1 Chronicles 22:2-4

Preparations for the Temple

2 So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.

3 He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.

4 He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.

1 Chronicles 22:2-4 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 22

In this chapter we read of the place David pitched upon by divine direction for building the temple on, 1Ch 22:1, the preparation he made of artificers to build it, and of matter to build it of, as iron, brass, and wood, 1Ch 22:2-5, the charge and instructions he gave to Solomon to set about it, 1Ch 22:6-16 and to the princes of Israel to assist him in it, 1Ch 22:7-19.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 1:11; S Deuteronomy 20:11; 2 Chronicles 8:10; 1 Kings 9:21; S Isaiah 56:6
• 2. 1 Kings 5:17-18; Ezra 3:7
• 3. ver 14; S 1 Kings 7:47; 1 Chronicles 29:2-5
• 4. S 1 Kings 5:6