1 Chronicles 22:2-5 - David's Preparations For Building The Temple

² David subsequently issued orders to conscript the resident aliens who lived in the land of Israel and appointed stonecutters to prepare stones for building a temple for God. ³ David also provisioned abundant supplies of iron for nails to build the doors for gates and to build clamps. Furthermore, he provided so much bronze it wasn't inventoried, ⁴ as well as an innumerable amount of cedar logs, since the Sidonians and Tyrians brought vast amounts of cedar to David. ⁵ David thought, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced. The temple that will be built for the LORD is to be magnificent, well known, and internationally honored, so I will complete preparations for it." So before his death, David finished providing a great quantity of materials for it.