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1 Chronicles 29 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Offerings for Building the Temple
Offerings for Building the Temple

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:1 - Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced; and the work is great, because the temple[fn] is not for man but for the LORD God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 - “Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might: gold for things to be made of gold, silver for things of silver, bronze for things of bronze, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood, onyx stones, stones to be set, glistening stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble slabs in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:3 - “Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, my own special treasure of gold and silver:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:4 - “three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:5 - “the gold for things of gold and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be done by the hands of craftsmen. Who then is willing to consecrate himself this day to the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 - Then the leaders of the fathers’ houses, leaders of the tribes of Israel, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the officers over the king’s work, offered willingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - They gave for the work of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:8 - And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, into the hand of Jehiel[fn] the Gershonite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:9 - Then the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly, because with a loyal heart they had offered willingly to the LORD; and King David also rejoiced greatly.
David’s Praise to God

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:10 - Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the assembly; and David said:

“Blessed are You, LORD God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:11 - Yours, O LORD, is the greatness,
The power and the glory,
The victory and the majesty;
For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours;
Yours is the kingdom, O LORD,
And You are exalted as head over all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:12 - Both riches and honor come from You,
And You reign over all.
In Your hand is power and might;
In Your hand it is to make great
And to give strength to all.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:13 - “Now therefore, our God,
We thank You
And praise Your glorious name.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:14 - But who am I, and who are my people,
That we should be able to offer so willingly as this?
For all things come from You,
And of Your own we have given You.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:15 - For we are aliens and pilgrims before You,
As were all our fathers;
Our days on earth are as a shadow,
And without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:16 - “O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is from Your hand, and is all Your own.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:17 - “I know also, my God, that You test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here to offer willingly to You.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:18 - “O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intent of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and fix their heart toward You.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:19 - “And give my son Solomon a loyal heart to keep Your commandments and Your testimonies and Your statutes, to do all these things, and to build the temple[fn] for which I have made provision.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 - Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the LORD your God.” So all the assembly blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the LORD and the king.
Solomon Anointed King
(1 Kin. 1:38–40; 2:12 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:21 - And they made sacrifices to the LORD and offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the next day: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:22 - So they ate and drank before the LORD with great gladness on that day. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before the LORD to be the leader, and Zadok to be priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:23 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:24 - All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, submitted themselves to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:25 - So the LORD exalted Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
The Close of David’s Reign

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:26 - Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:27 - And the period that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:28 - So he died in a good old age, full of days and riches and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:29 - Now the acts of King David, first and last, indeed they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:30 - with all his reign and his might, and the events that happened to him, to Israel, and to all the kingdoms of the lands.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Literally palace
Possibly the same as Jehieli (compare 26:21, 22)
Literally palace
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