1 Chronicles 29 Cross References - Brenton

¹ And David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom the Lord has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great; for it is not for man, but for the Lord God. ² I have prepared according to all my might for the house of my God gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, onyx stones, and costly and variegated stones for setting, and every precious stone, and much Parian marble. ³ And still farther, because I took pleasure in the house of my God, I have gold and silver which I have procured for myself, and, behold, I have given them to the house of my God over and above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy house. ⁴ Three thousand talents of gold of Suphir, and seven thousand talents of fine silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the sanctuary: ⁵ for thee to use the gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for every work by the hand of the artificers. And who is willing to dedicate himself in work this day for the Lord? ⁶ Then the heads of families, and the princes of the children of Israel, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the works, and the king's builders, offered willingly. ⁷ And they gave for the works 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 brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron. ⁸ And they who had precious stone, gave it into the treasuries of the house of the Lord by the hand of Jeiel the Gedsonite. ⁹ And the people rejoiced because of the willingness, for they offered willingly to the Lord with a full heart: and king David rejoiced greatly. ¹⁰ And king David blessed the Lord before the congregation, saying, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting and to everlasting. ¹¹ Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the might: for thou art Lord of all things that are in heaven and upon the earth: before thy face every king and nation is troubled. ¹² From thee come wealth and glory: thou, O Lord, rulest over all, the Lord of all dominion, and in thy hand is strength and rule; and thou art almighty with thy hand to increase and establish all things. ¹³ And now, Lord, we give thanks to thee, and praise thy glorious name. ¹⁴ But who am I, and what is my people, that we have been able to be thus forward in offering to thee? for all things are thine, and of thine own have we given thee, ¹⁵ for we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days upon the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining. ¹⁶ O Lord our God, as for all this abundance which I have prepared that a house should be built to thy holy name, it is of thy hand, and all is thine. ¹⁷ And I know, Lord, that thou art he that searches the hearts, and thou lovest righteousness. I have willingly offered all these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy thy people here present, willingly offering to thee. ¹⁸ O Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, preserve these things in the thought of the heart of thy people for ever, and direct their hearts to thee. ¹⁹ And to Solomon my son give a good heart, to perform thy commandments, and to observe thy testimonies, and thine ordinances, and to accomplish the building of thy house. ²⁰ And David said to the whole congregation, Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and they bowed the knee and worshipped the Lord, and did obeisance to the king. ²¹ And David sacrificed to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord on the morrow after the first day, a thousand calves, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, and their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. ²² And they ate and drank joyfully that day before the Lord: and they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and anointed him king before the Lord, and Sadoc to the priesthood. ²³ And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and was highly honoured; and all Israel obeyed him. ²⁴ The princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons of king David his father, were subject to him. ²⁵ And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as was not upon any king before him. ²⁶ And David the son of Jessae reigned over Israel forty years; ²⁷ seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. ²⁸ And he died in a good old age, full of days, in wealth, and glory: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. ²⁹ And the rest of the acts of David, the former and the latter, are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer, ³⁰ concerning all his reign, and his power, and the times which went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the earth.

⁷ And now, O Lord my God, thou hast appointed thy servant in the room of David my father; and I am a little child, and know not my going out an my coming in.

¹⁹ Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that has proceeded out of thy bowels, he shall build the house to my name. ²⁰ And the Lord has confirmed the word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the place of my father David, and I have sat down on the throne of Israel, as the Lord spoke, and I have built the house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.

⁵ And David said, My son Solomon is a tender child, and the house for me to build to the Lord is for superior magnificence for a name and for a glory through all the earth: I will make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.

¹ And David assembled all the chief men of Israel, the chief of the judges, and all the chief men of the courses of attendance on the person of the king, and the captains of thousands and hundreds, and the treasurers, and the lords of his substance, and of all the king's property, and of his sons, together with the eunuchs, and the mighty men, and the warriors of the army, at Jerusalem.

⁵ And of all my sons, (for the Lord has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son, to set him on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. ⁶ And God said to me, Solomon thy son shall build my house and my court: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be to him a father.

⁸ And now I charge you before the whole assembly of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, that ye may inherit the good land, and leave it for your sons to inherit after you for ever.

¹⁰ See now, for the Lord has chosen thee to build him a house for a sanctuary, be strong and do it.

¹⁹ And to Solomon my son give a good heart, to perform thy commandments, and to observe thy testimonies, and thine ordinances, and to accomplish the building of thy house.

⁴ behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and to offer shewbread continually, and to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this is a perpetual statute for Israel. ⁵ And the house which I am building is to be great: for the Lord our God is great beyond all gods.

⁷ and there are gathered to him pestilent men, transgressors, and he has risen up against Roboam the son of Solomon, while Roboam was young and fearful in heart, and he withstood him not.

³ For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:

⁶ And I said, O Lord, thou that art supreme Lord, behold, I know not how to speak, for I am a child. ⁷ And the Lord said to me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all to whomsoever I shall send thee, and according to all the words that I shall command thee, thou shalt speak.

¹² And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.

¹⁷ And thou shalt interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones, a sardius, a topaz, and emerald, the first row.

²⁰ and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and a beryl, and an onyx stone, set round with gold, bound together with gold: let them be according to their row.

^{6 (36:13)} and they made the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel;

^{13 (36:20)} and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold.

³ And David prepared much iron for the nails of the doors and the gate; the hinges also and brass in abundance, there was no weighing of it. ⁴ And cedar threes without number: for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought cedar trees in abundance to David. ⁵ And David said, My son Solomon is a tender child, and the house for me to build to the Lord is for superior magnificence for a name and for a glory through all the earth: I will make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.

¹⁴ And, behold, I according to my poverty have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and brass and iron without measure; for it is abundant; and I have prepared timber and stones; and do thou add to these. ¹⁵ And of them that are with thee do thou add to the multitude of workmen; let there be artificers and masons, and carpenters, and every skilful workman in every work; ¹⁶ in gold and silver, brass and iron, of which there is no number. Arise and do, and the Lord be with thee.

¹⁴ And he gave him the account of their weight, both of gold and silver vessels. ¹⁵ He gave him the weight of the candlesticks, and of the lamps. ¹⁶ He gave him likewise the weight of the tables of shewbread, of each table of gold, and likewise of the tables of silver: ¹⁷ also of the flesh-hooks, and vessels for drink-offering, and golden bowls: and the weight of the gold and silver articles, and censers, and bowls, according to the weight of each. ¹⁸ And he shewed him the weight of the utensils of the altar of incense, which was of pure gold, and the plan of the chariot of the cherubs that spread out their wings, and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

²⁰ And Ezekias did so through all Juda, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God. ²¹ And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord, and in the law, and in the ordinances, he sought his God with all his soul, and wrought, and prospered.

¹⁶ Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire.

¹⁰ Whatsoever thine hand shall find to do, do with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades wither thou goest.

¹¹ Afflicted and outcast thou has not been comforted: behold, I will prepare carbuncle for thy stones, and sapphire for thy foundations; ¹² and I will make thy buttresses jasper, and thy gates crystal, and thy border precious stones.

²⁴ And king David said to Orna, Nay; for I will surely buy it for its worth in money: for I will not take thy property for the Lord, to offer a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord without cost to myself.

^{8 (25:8)} O Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory.

^{4 (26:4)} One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek: that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey his temple.

^{1 (83:1)} For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine-presses. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

^{10 (83:10)} For one day in thy courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.

^{1 (121:1)} A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. ^{2 (121:2)} Our feet stood in thy courts, O Jerusalem. ^{3 (121:3)} Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete. ^{4 (121:4)} For thither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. ^{5 (121:5)} For there are set thrones for judgement, even thrones for the house of David. ^{6 (121:6)} Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and let there be prosperity to them that love thee. ^{7 (121:7)} Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces. ^{8 (121:8)} For the sake of my brethren and my neighbours, I have indeed spoken peace concerning thee. ^{9 (121:9)} Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought thy good.

⁹ Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness: ¹⁰ that thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that thy presses may burst forth with wine.

²⁸ And they came to Sophira, and took thence a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

¹⁴ And, behold, I according to my poverty have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and brass and iron without measure; for it is abundant; and I have prepared timber and stones; and do thou add to these.

² Speak to the children of Israel, and take first-fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and ye shall take my first-fruits. ³ And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold and silver and brass, ⁴ and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats' hair, ⁵ and rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins, and incorruptible wood, ⁶ and oil for the light, incense for anointing oil, and for the composition of incense, ⁷ and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe. ⁸ And thou shalt make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you. ⁹ And thou shalt make for me according to all things which I shew thee in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shalt thou make it.

⁵ Take of yourselves an offering for the Lord: every one that engages in his heart shall bring the first-fruits to the Lord; gold, silver, brass, ⁶ blue, purple, double scarlet spun, and fine linen spun, and goats' hair, ⁷ and rams' skins dyed red, and skins dyed blue, and incorruptible wood, ⁸ (OMITTED TEXT) ^{9 (35:8)} and sardine stones, and stones for engraving for the shoulder-piece and full-length robe.

² And the princes of Israel brought gifts, twelve princes of their fathers' houses: these were the heads of tribes, these are they that presided over the numbering. ³ And they brought their gift before the Lord, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon from two princes, and a calf from each: and they brought them before the tabernacle.

¹⁰ And the rulers brought gifts for the dedication of the altar, in the day in which he anointed it, and the rulers brought their gifts before the altar. ¹¹ And the Lord said to Moses, One chief each day, they shall offer their gifts a chief each day for the dedication of the altar. ¹² And he that offered his gift on the first day, was Naasson the son of Aminadab, prince of the tribe of Juda. ¹³ And he brought his gift, one silver charger of a hundred and thirty shekels was its weight, one silver bowl, of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. ¹⁴ One golden censer of ten shekels full of incense. ¹⁵ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering; ¹⁶ and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ¹⁷ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Naasson the son of Aminadab. ¹⁸ On the second day Nathanael son of Sogar, the prince of the tribe of Issachar, brought his offering. ¹⁹ And he brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. ²⁰ One censer of ten golden shekels, full of incense. ²¹ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ²² and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ²³ And for a sacrifice, a peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Nathanael the son of Sogar. ²⁴ On the third day the prince of the sons of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Chaelon. ²⁵ He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. ²⁶ One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. ²⁷ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ²⁸ and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ²⁹ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Eliab the son of Chaelon. ³⁰ On the fourth day Elisur the son of Sediur, the prince of the children of Ruben. ³¹ He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. ³² One golden censer of ten shekels full of incense. ³³ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ³⁴ and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ³⁵ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Elisur the son of Sediur. ³⁶ On the fifth day the prince of the children of Symeon, Salamiel the son of Surisadai. ³⁷ He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. ³⁸ One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. ³⁹ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ⁴⁰ and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ⁴¹ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Salamiel the son of Surisadai. ⁴² On the sixth day the prince of the sons of Gad, Elisaph the son of Raguel. ⁴³ He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat offering. ⁴⁴ One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. ⁴⁵ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ⁴⁶ and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ⁴⁷ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Elisaph the son of Raguel. ⁴⁸ On the seventh day the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elisama the son of Emiud. ⁴⁹ He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. ⁵⁰ One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. ⁵¹ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ⁵² and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ⁵³ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Elisama the son of Emiud. ⁵⁴ On the eighth day the prince of the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur. ⁵⁵ He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering. ⁵⁶ One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. ⁵⁷ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ⁵⁸ and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ⁵⁹ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Gamaliel the son of Phadassur. ⁶⁰ On the ninth day the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gadeoni. ⁶¹ He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering. ⁶² One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. ⁶³ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ⁶⁴ and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ⁶⁵ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Abidan the son of Gadeoni. ⁶⁶ On the tenth day the prince of the sons of Dan, Achiezer the son of Amisadai. ⁶⁷ He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. ⁶⁸ One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. ⁶⁹ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ⁷⁰ and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ⁷¹ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old. This was the gift of Achiezer the son of Amisadai. ⁷² On the eleventh day the prince of the sons of Aser, Phageel the son of Echran. ⁷³ He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering. ⁷⁴ One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. ⁷⁵ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ⁷⁶ and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ⁷⁷ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Phageel the son of Echran. ⁷⁸ On the twelfth day the prince of the sons of Nephthali, Achire the son of Aenan. ⁷⁹ He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering. ⁸⁰ One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. ⁸¹ One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, ⁸² and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. ⁸³ And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Achire the son of Aenan. ⁸⁴ This was the dedication of the altar in the day in which Moses anointed it, by the princes of the sons of Israel; twelve silver chargers, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden censers: ⁸⁵ each charger of a hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl of seventy shekels: all the silver of the vessels was two thousand four hundred shekels, the shekels according to the holy shekel. ⁸⁶ Twelve golden censers full of incense: all the gold of the shekels, a hundred and twenty shekels. ⁸⁷ All the cattle for whole-burnt-offerings, twelve calves, twelve rams, twelve he-lambs of a year old, and their meat-offerings, and their drink-offerings: and twelve kids of the goats for sin-offering. ⁸⁸ All the cattle for a sacrifice of peace-offering, twenty-four heifers, sixty rams, sixty he-goats of a year old, sixty ewe-lambs of a year old without blemish: this is the dedication of the altar, after that Moses consecrated Aaron, and after he anointed him. ⁸⁹ When Moses went into the tabernacle of witness to speak to God, then he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him from off the mercy-seat, which is upon the ark of the testimony, between the two cherubs; and he spoke to him.

⁴ And let every Jew that is left go from every place where he sojourns, and the men of his place shall help him with silver, and gold, and goods, and cattle, together with the voluntary offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. ⁵ Then the chiefs of the families of Juda and Benjamin arose, and the priests, and the Levites, all whose spirit the Lord stirred up to go up to build the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem. ⁶ And all that were round about strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with cattle, and with presents, besides the voluntary offerings.

⁶⁸ And some of the chiefs of families, when they went into the house of the Lord that was in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its prepared place. ⁶⁹ According to their power they gave into the treasury of the work pure gold sixty-one thousand pieces, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

¹⁵ And for the house of the Lord there have been sent silver and gold, which the king and the councillors have freely given to the God of Israel, who dwells in Jerusalem. ¹⁶ And all the silver and gold, whatsoever thou shalt find in all the land of Babylon, with the freewill-offering of the people, and the priests that offer freely for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

¹ Now the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of families, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and scribes ministering to the king, and for every affair of the king according to their divisions, for every ordinance of coming in and going out monthly, for all the months of the year, one division of them was twenty-four thousand. ² And over the first division of the first month was Isboaz the son of Zabdiel: in his division were twenty-four thousand. ³ Of the sons of Tharez one was chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. ⁴ And over the division of the second month was Dodia the son of Ecchoc, and over his division was Makelloth also chief: and in his division were twenty and four thousand, chief men of the host. ⁵ The third for the third month was Banaias the son of Jodae the chief priest: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ⁶ This Banaeas was more mighty than the thirty, and over the thirty: and Zabad his son was over his division. ⁷ The fourth for the fourth month was Asael the brother of Joab, and Zabadias his son, and his brethren: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ⁸ The fifth chief for the fifth month was Samaoth the Jezraite: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ⁹ The sixth for the sixth month was Hoduias the son of Ekkes the Thecoite: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹⁰ The seventh for the seventh month was Chelles of Phallus of the children of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹¹ The eighth for the eighth month was Sobochai the Usathite, belonging to Zarai: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹² The ninth for the ninth month was Abiezer of Anathoth, of the land of Benjamin: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹³ The tenth for the tenth month was Meera the Netophathite, belonging to Zarai: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹⁴ The eleventh for the eleventh month was Banaias of Pharathon, of the sons of Ephraim: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹⁵ The twelfth for the twelfth month was Choldia the Netophathite, belonging to Gothoniel: and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

²⁵ And over the king's treasures was Asmoth the son of Odiel; and over the treasures in the country, and in the towns, and in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Ozia.

³ And kings shall walk in thy light, and nations in thy brightness. ⁴ Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold thy children gathered: all thy sons have come from far, and thy daughters shall be borne on men's shoulders. ⁵ Then shalt thou see, and fear, and be amazed in thine heart; for the wealth of the sea shall come round to thee, and of nations and peoples; and herds of camels shall come to thee, ⁶ and the camels of Madiam and Gaepha shall cover thee: all from Saba shall come bearing gold, and shall bring frankincense, and they shall publish the salvation of the Lord. ⁷ And all the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered, and the rams of Nabaeoth shall come; and acceptable sacrifices shall be offered on my altar, and my house of prayer shall be glorified. ⁸ Who are these that fly as clouds, and as doves with young ones to me? ⁹ The isles have waited for me, and the ships of Tharsis among the first, to bring thy children from afar, and their silver and their gold with them, and that for the sake of the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorified. ¹⁰ And strangers shall build thy walls, and their kings shall wait upon thee: for by reason of my wrath I smote thee, and by reason of mercy I loved thee.

⁶⁹ According to their power they gave into the treasury of the work pure gold sixty-one thousand pieces, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

⁷⁰ And part of the heads of families gave into the treasury to Neemias for the work a thousand pieces of gold, fifty bowls, and thirty priests' garments. ⁷¹ And some of the heads of families gave into the treasuries of the work, twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand three hundred pounds of silver.

⁸ The sons of Edan were Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three.

²¹ These were the sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gersonite: to Ladan belonged the heads of the families: the son of Ladan the Gersonite was Jeiel. ²² The sons of Jeiel were Zethom, and Joel; brethren who were over the treasures of the house of the Lord.

¹⁰ And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks to the Lord thy God, accordingly as thy hand has power in as many things as the Lord thy God shall give thee. ¹¹ And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which dwells among you, in whatsoever place the Lord thy God shall choose, that his name should be called there.

⁹ My heart inclines to the orders given in Israel; ye that are willing among the people, bless the Lord.

⁶¹ And let our hearts be perfect toward the Lord our God, to walk also holily in his ordinances, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

¹⁷ And I know, Lord, that thou art he that searches the hearts, and thou lovest righteousness. I have willingly offered all these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy thy people here present, willingly offering to thee.

^{3 (109:3)} With thee is dominion in the day of thy power, in the splendours of thy saints: I have begotten thee from the womb before the morning.

¹⁵ Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart; ¹⁶ and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right.

²⁸ And he said to him, Thy name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; for thou hast prevailed with God, and shalt be mighty with men.

²⁰ And he set up there an alter, and called on the God of Israel.

¹⁵ and he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel to-day, who spoke by his mouth concerning David my father, and has fulfilled it with his hands, saying,

²⁰ And David said to the whole congregation, Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and they bowed the knee and worshipped the Lord, and did obeisance to the king.

⁴ And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: he has even fulfilled with his hands as he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,

²⁶ And it came to pass on the fourth day they were gathered to the Valley of Blessing; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore they called the name of the place the Valley of Blessing, until this day. ²⁷ And all the men of Juda returned to Jerusalem, and Josaphat led them with great joy; for the Lord gave them joy over their enemies. ²⁸ And they entered into Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, going into the house of the lord.

^{18 (71:18)} Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders. ^{19 (71:19)} And blessed is his glorious name for ever, even for ever and ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. So be it, so be it.

^{52 (88:52)} Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it.

^{1 (102:1)} A Psalm of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name. ^{2 (102:2)} Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his praises:

^{1 (137:1)} A Psalm for David, of Aggaeus and Zacharias. I will give thee thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to thee before the angels; for thou hast heard all the words of my mouth.

^{2 (145:2)} While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

¹⁶ For thou art our Father; for though Abraham knew us not, and Israel did not acknowledge us, yet do thou, O Lord, our Father, deliver us: thy name has been upon us from the beginning.

¹² Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice as of a great earthquake, saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

¹ In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.

¹⁹ And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,

²² And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,

²⁹ And Israel shall be divided to two: and God will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent.

⁵ And the Levites, Jesus and Cadmiel, said, Rise up, bless the Lord our God forever and ever: and let them bless thy glorious name, and exalt it with all blessing and praise.

²² From the north come the clouds shining like gold: in these great are the glory and honour of the Almighty;

^{13 (20:13)} Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: we will sing and praise thy mighty acts.

^{4 (28:4)} The voice of the Lord is mighty; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

^{3 (44:3)} Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O Mighty One, in thy comeliness, and in thy beauty; ^{4 (44:4)} and bend thy bow, and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee wonderfully.

^{10 (45:10)} Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

^{9 (46:9)} The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraam: for God's mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.

^{5 (56:5)} Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.

^{11 (56:11)} Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.

^{1 (96:1)} For David, when his land is established. The Lord reigns, let the earth exult, let many islands rejoice.

^{9 (96:9)} For thou art Lord most high over all the earth; thou art greatly exalted above all gods.

^{1 (97:1)} A Psalm of David. Sing to the Lord a new song; for the Lord has wrought wonderful works, his right hand, and his holy arm, have wrought salvation for him.

^{1 (98:1)} A Psalm of David. The Lord reigns; — let the people rage; it is he that sits upon the cherubs, let the earth be moved.

^{1 (103:1)} A Psalm of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou hast clothed thyself with praise and honour:

^{15 (114:15)} Blessed are ye of the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth. ^{16 (114:16)} The heaven of heavens belongs to the Lord: but he has given the earth to the sons of men.

^{1 (144:1)} David's Psalm of praise. I will exalt thee, my God, my king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

^{12 (144:12)} to make known to the sons of men thy power, and the glorious majesty of thy kingdom. ^{13 (144:13)} Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endures through all generations. ^(144:13A) The Lord is faithful in his words, and holy in all his works.

¹⁰ Now therefore enter ye into the rocks, and hide yourselves in the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth. ¹¹ For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

⁴ And in that day thou shalt say, sing to the Lord, call aloud upon his name, proclaim his glorious deeds among the Gentiles; make mention that his name is exalted.

⁵ Thus saith the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that tread on it:

¹ Thus saith the Lord, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of a house will ye build me? and of what kind is to be the place of my rest?

¹⁰ (OMITTED TEXT) ¹¹ Thus shall ye say to them, Let the gods which have not made heaven and earth perish from off the earth, and from under this sky. ¹² It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the sky,

^{5 (34:5)} I have made the earth by my great power, and with my high arm, and I will give it to whomsoever it shall seem good in mine eyes.

^{3 (3:33)} how great and mighty they are: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his power to all generations.

^{30 (4:27)} the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honour of my glory?

^{32 (4:29)} And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the wild beasts of the field, and they shall feed thee with grass as an ox: and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whomsoever he shall please.

^{34 (4:31)} And at the end of the time I Nabuchodonosor lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised him that lives for ever, and gave him glory; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom lasts to all generations: ^{35 (4:32)} and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What has thou done?

¹⁸ But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, that he gives thee strength to get wealth; even that he may establish his covenant, which the Lord sware to thy fathers, as at this day.

⁷ The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up. ⁸ He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory:

¹² I give thee this wisdom and understanding; and I will give thee wealth, and riches, and glory, so that there shall not have been any like thee among the kings before thee, neither shall there be such after thee.

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him. In this thou hast done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with thee.

⁶ And he said, O Lord God of my fathers, art not thou God in heaven above, and art not thou Lord of all the kingdoms of the nations? and is there not in thy hand the might of dominion, and there is no one who can resist thee?

¹⁹ For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?

¹⁰ And the Lord prospered Job: and when he prayed also for his friends, he forgave them their sin: and the Lord gave Job twice as much, even the double of what he had before.

^{31 (17:31)} For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God? ^{32 (17:32)} It is God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:

^{8 (27:8)} The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed.

^{1 (28:1)} A Psalm of David on the occasion of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God, bring to the Lord young rams; bring to the Lord glory and honour.

^{11 (28:11)} The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace.

^{11 (61:11)} God has spoken once, and I have heard these two things, that power is of God;

^{34 (67:34)} Give ye glory to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his power is in the clouds. ^{35 (67:35)} God is wonderful in his holy places, the God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people: blessed be God.

^{6 (74:6)} For good comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains. ^{7 (74:7)} For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises up another.

^{7 (112:7)} who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the needy from the dunghill; ^{8 (112:8)} to set him with princes, even with the princes of his people:

^{1 (143:1)} A Psalm of David concerning Goliad. Blessed be the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, and my fingers for war. ^{2 (143:2)} My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me.

¹⁸ Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.

²² The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous; it enriches him, and grief of heart shall not be added to it.

^{19 (5:18)} Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

²⁹ He gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering.

¹³ even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands: I will work, and who shall turn it back?

^{24 (45:25)} saying, Righteousness and glory shall come to him: and all that remove them from their borders shall be ashamed.

¹⁰ telling beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together: and I said, all my counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned:

¹⁸ O king, the most high God gave to thy father Nabuchodonosor a kingdom, and majesty, and honour, and glory: ¹⁹ and by reason of the majesty which he gave to him, all nations, tribes, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he smote; and whom he would he exalted; and whom he would he abased. ²⁰ But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was emboldened to act proudly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his honour was taken from him. ²¹ And he was driven forth from men; and his heart was given him after the nature of wild beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; and they fed him with grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the most high God is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whomsoever he shall please.

²⁶ This decree has been set forth by me in every dominion of my kingdom, that men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living and eternal God, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his dominion is for ever.

^{1 (104:1)} Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen.

^{1 (105:1)} Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

²³ I give thanks to thee, and praise thee, O God of my fathers, for thou has given me wisdom and power, and has made known to me the things which we asked of thee; and thou has made known to me the king's vision.

²² And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of all whatsoever thou shalt give me, I will tithe a tenth for thee.

¹⁰ Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which thou hast wrought with thy servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.

¹⁸ And king David came in, and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord, my Lord, and what is my house, that thou hast loved me hitherto?

⁹ And the people rejoiced because of the willingness, for they offered willingly to the Lord with a full heart: and king David rejoiced greatly.

^{10 (49:10)} For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen. ^{11 (49:11)} I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine. ^{12 (49:12)} If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.

^{1 (114:1)} Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to thy name give glory, because of thy mercy and thy truth;

⁹ And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.

²³ And the land shall not be sold for a permanence; for the land is mine, because ye are strangers and sojourners before me.

² Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and cannot continue.

^{12 (38:12)} O Lord, hearken to my prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a sojourner in the land, and a stranger, as all my fathers were.

^{9 (89:9)} For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.

^{11 (101:11)} My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass.

^{19 (118:19)} I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

^{4 (143:4)} Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.

^{12 (7:1A)} for who knows what is good for a man in his life, during the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

⁶ The voice of one saying, Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass: ⁷ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁸ The grass withers, and the flower fades: but the word of our God abides for ever.

¹⁴ But who am I, and what is my people, that we have been able to be thus forward in offering to thee? for all things are thine, and of thine own have we given thee,

¹⁰ And Azarias the priest, the chief over the house of Sadoc, spoke to him, and said, From the time that the first-fruits began to be brought into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and drunk, and left even abundantly; for the Lord has blessed his people, and we have left to this amount.

^{1 (23:1)} A Psalm for David on the first day of the week. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that dwell in it.

⁸ And she knew not that I gave her her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied silver to her: but she made silver and gold images for Baal.

² And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thine heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.

⁹ And now, my son Solomon, know the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shouldest forsake him, he will forsake thee for ever.

⁹ Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.

^{2 (14:2)} He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart.

^{6 (50:6)} For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.

²⁰ Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.

⁸ The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him. ⁹ The ways of an ungodly man are an abomination to the Lord; but he loves those that follow after righteousness.

^{2 (15:33A)} All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.

³ As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.

² Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.

¹⁰ I the Lord try the hearts, and prove the reins, to give to every one according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his devices.

^{5 (6:6)} And the Lord God, having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,

⁶ And he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraam, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and Moses turned away his face, for he was afraid to gaze at God.

¹⁵ And God said again to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the sons of Israel, The Lord God of our fathers, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and my memorial to generations of generations.

⁵ and it became a rod in his hand, — that they may believe thee, that the God of thy fathers has appeared to thee, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.

⁶ And the Lord shall purge thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

¹⁷ The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

^{10 (50:10)} Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts.

^{113 (118:113)} I have hated transgressors; but I have loved thy law.

^{166 (118:166)} I waited for thy salvation, O Lord, and have loved thy commandments.

²³ I know, O Lord, that man's way is not his own; neither shall a man go, and direct his going.

^{39 (39:39)} And I will give them another way, and another heart, to fear me continually, and that for good to them and their children after them.

¹ And David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom the Lord has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great; for it is not for man, but for the Lord God. ² I have prepared according to all my might for the house of my God gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, onyx stones, and costly and variegated stones for setting, and every precious stone, and much Parian marble.

^{1 (71:1)} For Solomon. O God, give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king's son;

^{80 (118:80)} Let mine heart be blameless in thine ordinances, that I may not be ashamed.

²⁶ And the man being well pleased, worshipped the Lord,

⁴⁸ And being well-pleased I worshipped the Lord, and I blessed the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has prospered me in a true way, so that I should take the daughter of my master's brother for his son.

³¹ and the people believed and rejoiced, because God visited the children of Israel, and because he saw their affliction: and the people bowed and worshipped.

³¹ And Israel saw the mighty hand, the things which the Lord did to the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and they believed God and Moses his servant.

³³ And it pleased the children of Israel; and they spoke to the children of Israel, and blessed the God of the children of Israel, and told them to go up no more to war against the others to destroy the land of the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse: so they dwelt upon it.

¹⁸ And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunders and rain in that day; and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.

³⁶ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting: And all the people shall say, Amen. So they praised the Lord.

²¹ And he took counsel with the people, and set appointed men to sing psalms and praises, to give thanks, and sing the holy songs of praise in going forth before the host: and they said, Give thanks to the Lord, for his mercy endures for ever.

^{1 (28:1)} A Psalm of David on the occasion of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, ye sons of God, bring to the Lord young rams; bring to the Lord glory and honour. ^{2 (28:2)} Bring to the Lord glory, due to his name; worship the lord in his holy court.

^{6 (94:6)} Come, let us worship and fall down before him; and weep before the Lord that made us.

^{2 (133:2)} Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries, and bless the Lord.

^{19 (134:19)} O house of Israel, bless ye the Lord: O house of Aaron, bless ye the Lord: ^{20 (134:20)} O house of Levi, bless ye the Lord: ye that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. ^{21 (134:21)} Blessed in Sion be the Lord, who dwells in Jerusalem.

^{1 (144:1)} David's Psalm of praise. I will exalt thee, my God, my king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. ^{2 (144:2)} Every day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. ^{3 (144:3)} The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and there is no end to his greatness. ^{4 (144:4)} Generation after generation shall praise thy works, and tell of thy power. ^{5 (144:5)} And they shall speak of the glorious majesty of thy holiness, and recount thy wonders. ^{6 (144:6)} And they shall speak of the power of thy terrible acts; and recount thy greatness. ^{7 (144:7)} They shall utter the memory of the abundance of thy goodness, and shall exult in thy righteousness. ^{8 (144:8)} The Lord is compassionate, and merciful; long suffering, and abundant in mercy. ^{9 (144:9)} The Lord is good to those that wait on him; and his compassions are over all his works. ^{10 (144:10)} Let all thy works, O Lord, give thanks to thee; and let thy saints bless thee. ^{11 (144:11)} They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy dominion; ^{12 (144:12)} to make known to the sons of men thy power, and the glorious majesty of thy kingdom. ^{13 (144:13)} Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endures through all generations. ^(144:13A) The Lord is faithful in his words, and holy in all his works. ^{14 (144:14)} The Lord supports all that are falling, and sets up all that are broken down. ^{15 (144:15)} The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their food in due season. ^{16 (144:16)} Thou openest thine hands, and fillest every living thing with pleasure. ^{17 (144:17)} The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. ^{18 (144:18)} The Lord is near to all that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. ^{19 (144:19)} He will perform the desire of them that fear him: and he will hear their supplication, and save them. ^{20 (144:20)} The Lord preserves all that love him: but all sinners he will utterly destroy. ^{21 (144:21)} My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

¹³ let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only is exalted; his praise is above the earth and heaven, ¹⁴ and he shall exalt the horn of his people, there is a hymn for all his saints, even of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him.

²¹ My son, fear God and the king; and do not disobey either of them.

¹³ And its meat-offering two tenth portions of fine flour mingled with oil: it is a sacrifice to the Lord, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord, and its drink-offering the fourth part of a hin of wine.

⁵ And for a drink-offering ye shall offer the fourth part of a hin on the whole-burnt-offering, or on the meat-offering: for every lamb thou shalt offer so much, as a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.

⁷ And ye shall offer for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord wine for a drink-offering, the third part of a hin.

¹⁰ And wine for a drink-offering the half of a hin, a sacrifice for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.

⁶² And the king and all the children of Israel offered sacrifice before the Lord. ⁶³ And king Solomon offered for the sacrifices of peace-offering which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. ⁶⁴ In that day the king consecrated the middle of the court in the front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered the whole-burnt-offering, and the sacrifices, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which was before the Lord was too little to bear the whole-burnt-offering and the sacrifices of peace-offerings. ⁶⁵ And Solomon kept the feast in that day, and all Israel with him, even a great assembly from the entering in of Hemath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God in the house which he built, eating and drinking, and rejoicing before the Lord our God seven days.

⁴ And the king and all the people were offering sacrifices before the Lord. ⁵ And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of calves twenty and two thousand, of sheep a hundred and twenty thousand: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. ⁶ And the priests were standing at their watches, and the Levites with instruments of music of the Lord, belonging to king David, to give thanks before the Lord, for his mercy endures for ever, with the hymns of David, by their ministry: and the priests were blowing the trumpets before them, and all Israel standing. ⁷ And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in the house of the Lord: for he offered there the whole-burnt-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings, for the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not sufficient to receive the whole-burnt-offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat. ⁸ And Solomon kept the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entering in of Aemath, and as far as the river of Egypt. ⁹ And on the eighth day he kept a solemn assembly: for he kept a feast of seven days as the dedication of the altar.

¹⁷ And they offered for the dedication of the house of God a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, twelve kids of the goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹¹ And of the chosen ones of Israel there was not even one missing, and they appeared in the place of God, and did eat and drink.

⁷ And ye shall eat there before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all the things on which ye shall lay your hand, ye and your houses, as the Lord your God has blessed you.

¹¹ And there shall be a place which the Lord thy God shall choose for his name to be called there, thither shall ye bring all things that I order you to-day; your whole-burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the first-fruits of your hands, and every choice gift of yours, whatsoever ye shall vow to the Lord your God. ¹² And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is at your gates; because he has no portion or inheritance with you.

¹⁴ And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow that is in thy cities. ¹⁵ Seven days shalt thou keep a feast to the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself; and if the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy fruits, and in every work of thy hands, then thou shalt rejoice. ¹⁶ Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: thou shalt not appear before the Lord thy God empty. ¹⁷ Each one according to his ability, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he has given thee.

³¹ And Bersabee bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.

³⁴ And there let Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him to be king over Israel, and do ye sound the trumpet, and ye shall say, Let king Solomon live. ³⁵ And he shall sit upon my throne, and reign in my stead: and I have given charge that he should be for a prince over Israel and Juda. ³⁶ And Banaeas the son of Jodae answered the king and said, So let it be: may the Lord God of my lord the king confirm it. ³⁷ As the Lord was with my lord the king, so let him be with Solomon, and let him exalt his throne beyond the throne of my lord king David. ³⁸ And Sadoc the priest went down, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas son of Jodae, and the Cherethite, and the Phelethite, and they mounted Solomon upon the mule of king David, and led him away to Gion. ³⁹ And Sadoc the priest took the horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon, and blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Let king Solomon live.

³⁵ And the king appointed Banaeas son of Jodae in his place over the host; and the kingdom was established in Jerusalem; and as for Sadoc the priest, the king appointed him to be high priest in the room of Abiathar. And Solomon son of David reigned over Israel and Juda in Jerusalem: and the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and largeness of heart, as the sand by the sea-shore.

¹ And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.

¹⁰ And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he dismissed the people to their tents, rejoicing, and with a glad heart because of the good deeds which the Lord had done to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.

¹² So all the people departed to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, for they understood the words which he made known to them.

²⁴ A man has nothing really good to eat, and to drink, and to shew his soul as good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

¹² I know that there is no good in them, except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. ¹³ Also in the case of every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labour, this is a gift of God.

¹⁵ Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry: and this shall attend him in his labour all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.

⁷ Go, eat thy bread with mirth, and drink thy wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favourably accepted thy works.

¹² And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was established greatly.

¹¹ And it shall come to pass when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹² He shall build me a house, and I will set up his throne for ever.

¹¹ And now, my son, the Lord shall be with thee, and prosper thee; and thou shalt build a house to the Lord thy God, as he spoke concerning thee.

⁵ And of all my sons, (for the Lord has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son, to set him on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

^{11 (131:11)} The Lord sware in truth to David, and he will not annul it, saying, Of the fruit of thy body will I set a king upon thy throne.

² Observe the commandment of the king, and that because of the word of the oath of God. ³ Be not hasty; thou shalt go forth out of his presence: stand not in an evil matter; for he will do whatsoever he shall please, ⁴ even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What doest thou? ⁵ He that keeps the commandment shall not know an evil thing: and the heart of the wise knows the time of judgement.

⁶ For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him. ⁷ His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: it shall be upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to support it with judgement and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.

² And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,

²⁹ and the days of Israel drew nigh for him to die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favour before thee, put thy hand under my thigh, and thou shalt execute mercy and truth toward me, so as not to bury me in Egypt.

⁵⁰ And Adonias feared because of Solomon, and arose, and departed, and laid hold on the horns of the altar. ⁵¹ And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonias fears king Solomon, and holds the horns of the altar, saying, Let Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not slay his servant with the sword. ⁵² And Solomon said, If he should be a valiant man, there shall not a hair of his fall to the ground; but if evil be found in him, he shall die. ⁵³ And king Solomon sent, and they brought him away from the altar; and he went in and did obeisance to king Solomon: and Solomon said to him, Go to thy house.

²⁴ And now as the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and he has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonias be put to death. ²⁵ So king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he slew him, and Adonias died in that day.

³ The sons of Juda; Er, Aunan, Selom. These three were born to him of the daughter of Sava the Chananitish woman: and Er, the first-born of Juda, was wicked before the Lord, and he slew him. ⁴ And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda were five. ⁵ The sons of Phares, Esrom, and Jemuel. ⁶ And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Aetham, and Aemuan, and Calchal, and Darad, in all five. ⁷ And the sons of Charmi; Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing. ⁸ And the sons of Aetham; Azarias, ⁹ and the sons of Esrom who were born to him; Jerameel, and Aram, and Chaleb.

¹⁷ And David charged all the chief men of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

²¹ And see, here are the courses of the priests and Levites for all the service of the house of the Lord, and there shall be with thee men for every workmanship, and every one of ready skill in every art: also the chief men and all the people, ready for all thy commands.

⁸ And now harden not your hearts, as your fathers did: give glory to the Lord God, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, and he shall turn away his fierce anger from you.

¹⁸ Whereas he has profaned the oath so as to break the covenant, when, behold, I engage his hand, and he has done all these things to him, he shall not escape.

⁷ And the Lord said to Joshua, This day do I begin to exalt thee before all the children of Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I also be with thee.

¹⁴ In that day the Lord magnified Joshua before all the people of Israel; and they feared him, as they did Moses, as long as he lived.

¹³ And I have given thee what thou hast not asked, wealth and glory, so that there has not been any one like thee among kings.

¹ And Solomon the son of David was established over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and increased him exceedingly.

¹⁷ For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? or that thou givest heed to him?

⁹ So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me.

¹⁸ O king, the most high God gave to thy father Nabuchodonosor a kingdom, and majesty, and honour, and glory: ¹⁹ and by reason of the majesty which he gave to him, all nations, tribes, and languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he smote; and whom he would he exalted; and whom he would he abased.

¹⁴ So David reigned over all Israel; and he executed judgment and justice to all his people.

^{71 (77:71)} He took him from following the ewes great with young, to be the shepherd of Jacob his servant, and Israel his inheritance. ^{72 (77:72)} So he tended them in the innocency of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

⁴ David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. ⁵ Seven years and six months he reigned in Chebron over Juda, and thirty-three years he reigned over all Israel and Juda in Jerusalem.

¹¹ And the days which David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

⁴ Six were born to him in Chebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months: and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

¹⁵ But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.

⁸ And Abraam failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.

²⁹ And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.

²⁶ And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.

³¹ Old age is a crown of honour, but it is found in the ways of righteousness.

⁹ Now before time in Israel every one in going to enquire of God said, Come and let us go to the seer; for the people beforetime called the prophet, the seer.

⁵ And Gad the prophet said to David, Dwell not in the hold: go, and thou shalt enter the land of Juda. So David went, and came and dwelt in the city of Saric.

² that the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent. ³ And Nathan said to the king, Go and do all that is in thine heart, for the Lord is with thee. ⁴ And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,

¹ And the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David; and he went in to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor. ² And the rich man had very many flocks and herds. ³ But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; an it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter. ⁴ And a traveller came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveller that came to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him. ⁵ And David was greatly moved with anger against the man; and David said to Nathan, As the Lord lives, the man that did this thing shall surely die. ⁶ And he shall restore the lamb seven-fold, because he has not spared. ⁷ And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man that has done this. Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee to be king over Israel, and I rescued thee out the hand of Saul;

⁴¹ And the rest of the history of Solomon, and all that he did, and all his wisdom, behold are not these things written in the book of the life of Solomon?

²⁹ And the rest of the history of Roboam, and all that he did, behold, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?

⁹ And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer, saying, ¹⁰ Go and speak to David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I bring three things upon thee: choose one of them for thyself, and I will do it to thee. ¹¹ And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose for thyself,

³⁴ And the rest of the acts of Ju, and all that he did, and all his might, and the wars wherein he engaged, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²⁸ And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, which he achieved in war, and how he recovered Damascus and Aemath to Juda in Israel, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

²¹ And he changes times and seasons: he appoints kings, and removes them, giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding:

^{23 (4:20)} And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, Strip the tree, and destroy it; only leave the stump of its roots in the ground, and bind it with a band of iron and brass; and it shall lie in the grass that is without, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with wild beasts, until seven times have passed over it;

^{25 (4:22)} And they shall drive thee forth from men, and thy dwelling shall be with wild beasts, and they shall feed thee with grass as an ox, and thou shall have thy lodging under the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou known that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whom he shall please.