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2Ch 12:1-12.
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2Ch 12:1-12.
REHOBOAM, FORSAKING GOD, IS PUNISHED BY SHISHAK.
1. when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself--(See on
2Ch 11:17).
During the first three years of his reign his royal influence was exerted in the encouragement of the true religion. Security and ease led to religious decline, which, in the fourth year, ended in open apostasy. The example of the court was speedily followed by his subjects, for "all Israel was with him," that is, the people in his own kingdom. The very next year, the fifth of his reign, punishment was inflicted by the invasion of Shishak.
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2. 埃及王示撒上來攻取耶路撒冷——他是第二十二王朝（即布巴斯提王朝）的開國之君。這次入侵的直接原因為何？是因猶大王某些挑釁而報復，還是出於征服的野心，經文未明。但入侵的軍隊是一支龐大的軍旅，因示撒除了本國的埃及人之外，還帶了為數眾多的外籍傭兵。
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2. Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem--He was the first king of the twenty-second or Bubastic Dynasty. What was the immediate cause of this invasion? Whether it was in resentment for some provocation from the king of Judah, or in pursuance of ambitious views of conquest, is not said. But the invading army was a vast horde, for Shishak brought along with his native Egyptians an immense number of foreign auxiliaries.
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3-5. 路比人——即非洲東北部的利比亞人。
蘇基人——有人認為這些是住帳棚的基尼族阿拉伯人，但另有人更合理地主張他們是阿拉伯穴居人，棲息於紅海西岸一帶山脈的洞穴中。
古實人——來自埃及以南的地區。憑著壓倒性的人數優勢，他們攻取了猶大那些近期才設防的堡壘，進軍圍攻京城。示撒和他的軍隊在耶路撒冷城前時，先知示瑪雅向羅波安和首領們講話，將這場災禍歸因於全民的背道，並警告他們因離棄上帝必遭徹底的毀滅
（2Ch 12:6）。
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3-5. the Lubims--the Libyans of northeastern Africa.
the Sukkiims--Some think these were the Kenite Arabs, dwellers in tents, but others maintain more justly that these were Arab troglodytes, who inhabited the caverns of a mountain range on the western coast of the Red Sea.
and the Ethiopians--from the regions south of Egypt. By the overwhelming force of numbers, they took the fortresses of Judah which had been recently put in a state of defense, and marched to lay siege to the capital. While Shishak and his army was before Jerusalem, the prophet Shemaiah addressed Rehoboam and the princes, tracing this calamity to the national apostasy and threatening them with utter destruction in consequence of having forsaken God
(2Ch 12:6).
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6. 以色列的首領——（參
2Ch 12:5 「猶大的首領」）。
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6. the princes of Israel--(compare
2Ch 12:5,
"the princes of Judah").
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7, 8. 耶和華見他們自卑——他們的悔改與痛悔帶來了最好的果效；因示瑪雅奉差遣宣告：上帝審判的杯不會全然傾倒在他們身上——猶大國的徹底傾覆不會在此時發生，也不會藉示撒之手成就；然而，雖然它將免於徹底覆亡，〔猶大〕卻要成為埃及的進貢藩屬，好使百姓明白：事奉上帝比事奉拜偶像的外邦暴君輕省得多、也好得多。
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7, 8. when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves--Their repentance and contrition was followed by the best effects; for Shemaiah was commissioned to announce that the phial of divine judgment would not be fully poured out on them--that the entire overthrow of the kingdom of Judah would not take place at that time, nor through the agency of Shishak; and yet, although it should enjoy a respite from total subversion, [Judah] should become a tributary province of Egypt in order that the people might learn how much lighter and better is the service of God than that of idolatrous foreign despots.
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9. 於是示撒……上來攻打耶路撒冷——在描述被圍宮廷之情形的括弧
（2Ch 12:5-8） 之後，史家恢復對耶路撒冷攻擊及隨後聖殿與王宮被劫掠的記述。
他奪了——即他所找到的一切寶物。那些擋牌與盾牌的價值，估計約二十三萬九千英鎊〔NAPIER, Ancient Workers in Metal〕。
金盾牌——所羅門所造，存於利巴嫩林宮
（2Ch 9:16）。 它們似乎在被護衛兵護送王往聖殿或其他公開行列時，如權杖般被捧持。這些輝煌的徽章被埃及征服者劫掠之後，便另以較劣的金屬製造替代品，存放在王宮的護衛室中以備不時之需；因為儘管宮廷的榮耀已經黯淡，在公開隆重的場合仍維持著舊日的朝廷禮節。這次猶大被征服的記錄，按釋讀者的看法，連同主要俘虜橢圓形框中的「猶大王」之名，以象形文字刻寫在卡納克大宮殿的牆上，今日仍可在那裏看到。這雕刻約有二千七百年之久，作為來自埃及對聖經歷史真實性的有力佐證，格外引人注目。
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9. So Shishak . . . came up against Jerusalem--After the parenthetical clause
(2Ch 12:5-8)
describing the feelings and state of the beleaguered court, the historian resumes his narrative of the attack upon Jerusalem, and the consequent pillage both of the temple and the palace.
he took all--that is, everything valuable he found. The cost of the targets and shields has been estimated at about £239,000 [NAPIER, Ancient Workers in Metal].
the shields of gold--made by Solomon, were kept in the house of the forest of Lebanon
(2Ch 9:16).
They seem to have been borne, like maces, by the guards of the palace, when they attended the king to the temple or on other public processions. Those splendid insignia having been plundered by the Egyptian conqueror, others were made of inferior metal and kept in the guard room of the palace, to be ready for use; as, notwithstanding the tarnished glory of the court, the old state etiquette was kept up on public and solemn occasions. An account of this conquest of Judah, with the name of "king of Judah" in the cartouche of the principal captive, according to the interpreters, is carved and written in hieroglyphics on the walls of the great palace of Karnak, where it may be seen at the present day. This sculpture is about twenty-seven hundred years old, and is of peculiar interest as a striking testimony from Egypt to the truth of Scripture history.
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12. 他自卑的時候，耶和華的怒氣就轉離他了——應許
（2Ch 12:7） 得以應驗。上帝的護理保全了王國的存在，宮中有所改革，真道與敬虔在全地傳揚。
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12. when he humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him--The promise
(2Ch 12:7)
was verified. Divine providence preserved the kingdom in existence, a reformation was made in the court, while true religion and piety were diffused throughout the land.
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2Ch 12:13-16.
2Ch 12:13-16.
他的王朝與死亡。
13, 14. 羅波安自強……作王——埃及的入侵不過是一次劫掠性的遠征，未超出猶大的範圍，大概不久便被入侵者擊退。因真道的全面復甦，羅波安的政府恢復了生機與活力，他在示撒離去之後又作王多年。但
他不立定心意尋求耶和華——即他沒有堅守他所開始的改革善道，「他行惡」，因為他母親——一個外邦人——的不幸影響，他年少時無疑受了強烈趨向偶像崇拜的偏見（參
1Ki 14:21）。
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2Ch 12:13-16.
HIS REIGN AND DEATH.
13, 14. Rehoboam strengthened . . . and reigned--The Egyptian invasion had been a mere predatory expedition, not extending beyond the limits of Judah, and probably, ere long, repelled by the invaded. Rehoboam's government acquired new life and vigor by the general revival of true religion, and his reign continued many years after the departure of Shishak. But
he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord--that is, he did not adhere firmly to the good course of reformation he had begun, "and he did evil," for through the unhappy influence of his mother, a heathen foreigner, he had no doubt received in his youth a strong bias towards idolatry (see on
1Ki 14:21).
2Ch 12:1-12.
羅波安離棄上帝，受示撒懲罰。
1. 羅波安的國權既已堅固、強盛——（參
2Ch 11:17）。
在他作王頭三年，他運用王權鼓勵真道。安逸與順遂導致信仰的衰退，到了第四年更發展為公開的背道。臣民很快就跟隨了宮廷的榜樣，因為「全以色列都跟隨他」，也就是他自己國中的百姓。就在次年——他作王第五年——示撒入侵，刑罰便臨到。