⁹ “As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and ^(A)serve Him with ^[a]a whole heart and a delighted soul; ^(B)for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. ^(C)If you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. ¹⁰ See now, for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; ^(D)be strong and act.”

¹¹ Then David gave to his son Solomon ^(E)the pattern of ^(F)the porch of the temple, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms, and ^(G)the room for the mercy seat; ¹² and the pattern of all that he had in ^[b]mind, for the courts of the house of Yahweh, and for all the surrounding chambers, for ^(H)the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the holy things; ¹³ also for ^(I)the divisions of the priests and ^(J)the Levites and for all the work of the service of the house of Yahweh and for all the utensils of service in the house of Yahweh; ¹⁴ for the golden utensils, the weight of gold for all utensils for every kind of service; for the silver utensils, the weight of silver for all utensils for every kind of service; ¹⁵ and the weight of gold for the ^(K)golden lampstands and their golden lamps, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for the silver lampstands, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps according to the service of each lampstand; ¹⁶ and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for each table; and silver for the silver tables; ¹⁷ and the flesh hooks, the bowls, and the jars of pure gold; and for the golden bowls with the weight for each bowl; and for the silver bowls with the weight for each bowl; ¹⁸ and for ^(L)the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, even ^(M)the cherubim that spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

¹⁹ “All this,” said David, “has been granted to me as insight in writing by the hand of Yahweh, ^(N)all the ^[c]details of this pattern.”

²⁰ Then David said to his son Solomon, “^(O)Be strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor be dismayed, for Yahweh God, my God, is with you. ^(P)He will not fail you nor forsake you until all the work for the service of the house of Yahweh is completed. ²¹ Now behold, ^(Q)there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God, and ^(R)every willing man with wisdom will be with you in all the work for all the service. The officials also and all the people will be entirely at your command.”