I Chronicles

David said, “Here will be the House of GOD and here the altar of burnt offerings for Israel.”

David gave orders to assemble the resident aliens in the land of Israel, and assigned them to be hewers, to quarry and dress stones for building the House of God.

Much iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clasps did David lay aside, and so much copper it could not be weighed,

and cedar logs without number—for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought many cedar logs to David.

For David thought, “My son Solomon is an untried youth, and the House to be built for GOD is to be made exceedingly great to win fame and glory throughout all the lands; let me then lay aside material for him.” So David laid aside much material before he died.

Then he summoned his son Solomon and charged him with building the House for the ETERNAL God of Israel.

David said to Solomon, “My son, I wanted to build a House for the name of my ETERNAL God.

But the word of GOD came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and fought great battles; you shall not build a House for My name, for you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight.

But you will have a son who will be a man at rest, for I will give him rest from all his enemies on all sides; SolomonaSolomon Heb. Shelomoh. will be his name and I shall confer peacebpeace Heb. shalom. and quiet on Israel in his time.

He will build a House for My name; he shall be a son to Me and I to him a father, and I will establish his throne of kingship over Israel forever.’

Now, my son, may GOD be with you, and may you succeed in building the House of the ETERNAL your God as you were promised.

Only let God give you sense and understanding and put you in charge of Israel and the observance of the Teaching of the ETERNAL your God.

Then you shall succeed, if you observantly carry out the laws and the rules that GOD charged Moses to lay upon Israel. Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid or dismayed.

See, by denying myself,cby denying myself With Targum; or “in my poverty.” I have laid aside for the House of GOD one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver, and so much copper and iron it cannot be weighed; I have also laid aside wood and stone, and you shall add to them.

An abundance of workers is at your disposal—hewers, workers in stone and wood, and every kind of skilled worker in every kind of material—

gold, silver, copper, and iron without limit. Go and do it, and may GOD be with you.”

David charged all the officers of Israel to support his son Solomon,

“See, the ETERNAL your God is with you and will give you rest on every side—having delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand so that the land lies conquered before GOD and before this people.

Now, set your minds and hearts on worshiping the ETERNAL your God, and go build the Sanctuary of the ETERNAL your God so that you may bring the Ark of the Covenant of GOD and the holy vessels of God to the house that is built for the name of GOD.”