1 Chronicles 29
1 Furthermore
David the
king said unto all the
congregation, Solomon my
son, whom
alone God hath
chosen, is yet
young and
tender, and the
work is
great: for the
palace is not for
man, but for the
LORD God. 2 Now 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; onyx stones, and stones to be
set, glistering stones, and of divers
colours, and all manner of
precious stones, and
marble stones in
abundance. 3 Moreover, 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, 4 Even
three thousand talents of
gold, of the
gold of
Ophir, and
seven thousand talents of
refined silver, to
overlay the
walls of the
houses withal:
5 The
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? 6 Then the
chief of the
fathers and
princes of the
tribes of
Israel, and the
captains of
thousands and of
hundreds, with the
rulers of the
king's work, offered
willingly,
7 And
gave for the
service of the
house of
God of
gold five thousand talents and ten
thousand drams, and of
silver ten thousand talents, and of
brass eighteen thousand talents, and one
hundred thousand talents of
iron. 8 And they with whom precious
stones were
found gave them to the
treasure of the
house of the
LORD, by the
hand of
Jehiel the
Gershonite. 9 Then the
people rejoiced, for that they offered
willingly, because with
perfect heart they offered
willingly to the
LORD: and
David the
king also
rejoiced with
great joy. 10 Wherefore
David blessed the
LORD before all the
congregation: and
David said,
Blessed be thou,
LORD God of
Israel our
father, for ever and
ever. 11 Thine, O
LORD, is the
greatness, and the
power, and the
glory, and the
victory, and the
majesty: for all that is in the
heaven and in the
earth is thine; thine is the
kingdom, O
LORD, and thou art
exalted as
head above all.
12 Both
riches and
honour come of
thee, and thou
reignest over all; and in thine
hand is
power and
might; and in thine
hand it is to make
great, and to give
strength unto all.
13 Now therefore, our
God, we
thank thee, and
praise thy
glorious name. 14 But 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.
15 For we are
strangers before thee, and
sojourners, as were all our
fathers: our
days on the
earth are as a
shadow, and there is none
abiding. 16 O
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.
17 I
know also, my
God, that thou
triest the
heart, and hast
pleasure in
uprightness. As for me, in the
uprightness of mine
heart I have willingly
offered all these things: and now have I
seen with
joy thy
people, which are
present here, to offer
willingly unto thee.
18 O
LORD God of
Abraham, Isaac, and of
Israel, our
fathers, keep this for
ever in the
imagination of the
thoughts of the
heart of thy
people, and
prepare their
heart unto thee:
19 And
give unto
Solomon my
son a
perfect heart, to
keep thy
commandments, thy
testimonies, and thy
statutes, and to
do all these things, and to
build the
palace, for the which I have made
provision.
20 And
David said to all the
congregation, Now
bless the
LORD your
God. And all the
congregation blessed the
LORD God of their
fathers, and bowed down their
heads, and
worshipped the
LORD, and the
king. 21 And 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 drink
offerings, and
sacrifices in
abundance for all
Israel: 22 And did
eat and
drink before the
LORD on that
day with
great gladness. And they made
Solomon the
son of
David king the second
time, and
anointed him unto the
LORD to be the chief
governor, and
Zadok to be
priest. 23 Then
Solomon sat
on the
throne of the
LORD as
king instead of
David his
father, and
prospered; and all
Israel obeyed him.
24 And all the
princes, and the mighty
men, and all the
sons likewise of
king David, submitted
themselves unto Solomon the
king. 25 And the
LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the
sight of all
Israel, and
bestowed upon him such
royal majesty as had not been on any
king before him in
Israel. 26 Thus
David the
son of
Jesse reigned over all
Israel. 27 And the
time that he
reigned over
Israel was
forty years; seven years reigned he in
Hebron, and
thirty and
three years
reigned he in
Jerusalem. 28 And he
died in a
good old
age, full of
days, riches, and
honour: and
Solomon his
son reigned in his stead.
29 Now the
acts of
David the
king, first and
last, behold, they are
written in the
book of
Samuel the
seer, and in the
book of
Nathan the
prophet, and in the
book of
Gad the
seer, 30 With all his
reign and his
might, and the
times that went
over him, and over
Israel, and over all the
kingdoms of the
countries.