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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. 祭司不能進殿——既因敬畏那燒在祭壇上的奇火，又因那籠罩聖所的濃雲，他們一時無法照常履行職任（參
1Ki 8:10）。 但後來他們恢復了膽量與信心，就近祭壇，忙於獻上極多的祭物。
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. 以色列眾人……面伏於地叩拜在鋪石地——這種俯伏的方式（跪著、前額觸地），是希伯來人及一般東方人表達最深崇敬與謙卑的姿態。聖殿的院宇在此場合擠得水洩不通，龐大的群眾都仆倒在地。使以色列人突然在那場合取這俯伏姿態的，是看見那象徵性的雲彩緩慢而莊嚴地降在聖殿之上、然後進入殿中的景象。
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.
所羅門的獻祭。
4. 王和眾民就獻祭——不論是個別的敬拜者親自宰殺自己的牲畜，還是為數眾多的利未人在場代勞（他們有時確實如此），無論如何，獻祭都是經由祭司之手，由他們將血與脂油獻在壇上（參
1Ki 8:62）。
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. 於是王和眾民獻上帝之殿的禮——奉獻之禮主要包括將約櫃迎入聖殿，以及在那非凡的場合以宏大的規模獻祭。在場的每一個人——王、百姓、祭司——都按各自的職位參與這莊嚴的事奉。責任自然主要落在祭司身上，因此史家在描述他們各部門的工作時，概括地說：「祭司各供其職」。當大批人忙於預備和獻上祭牲之時，另一些人吹響號筒，利未人的各班則以人聲與樂器讚美耶和華，所唱的是
第一百三十六篇， 其反覆出現的副歌是「因祂的慈愛永遠長存」。
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. 所羅門將院當中的地分別為聖——在這非凡的場合，獻上的祭牲數目超過一座祭壇和拴祭牲的常用環圈所能容納，於是從環圈處到院西端之間的全部空間都被徵用，作為增設祭壇的臨時場所。在那寬闊之院的那一部分，燔祭全周圍焚燒著。
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. 所羅門守節七日——聖殿奉獻的時間選在住棚節之前（參
1Ki 8:1-12）。 那個在收成之後的季節，相當於我們的九月與十月，為期七天；在這麼長的節期中，有足夠的時間獻上所列那龐大的祭牲。其中大部分是平安祭，這為百姓提供了歡樂享受的途徑。
以色列……從哈馬口——即利巴嫩的隘口。
到埃及小河——即利諾科魯拉，今埃爾阿里什，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——這是住棚節的最後一日。
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.
上帝向他顯現。
12. 耶和華夜間向所羅門顯現——（參
1Ki 9:1-9）。 聖殿的奉獻對所羅門與其臣民而言，必是一個舉國深切關注的場合。這關注不僅是一時的或地域性的。它的記錄歷久彌新，至今仍被人誦讀和思想。這是萬國之中惟一敬拜真神的聖殿，這一事實賦予這場景以道德的宏偉，也為奉獻時所獻那崇高的禱告作了鋪墊。那禱告中純粹的一神論——對上帝獨一性以及祂在護理與恩典中道德完美的承認——與那奇妙的火來自同一神聖源頭。它們表明了崇高而屬靈的敬虔情操，這非出自人無助的心智，而是源自啟示的泉源。上帝同在的真實由那神蹟證實，而那神蹟也為聖殿敬拜的神學蓋上了真理的印記。
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.
上帝為所羅門的禱告作見證；百姓敬拜。
1. 有火從天上降下，燒盡燔祭——每一次敬拜都伴隨著獻祭。這超自然的火流點燃了大量的祭肉，是上帝悅納所羅門禱告的記號（參
Le 9:24；
1Ki 18:38）。
耶和華的榮光充滿了殿——那雲彩是上帝同在與威嚴的象徵，充滿了聖殿內部
（Ex 40:35）。