1 Chronicles 29:9-30

New American Standard Bible

⁹ Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the Lord ^(A)wholeheartedly, 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, Lord God of Israel our father, forever and ever. ^11 (B)Yours, Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and on the earth; Yours is the dominion, Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. ^12 (C)Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and ^(D)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 ^[a]be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given to You. ¹⁵ For ^(E)we are strangers before You, and temporary residents, as all our fathers were; ^(F)our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope. ¹⁶ 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 everything is Yours. ¹⁷ Since I know, my God, that ^(G)You put the heart to the test and ^(H)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 Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the ^[b]intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts to You; ¹⁹ and ^(I)give my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, and to do them all, and ^(J)to build the ^[c]temple for which I have made provision.”

²⁰ Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the Lord your God.” And ^(K)all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and ^(L)bowed down and paid ^[d]homage to the Lord and the king.

Sacrifices

²¹ On the next day ^(M)they ^[e]made sacrifices to the Lord and offered burnt offerings to the Lord, a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand 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 ^(N)a second time, and they ^(O)anointed him as ruler for the Lord and Zadok as priest. ²³ Then ^(P)Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of his father David; and he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. ²⁴ And all the officials, the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David ^[f]pledged allegiance to King Solomon. ^25 (Q)The Lord highly honored Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and ^(R)bestowed on him royal majesty which had not been bestowed on any king before him in Israel.

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

Death of David

²⁸ Then he died at ^(U)a good old age, ^(V)full of days, riches, and honor; and his son Solomon reigned in his place. ²⁹ Now the acts of King David, from the first to the last, are written in the chronicles of ^(W)Samuel the seer, in the chronicles of ^(X)Nathan the prophet, and in the chronicles of ^(Y)Gad the seer, ³⁰ with all of his reign, his power, and the circumstances which came upon him, Israel, and all the kingdoms of the lands.