1 Chronicles 22:1-5

Preparation to Build Yahweh’s House

Then David said, “^aThis is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
2 So David said to gather ^athe sojourners who were in the land of Israel, and ^bhe ¹appointed ²stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God. 3 And David ^aprepared large quantities of iron ¹to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps, and more ^bbronze than could be weighed; 4 and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, for ^athe Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David. 5 And David said, “My son ^aSolomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh shall be highly exalted, for a name and beauty throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it.” So David made ample preparations before his death.