1 And David said, "This is the house of the LORD God, and this the burnt offering altar for Israel."
2 And David commanded to gather the strangers that were in the land of Israel, and set hewers to hew stone, to build the house of God.
3 And David prepared plenty of iron for nails to the doors of the gates and to join with all, and abundance of brass without weight,
4 and of Cedar trees without number. For the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought much Cedar wood to David.
5 For David thus thought, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD, must exceed in greatness, that it may be spoken of and praised in all lands. I will therefore make ordinance for it." And so David prepared abundance before his death.
6 And he called Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.
7 And David said to Salomon, "My son, I had in mine heart to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God.
8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'Thou hast shed much blood, and hast made many battles. Thou shalt not build a house for my name, for thou hast shed much blood to the earth in my sight.
9 Behold, a son shall be born thee which shall be a man of rest, for I will give him rest from all his enemies round about. And his name shall be Solomon: for I will send rest and peace upon Israel in his days.
10 He shall build a house for my name, and he shall be my son, and I will be his father, and will establish the seat of his kingdom upon Israel forever.'
11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; that thou mayest prosper and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
12 And the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and make thee governor of Israel, and to keep the law of the LORD thy God.
13 For then thou shalt prosper: If thou shalt be diligent to do the ordinances and laws which the LORD charged Moses with, to deliver to Israel. Pluck up thine heart and be strong, dread not, nor be discouraged.
14 Behold: in mine adversity I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand, thousand talents of silver, and as for brass and iron it cannot be numbered, it is so much. And I have prepared timber and stone, and shalt provide more thereto.
15 Moreover, thou hast workmen enough and masons and carpenters to work in stone and timber, and all manner of wise men for whatsoever work it be.
16 And of gold, silver, brass and iron there is no number. Up, therefore, and set upon it, and the LORD shall be with thee."
17 And David commanded all the lords of Israel, to help Solomon his son, saying,
18 "Is not the LORD your God with you? And hath he not given you rest on every side? For he hath given the inhabiters of the land into mine hand and the land is subdued before the LORD and before his people.
19 Now therefore set your hearts and your souls to seek the LORD your God. And up, and build ye the temple of the LORD God, to bring the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God into the house so built for the name of the LORD."