1 Chronicles 28
1 And David assembled all the chief
men of Israel, the chief of the judges, and all the
chief men of the courses
of attendance on the person of the king, and the
captains of thousands and hundreds, and the treasurers, and the lords of his
substance, and of all the king's property, and of his sons, together with the
eunuchs, and the mighty men, and the warriors of the army, at Jerusalem.
2 And David stood in the midst of the
assembly, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: it was in my heart to
build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and a place for
the feet of our Lord, and I prepared
materials suitable for the building:
3 but God said, Thou shalt not build
me a house to call my name upon it, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed
blood. 4 Yet the Lord God of Israel
chose me out of the whole house of my father to be king over Israel for ever;
and he chose Juda as the kingly house, and out of the
house of Juda he chose the house of my father; and
among the sons of my father he preferred me, that I should be king over all
Israel. 5 And of all my sons, (for the
Lord has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son, to set him on the
throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
6 And God said to me, Solomon thy son
shall build my house and my court: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I
will be to him a father. 7 And I will
establish his kingdom for ever, if he continue to keep my commandments, and my
judgments, as at this day.
8 And now
I charge you before the whole assembly of the Lord,
and in the audience of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord
our God, that ye may inherit the good land, and leave it for your sons to
inherit after you for ever.
9 And now,
my son Solomon, know the God of thy fathers, and
serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all
hearts, and knows every thought: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee;
but if thou shouldest forsake him, he will forsake thee for ever.
10 See now, for the Lord has chosen
thee to build him a house for a sanctuary, be strong and do
it.
11 And David gave Solomon his son the
plan of the temple, and its buildings, and its treasuries, and its upper
chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the place of the atonement,
12 and the plan which he had in his
mind of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round
about, designed for the treasuries of the house of
God, and of the treasuries of the holy things, and of the chambers for
resting: 13 and
the plan of the courses of the priests and Levites,
for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and of the stores of
vessels for ministration of the service of the house of the Lord.
14 And
he gave him the account of their weight, both of gold
and silver vessels.
15 He gave him the weight of the
candlesticks, and of the lamps. 16 He
gave him likewise the weight of the tables of shewbread, of each table of
gold, and likewise of the tables of silver:
17 also of the flesh-hooks, and
vessels for drink-offering, and golden bowls: and the weight of the gold and
silver articles, and censers,
and bowls, according to the weight of each.
18 And he shewed him the weight
of the utensils of the altar of incense,
which was of pure gold, and the plan of the chariot
of the cherubs that spread out their wings, and overshadowed the ark of the
covenant of the Lord. 19 David gave
all to Solomon in the Lord's handwriting, according to the knowledge given him
of the work of the pattern.
20 And David said to Solomon his son,
Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the
Lord my God is with thee; he will not forsake thee,
and will not fail thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service
of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his
house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms,
and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.
21 And see,
here are the courses of the priests and Levites for
all the service of the house of the Lord, and
there shall be with thee
men for every workmanship, and every one of ready
skill in every art: also the chief men and all the people,
ready for all thy commands.