UST 1 CHR Chapter 29

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29 Then King David said to all the Israelites who had gathered there, “God has chosen my son Solomon to be the next king. But he is young, and he lacks experience. This temple will not be to honor a person but to honor Yahweh our God. So building it will be a great project. 2 I have used my power as king to collect materials to build a temple for my God. I have collected gold, silver, bronze, iron, and wood for the things that workers will make from each of those materials. I have also collected large amounts of onyx for inlays, antimony and other valuable stones of various colors, and marble. 3 Beyond that, because I want my God to have a splendid temple, I am giving my own personal treasures of gold and silver. I am giving those in addition to everything I have collected for building his temple. 4 I am giving about 100 metric tons of gold from Ophir and about 230 metric tons of pure silver to cover the walls of the buildings, 5 Craftsmen can use this gold and silver to make the items that are necessary for the temple. Now I challenge the rest of you to contribute materials today for Yahweh’s temple.”

6 Then the leaders of the Israelite clans and tribes, the commanders of groups of a thousand or a hundred soldiers, and the commanders of the soldiers who performed duties for the king gave gifts willingly. 7 For the needs of the temple they gave 165 metric tons and 84 kilograms of gold, 330 metric tons of silver, 600 metric tons of bronze, and 3,300 metric tons of iron. 8 Many people who owned valuable stones donated them for Yahweh’s temple. Jehiel the Gershonite guarded the storeroom for these stones. 9 It made the people happy to give so generously. They were entirely willing to give those things to Yahweh. This also made King David very happy.

10 Then, in front of all the people there, David praised Yahweh. He said, “We praise you, Yahweh, the God whom our ancestor Israel worshiped. We will always praise you! 11 Everything throughout the creation belongs to you. So you, Yahweh, are very powerful. You are very glorious and majestic. You have made yourself the ruler of everything as king.

12 Wealth and honor come from you. You reign over everything. Because you are very powerful, you are able to make anyone great and strong. 13 So now we thank you and praise you, our God, because you are glorious.

14 But I and my people are not really able to give anything to you. Truly everything that we have comes from you. So we have given you things that we have received from you. 15 From your perspective, it is as if we have come to live on this earth only temporarily, just like our ancestors. The time that we live here on earth passes quickly, just as a shadow moves away quickly. After that, we will certainly die.

16 Yahweh our God, we have gathered all these things to build a temple so that people throughout the world will know how holy you are. But you first provided them, so we are really only giving them back to you. 17 My God, I know that you recognize what people are really thinking and feeling. It pleases you when people want to do what is right. I have given to you all these things because I truly wanted to. And now it has become clear that your people here also want to give generously to you. That makes me very happy.

18 Yahweh, you are the God whom our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worshiped. Please help your people always to want to do things like this for you. Help them be loyal to you. 19 Please help my son Solomon genuinely to want to obey all of your laws. Help him to do everything necessary to build the temple for which I have provided all these things.”

20 Then David said to all the people who had gathered there, “Praise Yahweh our God!” So they all praised Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors had worshiped. They bowed down to the ground to honor Yahweh and to honor the king.

21 The next day, the people offered sacrifices to Yahweh. They brought many animals that the priests completely burned on the altar: 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 young sheep. They also made offerings of wine, and they offered many other sacrifices for the Israelites to eat. 22 On that day, the people celebrated and had a feast in Yahweh’s honor. Then for the second time they declared that Solomon, David’s son, was their king. They poured olive oil on his head to show that Yahweh had chosen him as the king. They also poured olive oil on Zadok’s head to show that he was the high priest. 23 So Solomon ruled Israel as king, succeeding his father David. Solomon was successful, and he ruled over all of Israel. 24 All of King David’s officials and warriors, as well as his other sons, supported Solomon as their king.

25 Yahweh made people throughout Israel respect Solomon greatly. Yahweh gave him a magnificent kingdom in Israel. No king before him had had a kingdom like that.

26 David son of Jesse had also ruled all of Israel. 27 He ruled the Israelites for 40 years. He ruled for 7 years from the city of Hebron and for 33 years in Jerusalem. 28 He was very old when he died, and he had become very wealthy and famous. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.

29 Listen! The records that the prophets Samuel, Nathan, and Gad kept describe more things that happened throughout the reign of David. 30 Those records tell about his powerful reign and about the things that happened to him and to the Israelites and to the kingdoms of other countries while he was ruling Israel.

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UST 1 CHR Chapter 29

UST 1 CHR Chapter 29