NET Bible
"David Orders a Temple to Be Built 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."
— 1 Chronicles 22:2, NET Bible
“And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.”
“And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. ”
“David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut worked stones to build the house of God.”
“And he commanded to gather together all the proselytes of the land of Israel, and out of them he appointed stonecutters to hew stones and polish them, to build the house of God.”
“And David gave orders to get together all the men from strange lands who were in the land of Israel; and he put stone-cutters to work, cutting stones for building the house of God.”
“And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.”
David then said,“This is the place where the temple of the LORD God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”
David Orders a Temple to Be Built 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.
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,
and more cedar logs than could be counted.(The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)
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.