1 Chronicles 22:5-7

EasyEnglish Bible

⁵ David said, ‘The Lord's temple must be great and beautiful. It must be famous, so that the people of every nation see how great it is. My son Solomon is young and he has no special skills. So I must prepare everything for him to build the temple.’

So before David died, he prepared all these things.

David tells Solomon to build the temple

⁶ David sent someone to fetch his son, Solomon. He told him that he must build a temple for the Lord, Israel's God. ⁷ He said to Solomon, ‘My son, I really wanted to build a house for the Lord my God, to give honour to him.