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1–5. David's donations for the construction of the church from personal funds. 6–8. People's donations. 9–21. David's prayer and sacrifices. 22–25. Secondary accession of Solomon and general characteristics of his reign. 26–30. Conclusion to the history of David's reign. 1 Chronicles 29:1. And King David said to the whole assembly: Solomon, my son, whom God alone has chosen, is young and weak, but this work is great, because this building is not for man, but for the Lord God. 1 Chronicles 29:2. With all my might I have prepared for the house of my God gold for gold things, and silver for silver things, and copper for copper things, iron for iron things, and wood for wooden things, onyx stones and set stones, beautiful and colorful stones, and all kinds of expensive stones, and a lot of marble; 1 Chronicles 29:3. and also because of my love for the house of my God, I have my own treasure of gold and silver, and this I give for the house of my God, above all that I have prepared for the holy house: 1 Chronicles 29:4. three thousand talents of gold, the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of fine silver, for covering the walls of houses, 1 Chronicles 29:5. for each of the gold things, and for each of the silver, and for every product of the artist's hands. Will anyone else be willing to sacrifice for the Lord today? Preoccupied with the same thought about building the church, David tells the people's assembly that due to the greatness of this work and Solomon's inexperience, he prepared during his life the materials necessary for the construction of the house of God, and now donates for its construction about (in our terms) 180,000 pounds of gold and 420,000 pounds of silver. 1 Chronicles 29:7. And they gave for the building of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand drachmas of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of copper, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. Among the donations collected by the people there is, among other things, 10,000 drachmas of gold or, according to the Hebrew text, 10,000 “adarkonim.” The Greek translation of this word with the expression Δάρεικος gives reason to think that the issue and minting of this coin belongs to Darius Hystaspes. But according to the research of Dunker and Momsen, it is older than Darius and was known to the Greeks of Solon’s time. Likewise, it received its name not from the name of Darius, but from the image that was on it and represented an archer shooting from a bow. The root of the word “darkon”, or “adarkon” is “darok” - “to step”, “to step forward”, which is usually done when drawing a bow. In view of this, the term “darok” began to be used in the meaning of “stretching a bow,” and the noun “darkon” or “aodarkon” formed from it means “archer” (Levi. Geschichte der Judischen Münzen. S. 19, anm. 4). In view of all this, the mention of dariks in the book. Chronicles cannot serve, as some think, as a sign of their origin after Ezra. 1 Chronicles 29:10. And David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the congregation, and David said, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of Israel our father, from everlasting to everlasting! 1 Chronicles 29:11. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory and splendor, and everything that is in heaven and on earth is Yours: Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom, and You are above all, as the Sovereign. 1 Chronicles 29:12. And wealth and glory are from Your presence, and You rule over everything, and in Your hand is strength and might, and in Your power to magnify and strengthen everything. 1 Chronicles 29:13. And now, our God, we glorify You and praise Your majestic name. 1 Chronicles 29:14. For who am I and who are my people that we had the opportunity to sacrifice like that? But everything from You, and from Your hand we have given to You, 1 Chronicles 29:15. because we are strangers and strangers before You, like all our fathers, like a shadow are our days on earth, and there is nothing lasting. 1 Chronicles 29:16. Lord our God! all this multitude which we have prepared to build a house for Thee, Thy holy name, from Thy hand it is, and all is Thine. 1 Chronicles 29:17. I know, my God, that You test the heart and love sincerity; I have sacrificed all this from the bottom of my heart, and now I see that Your people, who are here, joyfully sacrifice to You. 1 Chronicles 29:18. Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers! preserve this forever, this disposition of the thoughts of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts to You. 1 Chronicles 29:19. Now give my son Solomon a right heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do all these things and to build the building for which I have made preparations. 1 Chronicles 29:20. And David said to all the congregation, Bless the Lord our God. “And all the congregation of the Lord God of their fathers blessed, and fell and worshiped the Lord and the king.” People's donations are not valuable in terms of the amount of jewelry collected. These latter do not belong to man, but to God, as the ruler of everything that exists, and abandoning them does not constitute merit for the former. Donations are appreciated by the love and zeal of the people for God. Such a mood is the source of national happiness (1 Chronicles 28:8-9), and can be preserved with the help and assistance of God himself. 1 Chronicles 29:22. And they ate and drank before the Lord that day with great joy; and another time they made Solomon the son of David king, and anointed him before the Lord as supreme ruler, and Zadok as priest. The second reign of Solomon differs from the first (1 Chronicles 23:1) in that it is connected with the anointing. The anointing of Zadok was the beginning of his rise above Ithamar's descendant Abiathar. The latter, in the very first years of Solomon's reign, was deprived of his position and removed to Anathoth (1 Kings 2:26). 1 Chronicles 29:23. And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king in place of his father David, and was prosperous, and all Israel obeyed him. 1 Chronicles 29:24. And all the rulers and the mighty, and also all the sons of King David, submitted to Solomon the king. 1 Chronicles 29:25. And the Lord exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and gave him the glory of a kingdom such as no king of Israel had before. The general description of the reign is fully consistent with the author’s tendency to note only the bright sides (cf. verse (1 Chronicles 29:24) with (1 Kings 1:5 etc.)). However, the remark is that he surpassed in glory the kings of Israel who preceded him, i.e. Saul and David, does not represent hyperbole. 1 Chronicles 29:27. 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