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Matthew 2

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1 Khi Ðức Chúa Jêsus đã sanh tại thành Bết-lê-hem, xứ Giu-đê, đang đời vua Hê-rốt, có mấy thầy bác sĩ ở đông phương đến thành Giê-ru-sa-lem,

2 mà hỏi rằng: Vua dân Giu-đa mới sanh tại đâu? Vì chúng ta đã thấy ngôi sao Ngài bên đông phương, nên đến đặng thờ lạy Ngài.

3 Nghe tin ấy, vua Hê-rốt cùng cả thành Giê-ru-sa-lem đều bối rối.

4 Vua bèn nhóm các thầy tế lễ cả và các thầy thông giáo trong dân lại mà tra hỏi rằng Ðấng Christ phải sanh tại đâu.

5 Tâu rằng: Tại Bết-lê-hem, xứ Giu-đê; vì có lời của đấng tiên tri chép như vầy:

6 Hỡi Bết-lê-hem, đất Giu-đa! Thật ngươi chẳng kém gì các thành lớn của xứ Giu-đa đâu, Vì từ ngươi sẽ ra một tướng, Là Ðấng chăn dân Y-sơ-ra-ên, tức dân ta.

7 Vua Hê-rốt bèn vời mấy thầy bác sĩ cách kín nhiệm, mà hỏi kỹ càng và ngôi sao đã hiện ra khi nào.

8 ồi vua sai mấy thầy đó đến thành Bết-lê-hem, và dặn rằng: Các ngươi hãy đi, hỏi thăm cho chắc về tích con trẻ đó; khi tìm được rồi, hãy cho ta biết, đặng ta cũng đến mà thờ lạy Ngài.

9 Mấy thầy nghe vua phán xong, liền đi. Kìa, ngôi sao mà họ đã thấy bên đông phương, đi trước mặt cho đến chừng ngay trên chỗ con trẻ ở mới dừng lại.

10 Mấy thầy thấy ngôi sao, mừng rỡ quá bội.

11 Khi vào đến nhà, thấy con trẻ cùng Ma-ri, mẹ Ngài, thì sấp mình xuống mà thờ lạy Ngài; rồi bày của quí ra, dâng cho Ngài những lễ vật, là vàng, nhũ hương, và một dược.

12 Kế đó, trong giấc chiêm bao, mấy thầy được Ðức Chúa Trời mách bảo đừng trở lại nơi vua Hê-rốt; nên họ đi đường khác mà về xứ mình.

13 Sau khi mấy thầy đó đi rồi, có một thiên sứ của Chúa hiện đến cùng Giô-sép trong chiêm bao, mà truyền rằng: Hãy chờ dậy, đem con trẻ và mẹ Ngài trốn qua nước Ê-díp-tô, rồi cứ ở đó cho tới chừng nào ta bảo ngươi; vì vua Hê-rốt sẽ kiếm con trẻ ấy mà giết.

14 Giô-sép bèn chờ dậy, đem con trẻ và mẹ Ngài đang ban đêm lánh qua nước Ê-díp-tô.

15 Người ở đó cho tới khi vua Hê-rốt băng, hầu cho ứng nghiệm lời Chúa đã dùng đấng tiên tri mà phán rằng: Ta đã gọi Con ta ra khỏi nước Ê-díp-tô.

16 Vua Hê-rốt thấy mình đã bị mấy thầy bác sĩ đánh lừa, thì tức giận quá, bèn sai giết hết thảy con trai từ hai tuổi sấp xuống ở thành Bết-lê-hem và cả hạt, theo đúng ngày tháng mà mấy thầy bác sĩ đã cho vua biết.

17 Vậy là ứng nghiệm lời đấng tiên tri Giê-rê-mi đã nói rằng:

18 Người ta có nghe tiếng kêu la, phàn nàn, than khóc trong thành a-ma: Ấy là a-chen khóc các con mình, mà không chịu yên ủi, vì chúng nó không còn nữa.

19 Nhưng sau khi vua Hê-rốt băng, có một thiên sứ của Chúa hiện đến cùng Giô-sép trong chiêm bao, tại nước Ê-díp-tô, mà truyền rằng:

20 Hãy chờ dậy, đem con trẻ và mẹ Ngài trở về xứ Y-sơ-ra-ên, vì những kẻ muốn giết con trẻ đã chết rồi.

21 Giô-sép bèn chờ dậy, đem con trẻ và mẹ Ngài trở về xứ Y-sơ-ra-ên.

22 Song khi nghe vua A-chê-la -u nối ngôi vua cha là Hê-rốt mà trị vì tại xứ Giu-đê, thì Giô-sép sợ, không dám về; và bởi đã được Ðức Chúa Trời mách bảo trong chiêm bao, nên người vào xứ Ga-li-lê,

23 ở trong một thành kia tên là Na-xa-rét. Vậy là ứng nghiệm lời mấy đấng tiên tri đã nói rằng: Người ta sẽ gọi Ngài là người Na-xa-rét.

   

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1171. 'The sons of Raamah' similarly means those who had no internal worship but cognitions of faith, in the mere possession of which they made religion consist; and 'Sheba and Dedan' are nations with whom they existed and by these same nations cognitions themselves are meant in the internal sense. This is evident from the places in the Prophets given below, and from the following in David concerning Seba, Sheba, and Raamah,

The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring a gift, and the kings of Sheba and Seba will offer a present; and all kings will fall down before Him. Psalms 72:10-11.

This refers to the Lord, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. Anyone may see that here 'gift' and 'present' mean types of worship, though exactly which types of worship, and the nature of them, cannot be known unless it is known what 'Tarshish and the islands' and 'Sheba and Seba' are used to mean. The fact that 'Tarshish and the islands' is used to mean forms of external worship corresponding to internal has been shown already, from which it follows that 'Sheba and Seba' is used to mean forms of internal worship - 'Sheba' the celestial things of worship, and 'Seba' the spiritual.

[2] In Isaiah,

I gave Egypt as your expiation, Cush and Seba in place of you. Isaiah 43:3.

Here 'Cush and Seba' stands for the spiritual things of faith. In the same prophet,

The labour of Egypt, and the wares of Cush and of the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you. Isaiah 45:14.

'The labour of Egypt' stands for knowledge, 'the wares of Cush and the Sabeans' for cognitions of spiritual things which serve people who believe in the Lord.

[3] In the same prophet,

A drove of camels will cover you, dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense and will proclaim the praises of Jehovah. The whole Rock of Arabia will be gathered to you. Isaiah 60:6-7.

Here 'Sheba' is used to mean celestial things and the spiritual things deriving from these, described as 'gold and frankincense', which, as now explained, are 'the praises of Jehovah', that is, internal worship.

[4] In Ezekiel,

The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they were your traders in the best of every spice, and in every precious stone, and they gave gold for your resources. Ezekiel 27:22-23.

This refers to Tyre. What 'Sheba and Raamah' means is clear from the commodities in which they are said to have traded - spices, precious stones, and gold. 'Spices' in the internal sense are charity, 'precious stones' are faith deriving from charity, and 'gold' is love to the Lord, all of which are the celestial things meant by 'Sheba'. Strictly, 'Sheba' means the cognitions of those things - and this is why they are here called 'merchandise' - with which those who become members of the Church are endowed, for without cognitions no one is able to become a member of the Church.

[5] Similar things were represented by the Queen of Sheba who came to Solomon and brought him spices, gold, and precious stones, 1 Kings 10:1-3, and also by the wise men from the east who came to Jesus at His birth, and who fell down and worshipped Him, and who opened their treasures, and offered Him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh, Matthew 2:1, 11. These gifts meant celestial, spiritual, and natural good. In Jeremiah,

To what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba, and best sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable. Jeremiah 6:20.

Here also it is evident that 'Sheba' stands for cognitions and adoration, meant by 'frankincense and sweet cane', though here they are those things devoid of charity, which are not pleasing.

  
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1 Kings 10

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1 When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Yahweh, she came to prove him with hard questions.

2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.

3 Solomon told her all her questions: there was not anything hidden from the king which he didn't tell her.

4 When the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

5 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their clothing, and his cup bearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in her.

6 She said to the king, "It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.

7 However I didn't believe the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it. Behold, the half was not told me! Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard.

8 Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

9 Blessed is Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness."

10 She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones. There came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

11 The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees and precious stones.

12 The king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of Yahweh, and for the king's house, harps also and stringed instruments for the singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen, to this day.

13 King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants.

14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,

15 besides [that which] the traders [brought], and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mixed people, and of the governors of the country.

16 King Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold; six hundred [shekels] of gold went to one buckler.

17 [he made] three hundred shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.

19 There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behind; and there were stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays.

20 Twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was nothing like it made in any kingdom.

21 All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

24 All the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

25 They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

26 Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

27 The king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance.

28 The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

29 A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

   

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