1 Chronicles

Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

And David commanded the strangers in the land of Israel to be gathered. And he set masons to cut squared stones to build the house of God.

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings, and bronze in abundance without weight,

and also cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar trees in abundance to David.

And David said, Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house to be built for the LORD is to be highly magnificent, for a name and for beauty to all the lands. I will now prepare for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.

And he called for Solomon his son, and commanded him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed much blood 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.

Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of rest. And I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. For his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.