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2Ch 28:1-21.
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英語原文
2Ch 28:1-21.
AHAZ, REIGNING WICKEDLY, IS AFFLICTED BY THE SYRIANS.
1-4. Ahaz was twenty years old--(See on
2Ki 16:1-4).
This prince, discarding the principles and example of his excellent father, early betrayed a strong bias to idolatry. He ruled with an arbitrary and absolute authority, and not as a theocratic sovereign: he not only forsook the temple of God, but embraced first the symbolic worship established in the sister kingdom, and afterwards the gross idolatry practised by the Canaanites.
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5-7. 耶和华……将他交在亚兰王手里……他又被交在以色列王手里——这几节并未提及亚兰王和以色列王结盟入侵犹大国一事，也未记述约坦在位末年战事的起头
(2Ki 15:37)，
只记载了战役初期几场争战的结局。
交给他……击打他……他又被交——即他的军队，因为亚哈斯本人并不在被杀或被掳之列。一日之间阵亡十二万人，是一桩可怕的灾祸，经上
(2Ch 28:6)
明说这是作为对犹大的刑罚而降下的，「因为他们离弃了耶和华他们列祖的神」。被杀的人中有些是显要人物：
英語原文
5-7. the Lord . . . delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria . . . he was also delivered into the hand of the King of Israel--These verses, without alluding to the formation of a confederacy between the Syrian and Israelitish kings to invade the kingdom of Judah, or relating the commencement of the war in the close of Jotham's reign
(2Ki 15:37),
give the issue only of some battles that were fought in the early part of the campaign.
delivered him . . . smote him . . . he was also delivered--that is, his army, for Ahaz was not personally included in the number either of the slain or the captives. The slaughter of one hundred twenty thousand in one day was a terrible calamity, which, it is
(2Ch 28:6)
expressly said, was inflicted as a judgment on Judah, "because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers." Among the slain were some persons of distinction:
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7. 王的儿子玛西雅——亚哈斯的众子年纪尚幼，不能参战，故这人必是先王约坦的一个幼子；
家宰亚斯利甘——即「宫」的家宰；
在王左右的大臣以利加拿——即宰相或首相
(Ge 41:40； Es 10:3)。
这些人都在战场上被一位以色列勇士细基利所杀，也有人认为是战后被下令处死的。大批俘虏也落入征服者之手；战俘在盟军之间均分之后，便在军事押送之下被分送往亚兰和以色列的京城
[2Ch 28:8]。
英語原文
7. Maaseiah the king's son--the sons of Ahaz being too young to take part in a battle, this individual must have been a younger son of the late King Jotham;
Azrikam the governor of the house--that is, "the palace"; and
Elkanah that was next to the king--that is, the vizier or prime minister
(Ge 41:40; Es 10:3).
These were all cut down on the field by Zichri, an Israelitish warrior, or as some think, ordered to be put to death after the battle. A vast number of captives also fell into the power of the conquerors; and an equal division of war prisoners being made between the allies, they were sent off under a military escort to the respective capitals of Syria and Israel
[2Ch 28:8].
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8-14. 以色列人掳了他们的弟兄二十万人——这些俘虏中有大量的妇女、男孩和女孩，这一情形表明希伯来人像其他东方人一样，参战时有大量非战斗人员随行（参看
Jud 4:8
的注释）。
这些「弟兄」被当作俘虏带到撒玛利亚的消息，引起了心地较好的百姓的普遍愤慨；先知俄德，在众首领陪同之下
(2Ch 28:12
与 2Ch 28:14 比较)，
在押送队伍临近时出去，要阻止将这些俘虏带进城这件可耻的暴行。中队的军官当然没有可责之处；他们不过是履行军职，将这些战俘押送到目的地。但俄德清楚地指出，以色列军之所以得胜——并非因军力的优势，而是因神对犹大的刑罚。他有力地揭发了将「他们的弟兄」当作战利奴隶保留这一罪行的重大。他恳切抗议在己国本已堆积如山的罪恶之上，再加这桩不自然、有罪的残忍大罪
(Le 25:43, 44； Mic 2:8, 9)。
他这番有力的谏诤，加上民意的反对浪潮，其结果是「兵丁就把俘虏和掠物撇在首领和全会众面前了」。
英語原文
8-14. the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand--These captives included a great number of women, boys, and girls, a circumstance which creates a presumption that the Hebrews, like other Orientals, were accompanied in the war by multitudes of non-combatants (see on
Jud 4:8).
The report of these "brethren," being brought as captives to Samaria, excited general indignation among the better-disposed inhabitants; and Oded, a prophet, accompanied by the princes
(2Ch 28:12 compared with 2Ch 28:14),
went out, as the escort was approaching, to prevent the disgraceful outrage of introducing such prisoners into the city. The officers of the squadron were, of course, not to blame; they were simply doing their military duty in conducting those prisoners of war to their destination. But Oded clearly showed that the Israelitish army had gained the victory--not by the superiority of their arms, but in consequence of the divine judgment against Judah. He forcibly exposed the enormity of the offense of keeping "their brethren" as slaves got in war. He protested earnestly against adding this great offense of unnatural and sinful cruelty
(Le 25:43, 44; Mic 2:8, 9)
to the already overwhelming amount of their own national sins. Such was the effect of his spirited remonstrance and the opposing tide of popular feeling, that "the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation."
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15. 提名的人起来——这些人要么就是「以法莲的众首领」（见于
2Ch 28:12），
要么就是为这件善举所选出的其他几位首要人物。在他们仁慈的照料下，俘虏不仅获得释放，还从掠物中得着食物和衣物的妥善周济，并在归家途中被护送到耶利哥。这是一桩美丽而饶有意味的事件，表明即使在国势衰颓的时期，仍不乏坚定遵行神律法之人。
英語原文
15. the men which were expressed by name rose up--These were either the "heads of the children of Ephraim" (mentioned
2Ch 28:12),
or some other leading individuals chosen for the benevolent office. Under their kindly superintendence, the prisoners were not only released, but out of the spoils were comfortably relieved with food and clothing, and conveyed as far as Jericho on their way back to their own homes. This is a beautiful incident, and full of interest, as showing that even at this period of national decline, there were not a few who steadfastly adhered to the law of God.
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16. 那时亚哈斯王差遣人去见亚述诸王——「诸王」是复数代单数，这见于许多古译本。「那时」是指亚哈斯大遭患难之时——他在接连的败绩之后退守耶路撒冷城内。无论是同一战役还是随后的战役中，亚兰和以色列的盟军都进到那里围攻他（参看
2Ki 16:7
的注释）。他虽脱离了这次危险，其他仇敌却又在南部和西部侵扰其国。
英語原文
16. At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria--"kings," the plural for the singular, which is found in many ancient versions. "At that time," refers to the period of Ahaz' great distress, when, after a succession of defeats, he retreated within the walls of Jerusalem. Either in the same or a subsequent campaign, the Syrian and Israelitish allies marched there to besiege him (see on
2Ki 16:7).
Though delivered from this danger, other enemies infested his dominions both on the south and the west.
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17. 以东人又来攻击犹大——这次入侵必是在利汛（在最近的亚兰—以色列之战初期）已经使那民脱离犹大之轭
(2Ch 15:11；
参
2Ki 16:6)
之后。
英語原文
17. again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah--This invasion must have been after Rezin (at the beginning of the recent Syro-Israelitish war), had released that people from the yoke of Judah
(2Ch 15:11;
compare
2Ki 16:6).
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18. 基低罗——在非利士边境
(Jos 15:41)。
梭哥——即梭哥
(Jos 15:35)，
今舒韦凯，是犹大谷中的一座城（参看
1Sa 17:1
的注释）。
亭抹——今吉姆扎，在路得（吕大）以东略偏 [罗宾逊（ROBINSON）]。这一切使「耶和华使犹大卑微」的灾祸，都是因为以色列（犹大）王亚哈斯的缘故（参
2Ch 21:2; 24:16; 28:27），
他使犹大赤露，大大得罪耶和华。
英語原文
18. Gederoth--on the Philistine frontier
(Jos 15:41).
Shocho--or Socoh
(Jos 15:35),
now Shuweikeh, a town in the Valley of Judah (see on
1Sa 17:1).
Gimzo--now Jimza, a little east of Ludd (Lydda) [ROBINSON]. All these disasters, by which the "Lord brought Judah low," were because of Ahaz, king of Israel (Judah), see
2Ch 21:2; 24:16; 28:27,
who made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the Lord.
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20. 提革拉毗尼色……却欺压他，并不帮助他——即尽管提革拉毗尼色借攻取大马士革、杀利汛
(2Ki 16:9)
而给了他暂时的解救，结果却几乎毫无益处，因为提革拉毗尼色在大马士革过冬、纵情宴乐；而与亚述王所结的联盟，最终成为犹大国更大更新的灾祸和屈辱之源
(2Ch 28:2, 3)。
英語原文
20. Tilgath-pilneser . . . distressed him, but strengthened him not--that is, notwithstanding the temporary relief which Tilgath-pilneser afforded him by the conquest of Damascus and the slaughter of Rezin
(2Ki 16:9),
little advantage resulted from it, for Tilgath-pilneser spent the winter in voluptuous revelry at Damascus; and the connection formed with the Assyrian king was eventually a source of new and greater calamities and humiliation to the kingdom of Judah
(2Ch 28:2, 3).
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2Ch 28:22-27.
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2Ch 28:22-27.
他在患难之时所犯的偶像崇拜
22. 他在急难的时候，越发得罪耶和华——这位痴迷之王沉溺于偶像崇拜的影响之下，并以王权加以推广，其热烈如同情欲——其无知和奴性的畏惧如同外邦人
(2Ch 28:23)，
并对神肆无忌惮地挑衅（参看
2Ki 16:10-20
的注释）。
英語原文
2Ch 28:22-27.
HIS IDOLATRY IN HIS DISTRESS.
22. in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord--This infatuated king surrendered himself to the influence of idolatry and exerted his royal authority to extend it, with the intensity of a passion--with the ignorance and servile fear of a heathen
(2Ch 28:23)
and a ruthless defiance of God (see on
2Ki 16:10-20).
2Ch 28:1-21.
亚哈斯行恶道，遭亚兰人苦害
1-4. 亚哈斯登基的时候年二十岁——（参看
2Ki 16:1-4
的注释）。
这位君王抛弃了他贤德之父的原则和榜样，早年便显出对偶像崇拜的强烈倾向。他以专横绝对的权柄施政，而非作为神权政体的君主：他不仅离弃神的殿，先接受了姊妹国中所设立的象征性敬拜，后来又随从了迦南人所行的粗鄙偶像崇拜。