1 Chronicles 28:11–19

¹¹Then David gave his son Solomon the plans ^rfor the portico ^sof the temple and its buildings, treasuries, upper rooms, inner rooms, and a room for the mercy seat. ^t12The plans contained everything he had in mind ^uvfor the courts of the Lord’s house, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries ^wof 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 ^xand 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; ^yand the plans for the chariot of ^zathe gold cherubim that spread out their wings and cover the ark of the Lord’s covenant. ^b

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