1 Chronicles 29:10-25


David Blesses Yahweh

10 So David blessed Yahweh in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, “Blessed are You, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, from everlasting to everlasting.
11 aYours, O Yahweh, is the greatness and the 1power and the glory and the 2victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the kingdom, O Yahweh, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. 12 aBoth riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and bin Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. 13 So now, our God, we are thanking You and praising Your glorious name.
14 “But who am I and who are my people that we should 1be able to offer as willingly as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.
15 For awe are sojourners before You, and foreign residents, like all our fathers were; bour days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope. 16 O Yahweh our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours. 17 And I know, O my God, that aYou try the heart and bdelight in uprightness. I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these things. So now with gladness I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You. 18 O Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the 1intentions of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart to You; 19 and agive to my son Solomon a whole heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do them all, and bto build the 1temple, for which I have made preparation.”
20 Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God.” And aall the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bbowed low and prostrated themselves to Yahweh and to the king.

Sacrifices to Yahweh

21 And on the next day athey 1made sacrifices to Yahweh and offered burnt offerings to Yahweh, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
22 So they ate and drank that day before Yahweh with great gladness.

David’s Officials and Sons Pledge Allegiance

And they made Solomon the son of David king aa second time, and they banointed him as ruler for Yahweh and Zadok as priest.
23 Then aSolomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king instead of David his father; and he succeeded, and all Israel obeyed him. 24 And all the officials, the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David 1pledged allegiance to King Solomon. 25 aAnd Yahweh highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and bgranted to him royal majesty which had not been on any king before him in Israel.
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