1Ch 22:3-5, 14-16 | ESV | STEP | David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps , as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing ,

1 Chronicles 22:3-5

3 David also provided great quantities of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, ^aas well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing, 4 and cedar timbers without number, ^bfor the Sidonians and Tyrians brought great quantities of cedar to David. 5 For David said, ^c“Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.

1 Chronicles 22:14-16

14 With great pains I have provided for the house of the Lord ^d100,000 talents ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms} of gold, a million talents of silver, and ^fbronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone, too, I have provided. To these you must add. 15 You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working 16 gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and work! ^gThe Lord be with you!”