1 Chronicles 22:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 David also laid up large stores of iron to make nails for the doors of the gates, and clamps, together with so much bronze that it could not be weighed,(A) 4 and cedar trees without number. The Sidonians and Tyrians brought great stores of cedar logs to David.(B) 5 David said: “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced; but the house that is to be built for the Lord must be made so magnificent that it will be renowned and glorious in all lands. Therefore I will make preparations for it.” Thus before his death David laid up materials in abundance.(C)
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