pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl; 18and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pat- tern of the chariot, oven the cheru- bim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. U'AU this [do I give thee] in writing, as the LORD hath made me wise by His hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern,' 20And David said to Solomon his son: ' Be strong and of good courage, and do it; fear not, nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, even my God, is with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD be finished. 21And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God; and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service; also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.' O Q And David the king said unto all ^ the congregation: Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for tfie palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. 2Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set. glis- tering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. More- over also, because I have set my affec- tion on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of mine own of gold and silver, I give it unto the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, *even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses; *of gold for the things of gold, and of silver for the things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. Who then offereth willingly to consecrate him- self this day unto the LORD?'
FIRST CHRONICLES FIRST CHRONICLES the princes of the fathers houses, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thou- sands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly Tand they gave for the service of th< house of God of gold five thousanc talents and ten thousand darics, anc of silver ten thousand talents, and o' brass eighteen thousand talents, anc of iron a hundred thousand talents 8And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LOHD, Bunder the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 9Then the people rejoiced, for that they off< because with a whole heart they offered willingly to the LORD; and David the king also re- joiced with great joy.
"Wherefore David blessed the LOED before all the congregation; and David ou, 0 LORD, the said: God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. uThine, O LOED, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heaven and m the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and Thou art exalted as head above all. ^Both riches and honour come of Thee, and Thou rulest over all; and in Thy hand is power and might; and in Thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
"Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name.
"But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee. 15For we are strangers before Thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. 160 LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build Thee a house for Thy holy name cometh of Thy hand, and is all Thine own. 17I know also, my God, that Thou triest the heart, and hast pleas- ure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have will- ingly offered all these things; and now have I seen with joy Thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto Thee. 180 LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever, even the imagination of1' the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and direct their heart unto Thee; 19and give unto Solomon my son a whole heart, to kee£ Thy commandments, Thy testi- monies, and Thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision/ 20And David said to all the congrega- tion: 'Now bless the LORD your God.' And all the congregation blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and pros- trated themselves before the LORD, and before the king. 21And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for aU Israel; did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be prince, and Zadok to be priest. ^Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel heark- ened to him. 24And*all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons ikewise of king David, submitted hemselves unto Solomon the king.
FIRST CHRONICLES *And the LOED magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, ind bestowed upon him such royal Tiajesty as had not been on any king Before him in Israel* 26Now David the son of Jesse reigned >ver all Israel. 27And the time that le reigned over Israel was forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, md thirty and thre.e years reigned le in Jerusalem. 28And he died in a food old age, full of days, riches, and onour; and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. 29Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the words of Samuel the seer, and in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Gad the seer; 80with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
SECOND CHRONICLES SECOND CHRONICLES ij AND Solomon the son of David x was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. 2And Solomon spoke unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses. 3So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. 4But ]bhe ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath- jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 6Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, had been put before the tabernacle of the LORD; and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. 6And Solomon offered there, upon the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tent of meeting, he offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.
7In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him: 'Ask what I shall give thee.' 8And Solomon said unto God: 'Thou hast shown great kindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead. 'Now, 0 LORD God, let Thy promise unto David my father be established; for Thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10Give me now wisdom!
and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this Thy people, that is so great?' "And God said to Solo- mon: 'Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of them that hate thee, neither yet hast asked long life, but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge My people, over whom I have made thee king; 12wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee, and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have beon before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.' 13So Solomon came [from his journey] to the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, un-to Jerusalem; and he reigned over JsraeL 14An$ Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. "And the king made silver and gold to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made ho to be as the sycomore-troes that are in the Lowland, for abundance, MAml the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; alwo out of Keve, the king's merchants buying them of the men of Keve at a price. 17And they fetched up. and brought out of Egypt a chariot for »ix hundred shekels of silver, and a hor«e for a SECOND CHRONICLES , hundred and fifty; and so for all the "kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Aram, did they bring them out by tbjeir means.
,}8Xow Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of the LORD, and ;O a house for his kingdom. aAnd Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, '•and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three ^housand and six hundred to oversee 'them. 2And Solomon sent to Hu- ram the king of Tyre, saying: 'As thou didst deal with David my father, and 'didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein [, even so deal with me]. 3Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to Him, and to burn before Him incense of sweet spices, and for the continual nhowbread, and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed seasons of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 4And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. 6But who is able to build Him a house, seeing the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? who am I then, that I should build Him a house, save only to offer before Him? 6Now therefore send me a man skilful to work in gold^ and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that hath skill to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the Bkilful men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. 7Send me alao cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants have skill to <yut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy serv- ants, 8even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and won- derful. 9And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thou- sand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.'
10Then Huram^the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon: 'Because the LOBD lov- eth His people, He hath made thee king over them.' uHuram said more- over: 'Blessed be the LOED, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for the LORD, and a house for his kingdom. ^And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with under- standing, even Huram my master craftsman, 13the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; to do what- ever may be set before him, with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy ^father. "Now therefore the wheat and the barley, the oil and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants; 1Band we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.'
16And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith SECOND CHRONICLES David Ms father had numbered them, amd they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand anc six hundred. 17And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear bur- dens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work. Q Then Solomon began to build the ° house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] ap- peared unto David his father; for which provision had been made in the Place of David, in the threshing-floor of Oman the Jebusite. 2And he be- gan to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of Ms reign. sNow these are the founda- tions wMch Solomon kid for the building pf the house of God. The length by cubits after the ancient measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4And the porch that was before [the house], the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold. 6And the greater house he covered with cypress-wood, wMch he overlaid with fine gold, and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains. 6And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty, and the gold was gold of Parvaim. 7He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cheru- bim on the walls.
8 And he made the most holy place; the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty j shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
10And in the most holy place he made two cherubim of image work; and they overlaid them with gold. uAnd the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reach- ing to the wing of the other cherub. ^And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 13The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon.
16Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
16And he made chains in the Sanctuary, and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. I7And he set up the pillars before the temple, one ou the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name, of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. A Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the ireadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
2Also he made the molten sea of ien.cubits from brim to brim, round n compass, ^and the height thereof was five cubits; and a lino of thirty subits did compass it round about.
SECOND CHRONICLES 52 8And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast. 4It stood upon twelve oxen, three look- ing toward the north, and three look- ing toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking, toward the east; and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward. 5And it was a handbreadth thick; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily: it received and held three thousand baths.
eHe made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them; such things as belonged to the burnt-offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in, 7And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the Ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
8He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold.
'Furthermore hfc made the court of the priests, and the groat court, and doors for tae court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
l°And he set the sea on the right side [of the house] eastward, toward the south.
"And Huram made the p/>ts, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end of doing the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God: **the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars: and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; 13and the fpur hundred pomegranates for the two networks: two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars. 14He made also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases: 15one sea, and the twelve oxen under it. 16The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof, did Huram his master crafts- man make for king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. 17In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground be- tween Succoth and Zeredah. 18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance; for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
19And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the showbread; 20and the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn according to the ordinance before the Sanctuary, of pure gold; 21and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold; ^and the snuffers, and the basins, and the pans, and the fire-pans, of pure gold. And as for the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, that is, of the temple, were of gold, K Thus all the work that Solomon u wrought for the house of the LORD was fbaisted. And Solomoto brought in the things that David his father had hallowed; even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them xa the treasuries of the house of God, *Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the hoads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' SECOND CHRONICLES houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month. 4And all thi elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark. *Ajid they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting and all the holy vessels that were ii the Tent; these did the priests anc the Levites bring up. 6And king Solomon and all the congregation o: Israel, that were assembled unto him were before the ark, sacrificing sheej and oxen, that could not be countec nor numbered for multitude. 7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto its place into the Sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. 8For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the Sanctuary; but they could not be seen without; and there they are unto this day. 10There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LOHD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. *JAnd it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place— for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their courses; 12also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jed- uthun, and their sons and their brethren, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twent priests sounding with trumpets- 13it came even to pass, when th trumpeters and singers were as on< to make one sound to be heard i praising and thanking the LORD; an when they lifted up their voice wit the trumpets and cymbals and in struments of music, and praised th LORD: ' for He is good, for His mere; endureth for ever'; that then the hous was filled with a cloud, even the hous of the LORD, I4so that the priests coul< not stand to minister by reason of th cloud; for the glory of the LORD fille< the house of God. £ Then spoke Solomon: The LORD hath said that He woulc dwell in the thick darkness. 2But I have built Thee a house o habitation, And a place for Thee to dwell ii for ever.
8And the king turned his face, anc blessed all the congregation of Israel and all the congregation of Israel stood. 4Andhesaid: 'Blessed be th* LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth unto David my father, and hath with His hands fulfilled it, saying: 6Smce the day that I brought forth My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that My name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over My people Israel; 6but I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name might be ihere, and have chosen David to be over My people Israel. 7Now it was n the heart of David my father to a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel 8But the JORD said unto David my father: Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for My name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart; *neveiv SECOND CHRONICLES theless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for My name. 10And the LORD hath established His word that He spoke: for I am risen up in the room of Davia my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. 11And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with the children of Israel/ 12And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands — 13for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven — 14and he said: '0 LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like Thee, in the heaven, or in the earth; who keepest covenant and mercy with Thy servants, that walk before Thee with all their heart; 16who hast kept with Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst promise hhn; yea, Thou spokest with Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with Thy hand, as it is this day. 16Now there- fore, 0 LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Thy servant David my father tliat which Thou hast promised him, saying: There shall not fail thee a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel: if only thy children take heed to tneir way, to walk in My law as thou hast walked before Me. J7Now therefore, 0 LORD, the God of Israel, let Thy word be verified, which Thou spokest unto Thy servant David.