1 Chronicles 29:6 (YLT)

Passage

And the heads of the fathers, and the heads of the tribes of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, even to the heads of the work of the king, offer willingly.

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 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?'

1 Chronicles 29:6 And the heads of the fathers, and the heads of the tribes of Israel, and the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, even to the heads of the work of the king, offer willingly.

1 Chronicles 29:7 And they give for the service of the house of God, of gold--talents five thousand, and drams a myriad; and of silver--talents ten thousand, and of brass--a myriad and eight thousand talents; and of iron--a hundred thousand talents;

1 Chronicles 29:8 and he with whom stones are found hath given to the treasury of the house of Jehovah, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "even gold for FI things of Fi..." into verse 7's "And they give for the service of...", so "heads" and "fathers" 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 "fathers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.