Chú giải Kinh Thánh

Ch. 2 Chronicles 1:1-6 (cp. 1 Kings 3:4). Solomon’s great Sacrifice at Gibeon

1. was strengthened] or, strengthened himself, a favourite expression of the Chronicler; cp. 2 Chronicles 12:13; 2 Chronicles 13:21 (waxed mighty); 2 Chronicles 17:1; 2 Chronicles 23:1, etc.

2. every governor] R.V. every prince.

the chief of the fathers] R.V. the heads of the fathers’ houses.

3. and all the congregation] The attendance of the chief representatives of the people at the great sacrifice with which Solomon seems to have inaugurated his reign is probable in itself, but it is passed over in the brief notice in 1 Kings 3:4.

at Gibeon] Cp. 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 21:29; 1 Kings 3:4. It was a city of Benjamin. The Chronicler defends this instance of high-place worship by his explanation that the Tabernacle was on the high place.

the tabernacle of the congregation] R.V. the tent of meeting (cp. R.V. Preface, p. vi.). So 2 Chronicles 1:5.

in the wilderness] See Exodus 25:1 ff; Exodus 35:4 ff.

4. Kiriath-jearim] Cp. 1 Chronicles 13:5.

pitched a tent] Cp. 1 Chronicles 15:1.

5. Bezalel] See Exodus 31:2; Exodus 38:1-7.

he put] R.V. was there. In the Hebrew the position of a point makes the difference between these two translations.

sought unto it] See 1 Chronicles 28:8, note.

6. went up thither] R.V. mg., offered there. It is to be noted that the Chronicler does not ignore the exercise of priestly functions by Solomon, though such exercise must have seemed wrong in his eyes, but follows his authority (1 Kings 3:4) without adding any explanation.

7–13 (= 1 Kings 3:5-15). Solomon’s Vision and Return to Jerusalem

7. did God appear] In Kings, the Lord appeared in a dream.

8. mercy] R.V. kindness (as 1 Kings 3:6). God shewed David not merely compassion, but also bounty.

made me to reign] R.V. made me king.