Preparations for the Temple
Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.” 2Ch 3:11Ch 21:18-28Gen 28:172Ch 6:5-62Ki 18:222Sa 24:182Ch 32:12Deu 12:11
So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God. 1Ki 5:17-181Ki 9:20-212Ch 2:171Ch 14:11Ki 6:71Ki 7:9-122Ch 8:7-82Ki 12:12
David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed 1Ch 22:141Ch 29:21Ki 7:471Ch 29:72Ch 4:18Jer 52:20 and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David. 1Ki 5:6-102Ch 2:32Sa 5:11Ezr 3:7
And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death. 1Ch 29:11Ki 3:7Jhn 13:1Jhn 3:301Ki 9:82Ch 13:72Ch 2:52Ch 7:21
Solomon Anointed to Build the Temple
Then David called for his son Solomon and instructed him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. 1Ti 5:211Ti 6:13-172Ti 4:1Act 1:2Act 20:25-31Deu 31:14Deu 31:23Mat 28:18-20
“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, Psa 132:51Ki 8:16-202Ch 6:7-9Deu 12:11Deu 12:51Ch 17:1-151Ch 28:2-211Ch 29:3 but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me. 1Ch 28:31Ki 5:31Ch 17:4-102Sa 7:5-11Num 31:24Num 31:20 But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, 1 and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign. 1Ki 4:251Ki 4:201Ki 5:42Sa 12:24-25Isa 9:6-71Ch 17:111Ch 28:5-72Sa 7:12-13 He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’ Heb 1:51Ch 17:12-142Sa 7:13-141Ki 5:5Isa 9:7Psa 89:26Zec 6:12-131Ch 28:6-7
Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would. 1Ch 22:161Ch 28:202Ti 4:22Isa 26:12Mat 1:23Mat 28:20Rom 15:33 Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God. Jas 1:51Ki 3:9-122Ch 1:10Pro 14:81Jn 2:3Deu 4:6Luk 21:15Pro 2:6-7 Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged. 1Ch 28:20Jos 1:6-91Ch 28:7Eph 6:101Ki 2:31Ch 28:102Ti 2:1Deu 31:6-8
Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 2 1,000,000 talents of silver, 3 and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them. 1Ch 22:31Ch 29:4-71Ki 10:142Ki 25:162Co 8:2Jer 52:20
You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work— 1Ki 7:14Exo 28:6Exo 31:3-5Exo 35:32Exo 35:35 in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.” 1Ch 22:11Eph 5:14Php 4:131Co 15:58Jos 1:5Jos 1:9Jos 7:10Php 2:12-13
Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon: 1Ch 28:1-61Ch 28:211Ch 29:63Jn 1:8Php 4:3Rom 16:2-3 “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people. 1Ch 22:91Ch 23:252Sa 7:12Sa 5:19-20Act 9:31Psa 44:1-5Rom 8:311Sa 25:28 Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.” 1Ch 28:9Deu 4:291Ch 16:11Psa 27:41Ch 22:71Ki 8:62Ch 5:71Ki 8:21