3以色列人出埃及后四百八十年,所罗门作王第四年,就是主前一一二年,开工建殿,就是耶和华的殿。(六1。)我们的神何等的忍耐!祂将一班人领出埃及,目的是要建造祂的国和祂的家,就是殿。但祂的选民不与祂合作,所以祂无法成就这事,直到大卫的时候;这就是大卫使神喜悦的原因,祂是合乎神心的人。神的心在于祂的国同祂的家;然而,一直没有顾到神心愿的人,直到大卫的时候。大卫是合乎神心的人,在地上建立国,并在地上为著神自己建造殿。虽然这殿是在所罗门作王第四年开工,但为著建殿的一切,都是大卫豫备的。
3The building of the temple, the house of Jehovah, began in the four hundred eightieth year after Israel came out of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, 1012 B.C. (6:1). How patient our God is! He brought a people out of Egypt with the intention to build up His kingdom and His home, the temple. But His elect did not cooperate with Him; therefore, He could not accomplish this until the time of David. This is why David was so pleasant to God; he was a man according to God’she art. God’she art was on His kingdom with His home. However, there was not a person who would take care of God’she art’s desire until David. David was a man according to God’s desire to build up a kingdom and to have a house built up for Himself on the earth. Although this building began in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, everything for the building up of the temple was prepared by David