1. Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the Lord God and here the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.”
2. So David gave instructions to gather together those sojourning in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonemasons to cut hewn stones for building the house of God.
3. David also provided large quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps as well as an abundance of bronze beyond measure,
4. and cedar logs without number, for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought much cedar wood to David.