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1Ki 3:1.
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1Ki 3:1.
SOLOMON MARRIES PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER.
1. Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh--This was a royal title, equivalent to "sultan," and the personal name of this monarch is said to have been Vaphres. The formation, on equal terms, of this matrimonial alliance with the royal family of Egypt, shows the high consideration to which the Hebrew kingdom had now arisen. Rosellini has given, from the Egyptian monuments, what is supposed to be a portrait of this princess. She was received in the land of her adoption with great eclat; for the Song of Solomon and the forty-fifth Psalm are supposed to have been composed in honor of this occasion, although they may both have a higher typical reference to the introduction of the Gentiles into the church.
and brought her into the city of David--that is, Jerusalem. She was not admissible into the stronghold of Zion, the building where the ark was
(De 23:7, 8).
She seems to have been lodged at first in his mother's apartments
(So 3:4; 8:2),
as a suitable residence was not yet provided for her in the new palace
(1Ki 7:8; 9:24; 2Ch 8:11).
building . . . the wall of Jerusalem round about--Although David had begun
(Ps 51:18),
it was, according to JOSEPHUS, reserved for Solomon to extend and complete the fortifications of the city. It has been questioned whether this marriage was in conformity with the law (see
Ex 34:16; De 7:3; Ezr 10:1-10; Ne 13:26).
But it is nowhere censured in Scripture, as are the connections Solomon formed with other foreigners
(1Ki 11:1-3);
whence it may be inferred that he had stipulated for her abandonment of idolatry, and conforming to the Jewish religion
(Ps 45:10, 11).
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1Ki 3:2-5.
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1Ki 3:2-5.
當時仍有邱壇,他在基遍獻祭
英文原文
1Ki 3:2-5.
HIGH PLACES BEING IN USE, HE SACRIFICES AT GIBEON.
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3. 所羅門愛耶和華——這句話因下文所記而得以說明,足以證明這位年少君王的敬虔;而句首那個「只是」一詞,不應理解為帶來某種責備意味的保留條件。聖史的本意,是要描述聖殿建成之前普遍通行的敬拜方式。
邱壇是建在天然或人工高處的祭壇,大概出於一種以為人由此更接近神明的觀念。列祖曾使用過,後來在異教中極為普遍,幾乎與偶像崇拜同義。律法明文禁止
(Le 17:3, 4;
De 12:13, 14;
Jer 7:31;
Eze 6:3, 4;
Ho 10:8)。
但只要會幕仍遷移不定,全國性敬拜的設施也只是暫時的,那麼在那些邱壇上的敬拜便可容忍。因此,為說明邱壇為何仍存,經上明說
(1Ki 3:2)
神尚未揀選一個固定而專一的敬拜之所。
英文原文
3. And Solomon loved the Lord--This declaration, illustrated by what follows, affords undoubted evidence of the young king's piety; nor is the word "only," which prefaces the statement, to be understood as introducing a qualifying circumstance that reflected any degree of censure upon him. The intention of the sacred historian is to describe the generally prevailing mode of worship before the temple was built. The
high places were altars erected on natural or artificial eminences, probably from the idea that men were brought nearer to the Deity. They had been used by the patriarchs, and had become so universal among the heathen that they were almost identified with idolatry. They were prohibited in the law
(Le 17:3, 4; De 12:13, 14; Jer 7:31; Eze 6:3, 4; Ho 10:8).
But, so long as the tabernacle was migratory and the means for the national worship were merely provisional, the worship on those high places was tolerated. Hence, as accounting for their continuance, it is expressly stated
(1Ki 3:2)
that God had not yet chosen a permanent and exclusive place for his worship.
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4. 王上基遍去獻祭——舊的會幕和摩西在曠野所造的銅壇都在那裏
(1Ch 16:39; 21:29;
2Ch 1:3-6)。
這趟王的巡行具有公共意義,乃是一次全國敬虔的盛會。王由主要貴族陪同前行
(2Ch 1:2);
而且這場合大概是一年一度的重大節期,為期七日,因此獻祭者的身分以及每日連續不斷的獻祭,部分地說明了祭牲數目何等龐大的原因。
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4. the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there--The old tabernacle and the brazen altar which Moses had made in the wilderness were there
(1Ch 16:39; 21:29; 2Ch 1:3-6).
The royal progress was of public importance. It was a season of national devotion. The king was accompanied by his principal nobility
(2Ch 1:2);
and, as the occasion was most probably one of the great annual festivals which lasted seven days, the rank of the offerer and the succession of daily oblations may help in part to account for the immense magnitude of the sacrifices.
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5. 在基遍,夜間夢中,耶和華向所羅門顯現——這大概是在那次節期將終之時,他因連日的禮儀而心靈被提升到極高的敬虔火熱之中。所羅門對智慧的恩賜懷有強烈的渴慕,並曾懇切祈求。在睡夢中,他的心思仍縈繞於禱告的主題,夢見神向他顯現,任他在天下萬物中隨意揀選——他求了智慧,神也應允了他
(1Ki 3:9-12)。
他的夢不過是從前心願的想像性重演,但神的賜予卻是真實的。
英文原文
5. In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream--It was probably at the close of this season, when his mind had been elevated into a high state of religious fervor by the protracted services. Solomon felt an intense desire, and he had offered an earnest petition, for the gift of wisdom. In sleep his thoughts ran upon the subject of his prayer, and he dreamed that God appeared to him and gave him the option of every thing in the world--that he asked wisdom, and that God granted his request
(1Ki 3:9-12).
His dream was but an imaginary repetition of his former desire, but God's grant of it was real.
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1Ki 3:6-15.
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1Ki 3:6-15.
他揀選智慧
6. 所羅門說——即夢見自己這樣說。
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1Ki 3:6-15.
HE CHOOSES WISDOM.
6. Solomon said--that is, had dreamed that he said.
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7. 我是幼童——並非指年齡,因他已成年
(1Ki 2:9),
至少二十歲;而是指他在治國理政方面尚屬生嫩、毫無經驗。
英文原文
7. I am but a little child--not in age, for he had reached manhood
(1Ki 2:9)
and must have been at least twenty years old; but he was raw and inexperienced in matters of government.
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10. 所羅門求這事,主甚喜悅——神所聽聞而應允的,是所羅門清醒時的禱告,但這悅納是在這異象中表明出來的。
英文原文
10. the speech pleased the Lord--It was Solomon's waking prayers that God heard and requited, but the acceptance was signified in this vision.
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15. 原來是一個夢——他對這夢有清晰的印象、不可磨滅的記憶,加上心靈所得著的新的、更充沛的力量,以及隨後湧來的世俗繁榮,都使他確信這夢出於神的默示,源於神的恩典。然而他所求所得的智慧,與其說是心靈的智慧,不如說是頭腦的智慧——不是為他個人的,而是為他的職分的,使他足以秉公斷案、治理國家,並獲取廣泛的科學知識。
英文原文
15. behold, it was a dream--The vivid impression, the indelible recollection he had of this dream, together with the new and increased energy communicated to his mind, and the flow of worldly prosperity that rushed upon him, gave him assurance that it came by divine inspiration and originated in the grace of God. The wisdom, however, that was asked and obtained was not so much of the heart as of the head--it was wisdom not for himself personally, but for his office, such as would qualify him for the administration of justice, the government of a kingdom, and for the attainment of general scientific knowledge.
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1Ki 3:16-28.
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1Ki 3:16-28.
他在兩個妓女之間的判斷
16. 有兩個婦人來——東方的君主通常親自審案,至少在一切疑難案件上如此;當他們別無他法探得真相的線索、或在纷繁矛盾的供詞中理出頭緒時,常借助人性的原則。東方的近代史中,不乏這類司法故事的記載,其中所下的判決,正是像所羅門這樣對當事人的天然感情加以試驗的結果。
英文原文
1Ki 3:16-28.
HIS JUDGMENT BETWEEN TWO HARLOTS.
16. Then came there two women--Eastern monarchs, who generally administer justice in person, at least in all cases of difficulty, often appeal to the principles of human nature when they are at a loss otherwise to find a clue to the truth or see clearly their way through a mass of conflicting testimony. The modern history of the East abounds with anecdotes of judicial cases, in which the decision given was the result of an experiment similar to this of Solomon upon the natural feelings of the contending parties.
1Ki 3:1.
所羅門娶法老的女兒
1. 所羅門與法老結親——這是王室的尊號,相當於「蘇丹」,據說這位君王的私名叫作瓦弗里斯(Vaphres)。與埃及王室在平等基礎上締結這門婚約,表明希伯來王國當時已享有極高的地位。Rosellini 曾從埃及古蹟中給出據說是這位公主的畫像。她在所入籍之地受到盛大的歡迎;因為《雅歌》和《詩篇》第四十五篇被認為是為紀念這一盛事而作,儘管兩者可能都有更高層面的預表意義,指向外邦人被引入教會。
將她帶進大衛城——即耶路撒冷。她不能進入錫安的堡壘,即安放約櫃的那座建築
(De 23:7, 8)。
她起初似乎被安置在他母親的居所
(So 3:4; 8:2),
因為新宮殿中尚未為她預備合適的住所
(1Ki 7:8; 9:24; 2Ch 8:11)。
建造……耶路撒冷四圍的城牆——雖然大衛已經開始修建
(Ps 51:18),
但據約瑟夫(JOSEPHUS)所言,擴展並完成該城的防禦工事乃留待所羅門來成就。這樁婚姻是否符合律法,一直備受質疑(參
Ex 34:16; De 7:3; Ezr 10:1-10; Ne 13:26)。
但《聖經》從未加以譴責,不像所羅門與其他外邦人所締結的關係那樣
(1Ki 11:1-3);
由此可以推知,他已約定她放棄偶像崇拜,並歸順猶太宗教
(Ps 45:10, 11)。