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506 First Book of Paralipomenon

Gabaon. shall be called Peaceable: and I will give peace
30 And David could not go to the altar there and quietness to Israel all his days.
to pray to God: for he was seized with an ex- 10 He shall build a house to my name, and
ceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father
of the Lord. to him: and I will establish the throne of his
kingdom over Israel for ever.
11 Now then, my son, the Lord be with thee,
Chapter 22 and do thou prosper, and build the house to the
Lord thy God, as he hath spoken of thee.
Then David said: This is the house of God, And 12 The Lord also give thee wisdom and under-
this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.
standing, that thou mayest be able to rule Israel,
2 And he commanded to gather together all
and to keep the law of the Lord thy God.
the proselytes of the land of Israel, and out of 13 For then thou shalt be able to prosper, if
them he appointed stonecutters to hew stones
thou keep the commandments, and judgments,
and polish them, to build the house of God. which the Lord commanded Moses to teach Is-
3 And David prepared in abundance iron for rael: take courage and act manfully, fear not,
the nails of the gates, and for the closures and nor be dismayed.
joinings: and of brass an immense weight. 14 Behold I in my poverty have prepared the
4 And the cedar trees were without number, charges of the house of the Lord, of gold a hun-
which the Sidonians, and Tyrians brought to dred thousand talents, and of silver a million
David. of talents: but of brass, and of iron there is
5 And David said: Solomon my son is very no weight, for the abundance surpasseth all ac-
young and tender, and the house which I would count: timber also and stones I have prepared
have to be built to the Lord, must be such as for all the charges.
to be renowned in all countries: therefore I will 15 Thou hast also workmen in abundance,
prepare him necessaries. And therefore before hewers of stones, and masons, and carpenters,
his death he prepared all the charges. and of all trades the most skilful in their work,
6 And he called for Solomon his son: and com- 16 In gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in
manded him to build a house to the Lord the iron, whereof there is no number. Arise then,
God of Israel. and be doing, and the Lord will be with thee.
7 And David said to Solomon: My son, it was 17 David also charged all the princes of Israel,
my desire to have built a house to the name of to help Solomon his son,
the Lord my God. 18 Saying: You see, that the Lord your God is
8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: with you, and hath given you rest round about,
Thou hast shed much blood, and fought many and hath delivered all your enemies into your
battles, so thou cannot not build house to my hands, and the land is subdued before the Lord,
name, after shedding so much blood before me: and before his people.
9 The son, that shall be born to thee, shall be 19 Give therefore your hearts and your souls,
a most quiet man: for I will make him rest from to seek the Lord your God and arise, and build
all his enemies round about: and therefore he a sanctuary to the Lord God, that the ark of