^{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.