I Chronicles Chapter 22

I Chronicles Chapter 22
1 And David said, This is the house of
the Lord God, and this is the altar for the
burnt offering of Israel.
2 And David commanded to gather
together the strangers that were in the
land of Israel, and he set masons to hew
and polish stones to build the house of
God.
3 David also prepared much iron for the
nails of the doors and of the gates, and
for the joinings, and abundance of brass
passing weight,
4 And cedar trees without number: for
the Zidonians and they of Tyrus brought
much cedar wood to David.
5 And David said, Solomon my son is
young and tender, and we must build an
house for the Lord, magnifical, excellent
and of great fame and dignity throughout
all countries. I will therefore now
prepare for him. So David prepared
very much before his death.
6 Then he called Solomon his son, and
charged him to build an house for the
Lord God of Israel.
7 And David said to Solomon, My son, I
purposed with myself to build an house
to the name of the Lord my God,
8 But the word of the Lord came to me,
saying, Thou hast shed much blood, and
hast made great battles: thou shalt not
build an house unto my name: for thou
hast shed much blood upon the earth in
my sight.
9 Behold, a son is born to thee, which
shall be a man of rest, for I will give him
rest from all his enemies round about:
therefore his name is Solomon: and I
will send peace and quietness upon
Israel in his days.
10 He shall build an house for my name,
and he shall be my son, and I will be his
father, and I will establish the throne of
his kingdom upon Israel forever. 11
Now therefore my son, the Lord shall be
with thee, and thou shalt prosper, and
thou shalt build an house to the Lord thy
God, as he hath spoken of thee. 12 Only
the Lord give thee wisdom and
understanding, and give thee charge over
Israel, even to keep the law of the Lord
thy God.
13 Then thou shalt prosper, if thou take
heed to observe the statutes and the
judgments which the Lord commanded
Moses for Israel: be strong and of good
courage: fear not, neither be afraid.
14 For behold, according to my poverty
have I prepared for the house of the Lord
an hundred thousand talents of gold, and
a thousand thousand talents of silver, and
of brass and of iron passing weight: for
there was abundance: I have also
prepared timber and stone, and thou
mayest provide more thereto. 15
Moreover thou hast workmen with thee
enough, hewers of stone, and workmen
for timber, and all men expert in every
work.
16 Of gold, of silver, and of brass, and
of iron there is no number: Up therefore,
and be doing, and the Lord will be with
thee. 17 David also commanded all the
princes of Israel to help Solomon his
son, saying,
18 Is not the Lord your God with you,
and hath given you rest on every side?
For he hath given the inhabitants of the
land into mine hand, and the land is
subdued before the Lord and before his
people.
19 Now set your hearts and your souls to
seek the Lord your God, and arise, and
build the sanctuary of the Lord God to
bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord,
and the holy vessels of God into the
house built for the name of the Lord.