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1 Crônicas 29

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1Disse mais o rei David a toda a congregação: Salomão meu filho, a quem só Deus escolheu, é ainda moço e tenro, e esta obra é grande; porque não é o palacio para homem, senão para o Senhor Deus.

2Eu pois com todas as minhas forças já tenho preparado para a casa de meu Deus oiro para as obras de oiro, e prata para as de prata, e cobre para as de cobre, ferro para as de ferro e madeira para as de madeira, pedras sardonicas, e as de engaste, e pedras ornatorias, e obra de embutido, e toda a sorte de pedras preciosas, e pedras marmoreas em abundancia.

3E ainda, na minha propria vontade para a casa de meu Deus, o oiro e prata particular que tenho de mais eu dou para a casa do meu Deus, afóra tudo quanto tenho preparado para a casa do sanctuario.

4Tres mil talentos de oiro, do oiro de Ophir: e sete mil talentos de prata purificada, para cobrir as paredes das casas:

5Oiro para os vasos de oiro, e prata para os de prata; e para toda a obra da mão dos artifices. Quem pois está disposto a encher a sua mão, para offerecer hoje voluntariamente ao Senhor?

6Então os chefes dos paes, e os principes das tribus d'Israel, e os capitães dos milhares e das centenas, até os capitães da obra do rei, voluntariamente contribuiram;

7E deram para o serviço da casa de Deus cinco mil talentos de oiro, e dez mil drachmas, e dez mil talentos de prata, e dezoito mil talentos de cobre, e cem mil talentos de ferro.

8E os que se acharam com pedras preciosas, as deram para o thesouro da casa do Senhor, na mão de Jehiel o gersonita.

9E o povo se alegrou do que deram voluntariamente; porque com coração perfeito voluntariamente deram ao Senhor: e tambem o rei David se alegrou com grande alegria.

10Pelo que David louvou ao Senhor perante os olhos de toda a congregação; e disse David: Bemdito és tu, Senhor, Deus de nosso pae Israel, de eternidade em eternidade.

11Tua é, Senhor, a magnificencia, e o poder, e a honra, e a victoria, e a magestade; porque teu é tudo quanto ha nos céus e na terra; teu é, Senhor, o reino, e tu te exaltaste sobre todos por chefe.

12E riquezas e gloria veem de diante de ti, e tu dominas sobre tudo, e na tua mão ha força e poder: e na tua mão está o engrandecer e esforçar a tudo

13Agora pois, ó Deus nosso, graças te damos, e louvamos o nome da tua gloria.

14Porque quem sou eu, e quem e o meu povo, que tivessemos poder para tão voluntariamente dar similhantes coisas? porque tudo vem de ti, e da tua mão t'o damos.

15Porque somos estranhos diante de ti, e peregrinos como todos os nossos paes: como a sombra são os nossos dias sobre a terra, e não ha outra esperança.

16Senhor, Deus nosso, toda esta abundancia, que preparámos, para te edificar uma casa ao teu sancto nome, vem da tua mão, e toda é tua.

17E bem sei eu, Deus meu, que tu provas os corações, e que das sinceridades te agradas: eu tambem na sinceridade de meu coração voluntariamente dei todas estas coisas: e agora vi com alegria que o teu povo, que se acha aqui, voluntariamente te deu

18Senhor, Deus de nossos paes Abrahão, Isaac, e Israel, conserva isto para sempre no intento dos pensamentos do coração de teu povo; e encaminha o seu coração para ti.

19E a Salomão, meu filho, dá um coração perfeito, para guardar os teus mandamentos, os teus testemunhos, e os teus estatutos; e para fazer tudo, e para edificar este palacio que tenho preparado.

20Então disse David a toda a congregação: Agora louvae ao Senhor vosso Deus. Então toda a congregação louvou ao Senhor Deus de seus paes, e inclinaram-se, e prostraram-se perante o Senhor, e perante o rei

21E ao outro dia sacrificaram ao Senhor sacrificios, e offereceram holocaustos ao Senhor, mil bezerros, mil carneiros, mil cordeiros, com as suas libações; e sacrificios em abundancia por todo o Israel.

22E comeram e beberam n'aquelle dia perante o Senhor, com grande gozo: e a segunda vez fizeram rei a Salomão filho de David, e o ungiram ao Senhor por guia, e a Zadok por sacerdote.

23Assim Salomão se assentou no throno do Senhor, rei, em logar de David seu pae, e prosperou: e todo o Israel lhe deu ouvidos.

24E todos os principes, e os varões, e até todos os filhos do rei David, deram a mão de que estariam debaixo do rei Salomão.

25E o Senhor magnificou a Salomão grandissimamente, perante os olhos de todo o Israel: e deu-lhe magestade real, qual antes d'elle não teve nenhum rei em Israel.

26Assim David, filho de Jessé, reinou sobre todo o Israel.

27E foram os dias que reinou sobre Israel, quarenta annos: em Hebron reinou sete annos, e em Jerusalem reinou trinta e tres.

28E morreu n'uma boa velhice, cheio de dias, riquezas e gloria: e Salomão seu filho, reinou em seu logar.

29Os successos pois do rei David, assim os primeiros como os ultimos, eis que estão escriptos nas chronicas de Samuel, o vidente, e nas chronicas do propheta Nathan, e nas chronicas de Gad, o vidente;

30Juntamente com todo o seu reino e o seu poder; e os tempos que passaram sobre elle, e sobre Israel, e sobre todos os reinos d'aquellas terras.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

David invites the people to contribute voluntarily to the construction of the temple, and the response is generous and joyful. He offers a public prayer of gratitude, and shortly after, Solomon is crowned king while David is still alive, and David dies in peace, after 40 years of reign.

Explanation

The book ends with a scene of contagious generosity: after David donates his own personal treasures, leaders and people respond voluntarily with enormous contributions, and the text highlights that 'the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD.' David's final prayer is a profound reflection on the temporary, dependent nature of human life before the eternal greatness of God — acknowledging that everything we offer to God actually came originally from his own hand. Solomon's coronation while David is still alive ensures a peaceful transition of power, and David's death 'in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour' closes his story with a note of fulfillment and peace, despite all the hardships and mistakes along the way.

Fun facts

  • David's famous prayer line, 'for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee,' is still quoted today in many churches at the moment of receiving offerings, acknowledging that all human generosity is, in fact, a return of what already belonged to God.
  • The practice of crowning the successor while the reigning king was still alive, done here with Solomon, helped avoid violent succession disputes, a recurring problem in many ancient monarchies, including earlier attempts by other sons of David to seize the throne by force.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 1 Crônicas 29:1David donates enormous personal resources to the temple, on top of what already came from the royal treasury, and then asks the people who else wants to contribute of their own free will. It is the picture of a voluntary giving campaign, not a mandatory tax.
  2. 1 Crônicas 29:2David takes inventory of everything he has prepared with all his strength: gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, precious stones of various kinds, and marble in abundance — the result of years of gathering for this one project.
  3. 1 Crônicas 29:3On top of all that, David also sets aside his own personal treasure, gold and silver that belong to him alone, not to the kingdom, and gives it on top of what he had already officially prepared — a gesture that goes beyond a king’s duty.
  4. 1 Crônicas 29:4From his personal fortune alone, David donates three thousand talents of gold from Ophir — the same region famous for gold mentioned back in the genealogy of chapter 1 — and seven thousand talents of refined silver.
  5. 1 Crônicas 29:5After announcing his own donation, David issues an open invitation: “who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?” — moving from personal example to a collective call.
  6. 1 Crônicas 29:6The heads of families, tribal princes, army captains, and those in charge of the king’s work answer the call and contribute voluntarily — David’s generosity spreads through the entire leadership of the kingdom.
  7. 1 Crônicas 29:7The donations add up to impressive numbers: five thousand talents of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand of bronze, and a hundred thousand of iron — the collective contribution even surpasses David’s personal donation.
  8. 1 Crônicas 29:8Whoever had precious stones also contributes, handing everything over to Jehiel the Gershonite — the same Levite treasurer already introduced in chapter 26.
  9. 1 Crônicas 29:9Joy fills the people, not because of the amount itself but because they gave from the heart and of their own free will — and David rejoices along with them, watching this genuine generosity spread.
  10. 1 Crônicas 29:10Before the whole congregation, David opens his mouth in a prayer of praise: “Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our father, for ever and ever” — the opening of one of the most beautiful prayers in the whole book.
  11. 1 Crônicas 29:11David declares that everything belongs to God — greatness, power, honor, victory, majesty — and that the kingdom of Israel itself is, in fact, the Lord’s kingdom, not the king’s personal possession.
  12. 1 Crônicas 29:12The prayer continues: riches and glory come from God’s hand; He rules over everything and has the power to exalt and strengthen whomever He wills — even the wealth they just donated came, in David’s view, from Him in the first place.
  13. 1 Crônicas 29:13David turns the speech into pure thanksgiving: “Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name” — the bridge to the most famous verse of the prayer, right after.
  14. 1 Crônicas 29:14In David’s prayer, “who am I, and what is my people” and “our days on the earth are as a shadow” sum up a central idea: everything given for the temple already belonged to God before it was ever given, and human life is too short for anyone to take pride in their generosity.
  15. 1 Crônicas 29:15David reminds them that they are all just strangers and sojourners before God, with days that pass like a shadow — a reminder of humility right in the middle of the book’s greatest celebration of generosity.
  16. 1 Crônicas 29:16David repeats the central point of the prayer: all this wealth gathered to build the house for God’s name actually came from His own hand — the people only gave back what already belonged to Him.
  17. 1 Crônicas 29:17David acknowledges that God values sincerity of heart more than quantity of goods, and rejoices to see that the people, like him, gave willingly, not out of obligation.
  18. 1 Crônicas 29:18David asks that this generous spirit not be just a passing moment, but stay engraved forever in the people’s hearts, always guiding them toward God.
  19. 1 Crônicas 29:19The last part of the prayer is a specific request for Solomon: that he receive a perfect heart, able to keep God’s commandments and finish the work David has already left fully prepared.
  20. 1 Crônicas 29:20David invites the whole congregation to praise along with him, and the people respond by bowing down and prostrating themselves before the Lord and also before the king himself — a double gesture of respect, to God and to the authority He has established.
  21. 1 Crônicas 29:21The next day, an enormous number of sacrifices is offered — a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs — a celebration worthy of the historic moment about to take place.
  22. 1 Crônicas 29:22Solomon is crowned “the second time” here, a solemn public coronation after another quicker, more private one told in Kings, in the middle of a succession dispute with his brother Adonijah. Chronicles prefers to skip that behind-the-scenes conflict and show only the coronation in a mood of celebration and consensus.
  23. 1 Crônicas 29:23Solomon sits on what the text calls “the throne of the Lord,” and all Israel begins to obey him — the same idea repeated from the previous chapter, that the throne belongs to God, and the king only occupies it in His name.
  24. 1 Crônicas 29:24All the princes, the warriors, and even Solomon’s own brothers submit to him as king — an important detail, since not every son of David accepted this choice without resistance before this moment.
  25. 1 Crônicas 29:25God exalts Solomon before all Israel, giving him a royal majesty that no king before him ever had — setting the stage for the fame of wealth and wisdom Solomon will gain in the books that follow.
  26. 1 Crônicas 29:26A simple summary closes David’s story: he reigned over all Israel, fulfilling the role that began with the secret anointing by Samuel, back when he was young and still tending sheep.
  27. 1 Crônicas 29:27The numbers for the whole reign: forty years in total, seven in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem — the same numbers already mentioned in chapter 3, now closing the circle of the narrative.
  28. 1 Crônicas 29:28David dies at a good old age, full of days, riches, and glory — a peaceful and honored ending, very different from Saul’s violent death that opened the narrative part of the book in chapter 10.
  29. 1 Crônicas 29:29The chronicler cites his own sources: the records of Samuel, of the prophet Nathan, and of the seer Gad — proving that David’s story was not invented, but documented by contemporary witnesses.
  30. 1 Crônicas 29:30The book ends by placing David’s reign within the bigger picture: his power, the times he lived through, and how all of it relates to Israel and to the other kingdoms of the region — the backdrop that 2 Chronicles will continue with Solomon’s story.

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