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2Sa 7:1-3.
英文原文
2Sa 7:1-3.
NATHAN APPROVES THE PURPOSE OF DAVID TO BUILD GOD A HOUSE.
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2. 王對先知拿單說，看哪，我住在香柏木的宮裏——希蘭差人並備料在耶路撒冷為建造的王宮已經竣工。那宮在那個時代堪稱華美，雖全用木料建造：因為溫暖之地的房屋並不需要像多雨寒冷地區那樣堅實厚實的牆壁。香柏木是最珍稀貴重的木材。他自己王宮的優雅華美，與神約櫃所在的簡陋臨時帳幕相較，使大衛敬虔的心深感不安。
英文原文
2. the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar--The palace which Hiram had sent men and materials to build in Jerusalem had been finished. It was magnificent for that age, though made wholly of wood: houses in warm countries not being required to possess the solidity and thickness of walls which are requisite for dwellings in regions exposed to rain and cold. Cedar was the rarest and most valuable timber. The elegance and splendor of his own royal mansion, contrasted with the mean and temporary tabernacle in which the ark of God was placed, distressed the pious mind of David.
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3. 拿單對王說，你可以照你的心意而行——這一計劃的敬虔打動了先知的心，他便倉促地贊同並鼓勵王所擬的打算。先知們若順著自己的感情衝動，或憑推測發表意見，便常會出錯。（參見
撒上16:6； 王下4:27的註釋。）
英文原文
3. Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart--The piety of the design commended it to the prophet's mind, and he gave his hasty approval and encouragement to the royal plans. The prophets, when following the impulse of their own feelings, or forming conjectural opinions, fell into frequent mistakes. (See on
1Sa 16:6;
2Ki 4:27).
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2Sa 7:4-17.
2Sa 7:4-17.
神指定他的繼承者建造殿宇。
4-17. 當夜耶和華的話臨到拿單——這命令是在隨即的那一夜賜給先知的；也就是說，在大衛尚未來得及採取任何行動或花費任何錢財之前。
英文原文
2Sa 7:4-17.
GOD APPOINTS HIS SUCCESSOR TO BUILD IT.
4-17. it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan--The command was given to the prophet on the night immediately following; that is, before David could either take any measures or incur any expenses.
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11. 耶和華向你指示，他必為你建立家室——作為他敬虔心意的賞報，神將使大衛的家增添昌盛、得著保全，並確保王位由他的後裔世代相傳。〔參
1Ch 17:10〕。
英文原文
11. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an house--As a reward for his pious purpose, God would increase and maintain the family of David and secure the succession of the throne to his dynasty. [See on
1Ch 17:10].
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12. 我必使你的後裔接續你云云——東方習慣上是由父親登基之後所生的長子來繼承王位。大衛遷到耶路撒冷之後，由拔示巴生了幾個兒子
(2Sa 5:14-16；
比較
1Ch 3:5)。
但憑著神特別的旨意和應許，他的繼承人將是此時之後所生的一個兒子；這種偏離東方確立已久的繼承慣例的做法，除了說是為要成就神的應許之外，沒有別的已知理由可以解釋。
英文原文
12. I will set up thy seed after thee, &c.--It is customary for the oldest son born after the father's succession to the throne to succeed him in his dignity as king. David had several sons by Bath-sheba born after his removal to Jerusalem
(2Sa 5:14-16;
compare
1Ch 3:5).
But by a special ordinance and promise of God, his successor was to be a son born after this time; and the departure from the established usage of the East in fixing the succession, can be accounted for on no other known ground, except the fulfilment of the divine promise.
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13. 他必為我的名建造殿宇，我必堅定他國位的寶座，直到永遠——這宣告首要應用於所羅門和大衛家屬世的國度。但在更廣、更崇高的意義上，這話是指著另一位本性不同的大衛之子說的
(Heb 1:8)。
〔參
1Ch 17:14。〕
英文原文
13. He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever--This declaration referred, in its primary application, to Solomon, and to the temporal kingdom of David's family. But in a larger and sublimer sense, it was meant of David's Son of another nature
(Heb 1:8).
[See on
1Ch 17:14.]
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2Sa 7:18-29.
2Sa 7:18-29.
大衛的祈禱與感恩。
18. 於是大衛王進去，坐在耶和華面前——在古時，坐著是一種敬拜的姿勢
(出 17:12； 1Sa 4:13； 1Ki 19:4)。
至於大衛具體怎麼坐，他很可能跪坐在腳後跟上。這是古埃及人在神龕前的姿勢；在東方，這也是在尊長面前表示最深敬意的姿勢。最有尊榮的人在君王面前若要坐下，也是這樣坐；這也是現代回教徒在敬拜場所和儀式中唯一採用的坐姿。
英文原文
2Sa 7:18-29.
DAVID'S PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING.
18. Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord--Sitting was anciently an attitude for worship
(Ex 17:12; 1Sa 4:13; 1Ki 19:4).
As to the particular attitude David sat, most probably, upon his heels. It was the posture of the ancient Egyptians before the shrines; it is the posture of deepest respect before a superior in the East. Persons of highest dignity sit thus when they do sit in the presence of kings and it is the only sitting attitude assumed by the modern Mohammedans in their places and rites of devotion.
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19. 主耶和華啊，這是人的常理——意即：世人通常會向像我這樣卑微的人表示如此大的恩典嗎？（見
1Ch 17:17。）
英文原文
19. is this the manner of man, O Lord God?--that is, is it customary for men to show such condescension to persons so humble as I am? (See
1Ch 17:17.)
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20. 僕人還有何言可說呢——意即：我所蒙的恩超過我所能述說的。
英文原文
20. what can David say more unto thee?--that is, my obligations are greater than I can express.
2Sa 7:1-3.
拿單讚許大衛為神建造殿宇的心意。