1 Chronicles 22:1-7

1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Yisra'el.

2 David commanded to gather together the sojourners who were in Eretz-Yisra'el; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God.

3 David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;

4 and cedar trees without number: for the Tzidonim and they of Tzor brought cedar trees in abundance to David.

5 David said, Shlomo my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

6 Then he called for Shlomo his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.

7 David said to Shlomo his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

1 Chronicles 22:1-7 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.