Chapter 29.
Furthermore, David the king said unto all the congregation,
There shall be iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood, onyx stones,
and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of diverse colors, and all manner of
precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
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.
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.
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?
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, 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.
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.
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.
Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation, and David said,
Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel, our father, forever and ever.
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.
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.
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
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.
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.
O Lord, our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee in house for
thine holy name cometh of thine hand and is all thine own.
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.
O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in
the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their
heart unto thee.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king, instead of David his father,
and prospered.
And all Israel obeyed him.
And all the princes and the mighty men and all the sons likewise of King David
submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
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.
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
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.
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor.
And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
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, 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.