1 Chronicles 22:2-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

² David said to gather together the aliens who were residents in the land of Israel. He lined up stonecutters to prepare trimmed stones for building the house for God. ³ He provided a large amount of iron for making nails for the doors of the gates, and he provided so much bronze for the fittings^[a] that it was not weighed. ⁴ He provided cedar logs beyond number because the Sidonians and Tyrians brought a large supply of cedar logs to David.

⁵ David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced. The house to be built for the Lord will make his name very great and give him glory in all the lands. Therefore, I will make preparations for it.” So David completed many of the preparations before his death.