耶和華－你的上帝是應當稱頌的！他喜悅你，使你坐以色列的國位；因為他永遠愛以色列，所以立你作王，使你秉公行義。」
列王紀上 10:9

So, we must praise the Lord your God! He is so happy with you and he has put you on the throne of Israel. He has made you king because he will always love Israel. You will always decide fairly and you will always obey God’s laws.’ 1 Kings 10:9

倘若你們和你們的子孫轉去不跟從我，不守我指示你們的誡命律例，去事奉敬拜別神， 我就必將以色列人從我賜給他們的地上剪除，並且我為己名所分別為聖的殿也必捨棄不顧，使以色列人在萬民中作笑談，被譏誚。 列王紀上 9:6‭-‬7

But you and your sons must not turn away from me. You must not become servants of other gods and you must not worship them. You must not refuse to obey the laws and rules that I have given you. If you do, I will remove Israel from their country. It is the country that I have given to them. Also, I will destroy this temple that I have made special for my Name. Israel will then become something that people say bad things about. They will all laugh at Israel. 1 Kings 9:6‭-‬7

那時，所羅門和以色列眾人，就是從哈馬口直到埃及小河所有的以色列人，都聚集成為大會，在耶和華－我們的上帝面前守節七日又七日，共十四日。 第八日，王遣散眾民；他們都為王祝福。因見耶和華向他僕人大衛和他民以色列所施的一切恩惠，就都心中喜樂，各歸各家去了。 列王紀上 8:65‭-‬66

So Solomon had a festival at that time. Everybody in Israel was there. So, there was a very big crowd. There were people from everywhere from Hamath to the Valley of Egypt. Hamath was in the north and the Valley of Egypt was in the south of Israel. The festival continued in front of the Lord our God for seven days. Then it continued for another seven days. So it was 14 days long. The day after the feast, Solomon sent the people away. They all said good things about the king and then they went home. They were very happy and they felt good inside themselves. This was because the Lord had done so many good things for his servant David and for his people Israel. 1 Kings 8:65‭-‬66

主耶和華啊，你將他們從地上的萬民中分別出來作你的產業，是照你領我們列祖出埃及的時候，藉你僕人摩西所應許的話。」 列王紀上 8:53

Do this because you chose them from all the countries in the world, to be your own people. This is what you promised to your servant Moses. You did it when you, Lord God, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.’ 1 Kings 8:53

祭司從聖所出來的時候，有雲充滿耶和華的殿； 甚至祭司不能站立供職，因為耶和華的榮光充滿了殿。 列王紀上 8:10‭-‬11

And when the priests came out from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Lord’s temple. And the priests could not do their work, because of the cloud. Then something like a very bright light filled the Lord’s temple to show that the Lord was there. 1 Kings 8:10‭-‬11

戶蘭又造了盆、鏟子，和盤子。這樣，他為所羅門王做完了耶和華殿的一切工。 ……這一切所羅門都沒有過秤；因為甚多，銅的輕重也無法可查。 ……所羅門王做完了耶和華殿的一切工，就把他父大衛分別為聖的金銀和器皿都帶來放在耶和華殿的府庫裏。 列王紀上 7:40‭, ‬47‭, ‬51

He also made pots, small shovels and small cups. So Hiram finished all the work in the temple of the Lord. He had promised to King ……Solomon that he would make these things: Solomon did not weigh any of these things, because there were so many of them. They did not discover the weight of the bronze. ……Solomon brought into the temple all the things that David his father had put to one side for the temple. Solomon did this after he had finished all the things that he had made for the temple of the Lord. They were the things that they made from wood, silver and gold. He put these things in safe places in the Lord’s temple. 1 Kings 7:40‭, ‬47‭, ‬51

以色列人出埃及地後四百八十年，所羅門作以色列王第四年西弗月，就是二月，開工建造耶和華的殿。 所羅門王為耶和華所建的殿，長六十肘，寬二十肘，高三十肘。 ……到十一年布勒月，就是八月，殿和一切屬殿的都按着樣式造成。他建殿的工夫共有七年。 列王紀上 6:1‭-‬2‭, ‬38

So, Solomon began to build the temple of the Lord. It was 480 years after the Israelites had come out from Egypt. Solomon had been king for 4 years. It was in the month called Ziv, the second month of the year. The temple that Solomon the king built for the Lord was 27 metres long. It was 9 metres wide and 14 metres high. ……They finished building the temple in the 11th year that Solomon was king. It was the eighth month, the month called Bul. Everything was as it was in the plans. It had taken him seven years to build it. 1 Kings 6:1‭-‬2‭, ‬38

現在耶和華－我的上帝使我四圍平安，沒有仇敵，沒有災禍。 我定意要為耶和華－我上帝的名建殿，是照耶和華應許我父親大衛的話說：『我必使你兒子接續你坐你的位，他必為我的名建殿。』 列王紀上 5:4‭-‬5

But now the Lord my God has made it quiet all round me. There are no enemies and nothing to destroy anything. So, I have decided to build a temple for the Name of the Lord my God. This is what the Lord said to my father David. The Lord said, “I will put your son on your throne after you. He will build the temple for my Name.” 1 Kings 5:4‭-‬5

上帝賜給所羅門極大的智慧聰明和廣大的心，如同海沙不可測量。 ……天下列王聽見所羅門的智慧，就都差人來聽他的智慧話。 列王紀上 4:29‭, ‬34

God gave Solomon wisdom. He could see what things mean. So he understood them well. He had more wisdom than there are bits of sand on the sea shore! ……People came from all countries to listen to the wisdom of Solomon. Every king on earth who had heard about his wisdom sent someone. 1 Kings 4:29‭, ‬34