“David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut dressed stones to build God’s house.”
1 Chronicles 22:2 (WEB)
Context Reading
1Then David said, “This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.” 2David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut dressed stones to build God’s house. 3David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates and for the couplings, and bronze in abundance without weight, 4and cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and the people of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.