1 Chronicles 22:1-8 ▼

1 And David says, “This is the house of YHWH God, and this [is] the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.”

2 And David says to gather the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, and appoints hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God.

3 And David has prepared iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates and for couplings, and bronze in abundance—there is no weighing,

4 and cedar-trees without number, for the Zidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar-trees in abundance to David.

5 And David says, “My son Solomon [is] a youth and tender, and the house to be built for YHWH [is] to be made exceedingly great, for renown and for beauty to all the lands; now let me prepare for it”; and David prepares in abundance before his death.

6 And he calls for his son Solomon, and charges him to build a house for YHWH, God of Israel,

7 and David says to his son Solomon, “As for me, it has been with my heart to build a house for the Name of my God YHWH,

8 and the word of YHWH [is] against me, saying, You have shed blood in abundance, and you have made great wars; you do not build a house for My Name, for you have shed much blood to the earth before Me.