1 Chronicles 29:1–8

Offerings for the Temple

¹Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, ^ais still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for ^bthe ¹temple is not for man, but for Yahweh God.

²“Now ^awith all my power I have prepared for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and 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, onyx stones and inlaid stones, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance.

³“Moreover, in my pleasure in the house of my God, the treasure I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, over and above all that I have already prepared for the holy ¹house,

⁴namely, ^1a3,000 talents of gold, of ^bthe gold of Ophir, and ²7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the ³buildings;

⁵of gold for the things of gold and of silver for the things of silver, that is, for all the work done by the hand of craftsmen. Who then would offer willingly ¹to ordain himself this day to Yahweh?”

⁶Then ^athe commanders of the fathers’ households, and the commanders of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with ^bthe commanders of the king’s work, offered willingly;

⁷and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 ^1adarics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron.

⁸¹And whoever possessed precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of Yahweh, ²in the care of ^aJehiel the Gershonite.