1 Chronicles 22:3

3 And David prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the gates, and for the closures and joinings: and of brass an immense weight.

1 Chronicles 22:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 22:3

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the
doors of the gates, and for the joinings
Great plenty of iron to make nails of for joining the boards together, of which the doors and gates were to be made, and for the fastening of the hinges of them:

and brass in abundance without weight;
for making the altar of brass, and the laver of brass, and other vessels. Brass was much used by the Heathens in sacred things, as Macrobius ^F16 observes.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Saturnal. l. 5. c. 19.

1 Chronicles 22:3 In-Context

1 Then David said: This is the house of God, And this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.

2 And he commanded to gather together all the proselytes of the land of Israel, and out of them he appointed stonecutters to hew stones and polish them, to build the house of God.

3 And David prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the gates, and for the closures and joinings: and of brass an immense weight.

4 And the cedar trees were without number, which the Sidonians, and Tyrians brought to David.

5 And David said: Solomon my son is very young and tender, and the house which I would have to be built to the Lord, must be such as to be renowned in all countries: therefore I will prepare him necessaries. And therefore before his death he prepared all the charges.