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2Ch 7:1-3.
英文原文
2Ch 7:1-3.
GOD GIVES TESTIMONY TO SOLOMON'S PRAYER; THE PEOPLE WORSHIP.
1. the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering--Every act of worship was accompanied by a sacrifice. The preternatural stream of fire kindled the mass of flesh, and was a token of the divine acceptance of Solomon's prayer (see on
Le 9:24;
1Ki 18:38).
the glory of the Lord filled the house--The cloud, which was the symbol of God's presence and majesty, filled the interior of the temple
(Ex 40:35).
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2. 祭司不能进殿——他们既对坛上燃烧的神迹之火心存敬畏，又因浓云笼罩圣所，一时无法照常履行职务（参看
1Ki 8:10
的注释）。
但后来他们的勇气与信心既已恢复，便就近祭坛，忙于献上极多的祭物。
英文原文
2. the priests could not enter--Both from awe of the miraculous fire that was burning on the altar and from the dense cloud that enveloped the sanctuary, they were unable for some time to perform their usual functions (see on
1Ki 8:10).
But afterwards, their courage and confidence being revived, they approached the altar and busied themselves in the offering of an immense number of sacrifices.
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3. 以色列众人都……俯伏在地，叩拜在铺石地上——这种俯伏的姿势（双膝跪下、前额触地），是希伯来人以及一般东方人表达最深刻的敬畏谦卑之情的方式。当此场合，圣殿的院宇挤得水泄不通，这广大的人群都俯伏在地。使以色列人在此场合突然采取这俯伏姿态的，是他们目睹那象征性的云彩缓缓而庄严地降在圣殿之上、随即进入殿中这一景象。
英文原文
3. all the children of Israel . . . bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement--This form of prostration (that of lying on one's knees with the forehead touching the earth), is the manner in which the Hebrews, and Orientals in general, express the most profound sentiments of reverence and humility. The courts of the temple were densely crowded on the occasion, and the immense multitude threw themselves on the ground. What led the Israelites suddenly to assume that prostrate attitude on the occasion referred to, was the spectacle of the symbolical cloud slowly and majestically descending upon the temple, and then entering it.
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2Ch 7:4-11.
2Ch 7:4-11.
所罗门的献祭
4. 王和众民就献祭——无论是个别敬拜者亲自宰杀自己的牲畜，还是数量众多的利未人中有一部分在场的尽这项职任（他们有时如此行），无论哪种情形，祭物都是借着祭司献上的，由他们将血和脂油献在坛上（参看
1Ki 8:62
的注释）。
英文原文
2Ch 7:4-11.
SOLOMON'S SACRIFICES.
4. Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices--Whether the individual worshippers slaughtered their own cattle, or a certain portion of the vast number of the Levitical order in attendance performed that work, as they sometimes did, in either case the offerings were made through the priests, who presented the blood and the fat upon the altar (see on
1Ki 8:62).
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5, 6. 王和众民为神的殿行奉献之礼——奉献的礼仪主要包括将约柜迎入圣殿，并献上与此非凡场合相称的大量祭物。所有在场之人——王、百姓和祭司——都按各自的身分参与这庄严事奉的执行。当然，这职责主要落在祭司身上；因此史家在描述他们各部的工作时，总括说：「祭司各尽其职。」当许多人忙于预备和献上祭牲之时，另一些人吹响号筒，各班利未人则以声乐和器乐赞美耶和华，所用的乃是
诗篇第一百三十六篇，
其反复出现的副歌是：「因他的慈爱永远长存。」
英文原文
5, 6. so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God--The ceremonial of dedication consisted principally in the introduction of the ark into the temple, and in the sacrificial offerings that were made on a scale of magnitude suitable to the extraordinary occasion. All present, the king, the people, and the priests, took part according to their respective stations in the performance of the solemn service. The duty, of course, devolved chiefly on the priests, and hence in proceeding to describe their several departments of work, the historian says, generally, "the priests waited on their offices." While great numbers would be occupied with the preparation and offering of the victims, others sounded with their trumpets, and the different bands of the Levites praised the Lord with vocal and instrumental music, by
the hundred thirty-sixth Psalm,
the oft-recurring chorus of which is, "for His mercy endureth for ever."
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7. 所罗门将内院分别为圣——在这非同寻常的场合，所献的牲畜之数远超过一个祭坛和通常拴牲畜的环子所能容纳的，便把环子所在处与院西端之间的一切空间都征用为增设祭坛的临时场所。在这宽阔的院内那一部分，燔祭四面都在焚烧。
英文原文
7. Solomon hallowed the middle of the court--On this extraordinary occasion, when a larger number of animals were offered than one altar and the usual place of rings to which the animals were bound would admit, the whole space was taken in that was between the place of rings and the west end of the court to be used as a temporary place for additional altars. On that part of the spacious court holocausts were burning all round.
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8. 所罗门守节七日——选定作为奉献圣殿的时机，恰在住棚节之前（参看
1Ki 8:1-12
的注释）。
那季节在收割之后，相当于我们的九、十月间，历时七日；在如此漫长的节期中，足以献上所列的大量祭物。这些祭物中有很大一部分是平安祭，为百姓提供了节期欢乐的途径。
以色列众人……从哈马口——即黎巴嫩的隘口。
直到埃及河——即利诺科鲁拉，今之阿里什，巴勒斯坦的南界。
英文原文
8. Solomon kept the feast seven days--The time chosen for the dedication of the temple was immediately previous to the feast of tabernacles (see on
1Ki 8:1-12).
That season, which came after the harvest, corresponding to our September and October, lasted seven days, and during so prolonged a festival there was time afforded for the offering of the immense sacrifices enumerated. A large proportion of these were peace offerings, which afforded to the people the means of festive enjoyment.
all Israel . . . from the entering in of Hamath--that is, the defile at Lebanon.
unto the river of Egypt--that is, Rhinocorura, now El-Arish, the south boundary of Palestine.
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10. 七月二十三日——这是住棚节的最后一日。
英文原文
10. on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month--This was the last day of the feast of tabernacles.
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2Ch 7:12-22.
2Ch 7:12-22.
神向他显现
12. 耶和华夜间向所罗门显现——（参看
1Ki 9:1-9
的注释）。
圣殿的奉献对所罗门和他的百姓而言，必是一个令举国深切关注的场合。这种关注也不仅仅是暂时或局部的。它的记述历久弥新，被人阅读和思念，其兴趣不因时光流逝而稍减。在万国一切的庙宇中，唯独这座圣殿敬拜的是真神，这一事实给那场面赋予了道德上的崇高，也为奉献时那崇高的祷告作了心灵上的预备。那祷告中纯粹的一神信仰——它承认神的独一性，也承认祂在护理和恩典中的道德完美——与那神迹之火一样，来自同一属神的源头。这些表明了崇高而属灵的虔诚情操与感受，并非出自人未受助的心思，而是出自启示的源头。神圣临在的真实由神迹所证实，而那神迹又为圣殿敬拜的神学盖上了真理的印记。
英文原文
2Ch 7:12-22.
GOD APPEARS TO HIM.
12. the Lord appeared to Solomon by night--(See on
1Ki 9:1-9).
The dedication of the temple must have been an occasion of intense national interest to Solomon and his subjects. Nor was the interest merely temporary or local. The record of it is read and thought of with an interest that is undiminished by the lapse of time. The fact that this was the only temple of all nations in which the true God was worshipped imparts a moral grandeur to the scene and prepares the mind for the sublime prayer that was offered at the dedication. The pure theism of that prayer--its acknowledgment of the unity of God as well as of His moral perfections in providence and grace, came from the same divine source as the miraculous fire. They indicated sentiments and feelings of exalted and spiritual devotion, which sprang not from the unaided mind of man, but from the fountain of revelation. The reality of the divine presence was attested by the miracle, and that miracle stamped the seal of truth upon the theology of the temple-worship.
2Ch 7:1-3.
神为所罗门的祷告作见证；百姓敬拜
1. 有火从天上降下来，烧尽燔祭——每一次敬拜的举动都伴有献祭。这一股超自然的火焰点燃了堆积的祭肉，是神悦纳所罗门祷告的记号 （参看
Le 9:24；
1Ki 18:38
的注释）。
耶和华的荣光充满了殿——那作为神临在威严之象征的云彩，充满了圣殿的内部
(Ex 40:35)。