Lìdaìzhìxià 1:3-13

3 Suǒluómén hé huì zhòng dōu wǎng Jībiàn de qiū tán qù , yīn nàli yǒu shén de huì mù , jiù shì Yēhéhuá púrén Móxī zaì kuàngyĕ suǒ zhìzào de .

4 Zhǐshì shén de yuē guì , Dàwèi yǐjing cóng Jīliè Yélín bān dào tā suǒ yùbeì de dìfang , yīn tā céng zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng wèi yuē guì zhī dā le zhàngmù ,

5 Bìngqiĕ Hùĕr de sūnzi , Wūlì de érzi Bǐsāliè suǒ zào de tóng tán yĕ zaì Jībiàn Yēhéhuá de huì mù qián . Suǒluómén hé huì zhòng dōu jiù jìn tán qián .

6 Suǒluómén shang dào Yēhéhuá miànqián huì mù de tóng tán nàli , xiàn yī qiā xī shēng wèi Fánjì .

7 Dāng yè , shén xiàng Suǒluómén xiǎnxiàn , duì tā shuō , nǐ yuàn wǒ cì nǐ shénme , nǐ kĕyǐ qiú .

8 Suǒluómén duì shén shuō , nǐ céng xiàng wǒ fù Dàwèi dà shī cíaì , shǐ wǒ jiēxù tā zuò wáng .

9 Yēhéhuá shén a , xiànzaì qiú nǐ chéngjiù xiàng wǒ fù Dàwèi suǒ yīngxǔ de huà . yīn nǐ lì wǒ zuò zhè mín de wáng , tāmen rútóng dì shang chén shā nàyàng duō .

10 Qiú nǐ cì wǒ zhìhuì cōngming , wǒ hǎo zaì zhè mín qián chūrù . bù rán , shuí néng pànduàn zhè zhòngduō de mín ne .

11 Shén duì Suǒluómén shuō , wǒ yǐ lì nǐ zuò wǒ mín de wáng . nǐ jì yǒu zhè xīnyì , bìng bù qiú zīcái , fēngfù , zūnróng , yĕ bù qiú mièjué nà hèn nǐ zhī rén de xìngméng , yòu bù qiú dà shòushu , zhǐ qiú zhìhuì cōngming hǎo pànduàn wǒde mín .

12 Wǒ bì cì nǐ zhìhuì cōngming , yĕ bì cì nǐ zīcái , fēngfù , zūnróng . zaì nǐ yǐqián de liè wáng dōu méiyǒu zhèyàng , zaì nǐ yǐhòu yĕ bì méiyǒu zhèyàng de .

13 Yúshì , Suǒluómén cóng Jībiàn qiū tán huì mù qián huí dào Yēlùsǎlĕng , zhìlǐ Yǐsèliè rén .

Lìdaìzhìxià 1:3-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND CHRONICLES

This, and the preceding, were but one book originally, but divided into two because of the size of it, so that this is only a continuation of the former history; that ends at the death of David; this begins with the reign of Solomon, goes through that, and the reigns of all the kings of the house of David; of the kings of Judah only, after the separation of the ten tribes, quite down to the captivity of Judah in Babylon, and reaches to the deliverance of the Jews from thence by Cyrus, and contains an history of four hundred and seventy nine years. It treats not at all of the kings of Israel, after the separation, only of the kings of Judah, through whom the line of the Messiah was drawn; and though it omits several things recorded of them in the book of Kings, yet it gives abundance of anecdotes not to be met with there, which are of great use and advantage in history to know.

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This chapter relates, how that Solomon being confirmed in his kingdom, went to Gibeon to sacrifice 2Ch 1:1-6, that the Lord appeared there to him, and what passed between them, 2Ch 1:7-10 and that when he returned from thence to Jerusalem, he increased in splendour, wealth, and riches, 2Ch 1:13-17.