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And David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom the Lord has chosen, young and tender, and the work great; for not for man, but for the Lord God.
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I have prepared according to all might for the house of my God gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, onyx stones, and costly and variegated stones for setting, and every precious stone, and much Parian .
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And still farther, because I took pleasure in the house of my God, I have gold and silver which I have procured for myself, and, behold, I have given them to the house of my God over and above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy house.
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Three thousand talents of gold of Suphir, and seven thousand talents of fine silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the sanctuary:
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the gold for gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for every work by the hand of the artificers. And who is willing to dedicate himself in work this day for the Lord?
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Then the heads of families, and the princes of the children of Israel, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the works, and the king's builders, offered willingly.
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And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord five thousand talents of gold, and ten thousand gold , and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.
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And they who had stone, gave it into the treasuries of the house of the Lord by the hand of Jeiel the Gedsonite.
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And the people rejoiced because of the willingness, for they offered willingly to the Lord with a full heart: and king David rejoiced greatly.