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UST 1CH Chapter 29

29 Then King David said to all the people who had gathered there, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen to be the next king, is young and does not have much experience. This endeavor of building the temple is large and significant, because this glorious building will not be to honor people, but to honor Yahweh our God. 2 From all the things that I possess, I have provided the resources to build the temple of my God—gold for the things made of gold, silver for the things made of silver, bronze for the things made of bronze, iron for the things made of iron, wood for the things made of wood, and large amounts of onyx for inlays and turquoise and other valuable stones of various colors, and marble. 3 In addition to all these things that I have given for the holy temple, I am giving my own treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, because I very earnestly desire the construction of this temple for my God. 4 I am giving about 100 metric tons of gold from Ophir and 230 metric tons of refined silver to cover the walls of the buildings, 5 for making the other items of gold and silver, and for the other work the craftsmen will do. So now, I ask you, who is willing to show by contributing other gifts for the building of the temple that he has dedicated himself to Yahweh?”

6 Then the leaders of the families, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers, and the officials who supervised the work that the king wanted done, gave gifts willingly. 7 For the work at the temple they gave 165 metric tons and eighty-four kilograms of gold, 330 metric tons of silver, 600 metric tons of bronze, and 3,300 metric tons of iron. 8 Any people who owned valuable stones donated them to Yahweh’s temple. Officials stored the stones in the storeroom of the temple. Jehiel, a descendant of Gershon, was in charge of the stones. 9 The people were happy to see that their leaders wanted to give those things; they were happy and enthusiastic to give those things to Yahweh. And King David also was 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 Jacob worshiped.

We will praise you forever!

11 You, Yahweh, are great and powerful;

you are glorious, majestic and wonderful.

All of this is true because everything in heaven and on the earth is yours.

You are the king of all the world

and the exalted ruler of everything.

12 Wealth and honor come from you;

you reign over all things.

Because you are very powerful,

you are able to cause anyone to be great and be strong.

13 So now, our God, we thank you,

and we praise you for being majestic.

14 But I and my people are not really able to give anything to you,

because everything that we have comes from you;

the things that we have given to you are only the things that we have received from you.

15 You know that we are like foreigners and strangers to you, as our ancestors were.

Our years here on earth are like a shadow that disappears quickly;

we know that there is nothing that can enable us to escape dying.

16 Yahweh our God, we have gathered all these things to use in building your temple to glorify your reputation as holy,

but all of it really belongs to you, and you have given it to us. We give it all back to you.

17 My God, I know that you test us people,

and you are pleased when we do what is right.

All these things I have given to you because I wanted to.

And now I am pleased to see that your people have gathered in this place and generously given things to you.

18 Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worshiped,

help your people continue to desire to do things like this forever,

and help them be loyal to you.

19 Please enable my son Solomon to faithfully and sincerely obey all of your laws

and do everything that is needed to build this temple

for which I have provided all these things.”

20 Then David said to all the people who were gathered there, “Praise Yahweh our God!” So they all praised Yahweh the God whom their ancestors also worshiped. They prostrated themselves on the ground in front of Yahweh and in front of the king.

21 The next day the people offered sacrifices to Yahweh. They presented many animals that they completely burned on the altar: 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, 1,000 young sheep, offerings of wine, and many other sacrifices for all the people of Israel to eat. 22 On that day the people were joyful and ate and drank in Yahweh’s honor.

Then for the second time they declared that Solomon, David’s son, was now the king. They anointed him with olive oil to be the king on behalf of Yahweh, and they anointed Zadok to be the high priest. 23 So Solomon sat on the throne which represented Yahweh’s reign over Israel. Solomon became king in the place of his father David. During the following years Solomon prospered, and all the Israelite people obeyed him. 24 All the officers and mighty warriors, as well as King David’s other sons accepted Solomon as their king and promised to obey him.

25 Yahweh caused all the Israelite people to highly respect Solomon. Yahweh gave him a splendorous kingdom. No king of Israel who served Yahweh received such a kingdom like Solomon did.

26 Jesse’s son David was the king who ruled all of Israel. 27 He ruled over Israel for 40 years: seven years in the city of Hebron and 33 years in Jerusalem. 28 He was very rich and very much honored, and he became an old man. Then he died, and his son Solomon became the king in David’s place.

29 Take note, a record of all the things that King David did while he ruled, from the beginning to the end, the prophets Samuel, Nathan, and Gad wrote on scrolls. 30 They told about his powerful rule, and all the things that happened to him and to the people of Israel and in the kingdoms of other countries while he was ruling Israel.

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