1. Then David said: This is the house of God, and this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.
2. And he commanded to gather together all the proselytes of the land of Israel, and out of them he appointed stonecutters to hew stones and polish them, to build the house of God.
3. And David prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the gates, and for the closures and joinings: and of brass an immense weight.
4. And the cedar trees were without number, which the Sidonians, and Tyrians brought to David.
5. And David said: Solomon my son is very young and tender, and the house which I would have to be built to the Lord, must be such as to be renowned in all countries: therefore I will prepare him necessaries. And therefore before his death he prepared all the charges.
6. And he called for Solomon his son: and commanded him to build a house to the Lord the God of Israel.