David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
      II. Preparation made for that building. David must not build it, but he would do all he could towards it: He prepared abundantly before his death,1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 22:5. This intimates that the consideration of his age and growing infirmities, which showed him his death approaching, quickened him, towards his latter end, to be very diligent in making this preparation. What our hands find to do for God, and our souls, and our generation, let us do it with all our might before our death, because, after death, there is no device nor working. Now we are here told,