The First Book of Chronicles, starting at chapter 28
{28:1} David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the
tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by
division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds,
and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and
of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the
mighty men of valor, to Jerusalem. {28:2} Then David the king stood up
on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: as for me,
it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the
covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made
ready for the building. {28:3} But God said to me, You shall not build
a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and have shed
blood. {28:4} However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all
the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has
chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my
father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make
me king over all Israel; {28:5} Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given
me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of
the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel. {28:6} He said to me, Solomon your
son, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to
be my son, and I will be his father. {28:7} I will establish his
kingdom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my
ordinances, as at this day. {28:8} Now therefore, in the sight of all
Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the audience of our God,
observe and seek out all the commandments of Yahweh your God; that you
may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your
children after you forever. {28:9} You, Solomon my son, know the God
of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing
mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the
imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of
you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. {28:10}
Take heed now; for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the
sanctuary: be strong, and do it. {28:11} Then David gave to Solomon
his son the pattern of the porch [of the temple], and of the houses of
it, and of the treasuries of it, and of the upper rooms of it, and of
the inner chambers of it, and of the place of the mercy seat; {28:12}
and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of
the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the
treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the
dedicated things; {28:13} also for the divisions of the priests and
the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of
Yahweh, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Yahweh;
{28:14} of gold by weight for the [vessels of] gold, for all vessels
of every kind of service; [of silver] for all the vessels of silver by
weight, for all vessels of every kind of service; {28:15} by weight
also for the lampstands of gold, and for the lamps of it, of gold, by
weight for every lampstand and for the lamps of it; and for the
lampstands of silver, [silver] by weight for [every] lampstand and for
the lamps of it, according to the use of every lampstand; {28:16} and
the gold by weight for the tables of show bread, for every table; and
silver for the tables of silver; {28:17} and the forks, and the
basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight
for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl;
{28:18} and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold
for the pattern of the chariot, [even] the cherubim, that spread out
[their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. {28:19}
All this, [said David], have I been made to understand in writing from
the hand of Yahweh, even all the works of this pattern. {28:20} David
said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it:
don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with
you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the
service of the house of Yahweh is finished. {28:21} Behold, there are
the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of
the house of God: and there shall be with you in all manner of work
every willing man who has skill, for any manner of service: also the
captains and all the people will be entirely at your command.
{29:1} David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom
alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great;
for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God. {29:2} Now I have
prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the
[things of] gold, and the silver for the [things of] silver, and the
brass for the [things of] brass, the iron for the [things of] iron,
and wood for the [things of] wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be
set, stones for inlaid work, and of various colors, and all manner of
precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. {29:3} In addition,
because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I
have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house
of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
{29:4} even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and
seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the
walls of the houses; {29:5} of gold for the [things of] gold, and of
silver for the [things of] silver, and for all manner of work [to be
made] by the hands of artificers. Who then offers willingly to
consecrate himself this day to Yahweh? {29:6} Then the princes of the
fathers' [houses], and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the
captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's
work, offered willingly; {29:7} and they gave for the service of the
house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics,
and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand
talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents. {29:8} They with whom
[precious] stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of
Yahweh, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. {29:9} Then the
people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a
perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh: and David the king
also rejoiced with great joy. {29:10} Therefore David blessed Yahweh
before all the assembly; and David said, You are blessed, Yahweh, the
God of Israel our father, forever and ever. {29:11} Yours, Yahweh, is
the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty: for
all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the
kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all. {29:12} Both
riches and honor come of you, and you rule over all; and in your hand
is power and might; and it is in your hand to make great, and to give
strength to all. {29:13} Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and
praise your glorious name. {29:14} But who am I, and what is my
people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all
things come of you, and of your own have we given you. {29:15} For we
are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were: our
days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. {29:16}
Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a
house for your holy name comes of your hand, and is all your own.
{29:17} I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure
in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have
willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your
people, that are present here, offer willingly to you. {29:18} Yahweh,
the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this
forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your
people, and prepare their heart to you; {29:19} and give to Solomon my
son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and
your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace,
for which I have made provision. {29:20} David said to all the
assembly, Now bless Yahweh your God. All the assembly blessed Yahweh,
the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated
themselves before Yahweh and the king. {29:21} They sacrificed
sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the
next day after that day, even one thousand bulls, one thousand rams,
and one thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in
abundance for all Israel, {29:22} and ate and drink before Yahweh on
that day with great gladness. They made Solomon the son of David king
the second time, and anointed him to Yahweh to be prince, and Zadok to
be priest. {29:23} Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king
instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
{29:24} All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of
king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king. {29:25} Yahweh
magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed
on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in
Israel. {29:26} Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
{29:27} The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he
reigned seven years in Hebron, and thirty-three [years] reigned he in
Jerusalem. {29:28} He died in a good old age, full of days, riches,
and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place. {29:29} Now the
acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in
the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the
prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer, {29:30} 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.
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