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It was a much larger and more particular account of the building of the temple which we had in the book of Kings than is here in this book of Chronicles. In this chapter we have, I. The place and time of building the temple, 2Ch 3:1,2. II. The dimensions and rich ornaments of it, 2Ch 3:3-9. III. The cherubim in the most holy place, 2Ch 3:10-13. IV. The veil, 2Ch 3:14. V. The two pillars, 2Ch 3:15-17. Of all this we have already and an account, 1Ki 6:1-7:51
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The Temple Built (1012 BC)
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聖殿建成（主前 1012 年）
¹ 所羅門就在耶路撒冷、摩利亞山上，就是耶和華向他父親大衛顯現之處，在大衛所預備的耶布斯人阿珥楠的禾場上，開工建造耶和華的殿。 ² 所羅門作王第四年二月初二日，開工建造。 ³ 所羅門建造神殿宇的根基，乃是這樣：他按著古時的尺寸，長六十肘，寬二十肘。 ⁴ 殿前的廊子長二十肘，與殿的寬窄一樣，高一百二十肘；裡面貼上精金。 ⁵ 大殿的牆壁用松木遮蔽，又貼了精金，又雕刻棕樹和鏈子。 ⁶ 他又用寶石裝飾殿宇，使其華美；所用的金子都是巴瓦音的金子。 ⁷ 又將殿的牆壁、梁、門檻、門扇，都貼上金子；牆上雕刻基路伯。 ⁸ 他又建造至聖所，長二十肘，與殿的寬窄一樣，寬也是二十肘；他貼上精金，共用金子六百他連得。 ⁹ 金釘重五十舍客勒。樓房也都貼上金子。
此處記載：一、建殿的地點。所羅門既不能擅自選擇，也不至於無所適從。地點早已定了（代上二十二1），這使他心中得著安舒。1. 必須在耶路撒冷；因為那是神揀選要立祂名的地方。王城必是聖城。「在那裡」有「以色列的見證」，「因為在那裡設立審判的寶座」（詩一二二4、5）。2. 必須在摩利亞山上。有人以為這正是亞伯拉罕獻以撒的「摩利亞地」（創二十二2）。塔古姆也明確如此說，並補充說：「但他因耶和華的言語得蒙拯救，有一隻公羊代替他被獻上。」那件事是基督捨己獻祭的預表；因此同樣預表基督的聖殿建造在那裡，實在合宜。3. 必須在「耶和華向大衛顯現」、「用火答應他」之處（代上二十一18、26）。贖罪之工在那裡一次作成；因此為記念那事，贖罪之工也當在那裡繼續舉行。神曾在何處與我相會，便可盼望祂仍在那裡向我顯現。4. 必須在大衛所預備的地方——不僅是他用金錢買下的，更是他照著神的指示所選定的。所羅門的智慧在於：他不去尋找更方便的地點，而是順服神的安排，無論人對此有何異議。5. 必須在阿珥楠的禾場上。阿珥楠既是耶布斯人，這若是對外邦人的鼓勵，就迫使我們把聖殿之工視為與打穀之工一樣，需要心志的勞苦，絕不亞於身體的勞作。
二、開工的時間。直到所羅門作王第四年才動工（代下三2）。這並非說頭三年虛耗了，或花在猶豫要不要建殿上；而是用於必要的準備工作——要招聚這許多工人、安排動工，三年轉眼即過。有人推測這一年是安息年，就是地向守安息、得釋放的一年；百姓既免了農務，就更容易著手這工程的開始；而聖殿完工的那一年，恰好又輪到一個安息年，他們也必有閒暇參加奉獻典禮。
三、聖殿的尺寸。所羅門在此受教（代下三3），與其他事一樣，是受教於他的父親。「這是所羅門為建殿所立的根基。」這就是他依循的規格：長寬各多少肘，「按著古時的尺寸」，就是最初所定的尺寸；既由神的智慧所賜，動工之時便無理由更改，「因為神一切所作的都必永存；無所增添，無所減少」（傳三14）。祂最初的量度，也是最終的量度。
四、聖殿的裝飾。木工極其精緻，而內部又「貼上精金」（代下三4），貼了「精金」（代下三5），其上還刻有「棕樹和鏈子」。所用的是「巴瓦音」的金子（代下三6），就是最好的金子。「梁」與「門檻」、「牆壁」與「門扇」，都「貼上金子」（代下三7）。十碼見方的至聖所，全部「貼上精金」（代下三8），連「樓房」——更確切地說是「上層的地板或頂蓋」——上下四周都貼了金子。每一顆用以把金板釘在所貼之牆上的釘子、螺絲或釘子，重五十舍客勒，或價值如此（連工價在內）。有許多寶石被獻給神（代上二十九2、8），這些寶石被鑲嵌在最顯眼之處。如今最華美的房屋，也不過以牆壁頂棚的好漆為裝飾；而聖殿的裝飾卻極其厚實富麗。它鑲有「寶石」，因為它是新耶路撒冷的預表——那城內沒有聖殿，因為全城就是聖殿；而它的城牆、城門和根基，據說都是「寶石和珍珠」造的（啟二十一18、19、21）。
영문 원문
The Temple Built (1012 BC)
¹ Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
² And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
³ Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
⁴ And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was a hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
⁵ And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
⁶ And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
⁷ He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
⁸ And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
⁹ And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
Here is, I. The place where the temple was built. Solomon was neither at liberty to choose nor at a loss to fix the place. It was before determined (1Ch 22:1), which was an ease to his mind. 1. It must be at Jerusalem; for that was the place where God had chosen to put his name there. The royal city must be the holy city. There must be the testimony of Israel; for there are set the thrones of judgment, Ps 122:4,5. 2. It must be on Mount Moriah, which, some think, was that very place in the land of Moriah where Abraham offered Isaac, Ge 22:2. So the Targum says expressly, adding, But he was delivered by the word of the Lord, and a ram provided in his place. That was typical of Christ's sacrifice of himself; therefore fitly was the temple, which was likewise a type of him, built there. 3. It must be where the Lord appeared to David, and answered him by fire, 1Ch 21:18,26. There atonement was made once; and therefore, in remembrance of that, there atonement must still be made. Where God has met with me it is to be hoped that he will still manifest himself. 4. It must be in the place which David has prepared, not only which he had purchased with his money, but which he had pitched upon divine direction. It was Solomon's wisdom not to enquire out a more convenient place, but to acquiesce in the appointment of God, whatever might be objected against it. 5. It must be in the threshold floor of Ornan, which, if (as a Jebusite) it gives encouragement to the Gentiles, obliges us to look upon temple-work as that which requires the labour of the mind, no less than threshing-work does that of the body.
II. The time when it was begun; not till the fourth year of Solomon's reign, 2Ch 3:2. Not that the first three years were trifled away, or spent in deliberating whether they should build the temple or no; but they were employed in the necessary preparations for it, wherein three years would be soon gone, considering how many hands were to be got together and set to work. Some conjecture that this was a sabbatical year, or year of release and rest to the land, when the people, being discharged from their husbandry, might more easily lend a hand to the beginning of this work; and then the year in which it was finished would fall out to be another sabbatical year, when they would likewise have leisure to attend the solemnity of the dedication of it.
III. The dimensions of it, in which Solomon was instructed (2Ch 3:3), as he was in other things, by his father. This was the foundation (so it may be read) which Solomon laid for the building of the house. This was the rule he went by, so many cubits the length and breadth, after the first measure, that is, according to the measure first fixed, which there was no reason to make any alteration of when the work came to be done; for the dimensions were given by divine wisdom, and what God does shall be for ever; nothing can be put to it, or taken from it, Ec 3:14. His first measure will be the last.
IV. The ornaments of the temple. The timber-work was very fine, and yet, within, it was overlaid with pure gold (2Ch 3:4), with fine gold (2Ch 3:5), and that embossed with palm-trees and chains. It was gold of Parvaim (2Ch 3:6), the best gold. The beams and posts, the walls and doors, were overlaid with gold, 2Ch 3:7. The most holy place, which was ten yards square, was all overlaid with fine gold (2Ch 3:8), even the upper chambers, or rather the upper floor or roof—top, bottom, and sides, were all overlaid with gold. Every nail, or screw, or pin, with which the golden plates were fastened to the walls that were overlaid with them, weighed fifty shekels, or was worth so much, workmanship and all. A great many precious stones were dedicated to God (1Ch 29:2,8), and these were set here and there, where they would show to the best advantage. The finest houses now pretend to no better garnishing than good paint on the roof and walls; but the ornaments of the temple were most substantially rich. It was set with precious stones, because it was a type of the new Jerusalem, which has no temple in it because it is all temple, and the walls, gates, and foundations of which are said to be of precious stones and pearls, Re 21:18,19,21.
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The Furniture of the Temple (1012 BC)
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聖殿的陳設（主前1012年）
¹⁰ 在至聖所裡，他造兩個基路伯，用雕刻的工藝做成，用金子包裹。 ¹¹ 兩個基路伯的翅膀共長二十肘：這基路伯的一個翅膀長五肘，挨著殿這邊的牆；那一個翅膀也長五肘，挨著那基路伯的翅膀。 ¹² 那基路伯的一個翅膀長五肘，挨著殿那邊的牆；那一個翅膀也長五肘，與這基路伯的翅膀相接。 ¹³ 這兩個基路伯的翅膀張開共二十肘。他們站立著，臉向內朝著聖所。 ¹⁴ 他又用藍色、紫色、朱紅色線和細麻做幔子，在其上繡基路伯的形像。 ¹⁵ 在殿前又造兩根柱子，高三十五肘，每根柱頂上有柱帽，高五肘。 ¹⁶ 又在內殿造鍊子，安在柱頭上；又作一百個石榴，安在鍊子上。 ¹⁷ 將這兩根柱子立在殿前，一根在右邊，一根在左邊，右邊的起名叫雅斤，左邊的起名叫波阿斯。
此處記載：1. 兩個安設在至聖所裡的基路伯。在約櫃之上原已有兩個基路伯，用翅膀遮掩施恩座；那是小的。如今至聖所既已擴大，雖然原有的基路伯仍舊保留（因為它們是約櫃的附屬，而約櫃不重新製造，與會幕其餘器具不同），卻又增添了這兩個大的，無疑是出於神的吩咐，用以填滿聖所，否則那處便會顯得空曠，如同未經陳設的房間。這些基路伯據說是「雕刻的工藝」所作（代下三10），大概是為了象徵那些事奉神威嚴的天使。每一翅膀伸展五肘，所以兩個基路伯合共二十肘（代下三12-13），正與至聖所的寬度相同（代下三8）。他們站立著，如僕人的樣式，臉向內朝著約櫃（代下三13），為要表明他們被安設在那裡並非供人敬拜（否則他們必被造成坐著，如坐在寶座上，且臉朝向敬拜者），而是作為事奉那看不見之神的僕從。我們不可敬拜天使，卻要「與天使一同」敬拜；因為我們已來到與天使相通的境地（來十二22），並要像天使那樣遵行神的旨意。想到我們所敬拜的，正是天使也要掩面的事奉對象，這意念必幫助我們在一切親近神的時候生出敬畏之心。比較林前十一10，賽六2。2. 隔開聖所與至聖所的幔子（代下三14）。這幔子表明了那時代的黑暗，以及敬拜者被隔開的距離；但基督死的時候，這幔子裂開了；因為藉著他我們得已親近，並有坦然無懼的心，不僅可以觀看，更可以進入至聖所。在幔子上「繡上基路伯」。原文是「使他們上升」，意思是這些像以浮雕凸起的方式造成。或者說，這些基路伯被造成展翅上升的姿態，正如那兩個基路伯被造成站立事奉的姿態一樣，為要提醒敬拜者當舉心向上，在敬拜中高升。3. 豎立在殿前的兩根柱子。兩根合在一起長度約三十五肘（代下三15），每根高約十八肘。參王上七15-22等處，我們曾在該處觀看了那兩根柱子——「雅斤」和「波阿斯」，即聖殿之工中的「堅立」與「力量」。
영문 원문
The Furniture of the Temple (1012 BC)
¹⁰ And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
¹¹ And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
¹² And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
¹³ The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
¹⁴ And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
¹⁵ Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
¹⁶ And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
¹⁷ And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
Here is an account of 1. The two cherubim, which were set up in the holy of holies. There were two already over the ark, which covered the mercy-seat with their wings; these were small ones. Now that the most holy place was enlarged, though these were continued (being appurtenances to the ark, which was not to be made new, as all the other utensils of the tabernacle were), yet those two large ones were added, doubtless by divine appointment, to fill up the holy place, which otherwise would have looked bare, like a room unfurnished. These cherubim are said to be of image-work (2Ch 3:10), designed, it is likely, to represent the angels who attend the divine Majesty. Each wing extended five cubits, so that the whole was twenty cubits (2Ch 3:12,13), which was just the breadth of the most holy place, 2Ch 3:8. They stood on their feet, as servants, their faces inward toward the ark (2Ch 3:13), that it might appear they were not set there to be adored (for then they would have been made sitting, as on a throne, and their faces towards their worshippers), but rather as themselves attendants on the invisible God. We must not worship angels, but we must worship with angels; for we have come into communion with them (Heb 12:22), and must do the will of God as the angels do it. The thought that we are worshipping him before whom the angels cover their faces will help to inspire us with reverence in all our approaches to God. Compare 1Co 11:10, Isa 6:2. 2. The veil that parted between the temple and the most holy place, 2Ch 3:14. This denoted the darkness of that dispensation, and the distance which the worshippers were kept at; but, at the death of Christ, this veil was rent; for through him we are made nigh, and have boldness not only to look, but to enter, into the holiest. On this he was wrought cherubim. Heb. he caused them to ascend, that is, they were made in raised work, embossed. Or he made them on the wing in an ascending posture, as the other two that stood on their feet in an attending posture, to remind the worshippers to lift up their hearts, and to soar upwards in their devotions. 3. The two pillars which were set up before the temple. Both together were somewhat above thirty-five cubits in length (2Ch 3:15), about eighteen cubits high a-piece. See 1Ki 7:15-22, etc., where we took a view of those pillars, Jachin and Boaz, establishment and strength in temple-work and by it.
關於建殿之事，列王紀中所記的比歷代志此處更為詳盡。本章內容如下：一、建殿的地點與時間，代下三1、2。二、聖殿的尺寸與華美的裝飾，代下三3～9。三、至聖所中的基路伯，代下三10～13。四、幔子，代下三14。五、兩根柱子，代下三15～17。這一切我們已經讀過相關記載，王上六1～七51。