<t /><p class="bodytext">King Hiram of Tyre<n id="1" /> sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons,<n id="2" /> and carpenters to build a palace for him.

for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty<n id="1" /> for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">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&#8217;s temple.

David said to Solomon: &#8220;My son, I really wanted<n id="1" /> to build a temple to honor<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> my God.

O <sc>Lordsc> our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you.

<p class="bodytext">Solomon laid the foundation for God&#8217;s temple;<n id="1" /> its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.<n id="2" />

The <sc>Lordsc> told my father David, &#8216;It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.<n id="1" />

Then those in Judah said, &#8220;The strength of the laborers<n id="1" /> has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.&#8221;p>

Know for certain that<n id="1" /> I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be<n id="2" /> uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted.<n id="1" /> I, the <sc>Lordsc>, affirm it!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

If we have built<n id="1" /> an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the <sc>Lordsc> by making<n id="2" /> burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering<n id="3" /> tokens of peace<n id="4" /> on it, the <sc>Lordsc> himself will punish us.<n id="5" />

Far be it from us to rebel against the <sc>Lordsc> by turning back today from following after the <sc>Lordsc> by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace<n id="1" /> aside from the altar of the <sc>Lordsc> our God located in front of his dwelling place!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Araunah said, &#8220;Why has my lord the king come to his servant?&#8221; David replied, &#8220;To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the <sc>Lordsc>, so that the plague may be removed from the people.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter. He brought her to the City of David<n id="1" /> until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the <sc>Lordsc> and the wall around Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

&#8220;You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the <sc>Lordsc> subdued his enemies.<n id="2" />

So I have decided<n id="1" /> to build a temple to honor the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> my God, as the <sc>Lordsc> instructed my father David, &#8216;Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.&#8217;<n id="3" />

He told David,<n id="1" /> &#8216;Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live.<n id="2" /> But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.&#8217;

<p class="bodytext">Here are the details concerning the work crews<n id="1" /> King Solomon conscripted<n id="2" /> to build the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> and the cities of<n id="4" /> Hazor,<n id="5" /> Megiddo,<n id="6" /> and Gezer.

all the storage cities that belonged to him,<n id="1" /> and the cities where chariots and horses were kept.<n id="2" /> He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom.<n id="3" />