All these were the sons of Heman, the king&#8217;s prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious.<n id="1" /> God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.p>

From all the many sons the <sc>Lordsc> has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">David gave to his son Solomon the blueprints for the temple porch,<n id="1" /> its buildings, its treasuries,<n id="2" /> its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room<n id="3" /> for atonement.

Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much?<n id="1" /> Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours.<n id="2" />

Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David&#8217;s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The sons of Reuben, Israel&#8217;s firstborn &#8211;p> <p class="bodytext">(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father&#8217;s bed,<n id="1" /> his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel&#8217;s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records.<n id="2" />

The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities<n id="1" /> of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.<n id="1" />p>

But a spirit<n id="1" /> empowered<n id="2" /> Amasai, the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said:<n id="3" />p> <p class="bodytext">&#8220;We are yours, O David!p> <p class="bodytext">We support<n id="4" /> you, O son of Jesse!p> <p class="bodytext">May you greatly prosper!<n id="5" />p> <p class="bodytext">May those who help you prosper!<n id="6" />p> <p class="bodytext">Indeed<n id="7" /> your God helps you!&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands.p>

Joab reported to David the number of warriors.<n id="1" /> In all Israel there were 1,100,000<n id="2" /> sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.<n id="3" />

Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man.<n id="1" /> I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side.<n id="2" /> Indeed, Solomon<n id="3" /> will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign.<n id="4" />

He told them,<n id="1" /> &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> your God is with you!<n id="2" /> He has made you secure on every side,<n id="3" /> for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region<n id="4" /> and the region<n id="5" /> is subdued before the <sc>Lordsc> and his people.

Now seek the <sc>Lordsc> your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being!<n id="1" /> Get up and build the sanctuary of the <sc>Lordsc> God! Then you can bring<n id="2" /> the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God&#8217;s service<n id="3" /> into the temple that is built to honor the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

They donated for the service of God&#8217;s temple 5,000 talents<n id="1" /> and ten thousand darics<n id="2" /> of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

The <sc>Lordsc> greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him.<n id="1" />p>