| 1 And David the king said unto all the assembly, 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 Jehovah God. 2 Now I have prepared
with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of
gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the
things of brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood
for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set,
stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious
stones, and marble stones in abundance. 3 Moreover also, because I have
set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of
mine own of gold and silver, I give it unto 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, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses; 5 of gold for the
things of gold, and of silver for the things of silver, and
for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. Who
then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto Jehovah?
6 Then the princes of the fathers' houses, and the princes of the
tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the
rulers over the king's work, offered willingly; 7 and they gave for the
service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand
darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand
talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents. 8 And they with whom
precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of
Jehovah, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 9 Then the people
rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they
offered willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with great
joy.
10 Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the assembly; and David
said, Blessed be thou, O Jehovah, the God of Israel our father, for ever and
ever. 11 Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory,
and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the
earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted
as head above all. 12 Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest
over all; and in thy hand is power and might; and in thy 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 all our fathers were: our days on
the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. 16 O Jehovah our God,
all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name
cometh of thy 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 my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now
have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto
thee. 18 O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of 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 which I
have made provision.
20 And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all
the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their
heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king. 21 And they sacrificed
sacrifices unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, 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 Jehovah on that day with great
gladness.
And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him
unto Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be priest. 23 Then Solomon sat on
the throne of Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 Now 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 honor: 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 history of Samuel the seer, and in the
history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history 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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