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 the LORD, and for the footstool of our God; and I had
prepared 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 the LORD, 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 the LORD has given
me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of
the LORD's kingdom over Israel. {28:6} He said to me, 'Solomon, your
son, 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 continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as
at this day.' {28:8} Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the
assembly of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek
out all the commandments of the LORD 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 the
LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the
thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake
him, he will cast you off forever. {28:10} Take heed now; for the LORD
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 its houses, and of its treasuries, and of the
upper rooms of it, and of the inner rooms 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 the LORD, and for all the
surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of God's house, 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 the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house
of the LORD; {28:14} of gold by weight for the gold, for all vessels
of every kind of service; for all the vessels of silver by weight, for
all vessels of every kind of service; {28:15} by weight also for the
menorahs of gold, and for its lamps, of gold, by weight for every
menorah and for its lamps; and for the menorahs of silver, by weight
for every menorah and for its lamps, according to the use of every
menorah; {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, the cherubim, that
spread out, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. {28:19}
"All this," said David, "I have been made to understand in writing
from the hand of the LORD, even all the works of this pattern."
{28:20} David said to Solomon his son, "Be strong and courageous,
and do it. Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; for the LORD 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 the LORD is finished. {28:21}
Behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for
all the service of God's house. There shall be with you in all kinds
of work every willing man who has skill, for any kind 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 the LORD 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 kinds of precious
stones, and marble stones in abundance. {29:3} In addition, because I
have set my affection on the house of my God, since 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 kinds of work to be made by the
hands of artisans. Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself
this day to the LORD?" {29:6} Then the princes of the fathers'
households, 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 God's house
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 the LORD, 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 the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with
great joy. {29:10} Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the
assembly; and David said, "You are blessed, LORD, the God of Israel
our father, forever and ever. {29:11} Yours, LORD, 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, LORD, and
you are exalted as head above all. {29:12} Both riches and honor come
from 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 from 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 remaining. {29:16} LORD our God, all
this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy
name comes from 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. Now have I seen with joy your people, that are present
here, offer willingly to you. {29:18} LORD, 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 for 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
the LORD your God!"
All the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and
bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before the LORD and
the king. {29:21} They sacrificed sacrifices to the LORD, and offered
burnt offerings to the LORD, 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 the LORD on that day with great gladness.
They made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed
him to the LORD to be prince, and Zadok to be priest. {29:23} Then
Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD 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} The LORD 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 he reigned thirty-three years 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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