And David said to gather together all the sojourners in the land of Israel, and he appointed stonecutters to hew dressed stones for building a house for God
And David said, Solomon my son is a tender child, and the house to be built for the Lord must be for greatness, above, for a name and for glory in all the land; I will prepare it for him. And David prepared in abundance before his death.
And the word of the Lord came upon me, saying, You have poured out blood in abundance and have made great wars; you shall not build a house for my name, because you have poured out many bloods on the earth before me.
Behold, a son is being born to you; this one shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about, for Solomon is his name, and I will give peace and quietness upon Israel in his days.
He shall build a house for my name, and he shall be to me for a son, and I to him for a father, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom in Israel forever.
And now, my son, the Lord will be with you, and he will prosper you, and you shall build a house for the Lord your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
Then he will prosper, if you keep to do the ordinances and the judgments which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and be courageous; do not fear, nor be dismayed.
And behold, according to my poverty I have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand thousand talents of silver and bronze and iron, of which there is no weight, because it is in abundance, and wood and stones I have prepared; and to these add.
Is not the Lord with you, and has he given you rest round about? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into hands, and the land was subdued before the Lord and before his people.
Now set your hearts and your souls to seek the Lord your God, and arise and build a sanctuary for the Lord your God, to bring in the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God into the house being built for the name of the Lord