1 Chronicles 29:10-30

Common English Bible

¹⁰Then David blessed the Lord before the whole assembly:

Blessed are you, Lord,
    God of our ancestor Israel,
        forever and always.
¹¹To you, Lord, belong greatness and power,
    honor, splendor, and majesty,
        because everything in heaven and on earth belongs to you.
Yours, Lord, is the kingship,
    and you are honored as head of all.
¹²You are the source of wealth and honor,
    and you rule over all.
In your hand are strength and might,
    and it is in your power to magnify and strengthen all.
¹³And now, our God, we thank you
    and praise your glorious name.
¹⁴Who am I,
    and who are my people,
    that we should be able to offer so willingly?
Since everything comes from you,
    we have given you that which comes from your own hand.
¹⁵To be sure, we are like all our ancestors,
    immigrants without permanent homes.
Our days are like a shadow on the ground,
    and there’s no hope.

¹⁶Lord, our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build you a temple for your holy name comes from your hand and belongs to you. ¹⁷Since I know, my God, that you examine the mind and take delight in honesty, I have freely given all these things with the highest of motives. And now I’ve been delighted to see your people here offering so willingly to you.

¹⁸Lord, God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep these thoughts in the mind of your people forever, and direct their hearts toward you.

¹⁹As for Solomon my son, give him the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, laws, and regulations—observing all of them—and to build the temple that I have prepared.

²⁰Then David said to the whole assembly, “Bless the Lord your God,” and the whole assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their ancestors, bowed down, and worshipped before the Lord and the king. ²¹On the very next day they offered sacrifices and entirely burned offerings to the Lord—a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings—and many other sacrifices for all Israel’s sake. ²²They ate and drank with great joy before the Lord that day and made David’s son Solomon the king.^[a] They anointed him^[b] in the Lord’s presence as prince, and Zadok as priest. ²³Thus Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king, succeeding his father David, and he prospered. All Israel obeyed him, ²⁴and all the commanders and warriors, as well as all of King David’s sons, submitted to King Solomon’s authority. ²⁵Moreover, the Lord magnified Solomon before all Israel, giving him such royal majesty as no king before him^[c] had enjoyed.

Summary of David’s reign

²⁶David, Jesse’s son, was king over all Israel. ²⁷He reigned over Israel for forty years: seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem. ²⁸He died at a good old age, having enjoyed a full life, wealth, and honor; and his son Solomon followed him as king. ²⁹The account of King David from beginning to end is written in the records of Samuel the seer, Nathan the prophet, and Gad the visionary, ³⁰including everything concerning his powerful rule, and what happened to him, to Israel, and to all the kingdoms in other lands.

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