1 Chronicles 29:8 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

1 Chronicles 29:9 And the people reioyced when they offred willingly: for they offred willingly vnto ye Lord, with a perfite heart. And Dauid the King also reioyced with great ioy.

1 Chronicles 29:10 Therefore Dauid blessed the Lord before all the Congregation, and Dauid sayde, Blessed be thou, O Lord God, of Israel our father, for euer and euer.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "precious", "stones", "found", "gaue", "treasure", "house", "lord", and "hand". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "precious" and "stones", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And they gaue for the seruice of..." into verse 9's "And the people reioyced when they offred...", so "precious" and "stones" 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 "precious" and "stones" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.