29 Then King David told the entire assembly, “My son Shelomoh (Solomon) has been chosen by God himself. He’s young and tender,[ref] and it’s a huge job, because the temple isn’t being built for people, but for Yahweh God. 2 I’ve used all my resources to provide a plentiful supply of materials for my god’s residence: the gold for the gold things, and the silver for the silver things, the bronze for the bronze things, the iron for the iron things, the wood for the wooden parts, onyx stones for inlays, antimony stones and colourful things, and all the rare stones, and alabaster stones. 3 What’s more, because I’m excited to have my god’s residence built, I’ve donated my own personal gold and silver on top of everything else that I’ve prepared for the sacred temple: 4 100 tonnes of gold and 2,500 tonnes of refined silver for overlaying the buildings’ walls, 5 as well as gold for the gold things, silver for the silver things, and for everything the craftsmen are going to make. So who’s willing to commit themselves today to making a contribution towards Yahweh’s work?

6 Then the family leaders and the leaders of the tribes, and the various levels of military commanders, and the king’s construction overseers, all contributed willingly. 7 They donated a total of 170 tonnes of gold and 100kg of gold coins, 350 tonnes of silver, 600 tonnes of bronze, and 3,400 tonnes of iron for the temple construction, 8 plus anyone who had precious stones donated them to the treasury for the temple. Yehiel (a Gershoni) was in charge of those. 9 The people were excited, because they’d all given willingly to Yahweh, and King David was also very pleased.