Lièwángjìshang 3

1 Suǒluómén yǔ Āijí wáng fǎlǎo jié qīn , qǔ le fǎlǎo de nǚér wèi qī , jiē tā jìnrù Dàwèi chéng , zhí dĕng dào zào wán le zìjǐ de gōng hé Yēhéhuá de diàn , bìng Yēlùsǎlĕng zhōuwéi de chéngqiáng .

2 Dāng nàxiē rìzi , bǎixìng réng zaì qiū tán xiànjì , yīnwei hái méiyǒu wèi Yēhéhuá de míng jiàn diàn .

3 Suǒluómén aì Yēhéhuá , zūnxíng tā fùqin Dàwèi de lǜ lì , zhǐshì hái zaì qiū tán xiànjì shāoxiāng .

4 Suǒluómén wáng shàng Jībiàn qù xiànjì . yīnwei zaì nàli yǒu jí dà ( huò zuò chū míng ) de qiū tán , tā zaì nà tán shàng xiàn yī qiā xī shēng zuò Fánjì .

5 Zaì Jībiàn , yè jiān mèng zhōng , Yēhéhuá xiàng Suǒluómén xiǎnxiàn , duì tā shuō , nǐ yuàn wǒ cì nǐ shénme . nǐ kĕyǐ qiú .

6 Suǒluómén shuō , nǐ púrén wǒ fùqin Dàwèi yòng chéngshí , gōngyì , zhèngzhí de xīn xíng zaì nǐ miànqián , nǐ jiù xiàng tā dà shī ēndiǎn , yòu wèi tā cún liú dà ēn , cì tā yī gè érzi zuò zaì tāde wèi shàng , zhēng rújīn rì yíyàng .

7 Yēhéhuá wǒde shén a , rújīn nǐ shǐ púrén jiēxù wǒ fùqin Dàwèi zuò wáng . dàn wǒ shì yòu tóng , bù zhīdào yīngdāng zĕnyàng chūrù .

8 Púrén zhù zaì nǐ suǒ jiǎnxuǎn de mín zhōng , zhè mín duō dé bùkĕ shēng shǔ .

9 Suǒyǐ qiú nǐ cì wǒ zhìhuì , kĕyǐ pànduàn nǐde mín , néng biànbié shìfēi . bù rán , shuí néng pànduàn zhè zhòngduō de mín ne .

10 Suǒluómén yīnwei qiú zhè shì , jiù méng zhǔ xǐyuè .

11 Shén duì tā shuō , nǐ jìrán qiú zhè shì , bú wèi zìjǐ qiú shòu , qiú fù , yĕ bù qiú mièjué nǐ chóudí de xìngméng , dān qiú zhìhuì kĕyǐ tīng sòng ,

12 Wǒ jiù yīngyún nǐ suǒ qiú de , cì nǐ cōngming zhìhuì , shènzhì zaì nǐ yǐqián méiyǒu xiàng nǐde , zaì nǐ yǐhòu yĕ méiyǒu xiàng nǐde .

13 Nǐ suǒ méiyǒu qiú de , wǒ yĕ cìgĕi nǐ , jiù shì fùzú , zūnróng , shǐ nǐ zaì shì de rìzi , liè wáng zhōng méiyǒu yī gè néng bǐ nǐde .

14 Nǐ ruò xiàofǎ nǐ fùqin Dàwèi , zūnxíng wǒde dào , jǐn shǒu wǒde lǜ lì , jièmìng , wǒ bì shǐ nǐ cháng shòu .

15 Suǒluómén xǐng le , búliào shì gè mèng . tā jiù huí dào Yēlùsǎlĕng , zhàn zaì Yēhéhuá de yuē guì qián , xiàn Fánjì hépíng ān jì , yòu wèi tā zhòng chénpú shè bǎi yánxí .

16 Yī rì , yǒu liǎng gè jìnǚ lái , zhàn zaì wáng miànqián .

17 Yī gè shuō , wǒ zhǔ a , wǒ hé zhè fùrén tóng zhù yī fáng . tā zaì fáng zhōng de shíhou , wǒ shēng le yī gè nánhái .

18 Wǒ shēng háizi hòu dì sān rì , zhè fùrén yĕ shēng le háizi . wǒmen shì tóng zhù de , chúle wǒmen èr rén zhī waì , fáng zhōng zaì méiyǒu biérén .

19 Yè jiān , zhè fùrén shuì zhe de shíhou , yē sǐ le tāde háizi .

20 Tā bàn yè qǐlai , chèn wǒ shuì zhe , cóng wǒ pángbiān bǎ wǒde háizi bào qù , fàng zaì tā huái lǐ , jiāng tāde sǐ háizi fàng zaì wǒ huái lǐ .

21 Tiān yào liàng de shíhou , wǒ qǐlai yào gĕi wǒde háizi chī nǎi , búliào , háizi sǐ le . jízhì tiān liàng , wǒ xì xì dì chákàn , bú shì wǒ suǒ shēng de háizi .

22 Nà fùrén shuō , bù rán , huó háizi shì wǒde , sǐ háizi shì nǐde . zhè fùrén shuō , bù rán , sǐ háizi shì nǐde , huó háizi shì wǒde . tāmen zaì wáng miànqián rúcǐ zhēnglùn .

23 Wáng shuō , zhè fùrén shuō huó háizi shì wǒde , sǐ háizi shì nǐde , nà fùrén shuō bù rán , sǐ háizi shì nǐde , huó háizi shì wǒde ,

24 Jiù fēnfu shuō , ná dāo lái . rén jiù ná dāo lái .

25 Wáng shuō , jiāng huó háizi pī chéng liǎng bàn , yī bàn gĕi nà fùrén , yī bàn gĕi zhè fùrén .

26 Huó háizi de mǔqin wè zìjǐ de háizi xīnli jí tòng , jiù shuō , qiú wǒ zhǔ jiāng huó háizi gĕi nà fùrén ba , wàn bùkĕ shā tā . nà fùrén shuō , zhè háizi yĕ bù guī wǒ , yĕ bù guī nǐ , bǎ tā pǐ le ba .

27 Wáng shuō , jiāng huó háizi gĕi zhè fùrén , wàn bùkĕ shā tā . zhè fùrén shízaì shì tāde mǔqin .

28 Yǐsèliè zhòngrén tīngjian wáng zhèyàng pànduàn , jiù dōu jìngwèi tā . yīnwei jiàn tā xīnli yǒu shén de zhìhuì , néng yǐ duàn àn .

Lièwángjìshang 3 Commentary

Chapter 3

Solomon's marriage. (1-4) His vision, His prayer for wisdom. (5-15) The judgment of Solomon. (16-28)

Verses 1-4 He that loved the Lord, should, for his sake, have fixed his love upon one of the Lord's people. Solomon was a wise man, a rich man, a great man; yet the brightest praise of him, is that which is the character of all the saints, even the poorest, "He loved the Lord." Where God sows plentifully, he expects to reap accordingly; and those that truly love God and his worship, will not grudge the expenses of their religion. We must never think that wasted which is laid out in the service of God.

Verses 5-15 Solomon's dream was not a common one. While his bodily powers were locked up in sleep, the powers of his soul were strengthened; he was enabled to receive the Divine vision, and to make a suitable choice. God, in like manner, puts us in the ready way to be happy, by assuring us we shall have what we need, and pray for. Solomon's making such a choice when asleep, and the powers of reason least active, showed it came from the grace of God. Having a humble sense of his own wants and weakness, he pleads, Lord, I am but a little child. The more wise and considerate men are, the better acquainted they are with their own weakness, and the more jealous of themselves. Solomon begs of God to give him wisdom. We must pray for it, ( James 1:5 ) , that it may help us in our particular calling, and the various occasions we have. Those are accepted of God, who prefer spiritual blessings to earthly good. It was a prevailing prayer, and prevailed for more than he asked. God gave him wisdom, such as no other prince was ever blessed with; and also gave him riches and honour. If we make sure of wisdom and grace, these will bring outward prosperity with them, or sweeten the want of it. The way to get spiritual blessings, is to wrestle with God in prayer for them. The way to get earthly blessings, is to refer ourselves to God concerning them. Solomon has wisdom given him, because he did ask it, and wealth, because he did not.

Verses 16-28 An instance of Solomon's wisdom is given. Notice the difficulty of the case. To find out the true mother, he could not try which the child loved best, and therefore tried which loved the child best: the mother's sincerity will be tried, when the child is in danger. Let parents show their love to their children, especially by taking care of their souls, and snatching them as brands out of the burning. By this and other instances of the wisdom with which God endued him, Solomon had great reputation among his people. This was better to him than weapons of war; for this he was both feared and loved.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST KINGS 3

This chapter relates the marriage of Solomon with Pharaoh's daughter, 1Ki 3:1; his piety and devotion, 1Ki 3:2-4; his prayer for wisdom and understanding, which was acceptable to God, who promised to grant his request, with an addition to it, 1Ki 3:5-15; an instance and proof of the wisdom given him in determining a case between two harlots brought before him, which greatly raised his reputation, and gave him reverence among his people, 1Ki 3:16-28.