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Then David
said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this
is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
02 And David commanded to gather together the
strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he
set masons to hew wrought stones to build the
house of God.
03 And David prepared iron in abundance for the
nails for the doors of the gates, and for the
joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
04 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the
Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar
wood to David.
05 And David said, Solomon my son is young and
tender, and the house that is to be builded for
the Lord must be exceeding magnifical, of fame
and of glory throughout all countries: I will
therefore now make preparation for it. So David
prepared abundantly before his death.
06 Then he called for Solomon his son, and
charged him to build an house for the Lord God of
Israel.
07 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me,
it was in my mind to build an house unto the name
of the Lord my God:
08 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made
great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my
name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the
earth in my sight.
09 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall
be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from
all his enemies round about: for his name shall
be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness
unto Israel in his days.
10 He shall build an house for my name; and he
shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I
will establish the throne of his kingdom over
Israel for ever.
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11 Now, my son, the Lord be with thee; and
prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy
God, as he hath said of thee.
12 Only the Lord give thee wisdom and
understanding, and give thee charge concerning
Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the Lord
thy God.
13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed
to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the
Lord charged Moses with concerning Israel: be
strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be
dismayed.
14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for
the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents
of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of
silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for
it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I
prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in
abundance, hewers and workers of stone and
timber, and all manner of cunning men for every
manner of work.
16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and
the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore,
and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.
17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel
to help Solomon his son, saying,
18 Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he
not given you rest on every side? for he hath
given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand;
and the land is subdued before the Lord, and
before his people.
19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the
Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the
sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of
the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of
God, into the house that is to be built to the
name of the Lord.
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