1. Then David said, “This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
2. David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut dressed stones to build God’s house.
3. David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
4. and cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and the people of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
5. David said, “Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Yahweh must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David prepared abundantly before his death.
6. Then he called for Solomon his son, and commanded him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.
7. David said to Solomon his son, “As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
8. But Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, ‘You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.