FurthermoreDavid the kingsaidunto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whomalone God hathchosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
Now I havepreparedwith 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; onyxstones, and stones to be set, glisteringstones, and of diverscolours, and all manner of preciousstones, and marblestones in abundance.
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own propergood, of gold and silver, which I havegiven to the house of my God, over and above all that I haveprepared for the holyhouse,
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 servicethis day unto the LORD?
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’swork, offeredwillingly,
And gave for the service of the house of God of goldfivethousandtalents and ten thousanddrams, and of silver ten thousandtalents, and of brasseighteenthousandtalents, and one hundredthousandtalents of iron.
Then the peoplerejoiced, for thattheyofferedwillingly, becausewithperfecthearttheyofferedwillingly to the LORD: and David the kingalsorejoicedwithgreat joy.
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 headabove all.
Bothriches and honourcome of thee, and thoureignestover all; and in thinehand is power and might; and in thinehand it is to makegreat, and to givestrengthunto all.
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willinglyafterthissort? for all thingscome of thee, and of thine own have we giventhee.
I knowalso, my God, thatthoutriest the heart, and hastpleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mineheart I havewillinglyoffered all thesethings: and now have I seenwith joy thy people, which are presenthere, to offerwillinglyuntothee.
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keepthis for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and preparetheirheartuntothee:
And giveuntoSolomon my son a perfectheart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all thesethings, and to build the palace, for the which I havemadeprovision.
And Davidsaid to all the congregation, Now bless the LORDyour God. And all the congregationblessed the LORD God of theirfathers, and boweddowntheirheads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
And theysacrificedsacrificesunto the LORD, and offeredburntofferingsunto the LORD, on the morrowafterthat day, even a thousandbullocks, a thousandrams, and a thousandlambs, withtheirdrinkofferings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
And did eat and drinkbefore the LORD on that day withgreatgladness. And theymadeSolomon the son of Davidking the secondtime, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chiefgovernor, and Zadok to be priest.
And the LORDmagnifiedSolomonexceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowedupon him suchroyalmajesty as had not been on any kingbefore him in Israel.
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,