1 Chronicles 22:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The strangers that were in the land - Those who had become proselytes to the Jewish religion, at least so far as to renounce idolatry, and keep what were called the seven Noahic precepts. These were to be employed in the more servile and difficult parts of the work: see on 1 Kings 9:21 (note). For the account of building the temple, see 1 Kings 5 (note), and the notes there.