⁵¹ When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated^(A)—the silver and gold and the furnishings^(B)—and he placed them in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple.

5 When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished,^(A) he brought in the things his father David had dedicated^(B)—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.

⁷ David took the gold shields^(A) that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸ From Tebah^[a] and Berothai,^(B) towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

⁹ When Tou^[b] king of Hamath^(C) heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,^{(D) 10} he sent his son Joram^[c] to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.

¹¹ King David dedicated^(E) these articles to the Lord, as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued:

⁹ “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation^(A) of this temple; his hands will also complete it.^(B) Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me^(C) to you.

¹⁵ The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.^(A)