1 Chronicles 29 (New American Standard)

Offerings for the Temple

1 Then King David said to the entire assembly, "My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, ¹is still young and inexperienced and the work is great ; for ²the ^atemple is not for man, but for the LORD God. 2 "Now ³with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, onyx stones and inlaid stones, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance. 3 "Moreover, in my delight in the house of my God, the treasure I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, over and above all that I have already provided for the holy ^btemple, 4 namely, ⁴ 3,000 talents of gold, of ⁵ the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the ^c buildings ; 5 of gold for the things of gold and of silver for the things of silver, that is, for all the work ^ddone by the craftsmen. Who then is willing ^eto consecrate himself this day to the LORD ?" 6 Then ⁶the rulers of the fathers' households, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with ⁷the overseers over the king's work, offered willingly ; 7 and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 ⁸darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron. 8 ^fWhoever possessed precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, ^gin care of ⁹Jehiel the Gershonite. 9 Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the LORD ¹⁰with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly.

David's Prayer

10 So David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly ; and David said, "Blessed are You, O LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever. 11 "¹¹Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth ; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. 12 "¹²Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and ¹³in Your hand is power and might ; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. 13 "Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name. 14 "But who am I and who are my people that we should ^hbe able to offer as generously as this ? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You. 15 "For ¹⁴we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; ¹⁵our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope. 16 "O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours. 17 "Since I know, O my God, that ¹⁶You try the heart and ¹⁷delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You. 18 "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers, preserve this forever in the ⁱintentions of the heart of Your people, and direct their heart to You; 19 and ¹⁸give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do them all, and ¹⁹to build the ^jtemple, for which I have made provision." 20 Then David said to all the assembly, "Now bless the LORD your God." And ²⁰all the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and ²¹bowed low and did homage to the LORD and to the king.

Sacrifices

21 On the next day ²²they ^kmade sacrifices to the LORD and offered burnt offerings to the LORD, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

Solomon Again Made King

22 So they ate and drank that day before the LORD with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and they anointed him as ruler for the LORD and Zadok as priest. 23 Then ²³Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father ; and he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. 24 All the officials, the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David ^lpledged allegiance to King Solomon. 25 ²⁴The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and ²⁵bestowed on him royal majesty which had not been on any king before him in Israel. 26 Now ²⁶David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27 ²⁷The period which he reigned over Israel was forty years ; he reigned in Hebron seven years and ^min Jerusalem thirty-three years.

Death of David

28 Then he died in ²⁸a ⁿripe old age, ²⁹full of days, riches and honor ; and his son Solomon reigned in his place. 29 "Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of ³⁰ Samuel the seer, in the chronicles of ³¹ Nathan the prophet and in the chronicles of ³² Gad the seer, 30 with all his reign, his power, and the circumstances which came on him, on Israel, and on all the kingdoms of the lands.