12 Only the Lord give thee [a]wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge over Israel, even to keep the Law of the Lord thy God.

13 Then thou shalt prosper, if thou take heed to observe the statutes and the judgments which the Lord commanded Moses for Israel: be strong and of good courage: fear not, neither be afraid.

14 For behold, according to my [b]poverty have I prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and of iron passing weight: for there was abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone, and thou mayest provide more thereto.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 22:12 These are only the means whereby Kings govern their subjects aright, and whereby the Realms do prosper and flourish.
  2. 1 Chronicles 22:14 For David was poor in respect of Solomon.

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