1 Chronicles 29:16

O LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — David addresses God during the temple dedication, immediately after acknowledging that he and his people are merely foreigners and strangers before the Lord.

The words — The verb הֲכִינֹ֔נוּ (ha.khi.No.nu) means "we have prepared," and כֹּל (khol) means "all," framing the contributed wealth as a prepared offering that originates from God's hand.

The thread — The declaration that all resources belong to God runs through 1 Chronicles 29:14, where David notes everything comes from Him, and aligns with Psalm 24:1, which states the earth and its fullness are the LORD’s.

Why it lands — The text states that material abundance for worship is ultimately God's property entrusted to human hands, requiring the reader to recognize divine ownership and give without claiming personal merit.

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The Hebrew words

יְהוָ֣הYah.wehO Yahweh אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei./nuGod/ our כֹ֣לkholall הֶהָמ֤וֹןhe./ha.Monthe/ abundance הַזֶּה֙ha./Zeh<the>/ this אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich הֲכִינֹ֔נוּha.khi.No.nuwe have prepared לִבְנֽוֹת־Li/v.not-to/ buildלְךָ֥le./Khafor/ youבַ֖יִתVa.yita house לְשֵׁ֣םle./Shemfor/ [the] name of קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָkod.She./chaholiness/ your מִיָּדְךָ֥mi./ya.de./Kha[is] from/ hand/ your ה֖וּאhi'itוּלְךָ֥u./le./Khaand/ [belongs] to/ youהַכֹּֽל׃ha./Kol<the>/ everything

King James Version

O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
Psalms 24:1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
2 Chronicles 31:10 and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”
Hosea 2:8 For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
Luke 19:16 The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’