The .xxii. Chapter.
2 Dauid prepareth things necessarie for the buylding of the temple. 6 He commaundeth his sonne Solomon to buylde the temple of the Lorde, which thing he him selfe was forbidden to do. 9 Vnder the figure of Solomon, Christ is promised.
[unspec A] 1 ANd Dauid said: This is the house of the lord God, & this is the aul∣ter for the burnt of∣fring of Israel.
2 And Dauid com∣maunded to gather to∣gether the straungers that were in the lande of Israel, and he set masons to hew and pullishe stones for the building of the house of God.
3 And Dauid prepared plentie of iron for nayles, & doores of the gates, & to ioyne withal, and aboundaunce of brasse with∣out wayght,
4 And Cedar trees without number: For the Zidons and they of Tyre brought much Cedar wood to Dauid.
5 And Dauid sayde: Solomon my sonne is young and tender, and the house that is to be buylded for the Lorde must be magnificall, excellent, and of great fame and dignitie throughout all countreys: I wil therfore make ordinaunces for it. And so Dauid prepared many thinges before his death.
6 And he called Solomon his sonne, and charged him to buylde an house for the Lorde God of Israel.
[unspec B] 7 And Dauid sayde to Solomon: * 1.1 My sonne, I thought [as it was] in myne heart to buylde an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God:
8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast shed much blood, and hast made great battayles: thou shalt therefore not buylde an house vnto my name, for thou hast shed much blood vp on the earth in my sight.
9 Behold, a sonne is borne to thee, and he shalbe a man of rest, for I wil geue him rest from all his enemies rounde about: For his name is Solomon, & I wil send rest and peace vpon Israel in his dayes.
10 He shall buylde an house for my name, and he shalbe my sonne, and I wilbe his father, and I wil establishe the seate of his kingdome vpon Israel for euer.
11 Nowe therfore my sonne, the Lorde be with thee, and prosper thee, and thou shalt buylde an house to the Lorde thy God, as he hath sayde of thee.
12 And the Lord shall geue thee wysdom and vnderstanding, and shall geue thee commaundementes for Israel, that thou mayst kepe the lawe of the Lorde thy God.
13 For then thou shalt prosper, euen when thou takest heede and fulfillest the sta∣tutes and lawes which the Lorde char∣ged Moyses with for Israel: Plucke vp thyne hearte therfore, & be strong, dread not, nor be discouraged.
14 Behold, according to my pouertie haue [unspec C]