旧约 - 历代记下(2 Chronicles)第36章

And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
The king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
The king of Egypt made Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim's brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD his God.
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the LORD and put them in his temple there.
The other events of Jehoiakim's reign, the detestable things he did and all that was found against him, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD.
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, together with articles of value from the temple of the LORD, and he made Jehoiachin's uncle, Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the LORD.
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God's name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the LORD, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place.
But they mocked God's messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the LORD was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.
He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and spared neither young man nor young woman, old man or aged. God handed all of them over to Nebuchadnezzar.
He carried to Babylon all the articles from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the LORD'S temple and the treasures of the king and his officials.
They set fire to God's temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there.
He carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah.
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and to put it in writing:
"This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: "'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Anyone of his people among you--may 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》