所罗门的战马

1 Kings 4:26, 28: “Solomon had four thousand stalls for chariots and twelve thousand horses. The officials supplied the king and all who came to King Solomon’s table with food, each in his turn. They also brought to the proper place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and the other horses.” […]

所罗门时的十二行政区

1 Kings 4:7: “Solomon also had twelve district governors over all Israel, who supplied food for the king and the royal household. Each one had to provide supplies for one month in the year.” “All Israel” refers to the territories of the eleven tribes outside of the tribe of Judah. The northern tribes, led by […]

所罗门断案

Before David died, he appointed his son Solomon to succeed him as king. Solomon had a dream in which God asked him what he wished for. Solomon asked God for wisdom and knowledge to govern his people fairly and to act wisely. The Lord was very pleased and granted Solomon a wise and discerning heart. […]

所罗门的岳父之一——埃及法老西-阿蒙

1 Kings 3:1: “Solomon made a treaty with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married Pharaoh’s daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his own palace and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem.” The Pharaoh mentioned in 1 Kings 3:1 was most likely Siamun (reigned 986-967 […]

所罗门

King Solomon was the son of King David, and his mother was Bathsheba (who had been the wife of Uriah the Hittite before marrying David). He became the new king after his father, King David, passed away around 970 BC. While King David was still alive, his fourth son, Adonijah, took action and declared himself […]

《列王纪》背景，作者和写作目的

The Hebrew name for the Book of Kings is “Sefer Melakhim” (ספר מלכים). In the Hebrew Bible, 1 and 2 Kings are a single book, immediately following the Book of Samuel. For convenience, the Septuagint divided both Samuel and Kings into two volumes each. The content of this book continues from Samuel, recording approximately four […]

寻的旷野

The Wilderness of Zin is a desert region in the northern Sinai Peninsula, northeast of Kadesh Barnea, near the southern border of Canaan. To its east lies the land of Edom, and to its south is the Wilderness of Paran. In a broader sense, the Wilderness of Zin is part of the northern Wilderness of […]

大卫·李文斯顿

David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a British explorer and one of history’s greatest missionaries to Africa (comparable to Hudson Taylor in China and William Carey in India). He is known as the “Father of Africa,” and many places on the map of Africa are still named after him. In terms of faith, he was the first […]

地球上的主要洋流

Psalm 8:6-8: “You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.” Ocean currents, also known as “sea currents,” refer […]

铁杖

Psalm 2:9: “You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” “Iron” is a symbol of strength, and a “scepter” (or staff) represents royal authority. Thus, an “iron scepter” signifies the Messiah’s ruling authority. Revelation quotes this verse three times, declaring that the Messiah’s enemies […]