1 Chronicles 22:2-4

New Catholic Bible

Preparations for Building the Temple. ² David ordered that all of the foreigners who were in the land of Israel be gathered together. He assigned them the task of serving as masons to prepare hewn stone to build the house of God. ³ David prepared quite a bit of iron for the nails to be used in the doors, the gates, and the joints. He also prepared so much bronze that it could not be measured. ⁴ He also had much cedar wood, for the Sidonians of Tyre had brought much cedar wood to David.