⁵of gold for the _things of_ gold, and of silver for the _things of_ silver, and for all manner of work _to be made_ by the hands of artificers. Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself¹ this day unto the LORD? ¹ Hebrew _to fill his hand_. =5.= _offereth willingly to consecrate himself_] The phrase _to consecrate himself_ (Hebrew, _to fill his hand_) means properly _to make himself a priest_, and is here used metaphorically. The sense is “Who will give these gifts for the sacred Temple in the same willing spirit which is required of a priest in his self-dedication to priestly service?” =6‒9.= THE OFFERINGS OF THE CHIEFS OF ISRAEL. ⁶Then the princes of the fathers’ _houses_, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king’s work, offered willingly; =6.= _over the king’s work_] See xxvii. 25‒31. ⁷and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents. =7.= _five thousand talents_] i.e. of uncoined gold by weight, an immense sum, compare verse 3. _ten thousand darics_] A _daric_ was a Persian gold coin worth about 22 shillings. Used thus in connection with the reign of David, the word is of course a curious anachronism. The translation of Authorized Version _drams_ (i.e. drachmæ) may possibly be right. The value of a gold drachma was about 9s. 5d. ⁸And they with whom _precious_ stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. =8.= _Jehiel the Gershonite_] Compare xxiii. 8, xxvi. 21, 22. ⁹Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. =9.= _with a perfect heart_] i.e. with a single heart, ungrudgingly. Compare xxviii. 9, note. =10‒19.= THE BLESSING OF DAVID. ¹⁰Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. ¹¹Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth _is thine_; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. ¹²Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. ¹³Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. =11.= _thou art exalted as head above all_] Better =thine it is to be exalted as head over all=.