旧约 - 历代记下(2 Chronicles)第36章

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
历代志下第卅六章   第 36 章 

  代下 36:6> 尼布甲尼撒开始在世界的政治舞台上登场了,他在迦基米施一战中担当了何种角色? 

  36:6 尼布甲尼撒是新巴比伦帝国创立者的儿子。他在公元前 605 年作王,并在迦基米施战役中获胜,打败了亚述(参看 35:20 的注释)。有关尼布甲尼撒,请看但以理书第 4 章的人物介绍。 

  代下 36:9-10> 有关约雅斤的年岁,是否在不同的抄本中有不同的记载? 

  36:9-10 列王纪下 24 章 8 节说约雅斤登基的时候十八岁(经文小字注也说明这事)。许多希伯来文的抄本说他是八岁,列王纪下 24 章 8 节所说的年岁可能是最正确的,因为他在那时已经有了妻子(参看王下 24:15 )。 

  代下 36:16> 犹大的灭亡并非没有先兆;我是否也对一再向我发出的提醒采取不理会的态度? 

  36:16 神警戒犹大人只要他们离弃罪恶,祂会继续向祂的百姓施恩惠。结果情势到了无法可救的地步。所以应当留意,不要把罪藏在心中,要公开承认悔改,否则到了无法可救的时候,神就要以祂的审判代替怜悯。人一再犯罪不肯悔改,就会招致灾祸。 

  被掳到巴比伦 

  代下 36:21> 犹大人的被掳,是按照神早已立下的律法来审判的…… 

  36:21 利未记 26 章 27 至 45 节有惊人的预言,论到以色列人的被掳,说他们因不顺服神,就会从那地被神拔出。他们不理会神的律法,律法中有一条说,每逢第七年要让地休息一年,不耕种也不收割(参出 23:10-11 )。在他们被掳的七十年中,土地得到了安息,刚好补足了他们没有遵守这律法的年数。我们知道神信守祂一切的应许,不单是赐福的应许,也要应验祂施行审判的应许。 

  代下 36:22-23> 身处被掳回归的时代,历代志下的作者看到神的应许的实现── 

  36:22-23 波斯王塞鲁士在征服了巴比伦之后第一年,也是圣殿被毁之后第四十八年( 36:18-19 )颁发了这道诏书。以斯拉记讲述波斯王颁发诏书,以及犹大的被掳者回国的情形。 

  代下 36:22-23> 历代志下并不是结束于无望的光景,而是另一个盼望的开始。神所眷顾的人生亦复如此…… 

  36:22-23 历代志下专注于犹大人敬拜神的兴衰,以耶路撒冷的圣殿为象征。大卫设计圣殿,所罗门将它建成,并举行了世上有史以来最壮观的献殿之礼。在殿中的敬拜是最庄严隆重的。 

  可惜出现了几个邪恶的君王,污秽了圣殿,贬低了敬拜,使人民崇拜偶像超过敬拜神。最后,巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒毁灭了这圣殿( 36:19 )。君王不在了,圣殿被毁了,人民被掳到异地。以色列族尽失一切,只剩下根基。所幸的是他们有一个更伟大的基础──独一的真神。我们今生的一切几乎都丧失的时候,仍然有神──祂的话语、祂的同在、祂的应许作根基,并永存不朽。──《灵修版圣经注释》