Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, {so let him give}; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

And over the king's treasures {was} Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, {was} Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Now the children of Israel after their number, {to wit}, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course {were} twenty and four thousand.

And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;

And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which {is} in Jerusalem:

The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation {is} in Jerusalem,

And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred {small cattle}, and three hundred oxen. {gave willingly: Heb. offered, etc}

This {was} the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:

That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who {were} the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: {and were: Heb. who stood}

And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, {and} brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered {offered} an offering of gold unto the LORD.

David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, {saying},