1 Chronicles 29
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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.
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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 colors, and all manner of precious
stones, and marble stones in abundance. 1 Chr. 22.5
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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,
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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:
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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?
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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,
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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.
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And they with whom precious stones
were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the
LORD, by the hand of Jehi'el the
Ger'shonite.
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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.
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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.
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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, Mt.
6.13 O LORD, and thou art exalted as
head above all.
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Both riches and honor 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.
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Now therefore, our God, we thank thee,
and praise thy glorious name.
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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.
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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.
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O LORD our God, all
this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thine
holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine
own.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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Then Solomon sat on the throne of the
LORD as king instead of David his father, 1 Kgs.
2.12 and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
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And all the princes, and the mighty men,
and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto
Solomon the king.
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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.
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The Death of
David |
1 Kgs. 2.10-12 |
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Thus David the son of Jesse reigned
over all Israel.
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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. 2 Sam. 5.4, 5 · 1 Chr. 3.4
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And he died in a good old age, full of
days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his
stead.
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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,
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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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