2 Chronicles 8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 8
Public Works. 1 (A)After the twenty years during which Solomon built the house of the Lord and his own house, 2 he built up the cities which Huram had given him,[a] and settled Israelites there. 3 Then Solomon went to Hamath of Zoba and conquered it. 4 He built Tadmor[b] in the wilderness and all the supply cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 (B)He built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars; 6 also Baalath, all the supply cities belonging to Solomon, and all the cities for the chariots, the cities for horses, and whatever else Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in the entire land under his dominion. 7 All the people who were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites who were not Israelites— 8 those of their descendants who were left in the land and whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted as forced laborers, as they are to this day. 9 But Solomon made none of the Israelites forced laborers for his works, for they were his fighting force, commanders, adjutants, chariot officers, and cavalry. 10 They were also King Solomon’s two hundred and fifty overseers who directed the people.
Solomon’s Piety. 11 Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, “No wife of mine shall dwell in the house of David, king of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord has come are holy.”
12 In those times Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord upon the altar of the Lord which he had built in front of the porch, 13 as was required to be done day by day according to the command of Moses, especially on the sabbaths, at the new moons, and on the fixed festivals three times a year: on the feast of the Unleavened Bread, the feast of Weeks, and the feast of Booths.(C)
14 And according to the ordinance of David his father he appointed the various divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites according to their functions of praise and attendance upon the priests, as the daily duty required. The gatekeepers by their divisions stood guard at each gate, since such was the command of David, the man of God.(D) 15 There was no deviation from the king’s command in whatever related to the priests and Levites or the treasuries. 16 All of Solomon’s work was carried out successfully from the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid until its completion. The house of the Lord was finished.
Glories of the Court. 17 In those times Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Elath on the seashore of the land of Edom.(E) 18 Huram had his servants send him ships and his own servants, expert seamen; they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and obtained there four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon.(F)
Footnotes
- 8:2 The cities which Huram had given him: according to 1 Kgs 9:10–14, it was Solomon who ceded the cities to the king of Tyre as payment for the timber and gold received from him. Since, however, 1 Kgs 9:12 states that Hiram was not satisfied with the cities, the Chronicler may have inferred that he gave them back to Solomon.
- 8:4 Tadmor: later known as Palmyra, an important caravan city in the Syrian desert. The parallel passage in 1 Kgs 9:18 has “Tamar,” in southern Judah; cf. Ez 47:19; 48:28. But Solomon may well have fortified Tadmor against the Arameans.
2 Chronicles 8
Jubilee Bible 2000
8 ¶ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house,
2 that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Hiram had given him and caused the sons of Israel to dwell there.
3 Then Solomon went to Hamathzobah and prevailed against it.
4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities, which he built in the wilderness.
5 Likewise, he rebuilt Bethhoron the upper and Bethhoron the lower, fenced cities with walls, gates, and bars;
6 and Baalath and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the chariot cities and the cities of the horsemen and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and throughout all the land of his dominion.
7 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
8 but of their sons, who were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel, did not consume, Solomon made them pay tribute until this day.
9 But of the sons of Israel Solomon did not make slaves for his work, for they were men of war, and his princes and his captains, and princes of his chariots and horsemen.
10 And King Solomon had two hundred and fifty princes of the governors, who presided over the people.
11 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her, for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David, king of Israel, because the places are holy, unto which the ark of the LORD has come.
12 ¶ Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
13 that each thing might be offered in its day, according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths and on the new moons and on the feasts three times in the year, that is in the feast of unleavened bread and in the feast of weeks and in the feast of the tabernacles.
14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, each thing in its day; the porters also by their courses at each gate, for so had David, the man of God, commanded.
15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures.
16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
17 Then Solomon went to Eziongeber and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
18 For Hiram had sent him ships by the hands of his slaves and slaves that had knowledge of the sea, and they had gone with the slaves of Solomon to Ophir and had taken from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.
历代志下 8
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
所羅門其他建樹與功績(A)
8 所羅門建造耶和華的殿和自己的王宮，用了二十年才完成。 2 所羅門又修築希蘭送給他的那些城市，使以色列人住在那裡。 3 所羅門到哈瑪瑣巴去，佔領了那地方。 4 所羅門又修築了在曠野的達莫，和他在哈瑪建造的一切貯藏貨物的城市。 5 他又建造上伯．和崙和下伯．和崙，成了有牆、有門和有閂的設防城； 6 又建造巴拉和所羅門擁有的一切貯藏貨物的城市，以及一切囤放戰車的城市，馬兵駐紮的城市，和所羅門在耶路撒冷、黎巴嫩，以及他統治的全境內喜愛建造的一切。
7 至於以色列人以外的赫人、亞摩利人、比利洗人、希未人和耶布斯人剩下來的人民， 8 他們的子孫仍然留在那地，以色列人沒有消滅他們。於是，所羅門徵召他們作苦工，直到今日。 9 唯獨以色列人，所羅門沒有驅使他們為他的工程作奴僕；他們作了他的戰士、軍長、車兵長和馬兵長。 10 所羅門王有二百五十名監工，監督工人。
11 所羅門把法老的女兒從大衛城，帶到他為她建造的宮裡去；因為他說：“我的妻子不可住在以色列王大衛的宮裡，因為耶和華的約櫃所到的地方都是神聖的。”
12 那時，所羅門在耶和華的壇上，就是在走廊前面他建築的壇上，向耶和華獻上燔祭， 13 又照著摩西的吩咐，在安息日、初一和一年三次特定的節期，就是除酵節、七七節、住棚節，獻上每日當獻的。
14 所羅門又照著他父親大衛所定的，設立了祭司的班次，執行他們的事奉，又派遣利未人，各守本職，讚美耶和華，在祭司面前照著每日的本分事奉。又派守門的按著班次看守各門。因為這是神人大衛的吩咐。 15 王對祭司和利未人所吩咐的，無論是甚麼事務，或是有關庫房的事，他們都沒有違抗。
16 從耶和華的殿奠基的日子起，直到建成，所羅門的一切工程都進行順利。這樣，耶和華的殿就完成了。
17 那時，所羅門往以東地，到靠近海邊的以旬．迦別和以祿去了。 18 希蘭派他的臣僕，把船隻和熟悉航海的僕人，送到所羅門那裡。他們和所羅門的僕人一同去到俄斐，從那裡得了一萬五千公斤金子，運到所羅門王那裡。
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