5. Of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the Lord’s kingdom over Israel.
6. He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
7. I will establish his kingdom forever if he continues to do my commandments and my ordinances, as it is today.’
8. Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.
9. You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
10. Take heed now; for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”
11. Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans for the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, for its upper rooms, for its inner rooms, for the place of the mercy seat;
12. and the plans of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the Lord’s house, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of God’s house, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things;
13. also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the service of the Lord’s house, and for all the vessels of service in the Lord’s house;
14. of gold by weight for the gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;
15. by weight also for the lamp stands of gold, and for its lamps, of gold, by weight for every lamp stand and for its lamps; and for the lamp stands of silver, by weight for every lamp stand and for its lamps, according to the use of every lamp stand;
16. and the gold by weight for the tables of show bread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;