1 Chronicles 29

Offerings for Building the Temple

29Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: “My son Solomon, whom alone God has ^achosen, is ^byoung and inexperienced; and the work is great, because the ¹temple is not for man but for the Lord God. ²Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might: gold for things to be made of gold, silver for things of silver, bronze for things of bronze, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood, ^conyx stones, stones to be set, glistening stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble slabs in abundance. ³Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, my own special treasure of gold and silver: ⁴three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of ^dOphir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses; ⁵the gold for things of gold and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be done by the hands of craftsmen. Who then is ^ewilling to ²consecrate himself this day to the Lord?”

⁶Then ^fthe leaders of the fathers’ houses, leaders of the tribes of Israel, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with ^gthe officers over the king’s work, ^hoffered willingly. ⁷They gave for the work of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. ⁸And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, into the hand of ⁱJehiel ³the Gershonite. ⁹Then the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly, because with a loyal heart they had ^joffered willingly to the Lord; and King David also rejoiced greatly.

David’s Praise to God

¹⁰Therefore David blessed the Lord before all the assembly; and David said:

“Blessed are You, Lord God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever.

^11kYours, O Lord, is the greatness,

The power and the glory,

The victory and the majesty;

For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours;

Yours is the kingdom, O Lord,

And You are exalted as head over all.

^12lBoth riches and honor come from You,

And You reign over all.

In Your hand is power and might;

In Your hand it is to make great

And to give strength to all.

¹³“Now therefore, our God,

We thank You

And praise Your glorious name.

¹⁴But who am I, and who are my people,

That we should be able to offer so willingly as this?

For all things come from You,

And ⁴of Your own we have given You.

¹⁵For ^mwe are ⁵aliens and ⁶pilgrims before You,

As were all our fathers;

ⁿOur days on earth are as a shadow,

And without hope.

¹⁶“O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is from Your hand, and is all Your own. ¹⁷I know also, my God, that You ^otest the heart and ^phave pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to offer willingly to You. ¹⁸O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intent of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and fix their heart toward You. ¹⁹And ^qgive my son Solomon a loyal heart to keep Your commandments and Your testimonies and Your statutes, to do all these things, and to build the ⁷temple for which ^rI have made provision.”

²⁰Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” So all the assembly blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the Lord and the king.

Solomon Anointed King

²¹And they made sacrifices to the Lord and offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the next day: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and ^ssacrifices in abundance for all Israel. ²²So they ate and drank before the Lord with great gladness on that day. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and ^tanointed him before the Lord to be the leader, and Zadok to be priest. ²³Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. ²⁴All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, ^usubmitted ⁸themselves to King Solomon. ²⁵So the Lord exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and ^vbestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

The Close of David’s Reign

²⁶Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. ^27wAnd the period that he reigned over Israel was forty years; ^xseven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. ²⁸So he ^ydied in a good old age, ^zfull of days and riches and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his place. ²⁹Now the acts of King David, first and last, indeed they are written in the ⁹book of Samuel the seer, in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, ³⁰with all his reign and his might, ^aand the events that happened to him, to Israel, and to all the kingdoms of the lands.