I Chronicles Chapter 29

I Chronicles Chapter 29
1 Moreover David the king said unto all
the congregation, God hath chosen
Solomon mine only son young and
tender, and the work is great: for this
house is not for man, but for the Lord
God.
2 Now I have prepared with all my
power for the house of my God, gold for
vessels of gold, and silver for them of
silver, and brass for things of brass,
iron for things of iron, and wood for
things of wood, and onyx stones, and
stones to be set, and carbuncle stones
and of divers colors, and all precious
stones, and marble stones in abundance.
3 Moreover, because I have delight in
the house of my God, I have of mine own
gold and silver, which I have given to
the house of my God, beside all that I
have prepared for the house of the
sanctuary,
4 Even three thousand talents of gold of
the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand
talents of fined silver to overlay the
walls of the houses. 5 The gold for the
things of gold, and the silver for things
of silver, and for all the work by the
hands of artificers: and who is willing to
fill his hand today unto the Lord?
6 So the princes of the families, and the
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 they gave for the service of the
house of God five thousand talents of
gold, and ten thousand pieces, and ten
thousand talents of silver, and eighteen
thousand talents of brass, 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 Gershunnite. 9 And the people
rejoiced when they offered willingly: for
they offered willingly unto the Lord,
with a perfect heart. And David the king
also rejoiced with great joy.
10 Therefore David blessed the Lord
before all the congregation, and David
said, Blessed be thou, O Lord God, of
Israel our father, forever and ever. 11
Thine, O Lord, is greatness and power,
and glory, and victory and praise: for all
that is in heaven and in earth is thine:
thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou
excellest as head over all.
12 Both riches and honor come of thee,
and thou reignest over all, and in thine
hand is power and strength, 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 willingly
after this sort? For all things come of
thee: and of thine own hand we have
given thee.
15 For we are strangers before thee, and
sojourners, like all our fathers: our days
are like the shadow upon the earth, and
there is none abiding. 16 O Lord our
God, all this abundance that we have
prepared to build thee an house for thine
holy name, is of thine hand and all is
thine.
17 I know also, my God, that thou tryest
the heart, and hast pleasure in
righteousness: I have offered willingly
in the uprightness of mine heart all these
things: now also have I seen thy people
which are found here, to offer unto thee
willingly with joy.
18 O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and
Israel our fathers, keep this forever in
the purpose, and the thoughts of the heart
of thy people, and prepare their hearts
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 things, and to build
the house which I have prepared.
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 worshiped the
Lord and the king.
21 And they offered sacrifices unto the
Lord, and on the morrow after that day,
they offered burnt offerings unto the
Lord, even a thousand young bullocks, a
thousand rams and a thousand sheep,
with their drink offerings, and sacrifices
in abundance for all Israel.
22 And they did eat and drink before the
Lord the same day with great joy, and
they made Solomon the son of David
king the second time, and anointed him
prince before the Lord, and Zadok for
the high priest.
23 So 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 men of
power, and all the sons of king David
submitted themselves under king
Solomon.
25 And the Lord magnified Solomon in
dignity, in the sight of all Israel, and
gave him so glorious a kingdom, as no
king had before him in Israel. 26 Thus
David the son of Jesse reigned over all
Israel.
27 And the space that he reigned over
Israel, was forty year: seven year
reigned he in Hebron, and three and
thirty year reigned he in Jerusalem: 28
And he died in a good age, full of days,
riches and honor, and Solomon his son
reigned in his stead.
29 Concerning 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 power, and
times that went over him, and over Israel
and over all the kingdoms of the earth.