旧约 - 列王记上(1 Kings)第3章

Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the LORD, and the wall around Jerusalem.
The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places, because a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the LORD.
Solomon showed his love for the LORD by walking according to the statutes of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.
The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
Solomon answered, "You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.
"Now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties.
Your servant is here among the people you have chosen, a great people, too numerous to count or number.
So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?"
The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this.
So God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not for long life or wealth for yourself, nor have asked for the death of your enemies but for discernment in administering justice,
I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be.
Moreover, I will give you what you have not asked for--both riches and honor--so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings.
And if you walk in my ways and obey my statutes and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life."
Then Solomon awoke--and he realized it had been a dream. He returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord's covenant and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then he gave a feast for all his court.
Now two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him.
One of them said, "My lord, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was there with me.
The third day after my child was born, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one in the house but the two of us.
"During the night this woman's son died because she lay on him.
So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I your servant was asleep. She put him by her breast and put her dead son by my breast.
The next morning, I got up to nurse my son--and he was dead! But when I looked at him closely in the morning light, I saw that it wasn't the son I had borne."
The other woman said, "No! The living one is my son; the dead one is yours." But the first one insisted, "No! The dead one is yours; the living one is mine." And so they argued before the king.
The king said, "This one says, 'My son is alive and your son is dead,' while that one says, 'No! Your son is dead and mine is alive.'"
Then the king said, "Bring me a sword." So they brought a sword for the king.
He then gave an order: "Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other."
The woman whose son was alive was filled with compassion for her son and said to the king, "Please, my lord, give her the living baby! Don't kill him!" But the other said, "Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!"
Then the king gave his ruling: "Give the living baby to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother."
When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.
列王纪上第三章   第 3 章 

  王上 3:1> 所罗门与法老结亲,只是联姻这么简单?神的婚姻律法是…… 

  3:1 古代近东国家有王室彼此通婚的惯例,以建立和平关系。所罗门藉婚姻与邻国建立盟约和友谊,却是他败落的开始。政治婚姻使异教思想与习俗有机会输入,他的外国妃嫔更将异教的神明带到耶路撒冷,终于引诱他去敬拜偶像( 11:1-6 )。 

  以向其他宗教妥协来发展友谊是危险的。我们在一切关系上,包括婚姻关系,都应遵循神所定的标准。只要顺服祂的旨意,就不会被引诱偏离真正的目标。 

  王上 3:2-3> 所罗门在邱坛献祭有何不对? 

  3:2-3 神的律法说,以色列人只可以在祂指定的地方献祭(参申 12:13-14 )。这是要防止群众各按己意来敬拜祂,避免异教习俗悄悄进入他们的敬拜生活。但是许多以色列人,包括所罗门在内,都在周围的山上献祭,所罗门虽然爱神,但所作所为却在犯罪。这种献祭使得祭牲不经祭司与助手仔细检查,并且虚假的教训也易跟这些献祭混在一起。神在夜间而非在献祭时向所罗门显现,赐他智慧。祂悦纳他的祈求,但不宽恕他在邱坛的献祭。 

  王上 3:6-9> 所罗门只求智慧;我所祈求的往往是…… 

  3:6-9 神赐所罗门机会,让他随意向祂求什么。所罗门只求智慧──心中有判别力,使他能明察秋毫、断事如神。我们也可以求神赐这种智慧(参雅 1:5 )。请注意,所罗门求智慧,使他能好好地完成职分,他并没有求神代他做那些工作。我们不应当求神代替我们做事,神是要藉着我们去完成事工;我们应当求神赐智慧,知道我们当做的事,并赐我们勇气完成这工作。 

  王上 3:11-14> 先求神的国和神的义,神加给我们的远超我们所想所求── 

  3:11-14 所罗门求神赐智慧,不求财富,但神也赐他财富与长寿。神虽没有应许信从祂的人有财富,但我们若先求祂的国和祂的义(参太 6:31-33 ),祂就会将我们所需要的赐下。一心想得财富的人只会大大失望,因为即使你发了财,你心里还想得到更多。你若把神和祂的工作放在首位,祂必会满足你最深层的需要。 

  王上 3:12> 所罗门的聪明智慧是空前绝后的,对此恩赐,他是怎样使用的? 

  3:12 所罗门从神得到“聪明智慧”的心,但仍要懂得将智慧活用在一生之中。他治国聪明,但齐家无道,智慧是既有明辨的能力,更要付诸实行。所罗门虽然聪明一生,却没有一直按智慧去行( 11:6 )。 

  王上 3:16-28> 我也渴望神赐智慧,用在…… 

  3:16-28 所罗门很有智慧地处理这个争子案,如此明断是神垂听他祷告、赐他智慧的凭证。只要我们祷告祈求,也能得到神赐的智慧。像所罗门一样,我们也必须行智慧的事。要活用智慧,才能显出明辨之心。──《灵修版圣经注释》