King
David turned to the assembly and said, “My son Solomon, whom God has
chosen as Israel’s next king, is still young and inexperienced. The work
ahead of him is enormous, for the Temple he will build is for God
himself! Using every resource at my command, I have gathered as much as I could for building the Temple of my God. Now there is enough … The people rejoiced over the offerings, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly...
