1 Chronicles 18:7-11
18:7 David took the golden shields which Hadadezer’s servants had carried
and brought them to Jerusalem.
18:8 From Tibhath
and Kun,
Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,”
the pillars, and other bronze items.
18:9 When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah,
18:10 he sent his son Hadoram to King David to extend his best wishes and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze.
18:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.
1 Chronicles 22:2-5
David Orders a Temple to Be Built
22:2 David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.
22:3 David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed,
22:4 and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)
22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.
1 Chronicles 22:14
22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the
Lord’s temple.
I have stored up 100,000 talents
of gold, 1,000,000
talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!