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Then David said, "This will be the house of Yahweh God, and this altar of burnt offering for Israel."
David’s Preparations for Building the Temple
2 And David commanded to assemble the resident aliens who [were] in the land of Israel and appointed stone craftsmen to cut dressed stones to build the house of God.
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And David provided much iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for the seams, and abundant copper [that] could not be weighed,
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and cedar timbers without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought abundant cedars to David.
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Then David said, "Solomon my son [is] a boy and inexperienced, and the house built for Yahweh [must be] exceedingly great in fame and splendor throughout every land. I will make preparations for him." So David provided abundant [materials] before he died.
Solomon Charged with Building the Temple of Yahweh
6 Then he called to Solomon his son and commanded him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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And David said to Solomon his son, "I myself had in my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God,
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but it happened [that] the word of Yahweh [came] over me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have made much war; you shall not build a house for my name because you have shed much blood upon the ground before me.
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Behold, a son shall be born to you; he himself will be a man of rest, and I will give rest to him from all his enemies all around, for his name will be Solomon, and peace and quietness I will give to Israel in his days.
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He himself will build a house for my name, and he himself will be to me a son, and I [will be] to him as a father, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'