World English Bible
1 Chronicles 22:2
“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.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 22
1
Then David said, "This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.
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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.
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David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
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and cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
About 1 Chronicles
Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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