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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.
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 colours,
and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
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,
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:
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?
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
12 Both riches and honour 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.
13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee,
and praise thy glorious name.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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:
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.
23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the
LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed
him.
24 And all the princes, and the mighty
men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon
the king.
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.
26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned
over all Israel.
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.
28 And he died in a good old age, full of
days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
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,
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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