and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
"David said, I have been made to understand in writing from the hand of Jehovah all the works of this pattern  (1 Chronicles 28:19).  These words are another reference to the Mosaic Law where David read the pattern of the tabernacle, and which pattern Solomon was supposed to follow in the construction of the temple.  The proof of this is in the general correspondence of the temple in all of its truly important features to the ancient tabernacle.  The variations and changes imposed upon the temple by Solomon should not be charged to David.