2025-06-01

六月一日 ¶

Reading for Today: 今日读经：

1 Kings 11:1–12:33
列王纪上 11:1–12:33
Psalm 69:5-15
诗篇 69:5-15
Proverbs 17:20-22
箴言 17:20-22
John 12:1-26
约翰福音 12:1-26

Notes: 注解：

1 Kings 11:26 Jeroboam the son of Nebat. In contrast to Hadad and Rezon, who were external adversaries of Solomon, God raised up Jeroboam from a town in Ephraim as an internal adversary. Jeroboam was from Ephraim, the leading tribe of Israel's northern 10 tribes. He was a young man of talent and energy who, having been appointed by Solomon as leader over the building works around Jerusalem, rose to public notice. 列王纪上 11:26 尼八的儿子耶罗波安。 与作为所罗门外部敌对者的哈达和利逊不同，神从以法莲的一个城中兴起耶罗波安作为内部敌对者。耶罗波安来自以法莲，这是以色列北方十个支派的主要支派。他是一个有才能、有活力的年轻人，被所罗门任命为耶路撒冷周围建筑工程的负责人后，开始引起公众注意。

1 Kings 11:38 if you heed all that I command you. The Lord gave to Jeroboam the same promise that He had made to David—an enduring royal dynasty over Israel, the 10 northern tribes, if he obeyed God's law. The Lord imposed on Jeroboam the same conditions for his kingship that He had imposed on David (2:3, 4; 3:14). 列王纪上 11:38 你若听从我一切所吩咐你的。 耶和华给耶罗波安的应许与他给大卫的相同——如果他顺服神的律法，就能在以色列北方十个支派上建立持久的王朝。耶和华对耶罗波安作王的条件与对大卫的条件相同（2:3, 4; 3:14）。

1 Kings 11:39 but not forever. This statement implied that the kingdom's division was not to be permanent and that David's house would ultimately rule all the tribes of Israel again (Ezek. 37:15–28). 列王纪上 11:39 却不至于永远。 这句话暗示王国的分裂不是永久的，大卫家最终将再次统治以色列所有的支派（结37:15-28）。

1 Kings 12:26 return to the house of David. The Lord had ordained a political, not a religious, division of Solomon's kingdom. The Lord had promised Jeroboam political control of the 10 northern tribes (11:31, 35, 37). However, Jeroboam was to religiously follow the Mosaic Law, which demanded that he follow the Lord's sacrificial system at the temple in Jerusalem (11:38). Having received the kingdom from God, he should have relied on divine protection, but he did not. Seeking to keep his subjects from being influenced by Rehoboam when they went to Jerusalem to worship, he set up worship in the north (vv. 27, 28). 列王纪上 12:26 归向大卫家。 耶和华所定的是所罗门王国政治上的分裂，而非宗教上的分裂。耶和华曾应许耶罗波安在政治上管辖北方十个支派（11:31, 35, 37）。然而，耶罗波安在宗教上要遵循摩西律法，这要求他遵从耶和华在耶路撒冷圣殿的献祭制度（11:38）。他既从神得了国，就应当依靠神的保护，但他没有这样做。为了防止他的臣民去耶路撒冷敬拜时受罗波安的影响，他在北方设立了敬拜的地方（27, 28节）。

Psalm 69:9 has eaten me up. The psalmist has brought hatred and hostility on himself by his unyielding insistence that the behavior of the people measure up to their outward claim of devotion to God. Whenever God was dishonored, he felt the pain, because he loved God so greatly. Jesus claimed for Himself this attitude, as indicated in John 2:17; Romans 15:3. 诗篇 69:9 把我耗尽。 诗人因坚持要求百姓的行为与他们外在宣称的敬虔相称，而招致仇恨和敌意。每当神受到羞辱，他就感到痛苦，因为他极其爱神。耶稣为自己宣告了这种态度，如约翰福音2:17和罗马书15:3所示。

John 12:19 the world has gone after Him. The world means the people in general, as opposed to everyone in particular. Clearly, most people in the world did not even know of Him at that time, and many in Israel did not believe in Him. Often, world is used in this general sense (v. 47; 1:29; 3:17; 4:42; 14:22; 17:9, 21). 约翰福音 12:19 世人都随从他去了。 "世人"是指一般的人群，而非特指每一个人。显然，当时世界上大多数人甚至不知道他，以色列中也有许多人不信他。"世人"常在这种一般意义上使用（47节；1:29；3:17；4:42；14:22；17:9, 21）。

Day 1: What was Solomon's main downfall? 第一天：所罗门主要的败落是什么？

"But King Solomon loved many foreign women" (1 Kin. 11:1). Many of Solomon's marriages were for the purpose of ratifying treaties with other nations, a common practice in the ancient Near East. The practice of multiplying royal wives, prohibited in Deuteronomy 17:17 because the practice would turn the king's heart away from the Lord, proved to be accurate in the experience of Solomon. His love for his wives (vv. 1,2) led him to abandon his loyalty to the Lord and worship other gods (vv. 3–6). No sadder picture can be imagined than the ugly apostasy of his later years (over 50), which can be traced back to his sins with foreign wives. Polygamy was tolerated among the ancient Hebrews, though most in the East had only one wife. A number of wives was seen as a sign of wealth and importance. The king desired to have a larger harem than any of his subjects, and Solomon resorted to this form of state magnificence. But it was a sin directly violating God's law, and the very result which that law was designed to prevent happened. "但是所罗门王宠爱许多外邦女子"（王上11:1）。所罗门的许多婚姻是为了与其他国家缔结条约，这在古代近东是常见做法。申命记17:17禁止君王多立妃嫔，因为这样做会使王的心偏离耶和华，这在所罗门的经历中得到了证实。他对妻妾的宠爱（1-2节）导致他背叛对耶和华的忠诚，去敬拜别神（3-6节）。没有比他晚年（50岁以后）丑陋的背道更令人悲伤的了，这可以追溯到他与外邦女子的罪。多妻制在古代希伯来人中是被容忍的，尽管东方大多数人只有一个妻子。妻妾众多被视为财富和地位的象征。王希望拥有比任何臣民都更大的后宫，所罗门求助于这种国家威严的形式。但这是直接违背神律法的罪，律法所要防止的结果正是发生了。

"Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD" (v. 6). The particular evil of Solomon was his tolerance of and personal practice of idolatry. These same words were used throughout the Book of Kings to describe the rulers who promoted and practiced idolatry (15:26, 34; 16:19, 25, 30; 22:52; 2 Kin. 3:2; 8:18 ,27; 13:2, 11; 14:24; 15:9, 18, 24, 28; 17:2; 21:2, 20; 23:32; 24:9, 19). Solomon became an open idolater, worshiping images of wood and stone in the sight of the temple which, in his early years, he had erected to the one true God. "所罗门行耶和华眼中看为恶的事"（6节）。所罗门特别的恶是他对偶像崇拜的容忍和亲身参与。列王纪全书用同样的词语来描述那些推广和实行偶像崇拜的统治者（15:26, 34; 16:19, 25, 30; 22:52; 王下3:2; 8:18, 27; 13:2, 11; 14:24; 15:9, 18, 24, 28; 17:2; 21:2, 20; 23:32; 24:9, 19）。所罗门成了公开的偶像崇拜者，在他早年为独一真神所建的圣殿面前敬拜木石偶像。

The Lord appeared to him twice (vv. 9, 10).Once was at Gibeon (3:5), the next at Jerusalem (9:2). On both occasions, God had warned Solomon, so he had no excuses. "Because you have done this…I will surely tear the kingdom away from you" (v. 11). Solomon failed to obey the commandments to honor God (Ex. 20:3–6), which were part of the Mosaic Covenant. Obedience to that Covenant was necessary for receiving the blessings of the Davidic Covenant (2:3, 4).The Lord's tearing of the kingdom from Solomon was announced in Ahijah's symbolic action of tearing his garment in vv. 29–39. 耶和华曾两次向他显现（9-10节）。一次在基遍（3:5），另一次在耶路撒冷（9:2）。在这两个场合，神都警告了所罗门，所以他没有借口。"你既行了这事……我必将你的国夺回"（11节）。所罗门没有遵守尊荣神的诫命（出20:3-6），这些诫命是摩西之约的一部分。遵守那约是获得大卫之约祝福的必要条件（2:3, 4）。耶和华从所罗门手中夺取国权，在亚希雅撕裂衣服的象征性行动中宣告了出来（29-39节）。

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