1 Chronicles 22

CLV(i) 1 And David said, `This is the house of Yahweh Elohim, and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.. 2 And David said to gather the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, and appoints hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of Elohim. 3 And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, has David prepared, and brass in abundance--there is no weighing. 4 And cedar-trees even without number, for the Zidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar-trees in abundance to David. 5 And David said, `Solomon my son [is] a youth and tender, and the house to be built to Yahweh [is] to be made exceedingly great, for name and for beauty to all the lands; let me prepare, I pray You, for it;' and David prepares in abundance before his death. 6 And he calls for Solomon his son, and charges him to build a house to Yahweh, Elohim of Israel, 7 and David said to Solomon his son, `As for me, it has been with my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my Elohim, 8 and the word of Yahweh [is] against me, saying, Blood in abundance you have shed, and great wars you have made:you do not build a house to My name, for much blood you have shed to the earth before Me. 9 `Lo, a son is born to you; he is a man of rest, and I have given rest to him from all his enemies round about, for Solomon is his name, and peace and quietness I give unto Israel in his days;" 10 he does build a house to My name, and he is to Me for a son, and I [am] to him for a father, and I have established the throne of his kingdom over Israel unto the eon. 11 `Now, my son, Yahweh is with you, and you have prospered, and have built the house of Yahweh your Elohim, as He spoke concerning you. 12 Only, Yahweh give to you wisdom and understanding, and charge you concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Yahweh your Elohim;" 13 then you do prosper, if you do observe to do the statutes and the judgments that Yahweh charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and courageous; do not fear, nor be cast down. 14 `And lo, in mine affliction, I have prepared for the house of Yahweh of gold talents a hundred thousand, and of silver a thousand thousand talents; and of brass and of iron there is no weighing, for in abundance it has been, and wood and stones I have prepared, and to them you do add. 15 `And with you in abundance [are] workmen, hewers and artificers of stone and of wood, and every skilful man for every work. 16 To the gold, to the silver, and to the brass, and to the iron, there is no number; arise and do, and Yahweh is with you.. 17 And David gives charge to all heads of Israel to give help to Solomon his son, 18 `Is not Yahweh your Elohim with you? yea, He has given rest to you round about, for He has given into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and subdued has been the land before His people. 19 `Now, give your heart and your soul to seek to Yahweh your Elohim, and rise and build the sanctuary of Yahweh Elohim, to bring in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of Elohim, to the house that is built to the name of Yahweh..