1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 15

1 Chronicles 15:1 And he maketh for himself houses in the city of David, and prepareth a place for the ark of God, and stretcheth out for it a tent.
15:2 Then said David, `None [are] to carry the ark of God, except the Levites, for on them hath YHWH fixed to carry the ark of God, and to serve Him -- unto the age.'
15:3 And David assembleth all Israel unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of YHWH unto its place that he had prepared for it.
15:4 And David gathereth the sons of Aaron, and the Levites.
15:5 Of sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty.
15:6 Of sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty.
15:7 Of sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and thirty.
15:8 Of sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred.
15:9 Of sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren, eighty.
1 Chronicles 15:10 Of sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twelve.
15:11 And David calleth to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
15:12 and saith to them, `Ye [are] heads of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, ye and your brethren, and ye have brought up the ark of YHWH, God of Israel, unto [the place] I have prepared for it;
15:13 because at the first [it was] not ye, YHWH our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'
15:14 And the priests and the Levites sanctify themselves, to bring up the ark of YHWH, God of Israel;
15:15 and sons of the Levites bear the ark of God, as Moses commanded, according to the word of YHWH, on their shoulder, with staves, above them.
15:16 And David saith to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy.
15:17 And the Levites appoint Heman son of Joel, and of his brethren, Asaph son of Berechiah, and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
15:18 and with them their brethren, the seconds [in rank], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah; and Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers;
15:19 and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound,
1 Chronicles 15:20 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jeheil, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries besides virgins,
15:21 and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps, on the octave, to oversee.
15:22 And Chenaniah, head of the Levites, [is] over the burden; he instructeth about the burden, for he [is] intelligent.
15:23 And Berechiah and Elkanah [are] gatekeepers for the ark.
15:24 And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests, are blowing with trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah [are] gatekeepers for the ark.
15:25 And it is David, and the elders of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, who are going to bring up the ark of the covenant of YHWH from the house of Obed-Edom with joy;
15:26 and it cometh to pass, in God's helping the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of YHWH, that they sacrifice seven bullocks and seven rams.
15:27 And David is wrapped in an upper robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who are bearing the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah head of the burden of the singers; and on David [is] an Ephod of linen.
15:28 And all Israel are bringing up the ark of the covenant of YHWH with shouting, and with the sound of a cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding with psalteries and harps,
15:29 and it cometh to pass, the ark of the covenant of YHWH is entering in unto the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul is looking through the window, and seeth king David dancing and playing, and despiseth him in her heart.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 16

1 Chronicles 16:1 And they bring in the ark of God, and set it up in the midst of the tent that David hath stretched out for it, and they bring near burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God;
16:2 and David ceaseth from offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, and blesseth the people in the name of YHWH,
16:3 and giveth a portion to every man of Israel, both man and woman: to each a cake of bread, and a measure of wine, and a grape-cake.
16:4 And he putteth before the ark of YHWH, of the Levites, ministers, even to make mention of, and to thank, and to give praise to YHWH, God of Israel,
16:5 Asaph the head, and his second Zechariah; Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of psalteries, and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals is sounding;
16:6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests [are] with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
16:7 On that day then hath David given at the beginning to give thanks to YHWH by the hand of Asaph and his brethren: --
16:8 Give thanks to YHWH, call in His name, Make known among the peoples His doings.
16:9 Sing ye to Him, sing psalms to Him, Meditate on all His wonders.
1 Chronicles 16:10 Boast yourselves in His holy name, Rejoice doth the heart of those seeking YHWH.
16:11 Seek ye YHWH and His strength, Seek His face continually.
16:12 Remember His wonders that He did, His signs, and the judgments of His mouth,
16:13 O seed of Israel, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones!
16:14 He [is] YHWH our God, In all the earth [are] His judgments.
16:15 Remember ye to the age His covenant, The word He commanded -- To a thousand generations,
16:16 Which He hath made with Abraham, And His oath -- to Isaac,
16:17 And He establisheth it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel -- a covenant age-during.
16:18 Saying: To thee I give the land of Canaan, The portion of your inheritance,
16:19 When ye are few of number, As a little thing, and sojourners in it.
1 Chronicles 16:20 And they go up and down, From nation unto nation, And from a kingdom unto another people.
16:21 He hath not suffered any to oppress them, And reproveth on their account kings:
16:22 Come not against Mine anointed ones, And against My prophets do not evil.
16:23 Sing to YHWH, all the earth, Proclaim from day unto day His salvation.
16:24 Rehearse among nations His glory, Among all the peoples His wonders.
16:25 For great [is] YHWH, and praised greatly, And fearful He [is] above all gods.
16:26 For all gods of the peoples [are] nought, And YHWH the heavens hath made.
16:27 Honour and majesty [are] before Him, Strength and joy [are] in His place.
16:28 Ascribe to YHWH, ye families of peoples, Ascribe to YHWH honour and strength.
16:29 Ascribe to YHWH the honour of His name, Lift up a present, and come before Him. Bow yourselves to YHWH, In the beauty of holiness.
1 Chronicles 16:30 Be pained before Him, all the earth:
16:31 Also, established is the world, It is not moved! The heavens rejoice, and the earth is glad, And they say among nations: YHWH hath reigned.
16:32 Roar doth the sea, and its fulness, Exult doth the field, and all that [is] in it,
16:33 Then sing do trees of the forest, From the presence of YHWH, For He hath come to judge the earth!
16:34 Give thanks to YHWH, for good, For to the age, [is] His kindness,
16:35 And say, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us, and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to Thy holy name, To triumph in Thy praise.
16:36 Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From the age and unto the age;' And all the people say, `Amen,' and have given praise to YHWH.
16:37 And he leaveth there before the ark of the covenant of YHWH, for Asaph and for his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, according to the matter of a day in its day,
16:38 both Obed-Edom and their brethren, sixty and eight, and Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah for gatekeepers,
16:39 and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of YHWH, in a high place that [is] in Gibeon,
1 Chronicles 16:40 to cause to ascend burnt-offerings to YHWH, on the altar of burnt-offering continually, morning and evening, and for all that is written in the law of YHWH, that He charged on Israel.
16:41 And with them [are] Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen, who were defined by name, to give thanks to YHWH, for to the age [is] His kindness,
16:42 and with them -- Heman and Jeduthun -- [are] trumpets and cymbals for those sounding, and instruments of the song of God, and the sons of Jeduthun [are] at the gate.
16:43 And all the people go, each to his house, and David turneth round to bless his house.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 17

1 Chronicles 17:1 And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, `Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of YHWH [is] under curtains;'
17:2 and Nathan saith unto David, `All that [is] in thy heart do, for God [is] with thee.'
17:3 And it cometh to pass on that night that a word of God is unto Nathan, saying,
17:4 `Go, and thou hast said unto David My servant, Thus said YHWH, Thou dost not build for Me the house to dwell in:
17:5 for I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel till this day, and I am from tent unto tent: and from the tabernacle,
17:6 whithersoever I have walked up and down among all Israel, a word spake I, with one of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have ye not built for Me a house of cedars?
17:7 `And now, thus dost thou say to My servant, to David, Thus said YHWH of Hosts, I have taken thee from the habitation, from after the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel,
17:8 and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a name like the name of the great ones who [are] in the earth.
17:9 `And I have prepared a place for My people Israel, and planted it, and it hath dwelt in its place, and is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness add not to wear it out as at first,
1 Chronicles 17:10 yea, even from the days that I appointed judges over My people Israel. `And I have humbled all thine enemies, and I declare to thee that a house doth YHWH build for thee,
17:11 and it hath come to pass, when thy days have been fulfilled to go with thy fathers, that I have raised up thy seed after thee, who is of thy sons, and I have established his kingdom,
17:12 he doth build for Me a house, and I have established his throne unto the age;
17:13 I am to him for a father, and he is to Me for a son, and My kindness I turn not aside from him as I turned it aside from him who was before thee,
17:14 and I have established him in My house, and in My kingdom unto the age, and his throne is established unto the age.'
17:15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spake Nathan unto David.
17:16 And David the king cometh in and sitteth before YHWH, and saith, `Who [am] I, O YHWH God, and what my house, that Thou hast brought me hitherto?
17:17 And this is small in Thine eyes, O God, and Thou speakest concerning the house of thy servant afar off, and hast seen me as a type of the man who is on high, O YHWH God!
17:18 `What doth David add more unto Thee for the honour of Thy servant; and Thou Thy servant hast known.
17:19 O YHWH, for Thy servant's sake, and according to Thine own heart Thou hast done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
1 Chronicles 17:20 O YHWH, there is none like Thee, and there is no god save Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
17:21 `And who [is] as Thy people Israel, one nation in the earth whom God hath gone to ransom to Him for a people, to make for Thee a name great and fearful, to cast out from the presence of Thy people whom Thou hast ransomed out of Egypt -- nations?
17:22 Yea, Thou dost appoint Thy people Israel to Thee for a people unto the age, and Thou, O YHWH, hast been to them for God.
17:23 `And now, O YHWH, the word that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant, and concerning his house, let be stedfast unto the age, and do as Thou hast spoken;
17:24 and let it be stedfast, and Thy name is great unto the age, saying, YHWH of Hosts, God of Israel, is God to Israel, and the house of Thy servant David is established before Thee;
17:25 for Thou, O my God, Thou hast uncovered the ear of Thy servant -- to build to him a house, therefore hath Thy servant found to pray before Thee.
17:26 `And now, YHWH, Thou [art] God Himself, and Thou speakest concerning Thy servant this goodness;
17:27 and now, Thou hast been pleased to bless the house of Thy servant, to be to the age before Thee; for Thou, O YHWH, hast blessed, and it is blessed to the age.'

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 18

1 Chronicles 18:1 And it cometh to pass after this, that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and taketh Gath and its small towns out of the hand of the Philistines;
18:2 and he smiteth Moab, and the Moabites are servants to David, bringing a present.
18:3 And David smiteth Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, in his going to establish his power by the river Phrat,
18:4 and David captureth from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly all the chariots, and leaveth of them a hundred chariots [only].
18:5 And Aram of Damascus cometh in to give help to Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth in Aram twenty and two thousand men,
18:6 and David putteth [garrisons] in Aram of Damascus, and the Aramaeans are to David for servants, bearing a present, and YHWH giveth salvation to David whithersoever he hath gone.
18:7 And David taketh the shields of gold that have been on the servants of Hadarezer, and bringeth them in to Jerusalem;
18:8 and from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, hath David taken very much brass; with it hath Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
18:9 And Tou king of Hamath heareth that David hath smitten the whole force of Hadarezer king of Zobah,
1 Chronicles 18:10 and he sendeth Hadoram his son unto king David, to ask of him of peace, and to bless him (because that he hath fought against Hadarezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars with Tou had Hadarezer been,) and all kinds of vessels, of gold, and silver, and brass;
18:11 also them hath king David sanctified to YHWH with the silver and the gold that he hath taken from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
18:12 And Abishai son of Zeruiah hath smitten Edom in the valley of salt -- eighteen thousand,
18:13 and he putteth in Edom garrisons, and all the Edomites are servants to David; and YHWH saveth David whithersoever he hath gone.
18:14 And David reigneth over all Israel, and he is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,
18:15 and Joab son of Zeruiah [is] over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer,
18:16 and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar, [are] priests, and Shavsha [is] scribe,
18:17 and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the elder sons of David [are] at the hand of the king.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 19

1 Chronicles 19:1 And it cometh to pass after this, that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon dieth, and his son reigneth in his stead,
19:2 and David saith, `I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, for his father did with me kindness;' and David sendeth messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of David come in unto the land of the sons of Ammon, unto Hanun, to comfort him,
19:3 and the heads of the sons of Ammon say to Hanun, `Is David honouring thy father, in thine eyes, because he hath sent to thee comforters? in order to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out, the land, have not his servants come in unto thee?'
19:4 And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth them, and cutteth their long robes in the midst, unto the buttocks, and sendeth them away.
19:5 And [some] go, and declare to David concerning the men, and he sendeth to meet them -- for the men have been greatly ashamed -- and the king saith, `Dwell in Jericho till that your beard is grown, then ye have returned.'
19:6 And the sons of Ammon see that they have made themselves abhorred by David, and Hanun and the sons of Ammon send a thousand talents of silver, to hire to them, from Aram-Naharaim, and from Aram-Maachah, and from Zobah, chariots and horsemen;
19:7 and they hire to them two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, and they come in and encamp before Medeba, and the sons of Ammon have been gathered out of their cities, and come in to the battle.
19:8 And David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host of the mighty men,
19:9 and the sons of Ammon come out and set battle in array at the opening of the city, and the kings who have come [are] by themselves in the field.
1 Chronicles 19:10 And Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him, before and behind, and he chooseth out of all the choice in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram,
19:11 and the remnant of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set in array to meet the sons of Ammon.
19:12 And he saith, `If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation; and if the sons of Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have saved thee;
19:13 be strong, and we strengthen ourselves, for our people, and for the cities of our God, and YHWH doth that which is good in His eyes.'
19:14 And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who [are] with him, before Aram to battle, and they flee from his face;
19:15 and the sons of Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee -- they also -- from the face of Abishai his brother, and go in to the city. And Joab cometh in to Jerusalem.
19:16 And Aram seeth that they have been smitten before Israel, and send messengers, and bring out Aram that [is] beyond the River, and Shophach head of the host of Hadarezer [is] before them.
19:17 And it is declared to David, and he gathereth all Israel, and passeth over the Jordan, and cometh in unto them, and setteth in array against them; yea, David setteth in array the battle to meet Aram, and they fight with him;
19:18 and Aram fleeth from the face of Israel, and David slayeth of Aram seven thousand charioteers, and forty thousand footmen, and Shophach head of the host he hath put to death.
19:19 And the servants of Hadarezer see that they have been smitten before Israel, and they make peace with David and serve him, and Aram hath not been willing to help the sons of Ammon any more.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 20

1 Chronicles 20:1 And it cometh to pass, at the time of the turn of the year -- at the time of the going out of the messengers -- that Joab leadeth out the force of the host, and destroyeth the land of the sons of Ammon, and cometh in and beseigeth Rabbah -- David is abiding in Jerusalem -- and Joab smiteth Rabbah, and breaketh it down.
20:2 And David taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and findeth it [in] weight a talent of gold, and in it a precious stone, and it is on the head of David: and spoil of the city he hath brought out very much,
20:3 and the people who [are] in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes; and thus doth David to all cities of the sons of Ammon, and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.
20:4 And it cometh to pass, after this, that there remaineth war in Gezer with the Philistines, then hath Sibbechai the Hushathite smitten Sippai, of the children of the giant, and they are humbled.
20:5 And there is again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair smiteth Lahmi, brother of Goliath the Gittite, the wood of whose spear [is] like a beam of weavers.
20:6 And there is again war in Gath, and there is a man of measure, and his fingers and his toes [are] six and six, twenty and four, and also, he hath been born to the giant.
20:7 And he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimea, brother of David.
20:8 These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 21

1 Chronicles 21:1 And there standeth up an adversary against Israel, and persuadeth David to number Israel,
21:2 And David saith unto Joab, and unto the heads of the people, `Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, and bring unto me, and I know their number.'
21:3 And Joab saith, `YHWH doth add to His people as they are a hundred times; are they not, my lord, O king, all of them to my lord for servants? why doth my lord seek this? why is he for a cause of guilt to Israel?'
21:4 And the word of the king [is] severe against Joab, and Joab goeth out, and goeth up and down in all Israel, and cometh in to Jerusalem.
21:5 And Joab giveth the account of the numbering of the people unto David, and all Israel is a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand, each drawing sword, and Judah [is] four hundred and seventy thousand, each drawing sword.
21:6 And Levi and Benjamin he hath not numbered in their midst, for the word of the king was abominable with Joab.
21:7 And it is evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing, and He smiteth Israel,
21:8 and David saith unto God, `I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing; and now, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'
21:9 And YHWH speaketh unto Gad, seer of David, saying:
1 Chronicles 21:10 `Go, and thou hast spoken unto David, saying, Thus said YHWH, Three -- I am stretching out unto thee; choose for thee one of these, and I do [it] to thee.'
21:11 And Gad cometh in unto David, and saith to him, `Thus said YHWH, Take for thee --
21:12 either for three years -- famine, or three months to be consumed from the face of thine adversaries, even the sword of thine enemies to overtake, or three days the sword of YHWH, even pestilence in the land, and a messenger of YHWH destroying in all the border of Israel; and now, see; what word do I return to Him who is sending me?'
21:13 And David saith unto Gad, `I am greatly distressed, let me fall, I pray thee, into the hand of YHWH, for very many [are] His mercies, and into the hand of man let me not fall.'
21:14 And YHWH giveth a pestilence in Israel, and there fall of Israel seventy thousand men,
21:15 and God sendeth a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he is destroying YHWH hath seen, and is comforted concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who [is] destroying, `Enough, now, cease thy hand.' And the messenger of YHWH is standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,
21:16 and David lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the messenger of YHWH standing between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, and David falleth, and the elders, covered with sackcloth, on their faces.
21:17 And David saith unto God, `Did not I -- I say to number the people? Yea, I it [is] who have sinned, and done great evil: and these, the flock, what did they? O YHWH, my God, let, I pray Thee, Thy hand be on me, and on the house of my father, and not on Thy people -- to be plagued.'
21:18 And the messenger of YHWH spake unto Gad, saying for David, `Surely David doth go up to raise an altar to YHWH in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.'
21:19 And David goeth up by the word of Gad, that he spake in the name of YHWH.
1 Chronicles 21:20 And Ornan turneth back, and seeth the messenger, and his four sons [are] with him, hiding themselves, and Ornan is threshing wheat.
21:21 And David cometh in unto Ornan, and Ornan looketh attentively, and seeth David, and goeth out from the threshing-floor, and boweth himself to David -- face to the earth.
21:22 And David saith unto Ornan, `Give to me the place of the threshing-floor, and I build in it an altar to YHWH; for full silver give it to me, and the plague is restrained from the people.'
21:23 And Ornan saith unto David, `Take to thee -- and my lord the king doth that which is good in his eyes: see, I have given the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for a present; the whole I have given.'
21:24 And king David saith to Ornan, `Nay, for I surely buy for full silver; for I do not lift up that which is thine to YHWH, so as to offer a burnt-offering without cost.'
21:25 And David giveth to Ornan for the place shekels of gold [in] weight six hundred;
21:26 and David buildeth there an altar to YHWH, and offereth burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and calleth unto YHWH, and He answereth him with fire from the heavens on the altar of the burnt-offering.
21:27 And YHWH saith to the messenger, and he turneth back his sword unto its sheath.
21:28 At that time when David seeth that YHWH hath answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificeth there;
21:29 and the tabernacle of YHWH that Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt-offering, [are] at that time in a high place, in Gibeon;
1 Chronicles 21:30 and David is not able to go before it to seek God, for he hath been afraid because of the sword of the messenger of YHWH.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 22

1 Chronicles 22:1 And David saith, `This is the house of YHWH God, and this the altar for burnt-offering for Israel.'
22:2 And David saith to gather the sojourners who [are] in the land of Israel, and appointeth hewers to hew hewn-stones to build a house of God.
22:3 And iron in abundance for nails for leaves of the gates, and for couplings, hath David prepared, and brass in abundance -- there is no weighing.
22:4 And cedar-trees even without number, for the Zidonians and the Tyrians brought in cedar-trees in abundance to David.
22:5 And David saith, `Solomon my son [is] a youth and tender, and the house to be built to YHWH [is] to be made exceedingly great, for name and for beauty to all the lands; let me prepare, I pray Thee, for it;' and David prepareth in abundance before his death.
22:6 And he calleth for Solomon his son, and chargeth him to build a house to YHWH, God of Israel,
22:7 and David saith to Solomon his son, `As for me, it hath been with my heart to build a house to the name of YHWH my God,
22:8 and the word of YHWH [is] against me, saying, Blood in abundance thou hast shed, and great wars thou hast made: thou dost not build a house to My name, for much blood thou hast shed to the earth before Me.
22:9 `Lo, a son is born to thee; he is a man of rest, and I have given rest to him from all his enemies round about, for Solomon is his name, and peace and quietness I give unto Israel in his days;
1 Chronicles 22:10 he doth build a house to My name, and he is to Me for a son, and I [am] to him for a father, and I have established the throne of his kingdom over Israel unto the age.
22:11 `Now, my son, YHWH is with thee, and thou hast prospered, and hast built the house of YHWH thy God, as He spake concerning thee.
22:12 Only, YHWH give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of YHWH thy God;
22:13 then thou dost prosper, if thou dost observe to do the statutes and the judgments that YHWH charged Moses with concerning Israel; be strong and courageous; do not fear, nor be cast down.
22:14 `And lo, in mine affliction, I have prepared for the house of YHWH of gold talents a hundred thousand, and of silver a thousand thousand talents; and of brass and of iron there is no weighing, for in abundance it hath been, and wood and stones I have prepared, and to them thou dost add.
22:15 `And with thee in abundance [are] workmen, hewers and artificers of stone and of wood, and every skilful man for every work.
22:16 To the gold, to the silver, and to the brass, and to the iron, there is no number; arise and do, and YHWH is with thee.'
22:17 And David giveth charge to all heads of Israel to give help to Solomon his son,
22:18 `Is not YHWH your God with you? yea, He hath given rest to you round about, for He hath given into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and subdued hath been the land before His people.
22:19 `Now, give your heart and your soul to seek to YHWH your God, and rise and build the sanctuary of YHWH God, to bring in the ark of the covenant of YHWH, and the holy vessels of God, to the house that is built to the name of YHWH.'

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 23

1 Chronicles 23:1 And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel,
23:2 and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;
23:3 and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand.
23:4 Of these to preside over the work of the house of YHWH [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,
23:5 and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to YHWH, `with instruments that I made for praising,' [saith David.]
23:6 And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
23:7 Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.
23:8 Sons of Laadan: the head [is] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
23:9 Sons of Shimei [are] Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these [are] heads of the fathers of Laadan.
1 Chronicles 23:10 And sons of Shimei [are] Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these [are] sons of Shimei, four.
23:11 And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering.
23:12 Sons of Kohath [are] Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
23:13 Sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons -- unto the age, to make perfume before YHWH, to serve Him, and to bless in His name -- unto the age.
23:14 As to Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi.
23:15 Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
23:16 Sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head.
23:17 And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly.
23:18 Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head.
23:19 Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
1 Chronicles 23:20 Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second.
23:21 Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
23:22 And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them.
23:23 Sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.
23:24 These [are] sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of YHWH, from a son of twenty years and upward,
23:25 for David said, `YHWH, God of Israel, hath given rest to His people, and He doth tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the age;'
23:26 and also of the Levites, `None [are] to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service;'
23:27 for by the last words of David they [took] the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward,
23:28 for their station [is] at the side of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of YHWH, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of God,
23:29 and for the bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for [the work of] the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all [liquid] measure and [solid] measure;
1 Chronicles 23:30 and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to YHWH, and so at evening;
23:31 and for all the burnt-offerings -- burnt-offerings to YHWH for sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them continually, before YHWH.
23:32 And they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of YHWH.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 24

1 Chronicles 24:1 And to the sons of Aaron [are] their courses: sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar,
24:2 and Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests.
24:3 And David distributeth them, and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service;
24:4 and there are found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar; and they distribute them: Of the sons of Eleazar, heads for a house of fathers, sixteen; and of the sons of Ithamar, for a house of their fathers, eight.
24:5 And they distribute them, by lots, one with another, for princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, have been of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
24:6 And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writeth them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites: one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar.
24:7 And the first lot goeth out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second,
24:8 for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth,
24:9 for Malchijah the fifth, for Mijamin the sixth,
1 Chronicles 24:10 for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth,
24:11 for Jeshuah the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth,
24:12 for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth,
24:13 for Huppah the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab the fourteenth,
24:14 for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth,
24:15 for Hezir the seventeenth, for Aphses the eighteenth,
24:16 for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth,
24:17 for Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth,
24:18 for Delaiah the three and twentieth, for Maaziah the four and twentieth.
24:19 These [are] their appointments for their service, to come in to the house of YHWH, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as YHWH God of Israel, commanded them.
1 Chronicles 24:20 And for the sons of Levi who are left: for sons of Amram, Shubael; for sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
24:21 For Rehabiah: for sons of Rehabiah, the head Ishshiah.
24:22 For the Izharite: Shelomoth; for sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.
24:23 And sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24:24 Sons of Uzziel: Michah; for sons of Michah: Shamir.
24:25 A brother of Michah [is] Ishshiah; for sons of Ishshiah: Zechariah;
24:26 sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Jaaziah: Beno;
24:27 sons of Merari: of Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
24:28 For Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons;
24:29 for Kish: sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
1 Chronicles 24:30 And sons of Mushi [are] Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth; these [are] sons of the Levites, for the house of their fathers,
24:31 and they cast, they also, lots over-against their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites; the chief father over-against his younger brother.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 25

1 Chronicles 25:1 And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals, and the number of the workmen is according to their service.
25:2 Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, [are] by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king.
25:3 Of Jeduthun: sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, [are] by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to YHWH.
25:4 Of Heman: sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth;
25:5 all these [are] sons of Heman -- seer of the king in the things of God -- to lift up a horn; and God giveth to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
25:6 All these [are] by the side of their father in the song of the house of YHWH, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king [are] Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman.
25:7 And their number, with their brethren -- taught in the song of YHWH, all who are intelligent -- is two hundred, eighty and eight.
25:8 And they cause to fall lots -- charge over-against [charge], as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner.
25:9 And the first lot goeth out for Asaph to Joseph; [to] Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:10 the third [to] Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:11 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:12 the fifth [to] Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:13 the sixth [to] Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:14 the seventh [to] Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:15 the eighth [to] Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:16 the ninth [to] Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:17 the tenth [to] Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25:18 eleventh [to] Azareel, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:19 the twelfth [to] Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:20 at the thirteenth [to] Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:21 at the fourteenth [to] Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:22 at the fifteenth [to] Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:23 at the sixteenth [to] Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:24 at the seventeenth [to] Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:25 at the eighteenth [to] Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:26 at the nineteenth [to] Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:27 at the twentieth [to] Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:28 at the one and twentieth [to] Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:29 at the two and twentieth [to] Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1 Chronicles 25:30 at the three and twentieth [to] Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
25:31 at the four and twentieth [to] Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 26

1 Chronicles 26:1 For the courses of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites [is] Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;
26:2 and to Meshelemiah [are] sons, Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
26:4 And to Obed-Edom [are] sons, Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for God hath blessed him.
26:6 And to Shemaiah his son have sons been born, who are ruling throughout the house of their father, for they [are] mighty of valour.
26:7 Sons of Shemaiah [are] Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad; his brethren [are] sons of valour, Elihu and Semachiah,
26:8 all these [are] of the sons of Obed-Edom; they, and their sons, and their brethren, men of valour with might for service, [are] sixty and two of Obed-Edom.
26:9 And to Meshelemiah [are] sons and brethren, sons of valour, eighteen;
1 Chronicles 26:10 and to Hosah, of the sons of Merari, [are] sons: Shimri the head (though he was not first-born, yet his father setteth him for head),
26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah [are] thirteen.
26:12 According to these [are] the courses of the gatekeepers; to the heads of the mighty ones [are] charges over-against their brethren, to minister in the house of YHWH,
26:13 and they cause to fall lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for gate and gate.
26:14 And the lot falleth eastward to Shelemiah; and [for] Zechariah his son -- a counsellor with understanding -- they cause to fall lots, and his lot goeth out northward:
26:15 to Obed-Edom southward, and to his sons, the house of the gatherings;
26:16 to Shuppim and to Hosah to the west, with the gate Shallecheth, in the highway, the ascent, charge over-against charge;
26:17 to the east the Levites [are] six; to the north daily four, to the south daily four, and to the gatherings two by two,
26:18 at Parbar, to the west, [are] four at the highway, two at Parbar.
26:19 These are the courses of the gatekeepers, of the sons of the Korhite, and of the sons of Merari.
1 Chronicles 26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah [is] over the treasures of the house of God, even for the treasures of the holy things.
26:21 Sons of Laadan: sons of the Gershonite, of Laadan, heads of the fathers of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli.
26:22 Sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of YHWH,
26:23 for the Amramite, for the Izharite, for the Hebronite, for the Uzzielite.
26:24 And Shebuel son of Gershom, son of Moses, [is] president over the treasures.
26:25 And his brethren, of Eliezer, [are] Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
26:26 This Shelomith and his brethren [are] over all the treasures of the holy things, that David the king, and heads of the fathers, even heads of thousands, and of hundreds, and heads of the host, sanctified;
26:27 from the battles, even from the spoil they sanctified to strengthen the house of YHWH;
26:28 and all that Samuel the seer, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah sanctified, every one sanctifying [any thing -- it is] by the side of Shelomith and his brethren.
26:29 Of the Izharite, Chenaniah and his sons [are] for the outward work over Israel, for officers and for judges.
1 Chronicles 26:30 Of the Hebronite, Hashabiah and his brethren, sons of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, [are] over the inspection of Israel, beyond the Jordan westward, for all the work of YHWH, and for the service of the king.
26:31 Of the Hebronite, Jerijah [is] the head, of the Hebronite, according to his generations, for the fathers -- in the fortieth year of the reign of David they have been sought out, and there are found among them mighty ones of valour, in Jazer of Gilead --
26:32 and his brethren, sons of valour, two thousand and seven hundred, [are] heads of the fathers, and king David appointeth them over the Reubenite, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, for every matter of God and matter of the king.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 27

1 Chronicles 27:1 And the sons of Israel, after their number, heads of the fathers, and princes of the thousands and of the hundreds, and their officers, those serving the king in any matter of the courses, that are coming in and going out month by month, throughout all months of the year -- [are] in each course twenty and four thousand.
27:2 Over the first course, for the first month, [is] Jashobeam son of Zabdiel, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand;
27:3 of the sons of Perez [is] the head of all princes of the hosts for the first month.
27:4 And over the course of the second month [is] Dodai the Ahohite, and his course, and Mikloth [is] the president, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
27:5 Head of the third host, for the third month, [is] Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the head priest, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
27:6 This Benaiah [is] a mighty one of the thirty, and over the thirty, and [in] his course [is] Ammizabad his son.
27:7 The fourth, for the fourth month, [is] Asahel brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
27:8 The fifth, for the fifth month, [is] the prince Shamhuth the Izrahite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
27:9 The sixth, for the sixth month, [is] Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles 27:10 The seventh, for the seventh month, [is] Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
27:11 The eighth, for the eighth month, [is] Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
27:12 The ninth, for the ninth month, [is] Abiezer the Antothite, of the Benjamite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
27:13 The tenth, for the tenth month, [is] Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhite, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
27:14 Eleventh, for the eleventh month, [is] Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
27:15 The twelfth, for the twelfth month, [is] Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel, and on his course [are] twenty and four thousand.
27:16 And over the tribes of Israel: Of the Reubenite, a leader [is] Eliezer son of Zichri; of the Simeonite, Shephatiah son of Maachah;
27:17 of the Levite, Hashabiah son of Kemuel; of the Aaronite, Zadok;
27:18 of Judah, Elihu, of the brethren of David; of Issachar, Omri son of Michael;
27:19 of Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel;
1 Chronicles 27:20 of the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Azaziah; of the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah;
27:21 of the half of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel son of Abner; of Dan, Azareel son of Jeroham:
27:22 these [are] heads of the tribes of Israel.
27:23 And David hath not taken up their number from a son of twenty years and under, for YHWH said to multiply Israel as the stars of the heavens.
27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah hath begun to number -- and hath not finished -- and there is for this wrath against Israel, and the number hath not gone up in the account of the Chronicles of king David.
27:25 And over the treasures of the king [is] Azmaveth son of Adiel; and over the treasures in the field, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers, [is] Jehonathan son of Uzziah;
27:26 and over workmen of the field for the service of the ground [is] Ezri son of Chelub;
27:27 and over the vineyards [is] Shimei the Ramathite; and over what [is] in the vineyards for the treasures of wine [is] Zabdi the Shiphmite;
27:28 and over the olives, and the sycamores, that [are] in the low country, [is] Baal-Hanan the Gederite; and over the treasures of oil [is] Joash;
27:29 and over the herds that are feeding in Sharon [is] Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds in the valleys [is] Shaphat son of Adlai;
1 Chronicles 27:30 and over the camels [is] Obil the Ishmeelite; and over the asses [is] Jehdeiah the Meronothite;
27:31 and over the flock [is] Jaziz the Hagerite; all these [are] heads of the substance that king David hath.
27:32 And Jonathan, uncle of David, [is] counsellor, a man of understanding, he is also a scribe; and Jehiel son of Hachmoni [is] with the sons of the king;
27:33 and Ahithophel [is] counsellor to the king; and Hushai the Archite [is] the friend of the king;
27:34 and after Ahithophel [is] Jehoiada son of Benaiah, and Abiathar; and the head of the host of the king [is] Joab.

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 28

1 Chronicles 28:1 And David assembleth all the heads of Israel, heads of the tribes, and heads of the courses who are serving the king, and heads of the thousands, and heads of the hundreds, and heads of all the substance and possessions of the king, and of his sons, with the officers and the mighty ones, even to every mighty one of valour -- unto Jerusalem.
28:2 And David the king riseth on his feet, and saith, `Hear me, my brethren and my people, I -- with my heart -- to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of YHWH, and for the footstool of our God, and I prepared to build,
28:3 and God hath said to me, Thou dost not build a house to My name, for a man of wars thou [art], and blood thou hast shed.
28:4 `And YHWH, God of Israel, doth fix on me out of all the house of my father to be for king over Israel to the age, for on Judah He hath fixed for a leader, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, on me, [me] He hath been pleased to make king over all Israel;
28:5 and out of all my sons -- for many sons hath YHWH given to me -- He also fixeth on Solomon my son, to sit on the throne of the kingdom of YHWH over Israel,
28:6 and saith to me, Solomon thy son, he doth build My house, and My courts, for I have fixed on him to Me for a son, and I -- I am to him for a father,
28:7 and I have established his kingdom to the age, if he is strong to do My commands, and My judgments, as at this day.
28:8 `And now, before the eyes of all Israel, the assembly of YHWH, and in the ears of our God, keep and seek all the commands of YHWH your God, so that ye possess this good land, and have caused your sons to inherit after you unto the age.
28:9 `And thou, Solomon, my son, know the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind, for all hearts is YHWH seeking, and every imagination of the thoughts He is understanding; if thou dost seek Him, He is found of thee, and if thou dost forsake Him, He casteth thee off for ever.
1 Chronicles 28:10 See, now, for YHWH hath fixed on thee to build a house for a sanctuary; be strong, and do.'
28:11 And David giveth to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasures, and of its upper chambers, and of its innermost chambers, and of the house of the atonement;
28:12 and the pattern of all that hath been by the Spirit with him, for the courts of the house of YHWH, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the things sacrificed;
28:13 and for the courses of the priests and of the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of YHWH, and for all vessels of service of the house of YHWH,
28:14 even gold by weight, for [things of] gold, for all instruments of service and service; for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of service and service;
28:15 and [by] weight for the candlesticks of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight [for] candlestick and candlestick, and its lamps; and for the candlesticks of silver, by weight for a candlestick and its lamps, according to the service of candlestick and candlestick;
28:16 and the gold [by] weight for tables of the arrangement, for table and table, and silver for the tables of silver;
28:17 and the forks, and the bowls, and the cups of pure gold, and for the basins of gold, by weight for basin and basin, and for the basins of silver, by weight for basin and basin,
28:18 and for the altar of perfume refined gold by weight, and for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubs of gold -- spreading and covering over the ark of the covenant of YHWH.
28:19 The whole [is] in writing from the hand of YHWH, `He caused me to understand all the work of the pattern,' [said David.]
1 Chronicles 28:20 And David saith to Solomon his son, `Be strong, and courageous, and do; do not fear nor be affrighted, for YHWH God, my God, [is] with thee; He doth not fail thee, nor forsake thee, unto the completion of all the work of the service of the house of YHWH.
28:21 `And lo, courses of the priests and of the Levites [are] for all the service of the house of God; and with thee in all work [is] every willing one with wisdom, for every service; and the heads and all the people [are] according to all thy words.'

1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 29

1 Chronicles 29:1 And David the king saith to all the assembly, `Solomon my son -- the one on whom God hath fixed -- [is] young and tender, and the work [is] great, for not for man is the palace, but for YHWH God;
29:2 and with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God, the gold for [things of] gold, and the silver for [those of] silver, and the brass for [those of] brass, the iron for [those of] iron, and the wood for [those of] wood, shoham stones, and settings, and stones of painting and of diverse colours, and all [kinds of] precious stone, and stones of white marble, in abundance.
29:3 `And again, because of my delighting in the house of my God, the substance I have -- a peculiar treasure of gold and silver -- I have given for the house of my God, even over and above all I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:
29:4 three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses,
29:5 even gold for [things of] gold, and silver for [those of] silver, and for all the work by the hand of artificers; and who [is] he that is offering willingly to consecrate his hand to-day to YHWH?'
29:6 And the heads of the fathers, and the heads of the tribes of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, even to the heads of the work of the king, offer willingly.
29:7 And they give for the service of the house of God, of gold -- talents five thousand, and drams a myriad; and of silver -- talents ten thousand, and of brass -- a myriad and eight thousand talents; and of iron -- a hundred thousand talents;
29:8 and he with whom stones are found hath given to the treasury of the house of YHWH, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
29:9 And the people rejoice because of their offering willingly, for with a perfect heart they have offered willingly to YHWH; and also David the king hath rejoiced -- great joy.
1 Chronicles 29:10 And David blesseth YHWH before the eyes of all the assembly, and David saith, `Blessed [art] Thou, YHWH, God of Israel our father, from age even unto age.
29:11 To Thee, O YHWH, [is] the greatness, and the might, and the beauty, and the victory, and the honour, because of all in the heavens and in the earth; to Thee, O YHWH, [is] the kingdom, and he who is lifting up himself over all for head;
29:12 and the riches, and the honour [are] from before Thee, and Thou art ruling over all, and in Thy hand [is] power and might, and in Thy hand, to make great, and to give strength to all.
29:13 `And now, our God, we are giving thanks to Thee, and giving praise to Thy beauteous name;
29:14 yea, because, who [am] I, and who [are] my people, that we retain power to offer thus willingly? but of Thee [is] the whole, and out of Thy hand we have given to Thee;
29:15 for sojourners we [are] before Thee, and settlers, like all our fathers; as a shadow [are] our days on the land, and there is none abiding.
29:16 `O YHWH our God, all this store that we have prepared to build to Thee a house, for Thy holy name, [is] out of Thy hand, and of Thee [is] the whole.
29:17 `And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.
29:18 `O YHWH, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this to the age for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and prepare their heart unto Thee;
29:19 and to Solomon my son give a perfect heart, to keep Thy commands, Thy testimonies, and Thy statutes, and to do the whole, even to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.'
1 Chronicles 29:20 And David saith to all the assembly, `Bless, I pray you, YHWH your God;' and all the assembly bless YHWH, God of their fathers, and bow and do obeisance to YHWH, and to the king.
29:21 And they sacrifice to YHWH sacrifices, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings to YHWH on the morrow of that day, bullocks a thousand, rams a thousand, lambs a thousand, and their oblations, even sacrifices in abundance, for all Israel.
29:22 And they eat and drink before YHWH on that day with great joy, and cause Solomon son of David to reign a second time, and anoint [him] before YHWH for leader, and Zadok for priest.
29:23 And Solomon sitteth on the throne of YHWH for king instead of David his father, and prospereth, and all Israel hearken unto him,
29:24 and all the heads, and the mighty men, and also all the sons of king David have given a hand under Solomon the king;
29:25 and YHWH maketh Solomon exceedingly great before the eyes of all Israel, and putteth upon him the honour of the kingdom that hath not been on any king over Israel before him.
29:26 And David son of Jesse hath reigned over all Israel,
29:27 and the days that he hath reigned over Israel [are] forty years; in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three;
29:28 and he dieth in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches, and honour, and reign doth Solomon his son in his stead.
29:29 And the matters of David the king, the first and the last, lo, they are written beside the matters of Samuel the seer, and beside the matters of Nathan the prophet, and beside the matters of Gad the seer,
1 Chronicles 29:30 with all his reign, and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all kingdoms of the lands.

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