1 Chronicles 22

¹ David then said, 'This is to be the house of Yahweh God and this the altar of burnt offering for Israel.'

² David then gave orders for al foreigners in Israel to be rounded up, and appointed quarrymen to cutdressed stone for building the house of God.

³ David also prepared great quantities of iron to make nails for the leaves of the doors and for theclamps, and more bronze than could be weighed,

⁴ as wel as innumerable cedar-wood logs, as the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought cedar logs toDavid in great quantities.

⁵ David then said, 'My son Solomon is young and immature, and the house to be built for Yahweh mustbe superlatively fine, the most famous and splendid in any country. I shal now make the preparations for it.' Andso, before he died, David made ample preparations.

⁶ He then summoned his son Solomon and commanded him to build a house for Yahweh, God of Israel.

⁷ 'My son,' David said to Solomon, 'my heart was set on building a house for the name of Yahweh myGod.

⁸ But the word of Yahweh came to me, "You have shed much blood and fought great wars; it is not foryou to build a house for my name, since you have shed much blood in my sight on earth.

⁹ Look, a son will be born to you. He will be a man of peace, and I shal give him peace from hisenemies on all sides; for Solomon is to be his name, and in his days I shal give Israel peace and tranquil ity.

¹⁰ He must build a house for my name; he wil be my son and I shall be his father, and I shall make thethrone of his kingdom secure over Israel for ever."

¹¹ Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and give you success in building a house for Yahweh yourGod, as he has promised about you.

¹² And especial y, may Yahweh give you discretion and discernment, may he give you his orders forIsrael, so that you may observe the Law of Yahweh your God.

¹³ Success wil be yours, only if you observe the statutes and ordinances which Yahweh gave Mosesas regulations for Israel. Be strong and stand fast, be fearless, be dauntless.

¹⁴ Now, poor as I am, I have set aside for the house of Yahweh a hundred thousand talents of gold, amil ion talents of silver and more bronze and iron than can be weighed, there being so much. I have alsoprovided timber and stone, to which you may add more.

¹⁵ Furthermore, you have a large number of workmen, quarrymen, masons, carpenters and al sorts ofcraftsmen for every kind of work,

¹⁶ while your gold and silver, bronze and iron wil be beyond reckoning. Set to work, then, and mayYahweh be with you!'

¹⁷ David then commanded al the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon.

¹⁸ 'Has not Yahweh your God been with you and given you peace on al sides, having put theinhabitants of the country into my power and the country now having been subdued for Yahweh and his people?

¹⁹ So now devote heart and soul to searching for Yahweh your God. Set to and build the sanctuary ofYahweh God, so that you can bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh and the holy vessels of God into thehouse built for the name of Yahweh.'