cunning men

歷代志下 2:7,14
現在求你差一個巧匠來，就是善用金、銀、銅、鐵和紫色、朱紅色、藍色線，並精於雕刻之工的巧匠，與我父大衛在猶大和耶路撒冷所預備的巧匠一同做工。…

出埃及記 31:4
能想出巧工，用金、銀、銅製造各物，

歷代志下 26:10
又在曠野與高原和平原建築望樓，挖了許多井，因他的牲畜甚多。又在山地和佳美之地有農夫和修理葡萄園的人，因為他喜悅農事。

) Mr. Harmer appears to have given a truer view of the subject than commentators in general have done, who suppose that they were conveniences made only for sheltering the shepherds from bad weather, or to defend them from incursions of enemies; for they might rather be designed to keep the nations that pastured there in awe, and also to induce them quietly to pay the tribute to which the

8th verse seems to refer. William of Tyre describes a country not far from the Euphrates as inhabited by Syrian and Armenian Christians, who fed great flock and herds there, but were kept in subjection to the Turks, in consequence of their living among them in strong places.

spread far.

馬太福音 4:24
他的名聲就傳遍了敘利亞。那裡的人把一切害病的，就是害各樣疾病、各樣疼痛的和被鬼附的、癲癇的、癱瘓的，都帶了來，耶穌就治好了他們。