1 Chronicles 29:1
King James Version
“Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, young and tender, and the work great: for the palace not for man, but for the LORD God.”
Context
1Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, young and tender, and the work great: for the palace not for man, but for the LORD God.
2Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for of gold, and the silver for of silver, and the brass for of brass, the iron for of iron, and wood for of wood; onyx stones, and to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
3Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
4three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses