1 Chronicles 29:1–8

Offerings for the Temple

29And David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is ^pyoung and inexperienced, and the work is great, for ^qthe palace will not be for man but for the Lord God. ²So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of ^ronyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones and marble. ³Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God: ^4s3,000 talents¹ of gold, of the gold of ^tOphir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house,^{2 5}and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself³ today to the Lord?”

⁶Then ^uthe leaders of fathers’ houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and ^vthe officers over the king’s work. ⁷They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 ^wdarics⁴ of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron. ⁸And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of ^xJehiel the Gershonite.