1 Chronicles 28–29

28And David ^aassembled all the princes of Israel, ^bthe princes of the tribes, and ^cthe captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and ^dthe stewards over all the substance and ^||possession of the king, ^||and of his sons, with the ^||officers, and with ^ethe mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. ²Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, ^fI had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for ^gthe footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: ³But God said unto me, ^hThou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed ^†blood. ⁴Howbeit the Lord God of Israel ⁱchose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel ^jfor ever: for he hath chosen ⁱJudah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, ^kthe house of my father; and ^lamong the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: ^5mAnd of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons,) ⁿhe hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of ^othe kingdom of the Lord over Israel. ⁶And he said unto me, ^pSolomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. ⁷Moreover I will establish his kingdom ^jfor ever, ^qif he be ^†constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. ⁸Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you ^jfor ever. ⁹And thou, Solomon my son, ^rknow thou the God of thy father, and serve him with ^sa perfect heart and with a willing mind: for ^tthe Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth ^uall the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but ^vif thou forsake him, he will ^wcast thee off for ever. ¹⁰Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: ^wwbe strong, and do it.

¹¹Then David gave to Solomon his son ^xthe pattern of ^ythe porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the ^zupper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of ^athe mercy seat, ¹²And the pattern ^†of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the ^bchambers round about, ^cof the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: ¹³Also for the ^dcourses of the priests and the ^eLevites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord. ¹⁴He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: ¹⁵Even the weight for the ^fcandlesticks of gold, and for their ^glamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. ¹⁶And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: ¹⁷Also pure gold for the ^hfleshhooks, and the ⁱbowls, and the ^kcups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every ^lbason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver: ¹⁸And for the ^maltar of incense ⁿrefined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the ^ochariot of the ^pcherubims, that spread out ^qtheir wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. ¹⁹All this, ^rsaid David, the Lord made me understand in writing ^sby his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. ²⁰And David said to Solomon his son, ^tBe strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, ^uwill be with thee; ^the will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. ²¹And, behold, ^xthe courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing ^yskilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

29^*Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet ^ayoung and tender, and the work is great: for the ^bpalace is not for man, but for the Lord God. ²Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; ^conyx stones, and stones ^dto be set, ^eglistering stones, and ^fof divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and ^gmarble stones in abundance. ³Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, ⁴Even ^hthree thousand talents of gold, of the gold of ⁱOphir, and seven thousand talents of ^jrefined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal: ⁵The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing ^†to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?

⁶Then ^kthe chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with ^lthe rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly, ⁷And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand ^mdrams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. ⁸And they with whom ⁿprecious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, ^oby the hand of ^pJehiel the Gershonite. ⁹Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they ^qoffered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

¹⁰Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, ^rBlessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. ¹¹Thine, O Lord, is the ^sgreatness, and the ^tpower, and the ^tglory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the ^tkingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. ^12uBoth riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and ^win thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. ¹³Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. ¹⁴But who am I, and what is my people, that we should ^†be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and ^†of thine own have we given thee. ¹⁵For we are ^xstrangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: ^your days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none ^†abiding. ¹⁶O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. ¹⁷I know also, my God, that thou ^ztriest the heart, and ^ahast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen ^bwith joy thy people, which are ^†present here, to offer willingly unto thee. ¹⁸O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in ^cthe imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and ^||prepare their heart unto thee: ¹⁹And give unto Solomon my son ^da perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the ^epalace, for the which ^fI have made provision.

²⁰And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation ^gblessed the Lord God of their fathers, and ^hbowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king. ²¹And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their ⁱdrink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: ²²And did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king ^jthe second time, and ^kanointed him unto the Lord to be the chief governor, and ^jZadok to be priest. ^23lThen Solomon sat on ^mthe throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. ²⁴And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, ^†submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. ²⁵And the Lord ⁿmagnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and ^obestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

²⁶Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. ²⁷And the time that he reigned over Israel was ^pforty years; ^qseven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. ²⁸And he died ^rin a good old age, ^sfull of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. ²⁹Now the acts of David the king, ^tfirst and last, behold, they are written in the ^||book of ^uSamuel the seer, and in the ^||book of ^vNathan the prophet, and in the ^||book of ^xGad the ^yseer, ³⁰With all his reign and his might, and ^zthe times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.