Upon the completion of the Temple's construction, a practical question arises regarding the vast treasures King David had set aside for the project. The primary approach among commentators is that King Solomon utilized the raw materials prepared by his father for the actual building process. Once the work was finished, he gathered the remaining silver and gold and stored them safely in the designated treasury rooms within God's house [רד״ק, רש״י, מלבי״ם, מצודת דוד].
However, an alternative tradition suggests that Solomon funded the entire construction and all its vessels exclusively from his own wealth, completely avoiding the silver and gold his father had dedicated [מצודת דוד, מלבי״ם]. Several reasons are offered for this decision. First, Solomon possessed such immense personal wealth that he simply had no need for his father's funds [חומת אנך]. Second, Solomon foresaw the future destruction of the Temple. Since much of David's treasure consisted of spoils taken from the temples of other nations, Solomon worried that those nations might later claim God allowed the destruction as revenge for using their plundered property [רש״י, חומת אנך].
A deeper moral issue also cast a shadow over David's funds. During King David's reign, a severe famine lasted for three years. David should have used his accumulated wealth to feed the starving Israelites rather than saving it for the future Temple. Because he chose to keep the money while the poor suffered, those specific funds were deemed morally unworthy of being used to build God's home [רש״י, חומת אנך].
Despite avoiding his father's silver and gold, Solomon did use the copper David had prepared to craft the Temple vessels. Copper is not listed among the dedicated treasures stored away because it was considered a cheap material. It lacked the honor and prestige required to be kept in God's treasuries [רש״י, מצודת דוד]. Ultimately, the holy items of David that Solomon placed into permanent storage consisted strictly of the more precious silver and gold [מצודת דוד].