1 Chronicles 29:5
in 1 Chronicles 29for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the LORD today?”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
of gold for the things of gold, and of silver for the things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto Jehovah?
KJV
The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 29
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
To consecrate his service - literally, as in the margin, “to fill his hand,” i. e., “to come with full hands to Yahweh.” The words contain an appeal to the assembly for voluntary offerings.
This site's exposition
my personal treasures of gold and silver
on 1 Chronicles 29:3-5
Beyond the provision already listed, David gives his “personal treasures of gold and silver”. He gives them, he says, “because of my delight in the house of my God”. The question follows, “who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the LORD today”, and that appeal opens the freewill offering.
This site's exposition
Now who will volunteer to consecrate
The gold and silver were for the work of the craftsmen. David then calls for volunteers to consecrate themselves to the LORD that day. Albert Barnes gives the Hebrew as to fill his hand, meaning to come to the LORD with full hands.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), and this because he had set his affection on the house of his God. He gave all this, not as Papists build churches, in commutation of penance, or to make atonement for sin, nor as Pharisees give alms, to be seen of men; but purely because he loved the habitation of God's house; so he professed ( Ps. xxvi.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
The gold for things of gold, the silver for things of silver,....
(1.) We must each of us, in our several places, serve the Lord, and consecrate our service to him, separate it from other things that are foreign and interfere with it, and direct and design it for the honour and glory of God. (2.) We must make the service of God our business, must fill our hands to the Lord, so the Hebrew phrase is.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
who then is willing to consecrate his service--Hebrew, "fill his hand"; that is, make an offering (Ex 32:29; The meaning is, that whoever would contribute voluntarily, as he had done, would be offering a freewill offering to the Lord. It was a sacrifice which every one of them could make, and in presenting which the offerer himself would be the priest.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase+unbalanced-parens
To consecrate his service - למלאות ידו lemalloth yado, to fill his hand; to bring an offering to the Lord.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לַזָּהָ֤ב | lazahav | <to> the gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| לַזָּהָב֙ | lazahav | for the gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְלַכֶּ֣סֶף | velakesef | and <to> the silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| לַכֶּ֔סֶף | lakesef | for the silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וּלְכָל־ | ulekhol- | and for every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מְלָאכָ֖ה | melakhah | work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| בְּיַ֣ד | beyad | by [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| חָרָשִׁ֑ים | charashim | craftsmen | H2796 → | 37 times |
| וּמִ֣י | umi | and who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| מִתְנַדֵּ֔ב | mitnadev | [is] making a contribution | H5068 → | 17 times |
| לְמַלֹּ֥אות | lemalot | to fill | H4390 → | 249 times |
| יָד֛וֹ | yado | own hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הַיּ֖וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לַיהוָֽה׃ | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
לַזָּהָ֤ב<to> the gold
lazahavH2091 →389 times
לַזָּהָב֙for the gold
lazahavH2091 →389 times
וְלַכֶּ֣סֶףand <to> the silver
velakesefH3701 →403 times
לַכֶּ֔סֶףfor the silver
lakesefH3701 →403 times
וּלְכָל־and for every
ulekhol-H3605 →5413 times
מְלָאכָ֖הwork
melakhahH4399 →167 times
בְּיַ֣דby [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
חָרָשִׁ֑יםcraftsmen
charashimH2796 →37 times
וּמִ֣יand who?
umiH4310 →423 times
מִתְנַדֵּ֔ב[is] making a contribution
mitnadevH5068 →17 times
לְמַלֹּ֥אותto fill
lemalotH4390 →249 times
יָד֛וֹown hand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
הַיּ֖וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
לַיהוָֽה׃to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.