1 Chronicles 29:6 (DRB)

Passage

Then the heads of the families, and the princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and the overseers of the king's possessions promised,

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:4 Three thousand talents of gold of the gold of Ophir: and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the temple.

1 Chronicles 29:5 And gold for wheresoever there is need of gold: and silver for wheresoever there is need of silver, for the works to be made by the hands of the artificers: now if any man is willing to offer, let him fill his hand to day, and offer what he pleaseth to the Lord.

1 Chronicles 29:6 Then the heads of the families, and the princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and the overseers of the king's possessions promised,

1 Chronicles 29:7 And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord, of gold, five thousand talents, and ten thousand solids: of silver ten thousand talents: and of brass eighteen thousand talents: and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

1 Chronicles 29:8 And all they that had stones, gave them to the treasures of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jahiel the Gersonite.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "heads", "families", "princes", "tribes", "israel", "captains", "thousands", and "hundreds". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "heads" and "families", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And gold for wheresoever there is need..." into verse 7's "And they gave for the works of...", so "heads" and "families" belong inside that flow. In 1 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "heads" and "families" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.