I Chronicles 28 · דברי הימים א

And David assembled all the princes of Yisra᾽el, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by divisions, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the property and possessions of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the men at arms to Yerushalayim.

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and I had made ready for building:

but God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou hast been a man of battles, and hast shed blood.

Yet the Lord God of Yisra᾽el chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Yisra᾽el forever: for he has chosen Yehuda to be the ruler; and out of the house of Yehuda, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Yisra᾽el:

and of all my sons, (for the Lord has given me many sons), he has chosen Shelomo my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Yisra᾽el.

And he said to me, Shelomo thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him.

Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

Now therefore in the sight of all Yisra᾽el the congregation of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God: that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you forever.

And thou, Shelomo my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

Take heed now; for the Lord has chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

Then David gave to Shelomo his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses and of its treasuries, and of its upper chambers, and of its inner rooms, and of the place of the ark with its covering,

and the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the holy things:

also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord.

He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:

both the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for its lamps: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, for the candlestick, and for its lamps, according to the use of every candlestick.

And by weight he gave gold for the tables of showbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

also pure gold for the forks, and the basins, and the jars: and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and likewise by weight for every bowl of the silver bowls:

and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, that is the keruvim, that spread out their wings, and cover the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

All this, said he, is put in writing by the hand of the Lord who instructed me, all the works of this pattern.

And David said to Shelomo his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: do not fear, or be dismayed: for the Lord God, my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, or forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

And, behold, the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.