I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.

He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended.

So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

Then Saul built an altar for the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar for the Lord.

Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.

He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel.

Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

(1:18) Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself.

Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.

Then the local people began to discourage the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.

Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns; thickets and weeds will grow in her fortified cities. Jackals will settle there; ostriches will live there.

He replied, “To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence.”

King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.

But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible.

This is what the Lord has commanded for Zelophehad’s daughters: ‘Let them marry whomever they think best, only they must marry within the family of their father’s tribe.

Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.

The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned,