1 Chronicles 29

1 Chronicles Chapter 29 KJV

1David by example and exhortation 6causeth the princes and people to offer willingly for the service of the temple. 10David's thanksgiving and prayer. 20The people having blessed God, and sacrificed, make Solomon king the second time. 23The prosperity and majesty of Solomon's reign. 26David's reign and death.
1 Furthermore David the king 1said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet 2young and tender, and the work is great: for the 3palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
2 Now I 1have 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; 2onyx 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, 1because 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 1three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of 2Ophir, 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 aconsecrate his service this day unto the Lord?
6 ¶ Then 1the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with 2the 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 1drams, 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 1the Gershonite.
9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they 1offered 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, 1Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
11 1Thine, O Lord, is the 2greatness, 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 1riches and honour come of thee, and 2thou reignest over all; and 3in 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, 1we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
14 But 1who am I, and what is my people, that we should abe able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all 2things come of thee, and bof thine own have we given thee.
15 For 1we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our 2days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none aabiding.
16 O Lord our God, 1all 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 1triest the heart, and hast 2pleasure 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 apresent here, to offer willingly unto thee.
18 O Lord 1God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, 2keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and aprepare their heart unto thee:
19 And give unto Solomon 1my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the 2palace, for the which 3I have made provision.
20 ¶ And David said to all the congregation, 1Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation 2blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and 3bowed down their heads, and worshipped the Lord, and the king.
21 And they 1sacrificed 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 2drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
22 And did eat and drink 1before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king 2the second time, and 3anointed him unto the Lord to be the chief governor, and 4Zadok to be priest.
23 Then Solomon sat on 1the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and 2prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, asubmitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
25 And the Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed 1upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
26 ¶ Thus David the son of Jesse reigned 1over all Israel.
27 And the 1time that he reigned over Israel was 2forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
28 And he died in a 1good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29 Now 1the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the abook of 2Samuel the seer, and in the book of 3Nathan the prophet, and in the book of 4Gad the seer,
30 With all his reign and his might, and 1the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
1 Chronicles 29