Offerings for the Temple
Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. 1Ch 22:51Ki 3:72Ch 13:71Ch 28:11Ch 28:101Ch 28:81Ch 29:191Ki 8:19-20 Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance. 1Ch 22:3-51Pe 4:10-112Ch 31:20-212Co 8:3Col 3:23Ecc 9:10Isa 54:11-121Ch 22:14-16
Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple: 1Ch 21:24Psa 27:41Ch 22:14-161Ch 22:4-5Pro 3:9-10Psa 122:1-9Psa 26:8Psa 84:1 three thousand talents of gold 1(the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, 2 to overlay the walls of the buildings, 1Ki 9:281Ch 22:14Job 28:16 for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the LORD today?” Exo 35:5-9Ezr 1:4-6Ezr 2:68-69Ezr 7:15-16Num 7:2-3Exo 25:2-9Num 7:10-89
Then the leaders of the households, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly. 2Co 9:71Ch 27:25Isa 60:3-101Ch 27:1-15 Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents 3and 10,000 darics of gold, 4 10,000 talents of silver, 5 18,000 talents of bronze, 6 and 100,000 talents of iron. 7 Ezr 2:69Neh 7:70-71 Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel 8the Gershonite. 1Ch 23:81Ch 26:21-22 And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly. 2Co 9:7-82Co 8:31Ki 8:61Jhn 15:111Ch 29:17Php 4:102Co 8:12Php 4:1
David’s Prayer of Blessing
Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: Eph 1:31Pe 1:31Ti 1:17Rev 5:12Rom 1:72Th 2:16Ezk 3:12Isa 63:16
“May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Heb 1:31Ti 1:17Dan 4:34-35Jud 1:25Rev 5:12-13Isa 12:4Jer 27:5Rev 11:15
Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all. Eph 3:16Deu 8:182Ch 20:6Dan 6:26Php 4:13Col 1:11Eph 3:20Rom 11:35-36
Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name. 2Co 9:15Psa 106:11Th 2:132Co 2:142Co 8:16Dan 2:23Psa 105:1 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You. Jas 1:172Co 3:5Rom 11:362Co 12:9-11Psa 115:1Psa 50:10-121Ch 29:91Co 15:9-10 For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. Lev 25:23Psa 102:11Psa 144:4Jas 4:14Job 14:2Psa 39:12Heb 11:13-16Isa 40:6-8
O LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You. 1Ch 29:14Psa 24:12Ch 31:10Hos 2:8Luk 19:16 I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You. Jer 17:10Pro 11:201Ch 28:91Sa 16:71Th 2:102Co 1:12Heb 4:12Jhn 1:47
O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You. Jer 32:391Ch 28:9Jer 10:231Th 3:112Th 2:16-17Heb 13:21Psa 10:17Psa 119:113 And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.” 1Ch 28:9Psa 72:11Ch 22:14Jas 1:17Psa 119:801Ch 29:1-2
Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” Exo 4:31Psa 95:61Ch 16:361Pe 2:171Sa 12:182Ch 20:21Gen 24:26Gen 24:48
So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
Solomon Anointed King
(1 Kings 1:32–40)
The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. 2Ch 7:4-9Ezr 6:17Num 15:7Lev 23:13Num 15:10Num 15:51Ki 8:62-65 That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. 1Ch 23:11Ki 2:351Ki 1:34-39Exo 24:111Ki 1:311Ti 6:17-182Ch 7:10Deu 12:11-12
Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.
So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. 1Ki 2:121Ch 28:5Rom 13:11Ch 22:11Ecc 8:2-5Isa 9:6-7Psa 132:111Ch 17:11-12 All the officials and mighty men, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. 1Ch 2:3-91Ch 22:171Ch 28:211Ki 1:50-531Ki 2:24-252Ch 30:8Ezk 17:18Gen 24:2
The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him. 2Ch 1:122Ch 1:11Ki 3:13Ecc 2:9Jos 3:7Act 19:17Dan 5:18-19Heb 2:9
David’s Reign and Death
(1 Kings 2:10–12)
David son of Jesse was king over all Israel. 1Ch 18:14Psa 78:71-72 The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 1Ki 2:111Ch 3:42Sa 5:4-5 He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place. Gen 15:15Act 13:361Ch 23:1Job 5:26Gen 25:8Gen 35:29Pro 16:31
Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer, 1Sa 9:91Ch 21:9-111Sa 22:52Sa 12:1-72Sa 7:2-41Ki 11:411Ki 14:29Heb 11:32-33 together with all the details of his reign, his might, and the circumstances that came upon him and Israel and all the kingdoms of the lands. Dan 4:23Dan 4:252Ki 10:342Ki 14:28Dan 2:21