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David gave orders to gather together the aliens who were residing in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God.
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David also provided great stores of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing,
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and cedar logs without number--for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David.
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For David said, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the