1 Chronicles 29:6 (GNV)

Passage

So the princes of the families, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captaines of thousands and of hundreths, with the rulers of the Kings worke, offred willingly,

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:4 Euen three thousand talents of gold of the golde of Ophir, and seuen thousand talents of fined siluer to ouerlay the walles of the houses.

1 Chronicles 29:5 The golde for the things of golde, and the siluer for things of siluer, and for all the worke by the handes of artificers: and who is willing to fill his hand to day vnto the Lord?

1 Chronicles 29:6 So the princes of the families, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captaines of thousands and of hundreths, with the rulers of the Kings worke, offred willingly,

1 Chronicles 29:7 And they gaue for the seruice of the house of God fiue thousande talents of golde, and ten thousand pieces, and ten thousand talents of siluer, and eighteene thousand talents of brasse, and one hundreth thousand talents of yron.

1 Chronicles 29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found, gaue them to the treasure of ye house of the Lord, by the hand of Iehiel the Gershunnite.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "The golde for the things of golde..." into verse 7's "And they gaue for the seruice of...", so "princes" 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 "princes" and "families" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.