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

² And David commanded the strangers in the land of Israel to be gathered. And he set masons to cut squared stones to build the house of God. ³ And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings, and bronze in abundance without weight, ⁴ and also cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar trees in abundance to David. ⁵ And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house to be built for Jehovah is to be highly magnificent, for a name and for beauty to all the lands. I will now prepare for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.