旧约 - 历代记下(2 Chronicles)第8章

At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the LORD and his own palace,
Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them.
Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.
He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.
He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,
as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses--whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
All the people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these peoples were not Israelites),
that is, their descendants remaining in the land, whom the Israelites had not destroyed--these Solomon conscripted for his slave labor force, as it is to this day.
But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers.
They were also King Solomon's chief officials--two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.
Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, "My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy."
On the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD,
according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons and the three annual feasts--the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles.
In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day's requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.
They did not deviate from the king's commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
All Solomon's work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid until its completion. So the temple of the LORD was finished.
Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom.
And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers, men who knew the sea. These, with Solomon's men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
历代志下第八章   第 8 章 

  代下 8:11> 明知道自己所作的不蒙神喜悦,却企图蒙混过去;我是否也…… 

  8:11 所罗门娶埃及的公主,好与埃及结为军事同盟,不过,他不让这个妻子住在大卫的王宫里,因为神的约柜曾放在那地方,这暗示所罗门知道,他娶外邦女子为妻并不讨神喜悦。他还娶了许多外邦妻子,与神的律法背道而驰(参申 7:3-4 ),这些女子敬拜假神,终必污染国人的信仰与习俗。最后,所罗门的异教妃嫔果然为他带来败亡(参王上 11:1-11 )。 

  代下 8:15> 城墙可由细小的破口开始崩塌,若我轻看罪,则防护我生命的城墙也会有崩塌的一天…… 

  8:15 所罗门建殿与献祭都小心翼翼地遵照神的旨意( 8:13 ),可是对于神禁止娶外邦女子的吩咐,他却不肯遵循,犯了娶外邦女子之罪( 8:11 ),从此偏离神。不管我们的生活是怎样属灵,只要有一小部分不肯顺服神,就会使我们迈向败坏之途。要警惕你生命的每一个方面,特别是与人的关系更须谨慎,不可让罪有机可乘。──《灵修版圣经注释》