So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones, and marble.
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Glistering stones - Rather, “colored stones” or “dark stones”—stones with a hue like that of the antimony with which women painted their eye…

Now I have prepared. — And with all might have I prepared (1 Chronicles 22:14; Deuteronomy 28:9).…

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God ,
&c.] According to the utmost of his ability for the …

What is done in works of piety and charity should be done willingly, not by constraint, for God loves a cheerful giver.
David set a…
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