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And who is willing to dedicate himself in work this day for the Lord?<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the heads of families, and the princes of the children of Israel, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the works, and the king's builders, offered willingly. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord five thousand talents of gold, and ten thousand gold <i>pieces</i>, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And they who had <i>precious</i> stone, gave it into the treasuries of the house of the Lord by the hand of Jeiel the Gedsonite. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the people rejoiced because of the willingness, for they offered willingly to the Lord with a full heart: and king David rejoiced greatly.<p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">David’s Prayer of Blessing<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And king David blessed the Lord before the congregation, saying, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting and to everlasting. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Thine, O Lord, <i>is</i> the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the might: for thou art Lord of all things that are in heaven and upon the earth: before thy face every king and nation is troubled. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>From thee <i>come</i> wealth and glory: thou, O Lord, rulest over all, the Lord of all dominion, and in thy hand <i>is</i> strength and rule; and <i>thou art</i> almighty with thy hand to increase and establish all things. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And now, Lord, we give thanks to thee, and praise thy glorious name.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But who am I, and what <i>is</i> my people, that we have been able to be thus forward <i>in offering</i> to thee? for all things <i>are</i> thine, and of thine own have we given thee, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>for we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers <i>were</i>: our days upon the earth <i>are</i> as a shadow, and there is no remaining. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>O Lord our God, as for all this abundance which I have prepared that a house should be built to thy holy name, it is of thy hand, and all <i>is</i> thine. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And I know, Lord, that thou art he that searches the hearts, and thou lovest righteousness. I have willingly offered all these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy thy people here present, willingly offering to thee. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>O Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, preserve these things in the thought of the heart of thy people for ever, and direct their hearts to thee. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And to Solomon my son give a good heart, to perform thy commandments, and <i>to observe</i> thy testimonies, and thine ordinances, and to accomplish the building of thy house.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And David said to the whole congregation, Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and they bowed the knee and worshipped the Lord, and <i>did obeisance</i> to the king.<p> <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">Solomon Anointed King<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And David sacrificed to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord on the morrow after the first day, a thousand calves, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, and their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they ate and drank joyfully that day before the Lord: and they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and anointed him king before the Lord, and Sadoc to the priesthood. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and was highly honoured; and all Israel obeyed him. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons of king David his father, were subject to him. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as was not upon any king before him.<p> <A name="27"></a><p class="hdg">David’s Reign and Death<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And David the son of Jessae reigned over Israel forty years; <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And he died in a good old age, full of days, in wealth, and glory: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And the rest of the acts of David, the former and the latter, are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/29-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>concerning all his reign, and his power, and the times which went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the earth.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_chronicles/28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>