1Then David said, ‘The house of the Lord God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.’
Preparations for the temple
2So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God. 3He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed. 4He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.
5David said, ‘My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the Lord should be of great magnificence and fame and splendour in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it.’ So David made extensive preparations before his death.
6Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel. 7David said to Solomon: ‘My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God. 8But this word of the Lord came to me: “You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. 9But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon,22:9 Solomon sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for peace. and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign. 10He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.”
11‘Now, my son, the Lord be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the Lord your God, as he said you would. 12May the Lord give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. 13Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the Lord gave to Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
14‘I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents22:14 That is, about 3,400 metric tons of gold, a million talents22:14 That is, about 34,000 metric tons of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them. 15You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as those skilled in every kind of work 16in gold and silver, bronze and iron – craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.’
17Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon. 18He said to them, ‘Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the Lord and to his people. 19Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord.’
1大卫说：“耶和华上帝的殿和以色列人献燔祭的坛要在这里。”
大卫筹备建殿
2大卫下令召集住在以色列的外族人，派他们采凿建上帝殿用的石头。 3大卫预备了大量的铁，用来做门扇的钉子和钩子，又预备了不计其数的铜。 4他还预备了无数的香柏木，都是西顿人和泰尔人给他运来的。
5大卫说：“为耶和华建造的殿宇必须宏伟辉煌，闻名于世，而我的儿子所罗门年纪还轻、阅历尚浅，所以我要为这殿预备材料。”因此，大卫在去世前为建殿预备了许多材料。
6大卫召来儿子所罗门，嘱咐他要为以色列的上帝耶和华建造殿宇。 7他对所罗门说：“儿啊，我本想为我的上帝耶和华的名建造一座殿宇。 8但耶和华对我说，‘你杀了许多人，打了很多仗，在我眼前使许多人血洒大地，因此你不可为我的名建造殿宇。 9你将生一个儿子，我必使他安享太平，不受四围的仇敌侵扰。他的名字要叫所罗门，他执政期间，我必使以色列太平安宁。 10他将为我的名建造殿宇，他要做我的儿子，我要做他的父亲，我要使他的王朝在以色列永远长存。’
11“儿啊，愿耶和华与你同在，使你亨通，照你的上帝耶和华的吩咐去建造祂的殿。 12愿耶和华赐你聪明和智慧，以便你照祂的律法治理以色列。 13你若谨遵耶和华借摩西吩咐以色列的律例和典章，就必亨通。你要刚强勇敢，不可惊慌害怕。 14看啊，我历尽艰辛，为耶和华的殿预备了三千四百五十吨金子、三万四千五百吨银子和不计其数的铜和铁。我还预备了木料和石头。你还要多加预备。 15你有许多工匠，如凿石匠、砌石匠、木匠等各种能工巧匠， 16还有不计其数的金匠、银匠、铜匠和铁匠。现在动工吧，愿耶和华与你同在。”
17大卫又吩咐以色列的众首领帮助他儿子所罗门， 18他说：“你们的上帝耶和华与你们同在，使你们四境平安。祂将这地方的居民交在我手中，使这地方被祂和祂的子民治理。 19现在，你们要全心全意地寻求你们的上帝耶和华，去建造耶和华上帝的圣所，好将祂的约柜和圣洁器皿都放在里面。”
