1 Chronicles 29:1-9

Offerings for the Temple

1 And David the king said to all the assembly, "Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is 1young and inexperienced, and the work is great, for 2the palace will not be for man but for the LORD God.
2 So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, 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, besides great quantities of 3onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones and marble.
3 Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:
4 4 3,000 talents[a] of gold, of the gold of 5Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house,[b]
5 and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself[c] today to the LORD?"
6 Then 6the leaders of fathers' houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and 7the officers over the king's work.
7 They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 8darics[d] of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron.
8 And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, in the care of 9Jehiel the Gershonite.
9 Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a 10whole heart they had offered freely to the LORD. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

Cross References 10

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 22:5; [1 Kings 3:7]
  • 2. ver. 19
  • 3. [Isaiah 54:11, 12; Revelation 21:19-21]
  • 4. [1 Chronicles 22:14]
  • 5. See 1 Kings 9:28
  • 6. 1 Chronicles 27:1; 1 Chronicles 28:1
  • 7. See 1 Chronicles 27:25-31
  • 8. Ezra 2:69; Ezra 8:27; Nehemiah 7:70-72
  • 9. 1 Chronicles 23:8; [1 Chronicles 26:21]
  • 10. [2 Kings 12:4; 2 Corinthians 9:7]

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  • [b]. Septuagint; Hebrew houses
  • [c]. Or ordaining himself; Hebrew filling his hand
  • [d]. A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams
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