旧约 - 历代记下(2 Chronicles)第12章

After Rehoboam's position as king was established and he had become strong, he and all Israel with him abandoned the law of the LORD.
Because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem in the fifth year of King Rehoboam.
With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen and the innumerable troops of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites that came with him from Egypt,
he captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.
Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and to the leaders of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and he said to them, "This is what the LORD says, 'You have abandoned me; therefore, I now abandon you to Shishak.'"
The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is just."
When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, this word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: "Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but will soon give them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
They will, however, become subject to him, so that they may learn the difference between serving me and serving the kings of other lands."
When Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem, he carried off the treasures of the temple of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made.
So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
Whenever the king went to the LORD'S temple, the guards went with him, bearing the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.
Because Rehoboam humbled himself, the LORD'S anger turned from him, and he was not totally destroyed. Indeed, there was some good in Judah.
King Rehoboam established himself firmly in Jerusalem and continued as king. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the LORD.
As for the events of Rehoboam's reign, from beginning to end, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that deal with genealogies? There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.
历代志下第十二章   第 12 章 

  代下 12:1-2> 风雨之时我知道以信心仰望神,但在安舒的日子里,也要有不懈的渴求?这…… 

  12:1-2 这里所说的“以色列”,是指南国犹大。罗波安在位的头三年,尽心顺服神,犹大国便强盛,可惜,在他的声望与权势到巅峰的时候,却离弃了神,结果受到挫败,神容许埃及征服他们。为何神会如此行呢?基督徒能处艰难,却不易处安逸,在患难之日我们寻求神,安逸却使我们感到自负自满。当你凡事顺利的时候,要留心持守你的信仰。 

  代下 12:2> 示撒入侵犹大的记载也见列王纪上 14 章,出兵的历史背景是── 

  12:2 在埃及的碑文之中,有示撒军队侵略以色列的记载,说他们向北边直打到北国加利利海。埃及以前是世界强国,此时已经雄风不再,但示撒想重振国家过去的威荣,所以出兵。他的兵力虽然不足以征服犹大与以色列两国,却能摧毁犹大的主要城市,占据贸易通道,并造成犹大与以色列人民之间的不和。 

  代下 12:6-8> 只要悔悟,人总有得拯救的机会,只怕把罪深藏在心底,影响与神的关系而不自觉…… 

  12:6-8 以色列的首领谦卑、认罪,承认神的处罚是公义的,神就减轻对他们的责罚。只要肯悔改,永远不会太迟,即使你受神惩罚才悔改,神仍会怜悯。不管我们以前做过什么,神都愿意与我们相交。你现在是否因犯罪而挣扎不安?认罪、谦卑,神的怜悯之门就必向你敞开! 

  代下 12:8> 离弃神使人落入了浪子的飘泊中,付上多少冤枉的代价…… 

  12:8 犹大人不顺服神的代价就是要服事外邦人的君王。首领以为凭自己的力量足以成功,其实大错特错。我们悖逆神,肯定是要付出代价的。生活之中若不理会神,我们属灵上的损失,必定大过经济上的收获。 

  代下 12:10-11> 浮夸的外观若没有丰富的内涵配合,则仅是虚荣而已;我们的生活…… 

  12:10-11 所罗门放在圣殿之中的纯金盾牌,竟换成价廉的铜盾牌,这是何等的荒唐。罗波安想保持昔日光荣的装饰外貌,可惜铜毕竟比不上金。我们生活不再以神为中心,却要维持基督徒生活的外表,实属肤浅;外表的美丽须是发自于内心的圣洁。 

  代下 12:14> “不立定心意寻求神”成了罗波安一生的注脚,我会期望神对我一生的评语是什么? 

  12:14 罗波安悲惨的一生,是因为“他不立定心意寻求耶和华”。人若罔顾神的心意,真是危险。神要我们对祂专一、坚定不移,我们要完全信靠祂,否则就会与神隔绝。──《灵修版圣经注释》