1 ¶ Then David said, This shall be the house of the LORD God, and this shall be the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

And David saith, `This is the house of Jehovah God, and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.'

2 A nd David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel, and he made them masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

And David saith to gather the sojourners who in the land of Israel, and appointeth hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God.

3 L ikewise, David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings, and brass in abundance without weight,

And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance -- there is no weighing.

4 a lso cedar trees in abundance, for the Zidonians and those of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

And cedar-trees even without number, for the Zidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar-trees in abundance to David.

5 A nd David said, Solomon, my son, is yet young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be magnificent par excellence, of fame and of glory throughout all lands; I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

And David saith, `Solomon my son a youth and tender, and the house to be built to Jehovah to be made exceedingly great, for name and for beauty to all the lands; let me prepare, I pray Thee, for it;' and David prepareth in abundance before his death.

6 ¶ Then he called for Solomon, his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

And he calleth for Solomon his son, and chargeth him to build a house to Jehovah, God of Israel,

7 A nd David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God;

and David saith to Solomon his son, `As for me, it hath been with my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God,

8 b ut the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly and hast made great wars; thou shalt not build a house unto my name because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

and the word of Jehovah against me, saying, Blood in abundance thou hast shed, and great wars thou hast made: thou dost not build a house to My name, for much blood thou hast shed to the earth before Me.

9 B ehold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about, for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

`Lo, a son is born to thee; he is a man of rest, and I have given rest to him from all his enemies round about, for Solomon is his name, and peace and quietness I give unto Israel in his days;

10 H e shall build a house for my name, and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

he doth build a house to My name, and he is to Me for a son, and I to him for a father, and I have established the throne of his kingdom over Israel unto the age.

11 N ow, my son, the LORD be with thee, and be thou prospered and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he has said of thee.

`Now, my son, Jehovah is with thee, and thou hast prospered, and hast built the house of Jehovah thy God, as He spake concerning thee.

12 O nly the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding and give thee commandments for Israel, and that thou keep the law of the LORD thy God.

Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God;

13 T hen shalt thou be prospered if thou shalt keep thyself to do the statutes and rights which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

then thou dost prosper, if thou dost observe to do the statutes and the judgments that Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and courageous; do not fear, nor be cast down.

14 N ow, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD one hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and the brass and iron are without weight, for it is in abundance. Likewise, I have prepared timber and stone, unto which thou shalt add.

`And lo, in mine affliction, I have prepared for the house of Jehovah of gold talents a hundred thousand, and of silver a thousand thousand talents; and of brass and of iron there is no weighing, for in abundance it hath been, and wood and stones I have prepared, and to them thou dost add.

15 M oreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber and all manner of expert men for every manner of work.

`And with thee in abundance workmen, hewers and artificers of stone and of wood, and every skilful man for every work.

16 O f the gold, the silver, and the brass and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and go to work, and the LORD be with thee.

To the gold, to the silver, and to the brass, and to the iron, there is no number; arise and do, and Jehovah is with thee.'

17 ¶ David, likewise, commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon, his son, saying,

And David giveth charge to all heads of Israel to give help to Solomon his son,

18 I s not the LORD your God with you who has given you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the LORD and before his people.

`Is not Jehovah your God with you? yea, He hath given rest to you round about, for He hath given into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and subdued hath been the land before His people.

19 N ow set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built unto the name of the LORD.

`Now, give your heart and your soul to seek to Jehovah your God, and rise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, to the house that is built to the name of Jehovah.'