14. David gave instructions regarding how much gold and silver should be used to make the items needed for service.
15. He told Solomon the amount of gold needed for the gold lampstands and lamps, and the amount of silver for the silver lampstands and lamps, depending on how each would be used.
16. He designated the amount of gold for the table on which the Bread of the Presence would be placed and the amount of silver for other tables.
17. David also designated the amount of gold for the solid gold meat hooks used to handle the sacrificial meat and for the basins, pitchers, and dishes, as well as the amount of silver for every dish.
18. He designated the amount of refined gold for the altar of incense. Finally, he gave him a plan for the lord’s “chariot”—the gold cherubim whose wings were stretched out over the Ark of the lord’s Covenant.
19. “Every part of this plan,” David told Solomon, “was given to me in writing from the hand of the lord.”
20. Then David continued, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the Temple of the lord is finished correctly.
21. The various divisions of priests and Levites will serve in the Temple of God. Others with skills of every kind will volunteer, and the officials and the entire nation are at your command.”