1 Chronicles 29
1 And David the king said to all the
congregation, Solomon my son, whom the Lord has chosen,
is young and tender, and the work
is great; for it is not for
man, but for the Lord God. 2 I have
prepared according to all my might for the house of
my God gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, onyx stones, and costly and variegated
stones for setting, and every precious stone, and much Parian
marble. 3 And
still farther, because I took pleasure in the house of my God, I have gold and
silver which I have procured for myself, and, behold, I have given them to the
house of my God over and above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy
house. 4 Three thousand talents of
gold of Suphir, and seven thousand talents of fine silver, for the overlaying
of the walls of the sanctuary: 5 for thee to use the gold for
things of gold, and the silver for things of silver,
and for every work by the hand of the artificers. And who is willing to
dedicate himself in work this day for the Lord?
6 Then the heads of families, and the
princes of the children of Israel, and the captains of thousands and captains
of hundreds, and the overseers of the works, and the king's builders, offered
willingly. 7 And they gave for the
works of the house of the Lord five thousand talents of gold, and ten thousand
gold pieces, and ten thousand talents of silver, and
eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.
8 And they who had
precious stone, gave it into the treasuries of the
house of the Lord by the hand of Jeiel the Gedsonite.
9 And the people rejoiced because of
the willingness, for they offered willingly to the Lord with a full heart: and
king David rejoiced greatly.
10 And king David blessed the Lord
before the congregation, saying,
Blessed art thou, O Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting and to
everlasting. 11 Thine, O Lord,
is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and
the victory, and the might: for thou art Lord of all things that are in heaven
and upon the earth: before thy face every king and nation is troubled.
12 From thee
come wealth and glory: thou, O Lord, rulest over all,
the Lord of all dominion, and in thy hand is strength
and rule; and thou art almighty with thy hand to
increase and establish all things.
13 And now, Lord, we give thanks to
thee, and praise thy glorious name.
14 But who am I, and what
is my people, that we have been able to be thus
forward in offering to thee? for all things
are thine, and of thine own have we given thee,
15 for we are strangers before thee,
and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days
upon the earth are as a shadow, and there is no
remaining. 16 O Lord our God, as for
all this abundance which I have prepared that a house should be built to thy
holy name, it is of thy hand, and all is thine.
17 And I know, Lord, that thou art he
that searches the hearts, and thou lovest righteousness. I have willingly
offered all these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy
thy people here present, willingly offering to thee.
18 O Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac,
and Israel, our fathers, preserve these things in the thought of the heart of
thy people for ever, and direct their hearts to thee.
19 And to Solomon my son give a good
heart, to perform thy commandments, and
to observe thy testimonies, and thine ordinances, and
to accomplish the building of thy house.
20 And David said to the whole
congregation, Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the congregation blessed the
Lord God of their fathers, and they bowed the knee and worshipped the Lord,
and did obeisance to the king.
21 And David sacrificed to the Lord,
and offered up whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord on the morrow after the first
day, a thousand calves, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, and their
drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
22 And they ate and drank joyfully
that day before the Lord: and they made Solomon the son of David king a second
time, and anointed him king before the Lord, and Sadoc to the priesthood.
23 And Solomon sat upon the throne of
his father David, and was highly honoured; and all Israel obeyed him.
24 The princes, and the mighty men,
and all the sons of king David his father, were subject to him.
25 And the Lord magnified Solomon
over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as was not upon any king
before him.
26 And David the son of Jessæ reigned
over Israel forty years; 27 seven
years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
28 And he died in a good old age,
full of days, in wealth, and glory: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29 And the rest of the acts of David,
the former and the latter, 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 concerning all his reign, and his
power, and the times which went over him, and over Israel, and over all the
kingdoms of the earth.