631. Di mana Raja Salomo meninggal?

Pertanyaan: 631. Di mana Raja Salomo meninggal?

Catatan Alkitab tentang kematiannya terdapat dalam I Raja-raja 11:43 dan II Tawarikh 9:31. Hanya menceritakan bahwa ia tidur dengan nenek moyangnya dan dikuburkan di Kota Daud. Farrar menceritakan tradisi yang beredar di kalangan orang Yahudi mengenai kematiannya. Konon, Salomo pergi ke Bait Suci untuk beribadah. Ia berdiri di sana sambil terlibat dalam doa, sosok yang indah dengan rambut putih panjang yang tergerai di atas jubah kekaisaran, dan mengenakan mahkota emas yang diberikan oleh Batsyeba, ibunya. Ketika ia berdiri bersandar pada tongkatnya, maut menjemputnya, tetapi tongkat itu menopang mayatnya. Para imam melihat bahwa ia sudah mati, tetapi takut untuk menyentuhnya, karena di tangan mati Salomo terdapat cincin terkenal yang digunakan untuk melakukan sihir. Namun, seekor tikus keluar dari lubangnya dan menggigit kulit di bagian bawah tongkat hingga tergelincir dan raja agung itu jatuh ke lantai dan mahkotanya berguling di debu.

Question: 631. Where Did Solomon Die?

The Bible record of his death is in I Kings 11:43 and II Chron. 9:31. It simply relates that he slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. Farrar narrates the tradition current among the Jews as to his death. It is that Solomon went up to the Temple to worship. He stood there engaged in prayer, a picturesque figure with his long, white hair floating over the imperial mantle, and wearing the gold crown that Bathsheba, his mother, gave him. As he stood leaning on his staff death came to him, but the staff supported the corpse. The priests saw that he was dead, but feared to touch him, because on his dead hand was the famous ring with which he had worked wonders of sorcery. But a mouse ran out from its hole and gnawed at the leather at the foot of the staff until it slipped and the great king fell on the floor and his crown rolled in the dust.

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