1 Chronicles 28:11–19

¹¹Then David gave his son Solomon the plans^ab for the portico^ac of the temple and its buildings, treasuries, upstairs rooms, inner rooms, and a room for the mercy seat.^{ad 12}The plans contained everything he had in mind^Bae for the courts of the Lord’s house, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries^a of God’s house, and the treasuries for what is dedicated. ¹³Also included were plans for the divisions of the priests and the Levites; all the work of service in the Lord’s house; all the articles of service of the Lord’s house; ¹⁴the weight of gold for all the articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service; ¹⁵the weight of the gold lampstands^b and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand; ¹⁶the weight of gold for each table for the rows of the Bread of the Presence and the silver for the silver tables; ¹⁷the pure gold for the forks, sprinkling basins, and pitchers; the weight of each gold dish; the weight of each silver bowl; ¹⁸the weight of refined gold for the altar of incense;^c and the plans for the chariot of^d the gold cherubim that spread out their wings and cover the ark of the Lord’s covenant.^e

¹⁹David concluded, “By the Lord’s hand on me, he enabled me to understand everything in writing, all the details of the plan.”^B