David also prepared [a]much iron for the nails of the doors and of the gates, and for the joinings, and abundance of brass passing weight,

And cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and we must build an house for the Lord, magnifical, excellent and of great fame and dignity throughout all countries: I will therefore now prepare for him. So David prepared very much before his death.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 22:3 To wit, which weighed fifty shekels of gold, 2 Chron. 3:9.

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