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(The views expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
1 Chronicles 22:1–5, “Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.”
After David bought the threshing floor from Ornan the Jebusite, he offered his sacrifice there and decided that he would dedicate that site for the Temple. The Lord had promised David that his own son would build the Temple even though David wanted to build the Temple himself. David did what he could do and began to collect the material for the Temple. He collected iron nails and timber and as many other things as he felt were needed. The Lord also gave David the plans for the Temple and he passed them on to his son. (1 Chron 28: 11) We know that David did nothing, as Israel’s leader, without consulting the Lord so we can believe that David received the patterns from the Lord and we also know that the Lord gave Moses the pattern for the Tabernacle when Moses was on the mountain. (Ex 25: 40)
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