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 Yahweh God. ² Now ^(C)with all my power I have prepared 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 pleasure 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 prepared for the holy ^[b]house, ⁴ namely, ^[c](D)3,000 talents of gold, of ^(E)the gold of Ophir, and ^[d]7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the ^[e]buildings; ⁵ of gold for the things of gold and of silver for the things of silver, that is, for all the work done by the hand of craftsmen. Who then would offer willingly ^[f]to ordain himself this day to Yahweh?”

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