Verse 3

Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 21:24 : 24 King David replied to Ornan,“No, I insist on buying it for top price. I will not offer to the LORD what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice that cost me nothing.
  • 1 Chr 22:4-5 : 4 and more cedar logs than could be counted.(The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.) 5 David said,“My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, and the temple to be built for the LORD must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.
  • 1 Chr 22:14-16 : 14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the LORD’s temple. I have stored up 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more! 15 You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled 16 in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Get up and begin the work! May the LORD be with you!”
  • Ps 26:8 : 8 O LORD, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 I have asked the LORD for one thing– this is what I desire! I want to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the LORD and contemplate in his temple.
  • Ps 84:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies!
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
  • Ps 122:1-9 : 1 A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me,“We will go to the LORD’s temple.” 2 Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly. 4 The tribes go up there, the tribes of the LORD, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the LORD. 5 Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David. 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper! 7 May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses! 8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say,“May there be peace in you!” 9 For the sake of the temple of the LORD our God I will pray for you to prosper.
  • Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops; 10 then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.