1 Chronicles 29:2

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.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

In Context

1And 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.

3And 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.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:12And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.

Exodus 28:17And thou shalt interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones, a sardius, a topaz, an emerald, the first row.

Exodus 39:6And the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he formed into hooks for the pillars, and he gilded their chapiters and adorned them.

1 Chronicles 22:3And David prepared much iron for the nails of the doors and the gates; the hinges also and brass in abundance, there was no weighing of it.

1 Chronicles 22:16in gold and silver, brass and iron, of which there is no number. Arise and do, and the Lord be with thee.

2 Chronicles 3:6And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and he gilded it with gold of the gold from Parvaim.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 29:2-10

Presents for the Temple. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. 2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set,… Read the whole commentary →

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