1. Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
2. And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God.
3. And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the fittings; and bronze in abundance without weight;