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Furthermore David[H1732] the king[H4428]said[H559] unto all the congregation[H6951], Solomon[H8010] my son[H1121], whom alone[H259]God[H430] hath chosen[H977], is yet young[H5288] and tender[H7390], and the work[H4399] is great[H1419]: for the palace[H1002] is not for man[H120], but for the LORD[H3068]God[H430].
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Now I have prepared[H3559] with all my might[H3581] for the house[H1004] of my God[H430] the gold[H2091] for things to be made of gold[H2091], and the silver[H3701] for things of silver[H3701], and the brass[H5178] for things of brass[H5178], the iron[H1270] for things of iron[H1270], and wood[H6086] for things of wood[H6086]; onyx[H7718]stones[H68], and stones[H68] to be set[H4394], glistering[H6320]stones[H68], and of divers colours[H7553], and all manner of precious[H3368]stones[H68], and marble[H7893]stones[H68] in abundance[H7230].
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Moreover, because I have[H3426] set my affection[H7521] to the house[H1004] of my God[H430], I have[H3426] of mine own proper good[H5459], of gold[H2091] and silver[H3701], which I have[H3426]given[H5414] to the house[H1004] of my God[H430], over and above[H4605] all that I have[H3426]prepared[H3559] for the holy[H6944]house[H1004],
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Even three[H7969]thousand[H505]talents[H3603] of gold[H2091], of the gold[H2091] of Ophir[H211], and seven[H7651]thousand[H505]talents[H3603] of refined[H2212]silver[H3701], to overlay[H2902] the walls[H7023] of the houses[H1004] withal:
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The gold[H2091] for things of gold[H2091], and the silver[H3701] for things of silver[H3701], and for all manner of work[H4399] to be made by the hands[H3027] of artificers[H2796]. And who then is willing[H5068] to consecrate[H4390] his service[H3027] this day[H3117] unto the LORD?[H3068]
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Then the chief[H8269] of the fathers[H1] and princes[H8269] of the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478], and the captains[H8269] of thousands[H505] and of hundreds[H3967], with the rulers[H8269] of the king's work[H4399], offered willingly[H5068],
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And gave[H5414] for the service[H5656] of the house[H1004] of God[H430] of gold[H2091]five[H2568]thousand[H505]talents[H3603] and ten[H6235]thousand[H7239]drams[H150], and of silver[H3701]ten[H6235]thousand[H7239]talents[H3603], and of brass[H5178]eighteen[H8083]thousand[H7239]talents[H3603], and one hundred[H3967]thousand[H7239]talents[H3603] of iron[H1270].
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And they with whom precious stones[H68] were found[H4672]gave[H5414] them to the treasure[H214] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], by the hand[H3027] of Jehiel[H3171] the Gershonite[H1649].
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Then the people[H5971]rejoiced[H8055], for that they offered willingly[H5068], because with perfect[H8003]heart[H3820] they offered willingly[H5068] to the LORD[H3068]: and David[H1732] the king[H4428] also rejoiced[H8055] with great[H1419]joy[H8057].
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Wherefore David[H1732]blessed[H1288] the LORD[H3068]before[H5869] all the congregation[H6951]: and David[H1732]said[H559], Blessed[H1288] be thou, LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478] our father[H1], for[H5704]ever[H5769] and ever[H5769].
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Thine, O LORD[H3068], is the greatness[H1420], and the power[H1369], and the glory[H8597], and the victory[H5331], and the majesty[H1935]: for all that is in the heaven[H8064] and in the earth[H776] is thine; thine is the kingdom[H4467], O LORD[H3068], and thou art exalted[H4984] as head[H7218] above all.
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Both riches[H6239] and honour[H3519] come of thee[H6440], and thou reignest[H4910] over all; and in thine hand[H3027] is power[H3581] and might[H1369]; and in thine hand[H3027] it is to make great[H1431], and to give strength[H2388] unto all.
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Now therefore, our God[H430], we thank[H3034] thee, and praise[H1984] thy glorious[H8597]name[H8034].
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But who am I, and what is my people[H5971], that we should be[H6113]able[H3581] to offer so willingly[H5068] after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own[H3027] have we given[H5414] thee.
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For we are strangers[H1616]before[H6440] thee, and sojourners[H8453], as were all our fathers[H1]: our days[H3117] on the earth[H776] are as a shadow[H6738], and there is none abiding[H4723].
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O LORD[H3068] our God[H430], all this store[H1995] that we have prepared[H3559] to build[H1129] thee an house[H1004] for thine holy[H6944]name[H8034] cometh of thine hand[H3027], and is all thine own.
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I know[H3045] also, my God[H430], that thou triest[H974] the heart[H3824], and hast pleasure[H7521] in uprightness[H3476]. As for me, in the uprightness[H4339] of mine heart[H3824] I have willingly[H5068]offered[H5068] all these things: and now have I seen[H7200] with joy[H8057] thy people[H5971], which are present[H4672] here, to offer willingly[H5068] unto thee.
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O LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Abraham[H85], Isaac[H3327], and of Israel[H3478], our fathers[H1], keep[H8104] this for ever[H5769] in the imagination[H3336] of the thoughts[H4284] of the heart[H3824] of thy people[H5971], and prepare[H3559] their heart[H3824] unto thee:
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And give[H5414] unto Solomon[H8010] my son[H1121] a perfect[H8003]heart[H3824], to keep[H8104] thy commandments[H4687], thy testimonies[H5715], and thy statutes[H2706], and to do[H6213] all these things, and to build[H1129] the palace[H1002], for the which I have made provision[H3559].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] to all the congregation[H6951], Now bless[H1288] the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]. And all the congregation[H6951]blessed[H1288] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of their fathers[H1], and bowed down their heads[H6915], and worshipped[H7812] the LORD[H3068], and the king[H4428].
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And they sacrificed[H2076]sacrifices[H2077] unto the LORD[H3068], and offered[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930] unto the LORD[H3068], on the morrow[H4283] after that day[H3117], even a thousand[H505]bullocks[H6499], a thousand[H505]rams[H352], and a thousand[H505]lambs[H3532], with their drink offerings[H5262], and sacrifices[H2077] in abundance[H7230] for all Israel[H3478]:
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And did eat[H398] and drink[H8354]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] on that day[H3117] with great[H1419]gladness[H8057]. And they made Solomon[H8010] the son[H1121] of David[H1732]king[H4427] the second time[H8145], and anointed[H4886] him unto the LORD[H3068] to be the chief governor[H5057], and Zadok[H6659] to be priest[H3548].
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Then Solomon[H8010] sat on[H3427] the throne[H3678] of the LORD[H3068] as king[H4428] instead of David[H1732] his father[H1], and prospered[H6743]; and all Israel[H3478]obeyed[H8085] him.
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And all the princes[H8269], and the mighty men[H1368], and all the sons[H1121] likewise of king[H4428]David[H1732], submitted themselves[H5414] unto Solomon[H8010] the king[H4428].
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And the LORD[H3068]magnified[H1431]Solomon[H8010]exceedingly[H4605] in the sight[H5869] of all Israel[H3478], and bestowed[H5414] upon him such royal[H4438]majesty[H1935] as had not been on any king[H4428]before[H6440] him in Israel[H3478].
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Thus David[H1732] the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448]reigned[H4427] over all Israel[H3478].
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And the time[H3117] that he reigned[H4427] over Israel[H3478] was forty[H705]years[H8141]; seven[H7651]years[H8141]reigned[H4427] he in Hebron[H2275], and thirty[H7970] and three[H7969]years[H8141]reigned[H4427] he in Jerusalem[H3389].
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And he died[H4191] in a good[H2896] old age[H7872], full[H7649] of days[H3117], riches[H6239], and honour[H3519]: and Solomon[H8010] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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Now the acts[H1697] of David[H1732] the king[H4428], first[H7223] and last[H314], behold, they are written[H3789] in the book[H1697] of Samuel[H8050] the seer[H7200], and in the book[H1697] of Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030], and in the book[H1697] of Gad[H1410] the seer[H2374],
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With all his reign[H4438] and his might[H1369], and the times[H6256] that went over[H5674] him, and over[H5674]Israel[H3478], and over[H5674] all the kingdoms[H4467] of the countries[H776].