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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 colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in
abundance.
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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 Jehiel the Gershonite.
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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, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head
above all.
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- Both riches and honour 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 an 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, 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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- 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.
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- And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and
honour: 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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