1 Chronicles 28:14
He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
David gave Solomon gold by weight for every article of gold and silver by weight for every article of silver, with the amount specified for each instrument of every kind of service in the temple, including its sacred furnishings and equipment. This giving belongs to David's charge entrusting the temple work to Solomon, in which David's part was to advise and encourage him from experience while the building itself was assigned to Solomon to carry out. That work was to be done under God's direction.
The weighed provision was part of the detailed written pattern for building and serving in God's house, with minute specifications for every portion of the temple on Mount Moriah revealed to David by divine inspiration and entrusted to Solomon. The Architect who planned the temple where His name would be honored and gave its building details was Christ, so its design, its services, and its prepared materials came through divine direction and blessing. The pattern required exactness in execution, so only the most skillful men of design and art were to share in the work, every stone was prepared to exactly fill its place before being brought to the site, and the temple came together without the sound of axe or hammer, leaving no building in the world to equal it for beauty, richness, and splendor.
Solomon should have looked to God in faith for consecrated helpers to whom special skill would be granted to carry out those specifications with exactness, but he lost sight of this opportunity to exercise faith. Although the people supplied and prepared what was needed, the temple's splendor and the honor for it belonged to God, not to Solomon. God has from the beginning been particular about the design and accomplishment of His work and gives wisdom to all engaged in His service to carry out His design, and in this age He has given much light and instruction so His work will go forward on an elevated, refined, ennobling basis. He is displeased with those who do not carry out His design and will separate them from His cause to prove others in their place, who if self-sufficient will in turn be replaced by still other laborers. People cannot earn God's favor by returning wealth to Him, because all they have was already His and was entrusted to them for His purposes, so giving back to God is stewardship rather than merit.