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The First
Book of Paralipomenon 29
And king David said to all the assembly: Solomon my
son, whom alone God hath chosen, is as yet young and
tender: and the work is great, for a house is prepared
not for man, but for God.
And I with all my ability have prepared the expenses
for the house of my God. Gold for vessels of gold, and
silver for vessels of silver, brass for things of brass,
iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood: and
onyx stones, and stones like alabaster, and of divers
colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble
of Paros in great abundance.
Now over and above the things which I have offered into
the house of my God I give of my own proper goods, gold
and silver for the temple of my God, beside what things
I have prepared for the holy house.
Three thousand talents of gold of the gold of Ophir:
and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay
the walls of the temple.
And gold for wheresoever there is need of gold: and
silver for wheresoever there is need of silver, for
the works to be made by the hands of the artificers:
now if any man is willing to offer, let him fill his
hand to day, and offer what he pleaseth to the Lord.
Then the heads of the families, and the princes of the
tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands, and
of hundreds, and the overseers of the king's possessions
promised,
And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord,
of gold, five thousand talents, and ten thousand solids:
of silver ten thousand talents: and of brass eighteen
thousand talents: and of iron a hundred thousand talents.
And all they that had stones, gave them to the treasures
of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jahiel the
Gersonite.
And the people rejoiced, when they promised their offerings
willingly: because they offered them to the Lord with
all their heart: and David the king rejoiced also with
a great joy.
And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude, and
he said: Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of Israel,
our father from eternity to eternity.
Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and power, and glory,
and victory: and to thee is praise: for all that is
in heaven, and in earth, is thine: thine is the kingdom,
O Lord, and thou art above all princes.
Thine are riches, and thine is glory, thou hast dominion
over all, in thy hand is power and might: in thy hand
greatness, and the empire of all things.
Now therefore our God we give thanks to thee, and we
praise thy glorious name.
Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able
to promise thee all these things? all things are thine:
and we have given thee what we received of thy hand.
For we are sojourners before thee, and strangers, as
were all our fathers. Our days upon earth are as a shadow,
and there is no stay.
O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared
to build thee a house for thy holy name, is from thy
hand, and all things are thine.
I know my God that thou provest hearts, and lovest simplicity,
wherefore I also in the simplicity of my heart, have
joyfully offered all these things: and I have seen with
great joy thy people, which are here present, offer
thee their offerings.
O Lord God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel our
fathers, keep for ever this will of their heart, and
let this mind remain always for the worship of thee.
And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, that he
may keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy
ceremonies, and do all things: and build the house,
for which I have provided the charges.
And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord
our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God
of their fathers: and they bowed themselves and worshipped
God, and then the king.
And they sacrificed victims to the Lord: and they offered
holocausts the next day, a thousand bullocks, a thousand
rams, a thousand lambs, with their libations, and with
every thing prescribed most abundantly for all Israel.
And they ate, and drank before the Lord that day with
great joy. And they anointed the second time Solomon
the son of David. And they anointed him to the Lord
to be prince, end Sadoc to be high priest.
And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead
of David his father, and he pleased all: and all Israel
obeyed him.
And all the princes, and men of power, and all the sons
of king David gave their hand, and were subject to Solomon
the king.
And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel: and
gave him the glory of a reign, such as no king of Israel
had before him.
So David the son of Isai reigned over all Israel.
And the days that he reigned over Israel, were forty
years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem
three and thirty years.
And he died in a good age, full of days, and riches,
and glory. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
Now the acts of king David first and last 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:
And of all his reign, and his valour, and of the times
that passed under him, either in Israel, or in all the
kingdoms of the countries. |
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