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David said to gather together the aliens who were residents in the land of Israel. He lined up stonecutters to prepare trimmed stones for building the house for God. He provided a large amount of iron for making nails for the doors of the gates, and he provided so much bronze for the fittings[a] that it was not weighed. He provided cedar logs beyond number because the Sidonians and Tyrians brought a large supply of cedar logs to David.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 22:3 Or connectors

Preparations for the Temple

So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners(A) residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters(B) to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God. He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.(C) He also provided more cedar logs(D) than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.

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