历代志下 8
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
所罗门的功绩
8 所罗门用二十年的时间兴建了耶和华的殿和他自己的王宫。 2 他重修希兰送给他的城邑，让以色列人居住。
3 所罗门去攻打哈马琐巴，并攻取了此城。 4 他兴建旷野里的达莫以及哈马境内所有的储货城， 5 把上伯·和仑与下伯·和仑建成有墙、有门、有闩的坚城， 6 还建造巴拉、所有的储货城、屯车城、养马城和他想在耶路撒冷、黎巴嫩及其统治的全境兴建的城邑。 7 当时国中有赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人和耶布斯人的后裔， 8 以色列人没有灭绝他们。所罗门让他们服劳役，至今如此。 9 所罗门王没有让以色列人服劳役，而是让他们做战士、将领、战车长和骑兵长。 10 他还任命二百五十名监工负责监管工人。
11 所罗门带法老的女儿离开大卫城，来到为她建造的宫中，因为所罗门说：“我的妻子不可住在以色列王大卫的宫里，因为约柜所到之处都是圣洁的。”
12 所罗门在门廊前他所筑的耶和华的坛上向耶和华献燔祭， 13 并照摩西的规定，在安息日、朔日和每年特定的三个节期，即除酵节、七七节和住棚节献上当献的祭。
14 所罗门照着他父亲大卫的吩咐，指派祭司分班供职，让利未人负责颂赞、辅助祭司尽每天的职责，还指派殿门守卫分班守门。这些都是上帝的仆人大卫规定的。 15 他们没有违背大卫王就库房等工作对祭司和利未人的吩咐。
16 从耶和华的殿奠基直到完工，所罗门所有的计划都已顺利完成。这样，耶和华的殿落成了。
17 之后，所罗门前往以东地区靠海的以旬·迦别和以禄。 18 希兰派懂得航海的仆人乘船只与所罗门的仆人一同到俄斐，从那里为所罗门王运回十五吨黄金。
2 Chronicles 8
The Message
More on Solomon
8 1-6 At the end of twenty years, Solomon had quite a list of accomplishments. He had:
built The Temple of God and his own palace;
rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given him and colonized them with Israelites;
marched on Hamath Zobah and took it;
fortified Tadmor in the desert and all the store-cities he had founded in Hamath;
built the fortress cities Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, complete with walls, gates, and bars;
built Baalath and store-cities;
built chariot-cities for his horses.
Solomon built impulsively and extravagantly—whenever a whim took him. And in Jerusalem, in Lebanon—wherever he fancied.
7-10 The remnants from the original inhabitants of the land (Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites—all non-Israelites), survivors of the holy wars, were rounded up by Solomon for his gangs of slave labor. The policy is in effect today. But true Israelites were not treated this way; they were used in his army and administration—government leaders and commanders of his chariots and charioteers. They were also the project managers responsible for Solomon’s building operations—250 in all in charge of the workforce.
11 Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter from the City of David to a house built especially for her, “Because,” he said, “my wife cannot live in the house of David king of Israel, for the areas in which the Chest of God has entered are sacred.”
12-13 Then Solomon offered Whole-Burnt-Offerings to God on the Altar of God that he had built in front of The Temple porch. He kept to the regular schedule of worship set down by Moses: Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual feasts of Unraised Bread (Passover), Weeks (Pentecost), and Booths.
14-15 He followed the practice of his father David in setting up groups of priests carrying out the work of worship, with the Levites assigned to lead the sacred music for praising God and to assist the priests in the daily worship; he assigned security guards to be on duty at each gate—that’s what David the man of God had ordered. The king’s directions to the priests and Levites and financial stewards were kept right down to the fine print—no innovations—including the treasuries.
16 All that Solomon set out to do, from the groundbreaking of The Temple of God to its finish, was now complete.
17-18 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom. Hiram sent him ships and with them veteran sailors. Joined by Solomon’s men they sailed to Ophir (in east Africa), loaded on fifteen tons of gold, and brought it back to King Solomon.
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