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2Ch 9:1-12.
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英文原文
2Ch 9:1-12.
THE QUEEN OF SHEBA VISITS SOLOMON; SHE ADMIRES HIS WISDOM AND MAGNIFICENCE.
1-4. when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon--(See on
1Ki 10:1-13).
It is said that among the things in Jerusalem which drew forth the admiration of Solomon's royal visitor was "his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord." This was the arched viaduct that crossed the valley from Mount Zion to the opposite hill. In the commentary on the passage quoted above, allusion was made to the recent discovery of its remains. Here we give a full account of what, for boldness of conceptions for structure and magnificence, was one of the greatest wonders in Jerusalem. "During our first visit to the southwest corner of the area of the mosque, we observed several of the large stones jutting out from the western wall, which at first seemed to be the effect of a bursting of the wall from some mighty shock or earthquake. We paid little regard to this at the moment; but on mentioning the fact not long after to a circle of our friends, the remark was incidentally dropped that the stones had the appearance of having once belonged to a large arch. At this remark, a train of thought flashed across my mind, which I hardly dared to follow out until I had again repaired to the spot, in order to satisfy myself with my own eyes as to the truth or falsehood of the suggestion. I found it even so. The courses of these immense stones occupy their original position; their external surface is hewn to a regular curve; and, being fitted one upon another, they form the commencement or foot of an immense arch which once sprung out from this western wall in a direction towards Mount Zion, across the Tyropœon valley. This arch could only have belonged to the bridge, which, according to JOSEPHUS, led from this part of the temple to the Xystus (covered colonnade) on Zion; and it proves incontestably the antiquity of that portion from which it springs" [ROBINSON]. The distance from this point to the steep rock of Zion ROBINSON calculates to be about three hundred and fifty feet, the probable length of this ancient viaduct. Another writer adds, that "the arch of this bridge, if its curve be calculated with an approximation to the truth, would measure sixty feet, and must have been one of five sustaining the viaduct (allowing for the abutments on either side), and that the piers supporting the center arch of this bridge must have been of great altitude--not less, perhaps, than one hundred and thirty feet. The whole structure, when seen from the southern extremity of the Tyropœon, must have had an aspect of grandeur, especially as connected with the lofty and sumptuous edifices of the temple, and of Zion to the right and to the left" [ISAAC TAYLOR'S EDITION OF TRAILL'S JOSEPHUS].
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2Ch 9:13-28.
简体中文
2Ch 9:13-28.
他的财富
13. 所罗门每年所得的金子——（参看
1Ki 10:14-29
的注释）。
金子六百六十六他连得——所列之数合 3,646,350 镑；若将未计入的银子
(2Ch 9:14)
按一与九之比来算，约为 200,000 镑，全年供应几达 6,000,000 镑——对于初创的航海商业而言，这是一笔庞大的数目 [内皮尔（NAPIER）]。
英文原文
2Ch 9:13-28.
HIS RICHES.
13. Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year--(See on
1Ki 10:14-29).
six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold--The sum named is equal to £3,646,350; and if we take the proportion of silver
(2Ch 9:14),
which is not taken into consideration, at one to nine, there would be about £200,000, making a yearly supply of nearly £6,000,000, being a vast amount for an infant effort in maritime commerce [NAPIER].
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21. 王的船只往他施去——更当译作「他施的船只」与户兰的仆人同去。
他施的船只——即在载重和结构上类似为他施所建造或所用的大船 [加尔默（CALMET），《残篇》（Fragments）]。
英文原文
21. the king's ships went to Tarshish--rather, "the king's ships of Tarshish went" with the servants of Huram.
ships of Tarshish--that is, in burden and construction like the large vessels built for or used at Tarshish [CALMET, Fragments].
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25. 所罗门有四千套马的棚子——有人推测 [格西尼乌斯（GESENIUS），《希伯来文字典》（Hebrew Lexicon）]，原文的字不仅可指棚或马厩，也可指占同等数目马厩的若干马。若以十匹为一组，便成四万匹。按这一解释理论，《列王纪》的史家所指为马〔参
1Ki 10:26〕；
而《历代志》的史家所说则是安置这些马的厩。但较新的批评家拒绝这种解难之法，他们认为四千马厩与所罗门建制的一般宏伟相符，一致认为《列王纪》的经文因某位抄写者的错误而有窜误。
英文原文
25. Solomon had four thousand stalls--It has been conjectured [GESENIUS, Hebrew Lexicon] that the original term may signify not only stall or stable, but a number of horses occupying the same number of stalls. Supposing that ten were put together in one part, this would make forty thousand. According to this theory of explanation, the historian in Kings refers to horses [see
1Ki 10:26];
while the historian in Chronicles speaks of the stalls in which they were kept. But more recent critics reject this mode of solving the difficulty, and, regarding the four thousand stalls as in keeping with the general magnificence of Solomon's establishments, are agreed in considering the text in Kings as corrupt, through the error of some copyist.
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28. 有人从埃及带马给所罗门——（参看
2Ch 1:14
的注释）。
所罗门无疑将希伯来王国推上了属世荣耀的顶峰。他完成了那项宏大工程，使全国的敬拜集中于耶路撒冷——百姓一年三次上那里去——这使他的名字在古代教会史上占据显著的地位。但他的作王对「独特的子民」却产生了灾难性的影响；他那可悲的偶像崇拜的榜样、他与外邦君王所结的联盟、他所从事的商业投机，以及他所引进的奢华，似乎在很大程度上改变并败坏了犹太人的品格。
英文原文
28. they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt--(See on
2Ch 1:14).
Solomon undoubtedly carried the Hebrew kingdom to its highest pitch of worldly glory. His completion of the grand work, the centralizing of the national worship at Jerusalem, whither the natives went up three times a year, has given his name a prominent place in the history of the ancient church. But his reign had a disastrous influence upon "the peculiar people," and the example of his deplorable idolatries, the connections he formed with foreign princes, the commercial speculations he entered into, and the luxuries introduced into the land, seem in a great measure to have altered and deteriorated the Jewish character.
2Ch 9:1-12.
示巴女王访问所罗门；赞叹他的智慧与荣华
1-4. 示巴女王听见所罗门的名声——（参看
1Ki 10:1-13
的注释）。
据说在耶路撒冷那些引动所罗门这位贵宾赞叹的事物中，有一项是「他上耶和华殿的台阶」。这是一条拱形高架桥道，从锡安山横跨山谷直达对面的山头。在前文所引经段的注释中，已曾提及近来对其遗迹的发现。这里我们对此详加记述：就其构想的宏伟、结构的精巧与华美而言，它是耶路撒冷最令人叹为观止的奇观之一。「我们在初次察访清真寺区的西南角时，便注意到西墙上几块向外突出的巨石，初看似乎是墙体因某次猛烈撞击或地震而崩裂所致。当时我们对这事未多加留意；但不久之后，当我们向一群朋友提及此事时，有人偶然提到这些石头看起来似乎曾经属于一座巨大的拱门。听到这话，我脑中立刻闪过一连串的念头，几乎不敢继续追想下去，直到我再次回到现场，要亲眼证实这推测的真伪。我发现果真如此。这些巨石的石层仍处于其原来的位置；其外露的表面被凿成规则的弧线；一块叠一块地契合在一起，便构成了一座巨大拱门的起脚，这拱门曾经从这堵西墙朝锡安山方向伸展出去，横跨推罗皮温（Tyropœon）谷。这座拱门只能属于那一座桥——据约瑟夫（JOSEPHUS）记载，这桥从此处通往锡安山上的许西乌斯（Xystus，即带顶的柱廊）；这无可辩驳地证明了拱门所由出的那一部分墙体的古老」[罗宾逊（ROBINSON）]。 罗宾逊（ROBINSON）估算，从这一处到锡安山陡峭岩壁的距离约为三百五十英尺，大概就是这座古老高架桥道的长度。另有一位作者补充说：「如果这座桥拱的弧度按接近实际的情况来推算，其跨度会达六十英尺，必定是支撑那高架桥道的五座拱门之一（若把两端的桥台计算在内）；而支撑这座桥中央拱门的桥墩，必然极为高耸——恐怕不会少于一百三十英尺。从推罗皮温（Tyropœon）谷南端望去，整座建筑必显得极为壮观，尤其因它左右两侧与圣殿和锡安山上那些高耸华美的建筑相连」[艾萨克·泰勒（ISAAC TAYLOR）所编特雷尔（TRAILL）版约瑟夫著作（JOSEPHUS）]。