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2Ch 11:1-17.
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英語原文
2Ch 11:1-17.
REHOBOAM, RAISING AN ARMY TO SUBDUE ISRAEL, IS FORBIDDEN BY SHEMAIAH.
1-4. Rehoboam . . . gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin . . . to fight against Israel--(See
1Ki 12:21-24).
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5-11. 在犹大建造保障——这显然是作为南方王国之名称来用的。罗波安如今既在以色列中有一大劲敌，便认为必须尽快修筑其王国边境沿线的几座城邑。耶罗波安那一边也采取了同样的防备
(1Ki 12:25)。
所列的十五座城中，亚雅仑（今雅罗 Yalo）和琐拉（今苏拉 Surah），位于耶路撒冷和雅比聂之间 [罗宾逊（ROBINSON）]，在便雅悯境内。迦特虽是非利士城邑，却曾臣服于所罗门。以坦则在西缅边境——西缅此时已并入以色列王国——也被修筑，以防备那一方的危险。罗波安将这些堡垒交由能干的将领统管，并屯足粮饷军需，必要时足以坚守围城。他王国既已残破，似乎担心会成为某些强大邻邦的猎物。
英語原文
5-11. built cities for defence in Judah--This is evidently used as the name of the southern kingdom. Rehoboam, having now a bitter enemy in Israel, deemed it prudent to lose no time in fortifying several cities that lay along the frontier of his kingdom. Jeroboam, on his side, took a similar precaution
(1Ki 12:25).
Of the fifteen cities named, Aijalon, now Yalo, and Zorah, now Surah, between Jerusalem and Jabneh [ROBINSON], lay within the province of Benjamin. Gath, though a Philistine city, had been subject to Solomon. And Etham, which was on the border of Simeon, now incorporated with the kingdom of Israel, was fortified to repel danger from that quarter. These fortresses Rehoboam placed under able commanders and stocked them with provisions and military stores, sufficient, if necessary, to stand a siege. In the crippled state of his kingdom, he seems to have been afraid lest it might be made the prey of some powerful neighbors.
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13-17. 祭司和利未人……从四方来归他——这是一股道德力量的加增，因为维护真道是任何国家最好的支持与保障；既然它是希伯来王朝力量与繁荣的独特大源，那些寻求在犹大境内避难的大批敬虔之人，便大大有助于巩固罗波安的王位。这场从以色列国大规模外移的原因，是耶罗波安深沉而大胆的策略：他立志要在其境内完全废除犹大教的宗教制度，以破坏全国的统一。他怕百姓若照律法所定、一年三次上耶路撒冷敬拜，各支派终将复合。于是借口该城距他的许多臣民太远，便选定两处更方便的地点，在那里设立了以粗鄙而被禁的象征来敬拜神的新方式
[1Ki 12:26-33]。
祭司和利未人拒绝参与这些拜偶像的仪式，便被剥夺了生计
[2Ch 11:13, 14]。
与他们同行的，还有一大批忠实持守神所立之敬拜的百姓，他们因这些亵渎性的新规而愤慨震惊，便离开了那个王国。
英語原文
13-17. the priests and the Levites . . . resorted to him out of all their coasts--This was an accession of moral power, for the maintenance of the true religion is the best support and safeguard of any nation; and as it was peculiarly the grand source of the strength and prosperity of the Hebrew monarchy, the great numbers of good and pious people who sought an asylum within the territories of Judah contributed greatly to consolidate the throne of Rehoboam. The cause of so extensive an emigration from the kingdom of Israel was the deep and daring policy of Jeroboam, who set himself to break the national unity by entirely abolishing, within his dominions, the religious institutions of Judaism. He dreaded an eventual reunion of the tribes if the people continued to repair thrice a year to worship in Jerusalem as they were obliged by law to do. Accordingly, on pretense that the distance of that city was too great for multitudes of his subjects, he fixed upon two more convenient places, where he established a new mode of worshipping God under gross and prohibited symbols
[1Ki 12:26-33].
The priests and Levites, refusing to take part in the idolatrous ceremonies, were ejected from their living
[2Ch 11:13, 14].
Along with them a large body of the people who faithfully adhered to the instituted worship of God, offended and shocked by the impious innovations, departed from the kingdom.
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15. 他为自己立祭司——他所立为祭司的，都是低微无用之辈
(1Ki 12:31; 13:33)；
凡牵一头公牛、七只公羊来的，都可分别为圣
(2Ch 13:9； Ex 29:37)。
为邱坛——那些备受喜爱的敬拜之处在全国各处受到鼓励。
为鬼魔——这字有时泛指偶像
(Le 17:7)。
但此处特指山羊神，大概主要在他王国北部、外邦迦南人仍众多之地受人敬拜。
为他所造的牛犊——即阿皮斯和姆内维斯两牛神之像，是耶罗波安旅居埃及时所熟知的。（参看
1Ki 12:26
的注释）。
英語原文
15. he ordained him priests--The persons he appointed to the priesthood were low and worthless creatures
(1Ki 12:31; 13:33);
any were consecrated who brought a bullock and seven rams
(2Ch 13:9; Ex 29:37).
for the high places--Those favorite places of religious worship were encouraged throughout the country.
for the devils--a term sometimes used for idols in general
(Le 17:7).
But here it is applied distinctively to the goat deities, which were probably worshipped chiefly in the northern parts of his kingdom, where the heathen Canaanites still abounded.
for the calves which he had made--figures of the ox gods Apis and Mnevis, with which Jeroboam's residence in Egypt had familiarized him. (See on
1Ki 12:26).
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17. 这样，他们就坚固犹大国——耶罗波安那些革新的措施并非一时尽行推出。但随着这些措施的展开，他最优秀的臣民便开始退出；这种退出持续加增了三年，使其国内的宗教水平下降，同时却在犹大国相应地加添了其生命力、扩展了其影响力。
英語原文
17. they strengthened the kingdom of Judah--The innovating measures of Jeroboam were not introduced all at once. But as they were developed, the secession of the most excellent of his subjects began, and continuing to increase for three years, lowered the tone of religion in his kingdom, while it proportionally quickened its life and extended its influence in that of Judah.
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2Ch 11:18-23.
简体中文
2Ch 11:18-23.
他的妻与子
18. 罗波安娶玛哈拉——她父母的名字都已列出。父亲耶利末必是大卫某个妾所生的儿子
(1Ch 3:9)。
亚比孩在婚前当然就是他的表妹。
英語原文
2Ch 11:18-23.
HIS WIVES AND CHILDREN.
18. Rehoboam took Mahalath--The names of her father and mother are given. Jerimoth, the father, must have been the son of one of David's concubines
(1Ch 3:9).
Abihail was, of course, his cousin, previous to their marriage.
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20. 后来他又娶玛迦……的女儿——即孙女
(2Sa 14:27)
押沙龙的；他玛据约瑟夫（JOSEPHUS）所说是她母亲。（参
2Sa 18:18）。
英語原文
20. after her he took Maachah . . . daughter--that is, granddaughter
(2Sa 14:27)
of Absalom, Tamar being, according to JOSEPHUS, her mother. (Compare
2Sa 18:18).
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21. 他娶了十八个妻子，六十个妾——这所王室后宫虽远小于其父的，却同样违犯律法——律法禁止王「为自己多立妃嫔」
[De 17:17]。
英語原文
21. he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines--This royal harem, though far smaller than his father's, was equally in violation of the law, which forbade a king to "multiply wives unto himself"
[De 17:17].
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22. 立亚比雅……为首……作众弟兄的领袖——这一偏爱似乎纯是因王对其母的溺爱、以及她对他的影响而赐的。此处明示亚比雅并非长子。罗波安在无神明授权——如所罗门之事例——的情形下，立幼子为王，便违背了律法
(De 21:15)。
英語原文
22. made Abijah . . . chief . . . ruler among his brethren--This preference seems to have been given to Abijah solely from the king's doting fondness for his mother and through her influence over him. It is plainly implied that Abijah was not the oldest of the family. In destining a younger son for the kingdom, without a divine warrant, as in Solomon's case, Rehoboam acted in violation of the law
(De 21:15).
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23. 他办事精明——即以深沉而精算的政策
(Ex 1:10)。
将他众子……分散到各坚城——王的二十八个儿子被立为各堡垒的总督，在我国会引起嫉妒和不满。但东方君主借将政府职位赐给其子孙来确保王国的太平。他们得到独立的供养，又被分开，便不至于在父亲生前密谋。罗波安正是这样行；若他为他们所选的妻子都属于各子所在之城，他的明智便更见突出。这些联系会使他们更紧密地依附各自的所在地。在今日的东方各国，特别是波斯和土耳其，幼年王子直到不久之前，都在父亲生前被关闭在后宫之中；为防止竞争，当其兄登基时，他们便被弄瞎或杀害。在前一国，将王子分散到全国各处的古法——如罗波安所行的——又已恢复。
英語原文
23. he dealt wisely--that is, with deep and calculating policy
(Ex 1:10).
and dispersed of all his children . . . unto every fenced city--The circumstance of twenty-eight sons of the king being made governors of fortresses would, in our quarter of the world, produce jealousy and dissatisfaction. But Eastern monarchs ensure peace and tranquillity to their kingdom by bestowing government offices on their sons and grandsons. They obtain an independent provision, and being kept apart, are not likely to cabal in their father's lifetime. Rehoboam acted thus, and his sagacity will appear still greater if the wives he desired for them belonged to the cities where each son was located. These connections would bind them more closely to their respective places. In the modern countries of the East, particularly Persia and Turkey, younger princes were, till very lately, shut up in the harem during their father's lifetime; and, to prevent competition, they were blinded or killed when their brother ascended the throne. In the former country the old practice of dispersing them through the country as Rehoboam did, has been again revived.
2Ch 11:1-17.
罗波安招聚大军要征讨以色列，被示玛雅所阻
1-4. 罗波安……招聚犹大和便雅悯全家的人……要与以色列人争战——（参
1Ki 12:21-24）。