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所罗门定意建殿(A)

推罗王希兰听见以色列人膏立了所罗门接续他父亲作王,就派遣自己的臣仆来见所罗门;因为希兰一向爱大卫。(本节在《马索拉文本》为5:15) 所罗门也派遣人去见希兰,说: “你知道我的父亲大卫为了四周的战事,在耶和华使敌人都服在他的脚下以前,他不能为耶和华他的 神的名建造殿宇。 但是,现在耶和华我的 神使我四境太平,没有仇敌,也没有灾祸。 所以我有意要为耶和华我的 神的名建造殿宇,正如耶和华曾对我的父亲大卫说:‘你的儿子,就是我要使他接续你坐在王位上的,要为我的名建造殿宇。’ 现在请你命令人从黎巴嫩为我砍伐香柏木;我的仆人要与你的仆人一起工作;至于你的仆人的工资,我必按照你所说的付给你,因为你也知道,我们中间没有人像西顿人那样善于砍伐树木。”

推罗王答应相助(B)

希兰听见了所罗门的话,就十分欢喜,说:“今天耶和华是应当称颂的,因为他赐给了大卫一个有智慧的儿子治理这么众多的人民。” 于是希兰派遣人去见所罗门,说:“你派人来向我所传的消息,我都听到了。关于香柏木和松木的事,你心所愿的,我都照办。 我的仆人要把这些木材从黎巴嫩运下海中;我会把木材扎成木筏,从海上运到你指定我的地方去。我在那里把木材拆开,你就可以运走。你也要成全我的心愿,用粮食供应我家。” 10 于是希兰照所罗门所想要的,供给他香柏木和松木。 11 所罗门也给了希兰麦子四百万公升,纯油四十万公升(按照《马索拉文本》,“四十万公升”作“二十歌珥”,约四千公升;现参照《七十士译本》翻译;参代下2:10),作为他家的食物。所罗门年年都这样供给希兰。 12 耶和华照着他应许所罗门的,把智慧赐给他。希兰与所罗门之间,彼此和平相处,二人互相立约。

征召工人(C)

13 所罗门从以色列众人中征召作苦工的人,这些作苦工的人共有三万, 14 派他们轮班上黎巴嫩山去,每月一万人;他们一个月在黎巴嫩山上,两个月在家里。管理这些作苦工的是亚多尼兰。 15 所罗门有七万个搬运重物的工人,有八万个在山上凿石的石匠。 16 除此以外,所罗门还有三千三百个监管工作的官长,管理作工的人民。 17 王下令,人就开凿出又大又贵重的石头,用凿好的石头作殿的地基。 18 所罗门的工匠、希兰的工匠和迦巴勒人把石头凿好,又预备建造殿宇用的木料和石料。

預備建造聖殿

泰爾王希蘭素來與大衛修好,他聽說以色列人膏立了所羅門繼承大衛的王位,就遣使者來見所羅門。 所羅門也派人去見希蘭,說: 「你知道,我父大衛因周圍戰事連連,未能為他的上帝耶和華建殿,要等到耶和華使仇敵伏在他腳下後再建。 現在我的上帝耶和華使我四境太平,內外無憂, 我想為我的上帝耶和華建殿,因為耶和華曾對我父大衛說,『我必使你的兒子繼承你的王位,他必為我的名建殿。』 請你命人為我砍伐黎巴嫩的香柏木。我會派人幫助你的人,並按你的要求付你的人工錢。因為你知道,我們沒有人像西頓人那樣善於砍伐樹木。」

希蘭聽了所羅門的話後,非常高興,說:「今天當讚美耶和華!祂賜給大衛一個有智慧的兒子治理這偉大的民族。」 他派人回覆所羅門說:「我已收到你派人帶來的口信。我一定會照你的心願提供香柏木和松木。 我的工人會將這些木料從黎巴嫩紮成木筏,經海道運到你指定的地點。木筏拆散以後,你就可以點收了。你也要成全我的心願,供應我家食糧。」 10 於是,希蘭供應所羅門需用的香柏木和松木, 11 所羅門每年供應希蘭四百四十萬升麥子和四千四百升橄欖油。 12 耶和華照著應許賜給所羅門智慧。他跟希蘭修好,締結盟約。

13 所羅門王從以色列徵集了三萬勞工, 14 派他們每月輪班到黎巴嫩工作,每班一萬人,在黎巴嫩一個月,在家兩個月。亞多尼蘭做他們的總管。 15 所羅門又徵用了七萬名搬運工,八萬名在山上鑿石的匠人。 16 此外,他還派了三千三百名監工,監督工人做工。 17 他們按照王的命令在山上鑿出珍貴的巨石,用來作殿的根基。 18 於是,所羅門和希蘭的工匠及迦巴勒人鑿好石頭,備好木料,準備建殿。

Solomon Gathers Building Materials for the Temple

(5:15)[a] King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers[b] to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father’s place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.) Solomon then sent this message to Hiram: “You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord[c] his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies.[d] But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat. So I have decided[e] to build a temple to honor the Lord[f] my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’[g] So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians.”

When Hiram heard Solomon’s message, he was very happy. He said, “The Lord is worthy of praise today because he[h] has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation.” Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: “I received[i] the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need.[j] My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate.[k] There I will separate the logs[l] and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court.”[m]

10 So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed,[n] 11 and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,000 cors [o] of wheat as provision for his royal court,[p] as well as 120,000 gallons[q] of pure[r] olive oil.[s] 12 So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty.[t]

13 King Solomon conscripted[u] work crews[v] from throughout Israel, 30,000 men in all. 14 He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,000 men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of[w] the work crews. 15 Solomon also had 70,000 common laborers[x] and 80,000 stonecutters[y] in the hills, 16 besides 3,300 officials[z] who supervised the workers.[aa] 17 By royal order[ab] they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple’s foundation with chiseled stone. 18 Solomon’s and Hiram’s construction workers,[ac] along with men from Byblos,[ad] did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple.[ae]

Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 5:1 sn The verse numbers in the English Bible differ from those in the Hebrew text (BHS) here; 5:1-18 in the English Bible corresponds to 5:15-32 in the Hebrew text. See the note at 4:21.
  2. 1 Kings 5:1 tn Heb “his servants.”
  3. 1 Kings 5:3 tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.
  4. 1 Kings 5:3 tn Heb “because of the battles which surrounded him until the Lord placed them under the soles of his feet.”
  5. 1 Kings 5:5 tn Heb “Look, I am saying.”
  6. 1 Kings 5:5 tn Heb “a house for the name of the Lord.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.
  7. 1 Kings 5:5 tn Heb “a house for my name.”
  8. 1 Kings 5:7 tn Or “Blessed be the Lord today, who….”
  9. 1 Kings 5:8 tn Heb “heard.”
  10. 1 Kings 5:8 tn Heb “I will satisfy all your desire with respect to cedar wood and with respect to the wood of evergreens.”
  11. 1 Kings 5:9 tn Heb “I will place them [on? as?] rafts in the sea to the place where you designate to me.” This may mean he would send them by raft, or that he would tie them in raft-like bundles, and have ships tow them down to an Israelite port.
  12. 1 Kings 5:9 tn Heb “smash them,” i.e., untie the bundles.
  13. 1 Kings 5:9 tn Heb “as for you, you will satisfy my desire by giving food for my house.”
  14. 1 Kings 5:10 tn Heb “and Hiram gave to Solomon cedar wood and the wood of evergreens, all his desire.”
  15. 1 Kings 5:11 sn As a unit of dry measure a cor was roughly equivalent to six bushels.
  16. 1 Kings 5:11 tn Heb “his house.”
  17. 1 Kings 5:11 tc The Hebrew text has “twenty cors,” but the ancient Greek version and the parallel text in 2 Chr 2:10 read “20,000 baths.” sn A bath was a liquid measure roughly equivalent to six gallons (about 22 liters), so this was a quantity of about 120,000 gallons (440,000 liters).
  18. 1 Kings 5:11 tn Or “pressed.”
  19. 1 Kings 5:11 tn Heb “and Solomon supplied Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat…pure olive oil. So Solomon would give to Hiram year by year.”
  20. 1 Kings 5:12 tn Heb “a covenant,” referring to a formal peace treaty or alliance.
  21. 1 Kings 5:13 tn Heb “raised up.”
  22. 1 Kings 5:13 sn Work crews. This Hebrew word (מַס, mas) refers to a group of laborers conscripted for royal or public service.
  23. 1 Kings 5:14 tn Heb “was over.”
  24. 1 Kings 5:15 tn Heb “carriers of loads.”
  25. 1 Kings 5:15 tn Heb “cutters” (probably of stones).
  26. 1 Kings 5:16 tc Some Greek mss of the OT read “3,600”; cf. 2 Chr 2:2, 18 and NLT.
  27. 1 Kings 5:16 tn Heb “besides thirty-three hundred from the officials of Solomon’s governors who were over the work, the ones ruling over the people, the ones doing the work.”
  28. 1 Kings 5:17 tn Heb “and the king commanded.”
  29. 1 Kings 5:18 tn Heb “builders.”
  30. 1 Kings 5:18 tn Heb “the Gebalites.” The reading is problematic and some emend to a verb form meaning, “set the borders.”
  31. 1 Kings 5:18 tc The LXX includes the words “for three years.”