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2Ki 20:1-7.
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英語原文
2Ki 20:1-7.
HEZEKIAH'S LIFE LENGTHENED.
1. In those days was Hezekiah sick--As his reign lasted twenty-nine years
(2Ki 18:2),
and his kingdom was invaded in the fourteenth
(2Ki 18:13),
it is evident that this sudden and severe illness must have occurred in the very year of the Syrian invasion. Between the threatened attack and the actual appearance of the enemy, this incident in Hezekiah's history must have taken place. But according to the usage of the sacred historian, the story of Sennacherib is completed before entering on what was personal to the king of Judah (see also
Isa 37:36-38:1).
Set thine house in order--Isaiah, being of the blood royal, might have access to the king's private house. But since the prophet was commissioned to make this announcement, the message must be considered as referring to matters of higher importance than the settlement of the king's domestic and private affairs. It must have related chiefly to the state of his kingdom, he having not as yet any son (compare
2Ki 20:6 with 2Ki 21:1).
for thou shall die, and not live--The disease was of a malignant character and would be mortal in its effects, unless the healing power of God should miraculously interpose.
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2. 他轉臉朝牆——並非如亞哈那樣
(王上 21:4)，
出於煩躁不滿，而是為要得著更好的禱告機會。
英語原文
2. he turned his face to the wall--not like Ahab
(1Ki 21:4),
in fretful discontent, but in order to secure a better opportunity for prayer.
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3. 求你記念我在你面前怎樣行事為人，云云——希西家心思的走向，顯然指向那賜給大衛及其後裔坐寶座的應許
(王上 8:25)。
他已盡人性軟弱所容許的程度忠實地遵守了條件；他素來沒有犯過那些因神的審判而使人壽數常被突然截斷的大罪，因此他的深切悲傷，或許部分出於對生命的眷戀，部分出於摩西律法時代的朦朧不明——在那時代生命與不朽尚未完全顯明，部分也出於他改革王國的計畫因自己的死而功虧一簣。他以應許的應驗作為他的懇求。
英語原文
3. remember now how I have walked before thee, &c.--The course of Hezekiah's thoughts was evidently directed to the promise made to David and his successors on the throne
(1Ki 8:25).
He had kept the conditions as faithfully as human infirmity admitted; and as he had been all along free from any of those great crimes by which, through the judgment of God, human life was often suddenly cut short, his great grief might arise partly from the love of life, partly from the obscurity of the Mosaic dispensation, where life and immortality had not been fully brought to light, and partly from his plans for the reformation of his kingdom being frustrated by his death. He pleaded the fulfilment of the promise.
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4. 以賽亞還沒有出到中院——即王宮的中院。
英語原文
4. afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court--of the royal castle.
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5. 耶和華你祖大衛的神如此說——他的禱告立即得了回應，得著保證：耶和華記念祂對大衛的應許，並要在希西家的經歷中成就這應許——既藉著延長他的壽數，也藉著拯救他脫離亞述人之手。
到第三日——從危險的疾病中這麼快便完全康復，顯出這醫治的神蹟性質（見他的感恩之歌，
賽 38:9)。
所患的病無法確定；但經文並無任何暗示當時耶路撒冷正流行瘟疫；雖然阿拉伯醫師會用無花果餅敷在瘟疫的瘡上，他們在其他病症中也同樣使用，因無花果被認為有助於使發炎性潰瘍成熟並得到紓緩。
英語原文
5. Thus saith . . . the God of David thy father--An immediate answer was given to his prayer, containing an assurance that the Lord was mindful of His promise to David and would accomplish it in Hezekiah's experience, both by the prolongation of his life, and his deliverance from the Assyrians.
on the third day--The perfect recovery from a dangerous sickness, within so short a time, shows the miraculous character of the cure (see his thanksgiving song,
Isa 38:9).
The disease cannot be ascertained; but the text gives no hint that the plague was raging then in Jerusalem; and although Arab physicians apply a cataplasm of figs to plague-boils, they also do so in other cases, as figs are considered useful in ripening and soothing inflammatory ulcers.
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2Ki 20:8-20.
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王下 20:8-20.
日影向後退十度
8-11. 希西家對以賽亞說：耶和華必醫治我有甚麼兆頭呢——他按常理而得的康復既是出乎意料，王便求一個憑據，好印證他對先知信息真實性的信靠；他所指定的兆頭也蒙應允。亞哈斯日晷上的日影，向後退了它已經前進的十度。關於這日晷，曾有種種推測。原文所用之字為「度數」或「臺階」，因此許多註釋家認為那是一道階梯，設計巧妙，使階上的影子能顯出時辰與太陽的運行。但更可能那是一件正式的儀器；而希伯來人既沒有專用詞來稱呼它，可見那是亞哈斯從巴比倫引進的外來新奇之物。它的體積似乎頗大，且安放在院中的位置，使以賽亞可以指著它，王也可以從他的寢宮看見。日晷上日影的倒退，是藉神的全能以神蹟方式成就的；但這現象是暫時的、局部的，僅限於希西家與他的朝廷所注意，也是專為使他們得著確據而設。
英語原文
2Ki 20:8-20.
THE SUN GOES TEN DEGREES BACKWARD.
8-11. Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What will be the sign that the Lord shall heal me--His recovery in the course of nature was so unlooked for, that the king asked for some token to justify his reliance on the truth of the prophet's communication; and the sign he specified was granted to him. The shadow of the sun went back upon the dial of Ahaz the ten degrees it had gone down. Various conjectures have been formed as to this dial. The word in the original is "degrees," or "steps," and hence many commentators have supposed that it was a stair, so artfully contrived, that the shadows on the steps indicated the hours and course of the sun. But it is more probable that it was a proper instrument, and, from the Hebrews having no term to designate it, that it was one of the foreign novelties imported from Babylon by Ahaz. It seems to have been of such magnitude, and so placed in the court, that Isaiah could point to it, and the king see it, from his chamber. The retrogression of the sun's shadow on the dial was miraculously accomplished by the omnipotent power of God; but the phenomenon was temporary, local, confined to the notice, and intended for the satisfaction, only of Hezekiah and his court.
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12-19. 比羅達巴拉但——
(賽 39:1)，
聖經歷史中提及的第一位巴比倫王；從前其統治者只是亞述君王的總督。此人擺脫了軛，宣告獨立，並以互有勝負的成績進行了長久而頑強的抵抗 [RAWLINSON, Outlines]。他致送希西家的賀信，極可能附有針對他們共同的亞述敵人結成防禦聯盟的提議。猶大王既得此殊榮而沾沾自喜，便把一切的財寶、軍械庫與戰備都展示給使者看；他的動機顯然是要使巴比倫的使臣更加珍視與他的友誼。
英語原文
12-19. Berodach-baladan--
(Isa 39:1),
the first king of Babylon mentioned in sacred history; formerly its rulers were viceroys of the Assyrian monarchs. This individual threw off the yoke, and asserting his independence, made with varying success, a long and obstinate resistance [RAWLINSON, Outlines]. The message of congratulation to Hezekiah, was, in all likelihood, accompanied with proposals for a defensive alliance against their common Assyrian enemy. The king of Judah, flattered with this honor, showed the ambassadors all his treasures, his armory and warlike stores; and his motive for this was evidently that the Babylonian deputies might be the more induced to prize his friendship.
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13, 14. 銀子和金子——他曾向西拿基立繳納大量貢物，使庫藏耗盡（參
王下 18:16)。 但西拿基立被毀滅之後，各地因敬重這位憑信心與禱告拯救國家的王，都送來禮物；況且，從亞述營中屍首身上，他先前所付的一切金銀，極有可能全部被尋回。然而這虛榮的展示觸犯了他天上的宗主，神差以賽亞去責備他。他給先知的回答
(王下 20:14)
顯出他被這次來訪的恭維沖昏了頭腦；這事是錯的，因它為這些貪婪外邦人的覬覦設下了餌；他們不久必再來擄掠他的國家，把他炫耀的一切財寶搬到巴比倫去，並把他的後裔擄到那地作朝廷的僕役——（參見
代下 32:31)。
英語原文
13, 14. the silver, and the gold--He paid so much tribute to Sennacherib as exhausted his treasury (compare
2Ki 18:16).
But, after the destruction of Sennacherib, presents were brought him from various quarters, out of respect to a king who, by his faith and prayer, saved his country; and besides, it is by no means improbable that from the corpses in the Assyrian camp, all the gold and silver he had paid might be recovered. The vain display, however, was offensive to his divine liege lord, who sent Isaiah to reprove him. The answer he gave the prophet
(2Ki 22:14)
shows how he was elated by the compliment of their visit; but it was wrong, as presenting a bait for the cupidity of these rapacious foreigners, who, at no distant period, would return and pillage his country, and transfer all the possessions he ostentatiously displayed to Babylon, as well as his posterity to be court attendants in that country--(see on
2Ch 32:31).
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19. 你所說耶和華的話甚好——表示他謙卑敬虔地順服神的旨意。他回答的末段是在停頓之後說出的，可能是自言自語的呼喊，表達他的感恩——雖然他的後裔將遭受大難，但神審判的執行在他有生之年將要展延。
英語原文
19. Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken--indicating a humble and pious resignation to the divine will. The concluding part of his reply was uttered after a pause and was probably an ejaculation to himself, expressing his thankfulness, that, though great afflictions should befall his descendants, the execution of the divine judgment was to be suspended during his own lifetime.
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20. 池與溝——（參見
代下 32:30)。
英語原文
20. pool and a conduit--(See on
2Ch 32:30).
2Ki 20:1-7.
希西家 壽命 延長
1. 那時希西家病了——他在位共二十九年
(2Ki 18:2),
其國在第十四年遭入侵
(2Ki 18:13),
可見這場突發的重病必是發生在亞述入侵的同一年。在敵軍威脅出兵與實際兵臨城下之間,希西家生平中的這一事件必然發生了。但按照神聖歷史學家的筆法,西拿基立的故事先告一段落,然後才轉入猶大王個人的事蹟(又見
Isa 37:36-38:1)。
你要留遺命給你的家——以賽亞既屬王室血統,自可進入王的私邸。但先知既奉差遣作此宣告,這信息必是論及比料理王的內務私事更為重要的事。這必定主要關涉國事,因他那時還沒有兒子(以
2Ki 20:6
與 2Ki 21:1 相比較)。
因為你必死,不能活了——這病性質險惡,若非神的大能行奇事醫治,必致喪命。