1Chr 22
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Then David said, This is the house of YHWH God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering
for Israel.
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And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel;
and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
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And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and
for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
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and cedar-trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-trees
in abundance to David.
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And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built
for YHWH 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.
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Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for YHWH, the
God of Israel.
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And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house
to the name of YHWH my God.
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But the word of YHWH came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have
made great wars: you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much
blood upon the earth in my sight.
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Behold, a son shall be born to you, 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 to Israel in his days:
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he 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.
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Now, my son, YHWH be with you; and prosper you, and build the house of YHWH your God,
as he has spoken concerning you.
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Only YHWH give you discretion and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel;
that so you may keep the law of YHWH your God.
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Then shall you prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which
YHWH charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; fear not,
neither be dismayed.
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Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of YHWH a hundred thousand
talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron
without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and
you may add thereto.
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Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and
timber, and all men that are skillful in every manner of work:
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of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and
be doing, and YHWH be with you.
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David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],
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Is not YHWH your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for he
has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before
YHWH, and before his people.
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Now set your heart and your soul to seek after YHWH your God; arise therefore, and
build you the sanctuary of YHWH God, to bring the ark of the covenant of YHWH, and
the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of YHWH.