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5:1 所罗门作完了耶和华殿的一切工，就把他父大卫分别为圣的金银和器皿都带来，放在神殿的府库里。
Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
5:2 那时，所罗门将以色列的长老，各支派的首领，并以色列的族长招聚到耶路撒冷，要把耶和华的约柜从大卫城就是锡安运上来。
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
5:3 于是以色列众人在七月节前都聚集到王那里。
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
5:4 以色列众长老来到，利未人便抬起约柜。
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
5:5 祭司利未人将约柜运上来，又将会幕和会幕的一切圣器具都带上来。
And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
5:6 所罗门王和聚集到他那里的以色列全会众都在约柜前献牛羊为祭，多得不可胜数。
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
5:7 祭司将耶和华的约柜抬进内殿，就是至圣所，放在两个基路伯的翅膀底下。
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
5:8 基路伯张着翅膀在约柜之上，遮掩约柜和抬柜的杠。
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
5:9 这杠甚长，杠头在内殿前可以看见，在殿外却不能看见，直到如今还在那里。
And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
5:10 约柜里惟有两块石版，就是以色列人出埃及后，耶和华与他们立约的时候，摩西在何烈山所放的。除此以外，并无别物。
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
5:11 当时，在那里所有的祭司都已自洁，并不分班供职。
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
5:12 他们出圣所的时候，歌唱的利未人亚萨，希幔，耶杜顿，和他们的众子众弟兄都穿细麻布衣服，站在坛的东边，敲钹，鼓瑟，弹琴，同着他们有一百二十个祭司吹号。
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
5:13 吹号的，歌唱的都一齐发声，声合为一，赞美感谢耶和华。吹号，敲钹，用各种乐器，扬声赞美耶和华说，耶和华本为善，他的慈爱永远长存。那时，耶和华的殿有云充满，
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
5:14 甚至祭司不能站立供职，因为耶和华的荣光充满了神的殿。
So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
历代志下5参考
是甚么因素让圣殿在整卷旧约中扮演了重要的角色？这因素适用于今天的教会吗？
5章 旧约里为甚么如此注重圣殿？
（1）这是宗教权威的象徵。神藉圣殿使耶路撒冷成为敬拜的中心，好使世世代代都保持纯正不变的信仰。
（2）那是神圣洁的象徵。圣殿的荣美，令人对神肃然起敬；先知们看见许多伟大异象，就是在这样的背景之中。
（3）那是神与以色列人立约的记号。圣殿使百姓注重神的律法（刻有十条诫命的两块法版，放在圣殿约柜之内）胜于看重君王的功绩。这也是神特别临在他百姓中的地方。
（4）那是神赦免他百姓的记号。圣殿的设计、器物以及敬拜的习俗，对全体百姓来说，都是意义深长的实物教材，使他们想起犯罪的严重性、沾染罪污所招致的惩罚、以及他们是何等需要罪的赦免。
（5）它预备百姓的心，好迎接弥赛亚的来临。在新约中基督说，他来是成全律法、并不是要废掉它。希伯来书使用圣殿的习俗，来解释主基督为我们受死时所成就的大事。（参来8:1-2；9:11-12）
（6）它是人类努力创造的明证。人类因神性荣美的启发，专心致志于科学、技术以及艺术方面的高度成就，为要赞美他。
（7）那是一个祷告的地方。百姓可以花时间在圣殿里向神祷告。
圣殿的建造历时多久？
5:1-3 这圣殿用了七年时间来建造。列王纪上说它是在所罗门作王的第十一年第八月（即公元前959年阳历十一月，参王上6:38）完成的。而历代志下说百姓在七月聚集到所罗门王那里，举行献殿礼，那不是在圣殿完成之前一个月，就是在完成后的第十一个月举行的（参代下5:3）。
“七月节”即“住棚节”，以色列人选择在这节期献殿，是否有特别的意义？
5:3 百姓在第七月所守的节期是住棚节，纪念他们列祖进入应许之地以前，在旷野飘流时神对他们的保护。他们每年守这节期，为的是重申对神的委身，信靠他的引导与保护。这一次的节期与奉献圣殿礼结合有双重意义，他们一面纪念祖先在旷野飘流时住过帐棚，另一面更因这个永远荣美的圣殿发出感谢。
“直到如今还在”的“如今”反映了历代志下写作背景的甚么资料？
5:9 圣经里有几卷书是在神的感动之下，从不同的资料取材编写成的。历代志所记载的事件经历好几百年，是由单独一位作者汇集几卷书而编成。其中有一句“直到如今还在那里”（参王上8:8），是取材于公元前586年犹大人被掳以前所写的史料。尽管历代志上下编写完成，是在被掳和所罗门的圣殿被毁以后，但作者似乎认为应该在这卷书中保留这句话。
以色列人自发地赞美神的同在；当我经历神的恩典时，我又会怎样回应？
5:7-12 祭司把约柜抬进圣殿，放在至圣所以后，便从圣所中出来。外间的圣所有桌子，其上放有陈设饼，圣所内还有香炉与金灯台。通常至圣所只有大祭司一年一次在赎罪日那天可以进去。在这个独特的时刻，还有几个祭司也必须进入至圣所，将约柜抬到新的安放之处。他们进去的时候，利未人就赞美神，因为知道神悦纳了为约柜所预备的新地方（5:13）。
在我的敬拜生活中，能否反映昔日圣殿敬拜中的丰盛？
5:13 圣殿举行第一次敬拜聚会，以赞美神、宣告他的同在和美善开始。我们敬拜的时候，也应当以见证神的慈爱作为开始，首先要赞美他，然后就能预备自己的心，向他陈明内心的需要。回想神的慈爱与怜悯，你就能心被恩感，天天敬拜他。诗篇107篇，是大卫如何回忆神永存慈爱的范例。