^{1 Ref} Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

^{2 Ref} And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.

^{3 Ref} And he got together a great store of iron, for the nails for the doors and for the joins; and brass, more in weight than might be measured;

^{4 Ref} And cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the men of Tyre came with a great amount of cedar-trees for David.

^{5 Ref} And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

^{6 Ref} Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

^{7 Ref} And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

^{8 Ref} But the word of the Lord came to me saying, You have taken lives without number and made great wars; I will not let you be the builder of a house for my name, because of the lives you have taken on the earth before my eyes.

^{9 Ref} But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;

^{10 Ref} He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

^{11 Ref} Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

^{12 Ref} Only may the Lord give you wisdom, and knowledge of his orders for Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

^{13 Ref} And all will go well for you, if you take care to keep the laws and the rules which the Lord gave to Moses for Israel: be strong and take heart; have no fear and do not be troubled.

^{14 Ref} Now see, poor though I am, I have got ready for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a million talents of silver; and a weight of brass and iron greater than may be measured; and wood and stone have I made ready, and you may put more to it.

^{15 Ref} And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,

^{16 Ref} In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.

^{17 Ref} Then David gave orders to all the chiefs of Israel to give their help to Solomon his son, saying,

^{18 Ref} Is not the Lord your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for the Lord has given the people of the land into my hands, and the land is overcome before the Lord and before his people.

^{19 Ref} Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord.

^{1 Ref} And David saith, `This is the house of Jehovah God, and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.'

^{2 Ref} And David saith to gather the sojourners who `are' in the land of Israel, and appointeth hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God.

^{3 Ref} And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance -- there is no weighing.

^{4 Ref} And cedar-trees even without number, for the Zidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar-trees in abundance to David.

^{5 Ref} And David saith, `Solomon my son `is' a youth and tender, and the house to be built to Jehovah `is' to be made exceedingly great, for name and for beauty to all the lands; let me prepare, I pray Thee, for it;' and David prepareth in abundance before his death.

^{6 Ref} And he calleth for Solomon his son, and chargeth him to build a house to Jehovah, God of Israel,

^{7 Ref} and David saith to Solomon his son, `As for me, it hath been with my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God,

^{8 Ref} and the word of Jehovah `is' against me, saying, Blood in abundance thou hast shed, and great wars thou hast made: thou dost not build a house to My name, for much blood thou hast shed to the earth before Me.

^{9 Ref} `Lo, a son is born to thee; he is a man of rest, and I have given rest to him from all his enemies round about, for Solomon is his name, and peace and quietness I give unto Israel in his days;

^{10 Ref} he doth build a house to My name, and he is to Me for a son, and I `am' to him for a father, and I have established the throne of his kingdom over Israel unto the age.

^{11 Ref} `Now, my son, Jehovah is with thee, and thou hast prospered, and hast built the house of Jehovah thy God, as He spake concerning thee.

^{12 Ref} Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God;

^{13 Ref} then thou dost prosper, if thou dost observe to do the statutes and the judgments that Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and courageous; do not fear, nor be cast down.

^{14 Ref} `And lo, in mine affliction, I have prepared for the house of Jehovah of gold talents a hundred thousand, and of silver a thousand thousand talents; and of brass and of iron there is no weighing, for in abundance it hath been, and wood and stones I have prepared, and to them thou dost add.

^{15 Ref} `And with thee in abundance `are' workmen, hewers and artificers of stone and of wood, and every skilful man for every work.

^{16 Ref} To the gold, to the silver, and to the brass, and to the iron, there is no number; arise and do, and Jehovah is with thee.'

^{17 Ref} And David giveth charge to all heads of Israel to give help to Solomon his son,

^{18 Ref} `Is not Jehovah your God with you? yea, He hath given rest to you round about, for He hath given into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and subdued hath been the land before His people.

^{19 Ref} `Now, give your heart and your soul to seek to Jehovah your God, and rise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, to the house that is built to the name of Jehovah.'