Offerings for the Temple

29 Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, ^(A)is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for ^(B)the ^[a]temple is not for man, but for the Lord God. ² Now ^(C)with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, onyx stones and inlaid stones, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance. ³ Moreover, in my delight in the house of my God, the treasure I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, over and above all that I have already provided for the holy ^[b]temple, ⁴ namely, ^(D)3,000 talents of gold, of ^(E)the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the ^[c]buildings; ⁵ of gold for the things of gold and of silver for the things of silver, that is, for all the work ^[d]done by the craftsmen. Who then is willing ^[e]to consecrate himself this day to the Lord?”

⁶ Then ^(F)the rulers of the fathers’ households, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with ^(G)the overseers over the king’s work, offered willingly; ⁷ and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 ^(H)darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron. ^8 [f]Whoever possessed precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, ^[g]in care of ^(I)Jehiel the Gershonite. ⁹ Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the Lord ^(J)with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly.

David’s Prayer

¹⁰ So David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O Lord God of Israel our father, forever and ever. ^11 (K)Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. ^12 (L)Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and ^(M)in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. ¹³ Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name.

¹⁴ “But who am I and who are my people that we should ^[h]be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You. ¹⁵ For ^(N)we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; ^(O)our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope. ¹⁶ O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours. ¹⁷ Since I know, O my God, that ^(P)You try the heart and ^(Q)delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You. ¹⁸ O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers, preserve this forever in the ^[i]intentions of the heart of Your people, and direct their heart to You; ¹⁹ and ^(R)give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do them all, and ^(S)to build the ^[j]temple, for which I have made provision.”

²⁰ Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” And ^(T)all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and ^(U)bowed low and did homage to the Lord and to the king.

Sacrifices

²¹ On the next day ^(V)they ^[k]made sacrifices to the Lord and offered burnt offerings to the Lord, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. ²² So they ate and drank that day before the Lord with great gladness.

Solomon Again Made King

And they made Solomon the son of David king ^(W)a second time, and they ^(X)anointed him as ruler for the Lord and Zadok as priest. ²³ Then ^(Y)Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father; and he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. ²⁴ All the officials, the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David ^[l]pledged allegiance to King Solomon. ^25 (Z)The Lord highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and ^(AA)bestowed on him royal majesty which had not been on any king before him in Israel.

²⁶ Now ^(AB)David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. ^27 (AC)The period which he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years and ^[m]in Jerusalem thirty-three years.

Death of David

²⁸ Then he died in ^(AD)a ^[n]ripe old age, ^(AE)full of days, riches and honor; and his son Solomon reigned in his place. ²⁹ Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of ^(AF)Samuel the seer, in the chronicles of ^(AG)Nathan the prophet and in the chronicles of ^(AH)Gad the seer, ³⁰ with all his reign, his power, and the circumstances which came on him, on Israel, and on all the kingdoms of the lands.

Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Favor.

A Psalm of David.

Message to Sardis

3 “To the angel of the church in ^(A)Sardis write:

He who has ^(B)the seven Spirits of God and ^(C)the seven stars, says this: ‘^(D)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, ^[a]but you are ^(E)dead. ² Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. ³ So ^(F)remember ^[b]what you have received and heard; and keep it, and ^(G)repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, ^(H)I will come ^(I)like a thief, and you will not know at ^(J)what hour I will come to you. ⁴ But you have a few ^[c](K)people in ^(L)Sardis who have not ^(M)soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me ^(N)in white, for they are worthy. ^5 (O)He who overcomes will thus be clothed in ^(P)white garments; and I will not ^(Q)erase his name from the book of life, and ^(R)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. ^6 (S)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Philadelphia

⁷ “And to the angel of the church in ^(T)Philadelphia write:

^(U)He who is holy, ^(V)who is true, who has ^(W)the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

⁸ ‘^(X)I know your ^[d]deeds. Behold, I have put before you ^(Y)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and ^(Z)have not denied My name. ⁹ Behold, I ^[e]will cause those of ^(AA)the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them ^(AB)come and bow down ^[f]at your feet, and make them know that ^(AC)I have loved you. ¹⁰ Because you have ^(AD)kept the word of ^(AE)My ^[g]perseverance, ^(AF)I also will keep you from the hour of ^[h](AG)testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole ^[i](AH)world, to ^[j]test ^(AI)those who dwell on the earth. ^11 (AJ)I am coming quickly; ^(AK)hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your ^(AL)crown. ^12 (AM)He who overcomes, I will make him a ^(AN)pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the ^(AO)name of My God, and ^(AP)the name of the city of My God, ^(AQ)the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My ^(AR)new name. ^13 (AS)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Message to Laodicea

¹⁴ “To the angel of the church in ^(AT)Laodicea write:

^(AU)The Amen, ^(AV)the faithful and true Witness, ^(AW)the ^[k]Beginning of the creation of God, says this:

¹⁵ ‘^(AX)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; ^(AY)I wish that you were cold or hot. ¹⁶ So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will ^[l]spit you out of My mouth. ¹⁷ Because you say, “^(AZ)I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, ¹⁸ I advise you to ^(BA)buy from Me ^(BB)gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^(BC)white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that ^(BD)the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. ^19 (BE)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and ^(BF)repent. ²⁰ Behold, I stand ^(BG)at the door and ^(BH)knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(BI)I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. ^21 (BJ)He who overcomes, I will grant to him ^(BK)to sit down with Me on My throne, as ^(BL)I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. ^22 (BM)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”