1 Chronicles 22:1-9

David Prepares for Temple Building

¹Then David said, “This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

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.

Solomon Commanded to Build the Temple

⁶Then he called for his son Solomon, and commanded him to build a house for the Lord God of Israel. ⁷David said to Solomon, “My son, I had intended to build a house for the name of the Lord my God. ⁸But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me. ⁹Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.