1 Crônicas 28

¹ Nowe Dauid assembled all the princes of Israel: the princes of the tribes, and the captaines of the bandes that serued the King, and the captaines of thousands and the captaines of hundreths, and the rulers of all the substance & possession of the King, and of his sonnes, with the eunuches, and the mightie, and all the men of power, vnto Ierusalem.

² Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house ofWhere the ark would stay and no longer move to and fro.rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

³ But God sayde vnto me, Thou shalt not buylde an house for my Name, because thou hast bene a man of warre, and hast shed blood.

⁴ Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house ofAccording to the prophecy of Jacob, (Gen_49:8).Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel:

⁵ So of all my sonnes (for the Lord hath giuen me many sonnes) he hath euen chosen Salomon my sonne to sit vpo the throne of the kingdome of the Lord ouer Israel.

⁶ And he sayd vnto me, Salomon thy sonne, he shall build mine house and my courtes: for I haue chosen him to be my sonne, and I will be his father.

⁷ Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as atIf he continues to keep my law as he does now and doesn't depart from it.this day.

⁸ Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess thisThat is, of Canaan.good land, and leave [it] for an inheritance for your children after youHe declares that nothing can separate them from the conveniences of this land, both for themselves and their posterity except for their sins and iniquity.for ever.

⁹ And thou, Salomon my sonne, know thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a perfit heart, and with a willing minde: For the Lorde searcheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all the imaginations of thoughts: if thou seeke him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for euer.

¹⁰ Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to buildMeaning, for his ark.an house for the sanctuary: be strong, andPut it in execution.do [it].

¹¹ Then Dauid gaue to Salomon his sonne the paterne of the porch and of the houses thereof, and of the closets thereof, and of the galleries thereof, and of the chambers thereof that are within, and of the house of the mercieseate,

¹² And the paterne of all that he had in his minde for the courtes of the house of the Lorde, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasures of the house of God, and for the treasures of the dedicate things,

¹³ And for the courses of the Priestes, and of the Leuites, and for all the woorke for the seruice of the house of the Lorde, and for all the vessels of the ministerie of the house of the Lord.

¹⁴ He gaue of golde by weight, for the vessels of gold, for all the vessels of all maner of seruice, and all the vessels of siluer by weight, for all maner vessels of all maner of seruice.

¹⁵ Even the weight for theThat is, the ten candlesticks, (1Ki_7:49).candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, [both] for the candlestick, and [also] for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.

¹⁶ And the weight of the gold for the tables of shewbread, for euery table, & siluer for the tables of siluer,

¹⁷ And pure golde for the fleshhookes, and the bowles, and plates, and for basens, golde in weight for euery basen, and for siluer basens, by weight for euery basen,

¹⁸ And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern ofMeaning, of the mercy seat that covered the ark, which was called the chariot, because the Lord declared himself there.the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

¹⁹ All [this, said David], the LORD made me understand in writingFor all this was left in writing in the book of the Law, (Exo_25:40), which the king was bound to put in execution, (Deu_17:19).by [his] hand upon me, [even] all the works of this pattern.

²⁰ And Dauid said to Salomon his sonne, Be strong, and of a valiant courage and doe it: feare not, nor be afraide: for the Lorde God, euen my God is with thee: he will not leaue thee nor forsake thee till thou hast finished all the worke for the seruice of the house of the Lord.

²¹ And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, [even they shall be with thee] for all the service of the house of God: and [there shall be] with thee for all manner of workmanshipThat is, everyone will be ready to help you with those gifts that God has given him.every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people [will be] wholly at thy commandment.