1 Chronicles 29
1 And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God
hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is
not for man, but for Jehovah God.
2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the
[things of] gold, and the silver for the [things of] silver, and the brass for
the [things of] brass, the iron for the [things of] iron, and wood for the
[things of] wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, stones for inlaid work,
and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in
abundance. [
3 Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing
that I have a treasure of mine own of gold and silver, I give it unto the house
of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
4 even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand
talents of refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses;
5 of gold for the [things of] gold, and of silver for the [things of] silver,
and for all manner of work [to be made] by the hands of artificers. Who then
offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto Jehovah?
6 Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the princes of the tribes of
Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the
king's work, offered willingly;
7 and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand
talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of
brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.
8 And they with whom [precious] stones were found gave them to the treasure of
the house of Jehovah, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a
perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also
rejoiced with great joy.
10 Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the assembly; and David said,
Blessed be thou, O Jehovah, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
11 Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the
victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [is
thine] ; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above
all.
12 Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand
is power and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength
unto all.
13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so
willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we
given thee. [
15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were:
our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
16 O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house
for thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own.
17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in
uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered
all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present
here, offer willingly unto thee.
18 O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep
this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and
prepare their heart unto thee;
19 and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy
testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the
palace, for which I have made provision.
20 And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the
assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads,
and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings unto
Jehovah, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand
rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in
abundance for all Israel,
22 and did eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great gladness. And
they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto
Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.
23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David his
father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king
David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
25 And Jehovah magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and
bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in
Israel.
26 Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned
he in Hebron, and thirty and three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem.
28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon
his son reigned in his stead.
29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in
the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in
the history of Gad the seer,
30 with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over
Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.