Gifts Are Brought for the Temple
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.
29:2 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 colors, and all manner of precious stones, and
marble stones in abundance.
29:3 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.
29:4 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:
29:5 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?
29:6 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,
29:7 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.
29:8 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.
29:9 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.
David Praises the Lord
29:10 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.
29:11 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.
29:12 Both riches and honor 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.
29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy
glorious name.
29:14 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.
29:15 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.
29:16 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.
29:17 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.
29:18 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:
29:19 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.
29:20 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.
Solomon Becomes the Next King
29:21 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:
29:22 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.
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 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the
sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto
Solomon the king.
29:25 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.
David Dies
29:26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
29:27 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.
29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches,
and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29:29 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,
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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