The Koine Bible

And King David said to the whole assembly: Solomon my son, the one whom the Lord has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great, because the building is not for man but for the Lord God.

According to all my strength I have prepared for the house of my God gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, stones of soom and of filling, and precious and varied stones, and every costly stone, and much Parian stone

And still, in my being pleased in the house of my God, there is with me what I have acquired, gold and silver, and behold, I have given for the house of my God, for the height, besides what I prepared for the house of the holy things.

three thousand talents of gold from Ophir and seven thousand talents of refined silver to overlay the walls of the temple with them

by the hand of craftsmen, and who is the one willing to fill his hands today for the Lord?

And the rulers of the families and the rulers of the sons of Israel and the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds and the overseers of the works and the stewards of the king volunteered.

And they gave for the work of the house of the Lord five thousand talents of gold, and ten thousand gold pieces, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron

And with whom precious stone was found, they gave it into the treasuries of the house of the Lord by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

And the people rejoiced because of their willingness, because with a whole heart they had willingly offered to the Lord, and David the king rejoiced greatly.

And King David blessed the Lord before the assembly, saying, Blessed are you, Lord, the God of Israel, our father, from eternity and unto eternity

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the boasting and the victory and the might, because you rule over all that is in heaven and on the earth; from before your presence every king and nation is disturbed.

From you are riches and glory; you rule over all, Lord, the ruler of every rule, and in your hand are strength and dominion, and in your hand, Almighty, to make all things great and to strengthen them all

And now, O Lord, we give thanks to you and praise the name of your glory.

And who am I and who is my people, that we have prevailed to be willing for you according to these things? For all things are yours, and from your own we have given to you.

For we are sojourners before you and sojourning, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no endurance.

O Lord, our God, all this multitude that I have prepared to be built a house for thy holy name is from thy hand, and all things are thine.

And I have known, Lord, that you are the one who tests hearts and that you love righteousness; in uprightness of heart I was eager for all these things, and now I have seen your people, those found here, rejoicing in readiness for you

O Lord, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Israel, our fathers, keep these things in the thought of the heart of your people forever, and direct their hearts toward you

And to my son Solomon give a good heart, to do your commandments and your testimonies and your ordinances, and to bring to completion the building of your house.

And David said to all the assembly, Bless the Lord your God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and, having bent the knees, they worshiped the Lord and the king.

And David sacrificed to the Lord sacrifices and offered burnt offerings to God on the next day after the first day, a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, and their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel

And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with joy, and they made Solomon son of David king a second time, and they anointed him for the Lord as king, and Zadok for the priesthood

And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him

And all the rulers and the mighty men and all the sons of King David his father were subject to him.

And the Lord magnified Solomon above in the sight of all Israel and gave him the glory of a king such as had not been on any king before him

And David son of Jesse reigned over Israel

Forty years in Hebron, seven years; and in Jerusalem, thirty-three years.

And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and glory; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.

Now the rest of the words of king David, the former and the latter, 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

concerning all his kingdom and his dominion and the times which happened upon him and upon Israel and upon all the kingdoms of the earth