David Prepares for Temple Building

David commanded to gather together the (A)resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he (B)set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God. David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, (C)as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing, and cedar timbers without number, (D)for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David.

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Preparations for the Temple

So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners(A) residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters(B) to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God. He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.(C) He also provided more cedar logs(D) than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.

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