1 Chronicles 22:2-5

²So David gave orders to gather the strangers who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to cut out stones to build the house of God. ³And David prepared large quantities of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps, and more bronze than could be weighed; ⁴and timbers of cedar beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David. ⁵David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous, and glorious throughout the lands. Therefore I now will make preparations for it.” So David made ample preparations before his death.