1 Chronicles 22:3

3 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,

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 will be the house of Yahweh God, and this altar of burnt offering for Israel."

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.

3 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,

4 and cedar timbers without number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought abundant cedars to David.

5 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.