1Chronicles:28-29
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And David assembled all the princes of Israel ,
the princes of the tribes ,
and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course ,
and the captains over the thousands ,
and captains over the hundreds ,
and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king ,
and of his sons ,
with the officers ,
and with the mighty men ,
and with all the valiant men ,
unto Jerusalem .
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Then David the king stood up upon his feet ,
and said ,
Hear me ,
my brethren ,
and my people :
As for me ,
I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD ,
and for the footstool of our God ,
and had made ready for the building :
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But God said unto me ,
Thou shalt not build an house for my name ,
because thou hast been a man of war ,
and hast shed blood .
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Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever :
for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler ;
and of the house of Judah ,
the house of my father ;
and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel :
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And of all my sons , (
for the LORD hath given me many sons ,)
he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel .
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And he said unto me ,
Solomon thy son ,
he shall build my house and my courts :
for I have chosen him to be my son ,
and I will be his father .
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Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever ,
if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments ,
as at this day .
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Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD ,
and in the audience of our God ,
keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God :
that ye may possess this good land ,
and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever .
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And thou ,
Solomon my son ,
know thou the God of thy father ,
and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind :
for the LORD searcheth all hearts ,
and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts :
if thou seek him ,
he will be found of thee ;
but if thou forsake him ,
he will cast thee off for ever .
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Take heed now ;
for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary :
be strong ,
and do it .
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Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch ,
and of the houses thereof ,
and of the treasuries thereof ,
and of the upper chambers thereof ,
and of the inner parlours thereof ,
and of the place of the mercy seat ,
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And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit ,
of the courts of the house of the LORD ,
and of all the chambers round about ,
of the treasuries of the house of God ,
and of the treasuries of the dedicated things :
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Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites ,
and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD ,
and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD .
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He gave of gold by weight for things of gold ,
for all instruments of all manner of service ;
silver also for all instruments of silver by weight ,
for all instruments of every kind of service :
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Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold ,
and for their lamps of gold ,
by weight for every candlestick ,
and for the lamps thereof :
and for the candlesticks of silver by weight ,
both for the candlestick ,
and also for the lamps thereof ,
according to the use of every candlestick .
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And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread ,
for every table ;
and likewise silver for the tables of silver :
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Also pure gold for the fleshhooks ,
and the bowls ,
and the cups :
and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason ;
and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver :
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And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight ;
and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims ,
that spread out their wings ,
and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD .
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All this ,
said David ,
the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me ,
even all the works of this pattern .
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And David said to Solomon his son ,
Be strong and of good courage ,
and do it :
fear not ,
nor be dismayed :
for the LORD God ,
even my God ,
will be with thee ;
he will not fail thee ,
nor forsake thee ,
until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD .
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And ,
behold ,
the courses of the priests and the Levites ,
even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God :
and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man ,
for any manner of service :
also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment .
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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 .