I Chronicles 22 David Prepares to Build the Temple

 I Chronicles 22

David Prepares to Build the Temple

1 And David said, This shall be the house of the Lord God, and this shall be the altar of burnt offering for Israel.

2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel: and he appointed stonecutters to build the house of God.

3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails of the doors of the gates, and for the joints; and copper in abundance without weight;

4 And cedar timber without number: for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought David cedar timber in abundance.

5 For David said, Solomon my son is yet young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands: therefore I will now prepare materials for it. So David prepared materials in abundance before his death.

6 Then he called Solomon his son and told him to build a house for the Lord God of Israel.

7 And David said to Solomon, “My son, as for me, it was in my heart to build a house for the name of the Lord my God.

8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed blood abundantly and have fought great wars. You shall not build a house for my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth before me.

9 Behold, the son that is born will be a man of rest; for I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; therefore his name will be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

11 Now therefore, my son, the Lord be with you; and prosper, and build the house of the Lord your God, as he promised you.

12 Only may the Lord give you wisdom and understanding, and may he instruct you concerning Israel, and that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

13 Then you will prosper, if you are careful to do the statutes and the judgments that the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous; do not fear or be dismayed.

14 See, in my oppression I have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and of copper and iron without weight, for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone, and you supply what is lacking.

15 You also have with you a multitude of mechanics, cutters and craftsmen in stone and wood, and all kinds of skilled workers in all kinds of work. 

16 Of the gold, of the silver, of the brass, and of the iron there is no number: arise, and do the work; and the LORD is with thee. 

17 And David commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, 

18 Is not the LORD your God with you, and hath he not given you rest all around? for he hath delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. 

19 Now therefore set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; and arise, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, that the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, may be brought into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD.