First Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 964
The Psalms, Solomon and Sacred Writers
David also said to his s0r1So1om0¤, { populations of the land to my hand, ‘ I had it in my heart to build a Temple to the name of the Evmz- LIVING GOD myself, but there came to me a messsage from the EVER- LIVING to say, ‘ You have shed much blood upon the earth, and have made great wars. You shall not build a Temple to My Name;-for you have shed much blood upon the earth before Me.———However, there is your child, he will be a Man of Peace and I will make quiet for him from all his enemies around. Therefore his name shall be Solomon} and I will make Peace and Security over Israel in his days.——·- He shall build a Temple to My Name; and he shall be a son to Me,——and I will be a father to him, and I will fix the Throne of his King— ship over Israel for ever} ‘ Now my son, may GOD be with you
for ever, and make you prosper; that you may build the Temple of your Eviga-mvxuo Gob, as He promised about you. Yes! May the EVER- LIVING give you intelligence, and understanding, and instruct you about Israel. Guard also, the Laws of your Even-1.1v1No Gon. You will then prosper, if you guard the Institutions and Decrees that the Evan ·· 1.1v1No communicated to Moses for Israel. i Be bold, and brave; fear not; and be not depressed; for see how in my diffi— culties I have prepared for the House of the Even-Liv1No,a hundred thou- sand talents of Gold, a million talents of Silver? I have no weights however of the Brass and Iron, but they are plentiful. I have also provided cedar timber and stones, and you can add
I5 to them. And you have with you plenty of workmen for the work. Masons and mechanics in stone and wood, and they are all skilful at every
16 work. And for the gold, and silver, and brass, and iron--it is boundless! Rise and act! and may the EvE12~· LIVING be with you. 17 David also ordered all the Nobles of Israel to assist his son Solomon, l Peace. 2 Norsr.-·-Ch. 22, v. 14. The mere bullion
value of this sum at [4 per oz. of gold and 5s. silver, {é48g,5oo,ooo sterling, is ri sum larger than the British National Consolidated Funds.··— Ii. F. and the land is subdued before the EvER—LIv1NG and before His People E Therefore give your hearts and minds to seek your EvER—LIv1NG GOD; and rise and build the Sanctuary of your Evea—r.1vINo Gob, and bring the Ark of the Covenant of the EvER—L1v1NG, and the Sacred Vessels of GOD to the Temple that will be built to the Name of the Evan-—L1v1Ne.’ 18
(1015 nc.) galtiit Qlrulmts Salomon as Eirzrng. But David grew old and satiated 23 with days, so he crowned Solomon his son over Israel, when all the 2 Princes of Israel assembled, with the Priests and Levites. § Glmsuz uf the izltitzr Giakm. Then the Levites were numbered,
from thirty years old and upwards; and the number of men on their Registers was thirty-eight thousand. Twenty~four thousand of these were appointed over the works of the Temple of the EVER-LIVING, and six thousand as Superintendents and Overseers. With four thousand as Guards; and four thousand praised the EVER—L1v1N<} with instruments that were made for praise. ‘@rignhiitg the dfztritz `iliunszz. But David divided them into Divi-
sions, Of the Beni Levi; the Beni Ghershom; Kahth; and Merari. Of the Ghershomites,——Zallon and Shimi; Of the Beni Ladan, the Head was
jakhial, with Zitham and joal as Officers; Of the Beni Shemi, Shelomoth,and
Khazial, and Kharan as Officers. Those were the Heads of the Ances- tral Houses of Shemi. There were also of the Beni Shemi,
jakhath, Zinah, jaush, and Beriah. These four were of the Beni Shemi. But jakhath was the Head, and Zinah the Second, and jaush, and Beriah, had not many sons, so they were as an Ancestral House Regis- tered on one. The Beni Kahth; Amram, Itzahr, Khabron, Azial,~—four. 964 IO II I2
