1David the king said to all the assembly, "Solomon my son is the one whom God has chosen, a youth and tender, and the work is great, for the palace is not for a man but for the LORD God."2According to all my strength I have prepared for the house of my God the gold for the gold, the silver for the silver, the bronze for the bronze, the iron for the iron, and the wood for the wood, onyx stones and settings, stones of color, embroidery, every precious stone, and alabaster stones in abundance.3Moreover, because I delighted in the house of my God, I have given my own possession of gold and silver to the house of my God, above all that I prepared for the house of the holiness.4Three thousand talents of gold from the gold of Ophir and seven thousand talents of refined silver to overlay the walls of the houses.5For the gold, for the gold, and for the silver, for the silver, and for every work by the hand of the artificers; and whoever is willing may consecrate his hand today to the LORD.6Then the leaders of the fathers, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the leaders of the thousands and the hundreds, and the officials of the work of the king offered themselves willingly.7They gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents of gold and ten thousand darics, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.8And the stones that were found with him they gave to the treasury of the house of the LORD, in the charge of Jehiel the Gershonite.9The people rejoiced over their freewill offering, because with a whole heart they had offered willingly to the LORD; David the king also rejoiced with great joy.