Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Kings 5:3

"Thou knowest how that David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet." — 1 Kings 5:3 (ASV)

You know. —In the description (1 Chronicles 22:4) of David’s collection of materials for the Temple, it is noted that the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. Hence Hiram knew well his desire of building the Temple, and the care with which, when disappointed in it, he prepared for the happier experience of his successor.