1 Chronicles 29:3 (YLT)

Passage

`And again, because of my delighting in the house of my God, the substance I have--a peculiar treasure of gold and silver--I have given for the house of my God, even over and above all I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:

Nearby Context

1 Chronicles 29:1 And David the king saith to all the assembly, `Solomon my son--the one on whom God hath fixed--<FI> is<Fi> young and tender, and the work <FI>is<Fi> great, for not for man is the palace, but for Jehovah God;

1 Chronicles 29:2 and with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God, the gold for <FI>things of<Fi> gold, and the silver for <FI>those of<Fi> silver, and the brass for <FI>those of<Fi> brass, the iron for <FI>those of<Fi> iron, and the wood for <FI>those of<Fi> wood, shoham stones, and settings, and stones of painting and of diverse colours, and all <FI>kinds of<Fi> precious stone, and stones of white marble, in abundance.

1 Chronicles 29:3 `And again, because of my delighting in the house of my God, the substance I have--a peculiar treasure of gold and silver--I have given for the house of my God, even over and above all I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary:

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 houses,

1 Chronicles 29:5 even gold for <FI>things of<Fi> gold, and silver for <FI>those of<Fi> silver, and for all the work by the hand of artificers; and who <FI>is<Fi> he that is offering willingly to consecrate his hand to-day to Jehovah?'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "again", "delighting", "house", "substance", "have--a", "peculiar", and "treasure". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "again", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "and with all my power I have..." into verse 4's "three thousand talents of gold of the...", so "light" and "again" 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 "light" and "again" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.