1 Chronicles 22:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ “Solomon, I have ·worked hard getting many of the materials [taken great pains to provide] for building the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord. I have supplied ·about seven and one-half million pounds [^Lone hundred thousand talents] of gold, ·about seventy-five million pounds [^Lone million talents] of silver, so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, and wood and stone. You may add to them. ¹⁵ You have many workmen—stonecutters, ·bricklayers [stonemasons], carpenters, and ·people skilled [craftsmen; artisans] in every kind of work. ¹⁶ They are skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron. You have more craftsmen than can be counted. ·Now begin the [Set to] work, and may the Lord be with you.”