1 Chronicles 22:2-5

GOD’S WORD Translation

David Helps Solomon Prepare to Build the Temple

² David ordered the foreigners living in Israel to gather. He appointed some of them to cut stones to build God’s temple. ³ David prepared a large quantity of iron for nails and fittings on the doors of the gates. He also prepared so much bronze that it couldn’t be weighed. ⁴ The men of Sidon and Tyre brought David so many cedar logs that the logs couldn’t be counted.

⁵ David thought, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the temple that will be built for the Lord must be magnificent, large, famous, praised, and honored in all other countries. I’ll prepare ⌞the building materials⌟ for him.” So David prepared many materials ⌞for Solomon⌟ before he died.