8. But this word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.
9. But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon, and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
10. He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
11. “Now, my son, the Lord be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the Lord your God, as he said you would.
12. May the Lord give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
13. Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the Lord gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
14. “I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.
15. You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as those skilled in every kind of work
16. in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.”
17. Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon.
18. He said to them, “Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the Lord and to his people.