1st Chronicles 历代志上22

22Then David said, "The house of the Lord God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel."
2So David gave orders to assemble the aliens living in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.
3He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways¹ and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.
4He also provided more cedar² logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.
5David said, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the Lord should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor³ in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it." So David made extensive preparations before his death.
6Then he called for his son Solomon and charged him to build a house for the Lord , the God of Israel.
7David said to Solomon: "My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God.
8But this word of the Lord came to me: 'You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.
9But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon, and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign⁴.
10He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'
11"Now, my son, the Lord be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the Lord your God, as he said you would.
12May the Lord give you discretion⁵ and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
13Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the Lord gave Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous⁶. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
14"I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.
15You have many workmen: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as men skilled in every kind of work
16in gold and silver, bronze and iron-craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you."
17Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon.
18He said to them, "Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has handed the inhabitants of the land over to me, and the land is subject to the Lord and to his people.
19Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the Lord your God. Begin to build the sanctuary⁷ of the Lord God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant⁸ of the Lord and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the Lord ."

1 gateways   

n.网关( gateway的名词复数 )；门径；方法；大门口

参考例句：

• Police bullets raked the gateways car. 警察的子弹对着门口的汽车扫射。 来自辞典例句
• No Internet gateways are needed for the programs operation. 该软件的操作不需要互联网网关的支持。 来自互联网

2 cedar   

n.雪松，香柏(木)

参考例句：

• The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。
• She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。

3 splendor   

n.光彩；壮丽，华丽；显赫，辉煌

参考例句：

• Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor.他生平从没有见过如此辉煌壮丽的场面。
• All the splendor in the world is not worth a good friend.人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。

4 reign   

n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势

参考例句：

• The reign of Queen Elizabeth lapped over into the seventeenth century.伊丽莎白王朝延至17世纪。
• The reign of Zhu Yuanzhang lasted about 31 years.朱元璋统治了大约三十一年。

5 discretion   

n.谨慎；随意处理

参考例句：

• You must show discretion in choosing your friend.你择友时必须慎重。
• Please use your best discretion to handle the matter.请慎重处理此事。

6 courageous   

adj.勇敢的，有胆量的

参考例句：

• We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
• He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。

7 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。

8 covenant   

n.盟约，契约；v.订盟约

参考例句：

• They refused to covenant with my father for the property.他们不愿与我父亲订立财产契约。
• The money was given to us by deed of covenant.这笔钱是根据契约书付给我们的。