of the second month—Dodai the Ahohite; Mikloth was chief officer of his division; his division had 24,000. 5The third army officer for the third month—Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the chief priest; his division had 24,000. 6That was Benaiah, one of the warriors of the thirty and over the thirty; and [over] his division was Ammizabad his son. 7The fourth, for the fourth month, Asahel brother of Joab, and his son Zebadiah after him; his division had 24,000. 8The fifth, for the fifth month, the officer Shamhut the Izrahite; his division had 24,000. 9The sixth, for the sixth month, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; his division had 24,000. 10The seventh, for the seventh month, Helez the Pelonite, of the Ephraimites; his division had 24,000. 11The eighth, for the eighth month, Sibbecai the Hushathite, of Zerah; his division had 24,000. 12The ninth, for the ninth month, Abiezer the Anathothite, of Benjamin; his division had 24,000. 13The tenth, for the tenth month, Mahrai the Netophathite, of Zerah; his division had 24,000. 14The eleventh, for the eleventh month, Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the Ephraimites; his division had 24,000. 15The twelfth, for the twelfth month, Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; his division had 24,000.

16Over the tribes of Israel: Reuben: the chief officer, Eliezer son of Zichri. Simeon: Shephatiah son of Maaca. 17Levi: Hashabiah son of Kemuel. Aaron: Zadok. 18Judah: Elihu, of the brothers of David. Issachar: Omri son of Michael. 19Zebulun: Ishmaiah son of Obadiah. Naphtali: Jerimoth son of Azriel. 20Ephraimites: Hoshea son of Azaziah. The half-tribe of Manassch: Joel son of Pedaiah. 21Half Manasseh in Gilead: Iddo son of Zechariah. Benjamin: Jaasiel son of Abner. 22Dan: Azarel son of Jeroham. These were the officers of the tribes of Israel.
23David did not take a census of those under twenty years of age, for the LORD had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven. 24Joab son of Zeruiah did begin to count them, but he did not finish; wrath struck Israel on account of this, and the census was not entered into the account of the chronicles of King David.

25Over the royal treasuries: Azmaveth son of Adiel. Over the treasuries in the country—in the towns, the hamlets, and the citadels: Jonathan son of Uzziah. 26Over the field laborers in agricultural work: Ezri son of Chelub. 27Over the vineyards: Shimei the Ramathite. And over the produce in the vineyards for wine cellars: Zabdi the Shiphmite. 28Over the olive trees and the sycamores in the Shephelah: Baal-hanan the Gederite. Over the oil-stores: Joash. 29Over the cattle pasturing in Sharon: Shirtai the Sharonite. And over the cattle in the valleys: Shaphat son of Adlai. 30Over the camels: Obil the Ishmaelite. And over the she-asses: Jehdeiah the Meronothite. 31Over the flocks: Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were stewards of the property of King David. 32Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a master, and a scribe: Jehiel son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons. 33Ahitophel was a counselor to the king. Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend. 34After Ahitophel were Jehoiada son of Benaiah and Abiathar. The commander of the king’s army was Joab.

28 David assembled all the officers of Israel—the tribal officers, the divisional officers who served the king, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, and the stewards of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, with the eunuchs and the warriors, all the men of substance—to Jerusalem. 2King David rose to his feet and said, “Hear me, my brothers, my people! I wanted to build a resting-place for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, for the footstool of our God, and I laid aside material for building. 3But God said to me, ‘You will not build a house for My name, for you are a man of battles and have shed blood.’ 4The LORD God of Israel chose me of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah to be ruler, and of the family of Judah, my father’s house; and of my father’s sons, He preferred to make me king over all Israel; 5and of all my sons—for many are the sons the LORD gave me—He chose my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 6He said to me, ‘It will be your son Solomon who will build My House and My courts, for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him. 7I will establish his kingdom forever, if he keeps firmly to the observance of My commandments and rules as he does now.’ 8And now, in the sight of all Israel, the congregation of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, [I say:] Observe and apply yourselves to all the commandments of the LORD your God in order that you may possess this good land and bequeath it to your children after you forever.

9“And you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with single mind and fervent heart, for the LORD searches all minds and discerns the design of every thought; if you seek Him He will be available to you, but if you forsake Him He will abandon you forever. 10See then, the LORD chose you to build a house as the sanctuary; be strong and do it.”
11David gave his son Solomon the plan of the porch and its houses, its storerooms and its upper chambers and inner chambers; and of the place of the Ark-cover; 12and the plan of all that he had by the spirit: of the courts of the House of the LORD and all its surrounding chambers, and of the treasuries of the House of God and of the treasuries of the holy things; 13the divisions of priests and Levites for all the work of the service of the House of the LORD and all the vessels of the service of the House of the LORD; 14and gold, the weight of gold for vessels of every sort of use; silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all the vessels of every kind of service; 15the weight of the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, and the weight of the silver lampstands, each lampstand and its silver lamps, according to the use of every lampstand; 16and the weight of gold for the tables of the rows of bread, for each table, and of silver for the silver tables; 17and of the pure gold for the forks and the basins and the jars; and the weight of the gold bowls, every bowl; and the weight of the silver bowls, each and every bowl; 18the weight of refined gold for the incense altar and the gold for the figure of the chariot—the cherubs— those with outspread wings screening the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD. 19“All this that the LORD made me understand by His hand on me, I give you in writing—the plan of all the works.”

20David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and of good courage and do it; do not be afraid or dismayed, for the LORD God my God is with you; He will not fail you or forsake you till all the work on the House of the LORD is done. 21Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites for all kinds of service of the House of God, and with you in all the work are willing men, skilled in all sorts of tasks; also the officers and all the people are at your command.”

29 King David said to the entire assemblage, “God has chosen my son Solomon alone, an untried lad, although the work to be done is vast— for the templea is not for a man but for the LORD God. 2I have spared no effort to lay up for the House of my God gold for golden objects, silver for silver, copper for copper, iron for iron, wood for wooden, onyxstone and inlay-stone, stone of antimony and variegated colors—every kind of precious stone and much marble. 3Besides, out of my solicitude for the House of my God, I gave over my private hoard of gold and silver to the House of my God—in addition to all that I laid aside for the holy House: 43,000 gold talents of Ophir gold, and 7,000 talents of refined silver for covering the walls of the houses 5(gold for golden objects, silver for silver for all the work)— into the hands of craftsmen. Now who is going to make a freewill offering and devote himself today to the LORD?”
6The officers of the clans and the officers of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and hundreds and the supervisors of the king’s work made freewill offerings, 7giving for the work of the House of God: 5,000 talents of gold, 10,000 darics, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of copper, 100,000 talents of iron. 8Whoever had stones in his possession gave them to the treasury of the House of the LORD in the charge of Jehiel the Gershonite. 9The people rejoiced over the freewill offerings they made, for with a whole heart they made freewill offerings to the LORD; King David also rejoiced very much.

10David blessed the LORD in front of all the assemblage; David said, “Blessed are You, LORD, God of Israel our father, from eternity to eternity. 11Yours, LORD, are greatness, might, splendor, triumph, and majesty—yes, all that is in heaven and on earth; to You, LORD, belong kingship and preeminence above all. 12Riches