David.
5David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceeding magnificent, 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 a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.
7David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
