Hiram king of Tyre granteth timber and workmen for building the Temple: Salomon allowing victuals, and paying wages. 13. the number of workmen and ouerseers.
1And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent his servants to Solomon: for he heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram had always been David’s friend.Oltre a ciò Hiram re di Tiro mandò suoi ambasciadori a Salomone, avendo udito com' egli era stato unto re in luogo del padre suo: conciossiachè Hiram era stato in ogni tempo amico di Davidde.HIRAM also the king of Tyre sent his seruantes to Salomon: for he heard that they had auointed him king for his father: because Hiram had bene Dauids frend at al time.Misit quoque Hiram rex Tyri servos suos ad Salomonem: audivit enim quod ipsum unxissent regem pro patre ejus: quia amicus fuerat Hiram David omni tempore. 2And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying:E Salomone mandò i suoi ad Hiram, e gli fece dire:And Salomon sent to Hiram, saying:Misit autem Salomon ad Hiram, dicens: 3Thou knowest the will of David, my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord his God, because of the wars that were round about him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.E a te noto il desiderio di Davidde mio padre, e come egli non potè edificare la casa al nome del Signore Dio suo a motivo delle guerre, che egli sostenne da tutte le parti, fino a tanto che il Signore abbattè a' piedi di lui i nemici.Thou knowest the wil of Dauid my father, and that he could not build a house to the name of our Lord his God, because of warres imminent round about vntil our Lord put them vnder the sole of his feete.Tu scis voluntatem David patris mei, et quia non potuerit ædificare domum nomini Domini Dei sui propter bella imminentia per circuitum, donec daret Dominus eos sub vestigio pedum ejus. 4But now the Lord my God hath given me rest round about; and there is no adversary nor evil occurrence.Adesso poi il Signore Dio mio mi ha data pace da ogni parte, e non havvi avversario, nè accidente sinistro.But now our Lord my God hath geuen me rest round about: and there is no satan, nor il rencounter.Nunc autem requiem dedit Dominus Deus meus mihi per circuitum, et non est satan, neque occursus malus. 5Wherefore I purpose to build a temple to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to David my father, saying: Thy son, whom I will set upon the throne, in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.Per la qual cosa io ho in animo di fabbricare un tempio al nome del Signore Dio mio, conforme il Signore orinò a Davidde mio padre, dicendo: Il tuo figliuolo, cui io surrogherò a te nel tuo trono, egli fabbricherà la casa al nome mio.Wherfore I purpose to build a temple to the name of our Lord my God, as our Lord hath spoken to Dauid my father, saying: Thy sonne, whom I wil geue for thee vpon thy throne, he shal build a house to my name.Quam ob rem cogito ædificare templum nomini Domini Dei mei, sicut locutus est Dominus David patri meo, dicens: Filius tuus, quem dabo pro te super solium tuum, ipse ædificabit domum nomini meo.
6Give orders, therefore, that thy servants cut me down cedar trees, out of Libanus, and let my servants be with thy servants: and I will give thee the hire of thy servants whatsoever thou wilt ask: for thou knowest how there is not among my people a man that has skill to hew wood like to the Sidonians.Ordina adunque, che i tuoi servi taglino per me dei cedri del Libano, e i miei servi saranno insieme co' tuoi servi, e ti pagherò pel salario de' tuoi servi tutto quello, che domanderai: perocché tu ben sai, che non v'ha alcuno del popol mio, che sappia tagliare il legname, come sanno quei di Sidone.Command therfore that thy seruantes cut me downe cedres out of Libanus, and let my seruantes be with thy seruantes: and I wil geue thee the hire of thy seruantes whatsoeuer thou wilt aske, for thou knowest how there is not in my people a man that hath skil to hew wood as the Sidonians.Præcipe igitur ut præcidant mihi servi tui cedros de Libano, et servi mei sint cum servis tuis: mercedem autem servorum tuorum dabo tibi quamcumque petieris: scis enim quomodo non est in populo meo vir qui noverit ligna cædere sicut Sidonii. 7Now when Hiram had heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced exceedingly, and said: Blessed be the Lord God this day, who hath given to David a very wise son over this numerous people.Avendo adunque sentito Hiram le parole di Salomone, ne ebbe gran piacere, e disse: Benedetto sia oggi il Signore Dio, il quale ha dato a Davidde un figliuolo sapientissimo, per reggere un popolo così numeroso.When Hiram therfore had heard the wordes of Salomon, he reioysed excedingly, and said: Blessed be the Lord God this day, who hath geuen vnto Dauid a sonne most wise ouer this people so great in number.Cum ergo audisset Hiram verba Salomonis, lætatus est valde, et ait: Benedictus Dominus Deus hodie, qui dedit David filium sapientissimum super populum hunc plurimum. 8And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have heard all thou hast desired of me; and I will do all thy desire concerning cedar trees, and fir trees.E Hiram mandò a dire a Salomone: Ho inteso tutto quello, che tu mi domandi: io farò tutto quel, che tu vuoi riguardo ai legnami di cedro, e di abete.And Hiram sent to Salomon, saying: I haue heard whatsoeuer thou hast willed me: I wil doe al thy wil in cedre trees, and firre trees.Et misit Hiram ad Salomonem, dicens: Audivi quæcumque mandasti mihi: ego faciam omnem voluntatem tuam in lignis cedrinis et abiegnis. 9My servants shall bring them down from Libanus to the sea: and I will put them together in floats, on the sea, and convey them to the place, which thou shalt signify to me, and will land them there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt allow me necessaries to furnish food for my household.I miei servi li porteranno dal Libano al mare: e io ne farò formare delle fodere sul mare, per trasmettergli al luogo, che tu mi additerai: e ivi li farò posare: e tu li farai ritirare: e mi darai quello, che mi bisogna pel vitto della mia casa.My seruantes shal bring them downe from Libanus to the sea and I wil put them in boates in the sea, vnto the place, which thou shalt signifie to me; and wil land them there, and thou shalt take them: and thou shalt allow me necessaries, that there be meate geuen for my house.Servi mei deponent ea de Libano ad mare, et ego componam ea in ratibus in mari usque ad locum quem significaveris mihi: et applicabo ea ibi, et tu tolles ea: præbebisque necessaria mihi, ut detur cibus domui meæ.
10So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees, and fir trees, according to all his desire.Hiram pertanto dava a Salomone del legname di cedro, e di abete quanto ei ne voleva.Therfore Hiram gaue Salomon cedre trees, and firre trees, according to al his wil.Itaque Hiram dabat Salomoni ligna cedrina, et ligna abiegna, juxta omnem voluntatem ejus. 11And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat, for provision for his house, and twenty measures of the purest oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram every year.E Salomone dava ad Hiram venti mila cori di grano pel mantenimento della sua casa e venti cori d'olio finissimo: tutto questo dava Salomone ad Hiram anno per anno.And Salomon allowed Hiram twentie thousand cores of wheate, for prouision for his house, and twentie cores of 〈◊〉 pure oile: these thinges did Salomon geue to Hiram euerie yeare.Salomon autem præbebat Hiram coros tritici viginti millia in cibum domui ejus, et viginti coros purissimi olei: hæc tribuebat Salomon Hiram per singulos annos. 12And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they two made a league together.E il Signore diede a Salomone la saggezza, conforme gli avea promesso: ed era pace tra Hiram, e Salomone, e fecero tra di loro alleanza.Our Lord also gaue wisedom to Salomon, as he spake to him: & there was peace betwen Hiram & Salomon, and both made a league.Dedit quoque Dominus sapientiam Salomoni, sicut locutus est ei: et erat pax inter Hiram et Salomonem, et percusserunt ambo fœdus. 13And king Solomon chose workmen out of all Israel, and the levy was of thirty thousand men.E il re Salomone scelse degli operai da tutto Israele, e furono comandati trenta mila uomini.And king Salomon chose workmen out of al Israel, and the taxed number was of thirtie thousand men.Elegitque rex Salomon operarios de omni Israël, et erat indictio triginta millia virorum. 14And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand every month, by turns, so that two months they were at home: and Adoniram was over this levy.E mandavagli al Libano a vicenda, dieci mila ogni mese: talmente che per due mesi se ne stavano alle case loro: e Adoniram era preposto a questa comandata.And he sent them into Libanus, ten thousand euerie moneth by course, so that two monethes they were in their houses: and Adoniram was ouer this taxing.Mittebatque eos in Libanum, decem millia per menses singulos vicissim, ita ut duobus mensibus essent in domibus suis: et Adoniram erat super hujuscemodi indictione. 15And Solomon had seventy thousand to carry burdens, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountain:E avea Salomone settanta mila uomini, che portavano i pesi, e ottanta mila scarpellini sulla montagna:And Salomon had seuentie thousand of them that caried burdens, and eightie thousand hewers of stones in the mountaine:Fueruntque Salomoni septuaginta millia eorum qui onera portabant, et octoginta millia latomorum in monte,
16Besides the overseers who were over every work, in number three thousand and three hundred, that ruled over the people, and them that did the work.Senza contare quelli, che presedevano a' varj lavori, in numero di tre mila trecento, i quali dirigevano la gente, e i lavoratori.besides the ouerseers which were ouer euerie worke, in number three thousand, and three hundred that commanded the people, and them that did the worke.absque præpositis qui præerant singulis operibus, numero trium millium et trecentorum, præcipientium populo et his qui faciebant opus. 17And the king commanded that they should bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:E il re comandò, che si prendessero pietre grandi, pietre di pregio pe' fondamenti del tempio, e le riquadrassero:And the king commanded, that they should take great stones, chosen stones for the foundation of the temple, and should square them:Præcepitque rex ut tollerent lapides grandes, lapides pretiosos in fundamentum templi, et quadrarent eos: 18And the masons of Solomon, and the masons of Hiram, hewed them: and the Giblians prepared timber and stones to build the house.E le tagliarono gli scarpellini di Salomone, e quelli di Hiram: e quelli di Giblos lavorarono il legname, e le pietre per la fabbrica della casa.which the masons of Salomon, and masons of Hiram hewed: moreouer the Giblians prepared timber and stones, to build the house.quos dolaverunt cæmentarii Salomonis et cæmentarii Hiram: porro Giblii præparaverunt ligna et lapides ad ædificandam domum.
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Year of the World 2992, Year before Christ 1012.
Haydock
Hiram. Josephus says, that the temple was built in the 11th year of this prince. He must therefore have been the son of David's friend, as the former had sent artificers to build David's house, (2 Kings 5:11.; Calmet) above 30 years before. But there may be a mistake in the number, as the Scripture evidently speaks of the same king; and Josephus had said before, "Hiram rejoiced exceedingly that Solomon had succeeded to the throne; (for he had been the friend of David) and he sent ambassadors to congratulate with him on his present felicity, by whom Solomon wrote," etc. The mutual letters of these kings were still preserved in the archives of Tyre; and this author confidently appeals to them, as he deems it "impious to insert any fiction" in his history. (Josephus, Antiquities 8:2.) He quotes Dius and Menander; who asserted, that these princes proposed enigmas to each other; and that Hiram was obliged to pay a large sum of money, as he could not explain that which Solomon had proposed, etc. (Josephus, contra Apion i.) (Haydock)
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Wars. Many interpreters assert that this was the real impediment, (Tostat; Salien, etc.) rather than the blood, which David had already spilt, 2 Kings vii., and 1 Paralipomenon 22:8.
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Libanus. It belonged to Israel, since the victory of David, 2 Kings 10:18. Solomon built some fortresses on the mountain, 3 Kings 9:19. The cedar-trees grow chiefly towards Phenicia, above Biblos. They bear a great resemblance with fir-trees, and grow in a pyramidical form. The wood is hard and bitter, so that worms will not molest it. Hence it was much used in the temple of Ephesus, and in other large buildings; lacunaria ex ea....propter aeternitatem sunt facta. (Vitruvius 2:9.)
Calmet
Sidonians. It seems they were subject to the king of Tyre, or this was the common title of all the Phenicians. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Lord (Jehova) God "of Israel," as it is expressed, 2 Paralipomenon 2:12. (Haydock)
Calemt
This pagan prince adored and erected temples and altars in honour of Baal, Astarte, and Hercules; (Josephus, etc.) yet he did not hesitate to acknowledge the God of Israel, as he supposed that there was a god for each nation. See 3 Kings 20:28., and 4 Kings 17:27. (Calemt)
Haydock
Thus many think that they may serve the God of unity, by going to hear the sermons of men who preach a contradictory doctrine. The devil will be satisfied, if he can share the divine honours: but God will admit of no rival, nor can he sanction any but the true religion. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Fir-trees. Some take these to be another species of cedars, as they say fir is too slender and corruptible; (Martin, etc.) and Solomon had not asked for it, ver. 6.; though he does in 2 Paralipomenon 2:8, where (Haydock) the word is translated archeuthina, "juniper-trees," by the Septuagint and St. Jerome. (Calmet)
Menochius
Beroshim, is rendered fir-trees by Pagnin; box or cedars, etc., by others. The precise import of the Hebrew names of plants, animals, etc., is not sufficiently known. (Menochius)
Calmet
Fir is use by the best architects. (Virtuvius, 2:9.) (Calmet)
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Calmet
There. Joppe was fixed upon, as the port nearest Jerusalem, 2 Paralipomenon 2:16. The trees were squared and rolled, (Calmet) or dragged (Haydock) from the mountain-top to the river Adonis, or the plain of Biblos, and then sent in floats by sea. (Calmet)
Calmet
Household, for the workmen employed in cutting the wood; (2 Paralipomenon; Menochius) and also for Hiram's other servants, as the kings of the East paid them not with money. (Calmet)
Servius
The Tyrians neglected agriculture. (Servius)
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Haydock
Wheat, "ground or beaten." (Hebrew; Paralipomenon) (Haydock)
By comparing this passage with 3 Kings 4:22, we may see how much the court of Solomon surpassed that of Hiram. The former consumed 90 measures of flour a day; and 20,000 of wheat sufficed for the Tyrian prince's family a whole year.
Piscator
Twenty. It is supposed by many commentators that thousand is to be supplied from the former sentence; as there seems otherwise to be no proportion between the wheat and the oil. (Piscator, etc.)
Calmet
The Septuagint, Syriac, etc., read 20,000. (Calmet)
Haydock
The Alexandrian copy has not core, but only beth, (Haydock) or "bath," which is a smaller measure, containing 29 pints and something more, (Calmet) or seven gallons, four pints, English wine measure; whereas the core, or chomer, consisted of 75 gallons, five pints. (Arbuthnot) (Haydock)
Calmet
In Paralipomenon, the workmen have 20,000 cores of wheat, and also of barley, and as many baths of wine and of oil; which bear some proportion with each other. (Calmet)
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Calmet
Levy, or tribute. The men had only to procure stones, as the Tyrians had engaged to do all which regarded the wood. (Calmet)
Menochius
These were Israelites. (Menochius)
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Calmet
Mountain of Libanus. (Calmet)
Paralipomenon mountains: but the Hebrew is singular in both places. They were all proselytes or strangers.
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Sa
Three hundred. In 2 Paralipomenon (2:2., and 18,) we read six hundred; (Haydock) as there are 300 superior officers included. (Calmet) (Menochius) (Sa, etc.)
Haydock
But these 3600 are all overseers. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Foundation, which did not appear. (Calmet)
Haydock
What sort would, therefore, be chosen for the most conspicuous parts of the temple? (Haydock)
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sant'Ambrogio † 397 d.C. Exposition of the Christian Faith 1.pref.1
1. The Queen of the South, as we read in the Book of the Kings, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Likewise King Hiram sent to Solomon that he might prove him.
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Origene † 254 d.C. Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John 10.23
… The body is the Church, and we learn from Peter that it is a house of God, built of living stones, a spiritual house for a holy priesthood. Thus the son of David, who builds this house, is a type of Christ. He builds it when his wars are at an end,
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san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 2.4
… but having been created good, he has of his own free will become a devil, and received that name from his action. For being an Archangel he was afterwards called a devil from his slandering: from being a good servant of God he has become rightly named Satan; for “Satan” is interpreted the adversary
san Giovanni Crisostomo † 407 d.C. Homilies on Second Corinthians 26
… What then is the meaning of what is said? An adversary is called, in the Hebrew, Satan; and in the third Book of Kings the Scripture has so termed such as were adversaries; and speaking of Solomon, says, ‘In his days there was no Satan,’ that is, no adversary, enemy, or opponent. (
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Origene † 254 d.C. Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John 10.23
… And the management and service of these things will be entrusted to holy powers, angels of God, being, respectively, lordships, thrones, dominions, or powers; and there will be others subject to these, typified by three thousand six hundred
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Origene † 254 d.C. Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John 10.22
The Jews therefore said, “Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?” How the Jews said that the temple had been forty-six years building, we cannot tell, if we adhere to the history. For it is written in the third Book of Kings,
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1. Misit quoque Hiram rex Tyri servos suos ad Salomonem, ut ei quasi novo regi de inauguratione gratularetur. Litteras Hiram et Salomonis ex Archivis Tyriorum acceptas recenset Josephus et Eupolemus apud Eusebium, lib. IX De Præpar. Earum titulus est: Suron Salomoni regi magno salutem, ubi vocat eum regem magnum, quasi regem regum, ob sapientiam æque ac opes et potentiam. Hiram enim Hebraice et a Septuaginta vocatur Chiram vel Churam, quasi Chirom vel Tyrom, id est Tyriorum rex, ait Serarius. A Phœnicibus Hiram vocatur Surom (Tyrus enim Hebraice dicitur שור sor, id est petra, quia in rupe sita: unde Sarranum ostrum vocatur Tyria purpura); a Theophilo Antiocheno, Hieromus et Hieromenus, cujus filiam Salomoni nupsisse asserit Tatianus. A Josepho, lib. VIII Antiquet. cap. II, et lib. I Contra Apionem vocatur Iromus Abibali filius.
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Vers. 4. Et non est satan, q. d. Non est adversarius, non est mihi hostis, cum quo bella geram, vel qui me a fabrica templi impediat.
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Vers. 7. Benedictus Dominus Deus hodie qui dedit David filium sapientissimum. Hinc videtur quod Hiram partim ex familiaritate cum Davide, partim ex sapientia et felicitate Salomonis cognoverit Deum verum, quem ipsi colebant. Vocat enim eum Jehova (ut habent Hebræi), quod est nomen proprium Dei Moysis et Hebræorum. Hinc quoque strenue cooperatus est Salomoni ad fabricam templi Dei veri, mittendo tot millia operariorum, ligna, lapides; quod utique non fecisset, si ipse putasset Deum Salomonis non esse verum, sed falsum: pro templo enim ædificasset idolum. Simile fecit Seleucus rex Asiæ, II Machab. III, 3. Antea enim Hiram coluerat Herculem et Astartem deos Tyriorum, eisque templa ædificarat, uti asserit Josephus, lib. I Contra Apion. Forte etiam Hiram cum hisce diis suis patriis simul coluit Deum Hebræorum, uti fecerunt Assyrii translati in Samariam, ut audiemus lib. IV, cap. XVII. Hinc Eucherius et Angelomus allegorice per Hiram intelligunt reges Gentium, ut Constantinum, Theodosium, Gratianum, Carolum, qui Christum et Apostolos, in ædificanda et propaganda Ecclesia adjuverunt. Unde et Hiram vel Chiram Hebraice idem est quod vita excelsus, aut vitæ celsitudo; vel principatus, aut nobilitas, aut candor coram, ait Pagninus in Nominib. Hebr.
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Vers. 10. Itaque Hiram dabat Salomoni ligna cedrina et ligna abiegna, scilicet cedros et abietes. Addit lib. II Paral. II, 8: «Ligna arceuthina,» id est juniperina, ut vertunt Septuaginta, scilicet juniperos, quæ ibi in magnam altitudinem et crassitiem excrescunt, ut inde fiant trabes pro fabricis. Licet enim David ligna reliquamque materiam ad fabricam templi præpararit, ut dicitur I Paralip. XXII, 14, tamen hæc non suffecerunt Salomoni, majora, et plures fabricas palatiorum suorum meditanti. Ita Abulensis. Allegorice, Eucherius et Angelomus: «Conversa Gentilitas, inquit, misit ad Christum viros quosdam, et secundum sæculum claros, sed securis Dominicæ increpationis, de monte suæ superbiæ jam dejectos et humiliatos, qui ad normam evangelicæ veritatis instituti, in ædificatione Ecclesiæ pro suo quisque merito vel tempore collocarentur. Misit etiam artifices: quia conversos ad veram sapientiam philosophos, qui gratia eruditionis populis quoque regendis jure præponerentur, Domino Gentilitas obtulit, qualis fuit ipsis Apostolorum temporibus Dionysius Areopagita, qualis deinceps doctor suavissimus et fortissimus martyr Cyprianus, aliique quamplurimi. Misit et aurum, quod in eadem pene significatione accipitur, quia nimirum viros sapientia et ingenio præclaros ostendit, pro quibus cunctis oblationibus Gentilitas a Deo dona exspectat gratiæ cœlestis.»
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Vers. 11. Salomon autem præbebat Hiram coros tritici viginti millia. Tyrus enim tunc erat insula et undique cincta mari, ut in ea nec seri nec meti posset. Unde Hiram petens a Salomone triticum in sua epistola apud Josephum ait: «Tritico indigemus, quippe insulares sumus:» postea vero Tyrus a Nabuchodonosor per tredecim annos obsessa, comportatis in mare terræ aggeribus, ut adiri et expugnari posset, facta est Peninsula, ut dixi Ezech. XXIX, 17 et 18, et Isaiæ XXIII, 10.
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Vers. 13. Elegitque rex Salomon operarios de omni Israel, et erat indictio triginta millia virorum. Per «operarios» intellige primarios et artifices, vel præfectos operum. Nam, ut dicitur cap. IX, 22, «de filiis Israel non constituit Salomon servire quemquam, sed erant viri bellatores, et ministri ejus, et principes, et duces, et præfecti curruum et equorum.»
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Vers. 15. Fueruntque Salomoni septuaginta millia eorum, qui onera portabant, et octoginta millia latomorum in monte, hoc est lapicidarum, qui lapides ex monte sive rupe exciderent. Hi enim non erant Israelitæ, uti jam dixi, sed proselyti, ut patet II Paralip. II, 17 et 18. Proselyti igitur hi erant Gabaonitæ cæterique Chananæi Hebræis subjecti, et ad judaismum conversi. Proselytorum ergo onera portantium et latomorum in fabrica templi erant universim 150 millia, Hebræorum vero triginta millia, ut dictum est vers. 13, quæ adde 150 millibus, fient 180 millia. His adjice Tyrios et Sidonios, quos Salomon ab Hiram postularat, ipseque ei submiserat, ut patet vers. 6 et 9, ac Ægyptios, quos Pharao socer Salomonis ei destinarat, evadent ducenta millia et amplius eorum qui laborarunt in fabrica templi, imo, si credimus Eupolemo apud Eusebium, lib. II De Præpar., evadent trecenta et quadraginta millia: Eupolemus enim asserit Hiram misisse Salomoni octoginta millia Tyriorum, ac Pharaonem totidem millia Ægyptiorum, qui juncti faciunt 160 millia, quæ si addas 180 millibus a Salomone destinatis, fient 340 millia. Verum hic numerus videtur nimius et quasi incredibilis. Unde nonnulli opinan- tur errorem esse in numeris Eupolemi vel Eusebii, ut octoginta millia irrepserint pro octo vel octodecim millibus. Sub latomis, id est lapicidis, intellige lignorum cæsores, sed hic latomi soli numerantur, quia erant plures lapicidæ quam lignicidæ. Sic sub onera portantibus intellige aurigas, nautas, muliones, agasones, etc.
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Vers. 16. Absque præpositis, etc., numero trium millium et trecentorum. Dices: II Paral. II, numerantur tria millia et sexcenti. Respondeo, ex sexcentis erant trecenti, qui ipsis præpositis præerant, quos addit et supplet liber Paralip. Ita Vatablus, Dionysius, Cajetanus et Salianus.
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Vers. 17. Ut tollerent lapides grandes, lapides pretiosos, in fundamentum templi. Ergo hi lapides pretiosi non erant adamantes, carbunculi, smaragdi, sed marmorei: hi enim sunt duri et fortes, ut in fundamenta mittantur ibique fabricam omnem sustineant. Porro marmor est magni pretii et varii generis. Aliud enim dicitur Ophites, eo quod habeat maculas instar serpentum: ὄφις enim est serpens. Aliud dicitur Porphyrites, quod rubeat, ac candidis punctis dispungatur. Aliud est Parium et album, aliud nigrens, aliud viride. Aliud dicitur sphengites, quod splendet et tralucet.
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Vers. 18. Porro Giblii præparaverunt ligna et lapides. Putant nonnulli fabros hos dictos Giblios ab Hebræo גבול gebul, id est terminus, quod dolando lapides eos eleganti figura terminarent. Verum dico Giblios sive Biblios (littera enim g subinde commutatur cum littera b) dici ab urbe Biblo, de qua Adrichomius, pag. 185, num. 41: «Biblus, inquit, sive Byblos, et Biblium, olim Eve seu Evæa, nunc Gibel, Giblec et Bibleth dicta, inclyta Phœnices civitas est, quæ Hebraice Gebal et Gobel; incolæ vero ejus Biblii seu Giblii in sacris litteris vocantur. Hæc versus Aquilonem a Cane fluvio tribus, contra Austrum vero a civitate Botro quatuor milliaribus super mare sita, ab Evæo sexto filio Chanaan fundata scribitur, de qua in tertio Regum libro hoc modo legimus. Porro Biblii præparaverunt (Salomoni) ligna et lapides ad ædificandam domum Domini.» Denique in Biblo erant Adonidis templa, ait Strabo, lib. XVI. Hodie Gaeta dicitur.
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RE, I E II (III E IV) LIBRO DEI
… Tra i vari casi del genere si notino: I Reg. 5, 1 e 5, 4 (estensione del dominio di Salomone); ibid. 5, 6-30 e 10, 23-36 (ricchezza e magnificenza di Salomone; tributi versati a lui); ibid. 9, 28 e 10, 11 (ricchezze importate da Ophir); …
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… Nei Settanta corrisponde al šāṭān (I Par. 21, 1; Iob., 1, 6-12; 2, 1-7; Ps. 108, 6; Zach. 3, 1-2) designante l'avversario dei servi di Dio; ma quando šāṭān, senz'articolo, indica un nemico umano (I Sam. 29, 4; II Sam. 19, 22; I Reg. 5, 4 [ebr. 18], e cf. 11, 14.23.25), è tradotto ἐπίβουλος «insidiatore». Διάβολος traduce šār e šōrēr («nemico»: Aman) in Esth. 7, 4 e 8, 1. Mentre la Volgata del Vecchio Testamento …
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chiamati dalla loro città principale, come presso Omero, Sidonii (cf. Deut. 3, 9; Iudc. 10, 6.12; 18, 7; I Reg. 5, 6 [20]; 11, 1. 5. 33; II Sam. 23, 13).
… Agli artigiani fenici (I Reg. 5, 18) Salomone aggiunse in gran numero dei manovali locali (I Reg. 5, 6, 13 sgg.; 9, 20-21); quanto al legname, H. lo faceva tagliare e trasportare dai monti al mare e di qui su zattere fino a Giaffa, donde gli operai di Salomone lo facevano proseguire per Gerusalemme. …
testi poetici (cf. Iudc. 9, 15; Is. 2, 13; 60, 13; Jer. 22, 23; Ez. 17, 3; 27, 5; 31, 3; Zach. 11, 1; Ps. 28, 5; 91, 13, ecc.) sia in quelli storici (cf. I Reg. 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, ecc.) già gli Egiziani sfruttarono i famosi legni del L., che venivano a prelevare dal porto di Biblos. …
RE, I E II (III E IV) LIBRO DEI
… Tra i vari casi del genere si notino: I Reg. 5, 1 e 5, 4 (estensione del dominio di Salomone); ibid. 5, 6-30 e 10, 23-36 (ricchezza e magnificenza di Salomone; tributi versati a lui); ibid. 9, 28 e 10, 11 (ricchezze importate da Ophir); II Reg. 13, 12 sg.
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… Essa ha origine da Dio (Ex. 28, 3; I Reg. 3, 9; 5, 9; Is. 28, 26; Ecc. 38, 6); sua base è il « timore di Dio » (Prov. 1, 7; 9, 10; Iob 28, 28; Ecc. 1, 16-22; Ps. 110, 10). Specialmente dopo l'esilio la s. diventa il tema preferito …
… Salomone (I Reg. 5, 9-15; II Par. 2-8) stipulò una convenzione con Hiram re di Tiro per il taglio ed il trasporto di cedri e abeti (cipressi?) dal Libano a Gerusalemme, via Giaffa, destinandovi 30.000 operai …
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… Salomone compensava H. in natura (I Reg. 5, 11), ma più tardi per sdebitarsi dovette anche consegnargli una lista di terra in Galilea, dove sorgevano 20 centri abitati (I Reg. 9, 10-14). Quando poi Salomone volle avere una flotta …
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… parabola, breve detto sentenzioso, che serve a inculcare una verità o un principio di ordine morale e pratico: è la parabola più propriamente detta (Ez. 17, 2; 24, 3), la similitudine e l'esempio, il detto di uso popolare (più precisamente proverbio: I Reg. 5, 12; Job 13, 12; Prov. 1, 1.6; 10, 1; 25, 1; 26, 7.9), il motto spiritoso e sarcastico (Ez. 12, 22 sg; 18, 2 sg.; Mi. 2, 4; Hab. 2, 6), le parole di motteggio
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… Avendo R. spedito ai rivoltosi, per ricondurli all'obbedienza, quell'Adonitam che era stato esattore dei lavori di servitù negli ultimi anni di David e per tutto il regno di Salomone (II Sam. 20, 24; I Reg. 4, 6; 5, 13), il messo reale fu lapidato dal popolo furente.
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… Prevale fin dal sec. XII l'autorità di Sidone, che, ca. l'anno 1000, viene sostituita da quella di Tiro, il cui re Hiram I (996-936) sta in relazioni politiche e commerciali con David e Salomone (cf. II Sam. 5, 11; I Reg. 5, 15-32; 9, 11-14, 27; 10, 11). Ittobaal (887-850), il terzo successore di Hiram, fa alleanza con Omri ed Aehab, re d'Israele (884-854), e sotto Pigmaleone (820-774) sorge (o risorge) Cartagine …
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Il Vecchio Testamento soltanto tre volte fa menzione di B.: Ios. 13, 5 (testo dubbio) la menzione come termine settentrionale della Terra Promessa; in I Reg. 5, 18, i gebaliti si presentano come operai (legnaïoli e muratori) nella costruzione del tempio di Salomone; in Ez. 27, 9, gli anziani e i periti di B. si dicono i fabbri riparatori delle …
… Agli artigiani fenici (I Reg. 5, 18) Salomone aggiunse in gran numero dei manovali locali (I Reg. 5, 6, 13 sgg.; 9, 20-21); quanto al legname, H. lo faceva tagliare e trasportare dai monti al mare e di qui su zattere …
Gen. 26, 21, «accusa» Esd. 4, 6) ricorre nella Bibbia ebraica nove volte come nome comune: «avversario» in guerra (I Sam. 29, 4; I Reg. 5, 18; 11, 14, 23, 25) o in tribunale (Ps. 108, 6) o colui che sbarra la via: II Sam. 19, 23; cf. Mt. 16, 23 e Mt. 8, 33: Gesù respinge Pietro che gli ostacola la strada verso la croce; …
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1. Re di Tiro (ebr. Hirām; Hirām in I Reg. 5, 24; Hirām in I Par. 14, 1 qērē), che all'epoca della presa di Gerusalemme inviò a David un'ambasciata di omaggio, recante in dono del cedro e accompagnata da un gruppo di artigiani …
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