¹⁵ Moreover, there are many of those who do the work with you, hewers of stone and craftsmen of stone and wood, and all men who are ^[a]wise in every kind of work. ¹⁶ Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no number. Arise and work, and may ^(A)Yahweh be with you.”

^17 (B)David also commanded all the officials of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying,