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2Ch 21:1-4.
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2Ch 21:1-4.
JEHORAM SUCCEEDS JEHOSHAPHAT.
1-4. Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers . . . Jehoram . . . reigned--The late king left seven sons; two of them are in our version named Azariah; but in the Hebrew they appear considerably different, the one being spelt "Azariah," and the other "Azariahu." Though Jehoshaphat had made his family arrangements with prudent precaution, and while he divided the functions of royalty in his lifetime (compare
2Ki 8:16),
as well as fixed the succession to the throne in his oldest son, he appointed each of the others to the government of a fenced city, thus providing them with an honorable independence. But this good intentions were frustrated; for no sooner did Jehoram find himself in the sole possession of sovereign power than, from jealousy, or on account of their connections, he murdered all his brothers, together with some leading influential persons who, he suspected, were attached to their interest, or would avenge their deaths. Similar tragedies have been sadly frequent in Eastern courts, where the heir of the crown looks upon his brothers as his most formidable enemies, and is therefore tempted to secure his power by their death.
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2Ch 21:5-7.
2Ch 21:5-7.
他的恶政
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2Ch 21:5-7.
HIS WICKED REIGN.
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6, 7. 他行走……像亚哈家一样，因为他娶了亚哈的女儿为妻——他贤德之父的教诲和榜样，很快因他与以色列王室之女的婚姻联盟而被抹去。在亚她利雅的影响下，他废除了对耶和华的敬拜，鼓励引进姊妹国中盛行的种种腐败。神的刑罚已向他宣告，若不是因顾念对大卫所立的应许
(2Sa 7:29； 2Ki 8:19)，
必将他和他的家彻底毁灭。
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6, 7. he walked . . . as did the house of Ahab, for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife--The precepts and examples of his excellent father were soon obliterated by his matrimonial alliance with a daughter of the royal house of Israel. Through the influence of Athaliah he abolished the worship of the Lord, and encouraged an introduction of all the corruptions prevalent in the sister kingdom. The divine vengeance was denounced against him, and would have utterly destroyed him and his house, had it not been for a tender regard to the promise made to David
(2Sa 7:29; 2Ki 8:19).
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2Ch 21:8-17.
2Ch 21:8-17.
以东和立拿反叛
8-10. 以东人背叛——那国原被大卫所制服，直到约沙法的时候仍由一个藩属统治者治理
(1Ki 22:47； 2Ki 3:9)。
但那位王既在国内的一次叛乱中被杀，他的继任者便想借打出独立的旗号来讨好新臣民 [约瑟夫（JOSEPHUS）]。这企图初次被约兰所挫败——他拥有其父一切的军事力量；但以东人出其不意地卷土重来，终于成功使其国完全脱离犹大的轭
(Ge 27:40)。
位于南疆、靠近以东的立拿也效法该国而行。
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2Ch 21:8-17.
EDOM AND LIBNAH REVOLT.
8-10. the Edomites revolted--That nation had been made dependent by David, and down to the time of Jehoshaphat was governed by a tributary ruler
(1Ki 22:47; 2Ki 3:9).
But that king having been slain in an insurrection at home, his successor thought to ingratiate himself with his new subjects by raising the flag of independence [JOSEPHUS]. The attempt was defeated in the first instance by Jehoram, who possessed all the military establishments of his father; but being renewed unexpectedly, the Edomites succeeded in completely emancipating their country from the yoke of Judah
(Ge 27:40).
Libnah, which lay on the southern frontier and towards Edom, followed the example of that country.
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12-15. 先知以利亚达信与他——那位先知既已在约沙法在位时被接升天
[2Ki 2:11, 12]，
我们便须断定：以利亚之名是因抄写者的错误，被放在了以利沙之名的位置上。
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12-15. there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet--That prophet's translation having taken place in the reign of Jehoshaphat
[2Ki 2:11, 12],
we must conclude that the name of Elijah has, by the error of a transcriber, been put for that of Elisha.
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13-19. 你使犹大和耶路撒冷的居民……像亚哈家行淫一样——即引进了腓尼基偶像崇拜的迷信和罪恶（参看
De 13:6-14
的注释）。
为此，也为他那不自然的残暴，神的刑罚已向他宣告，不久之后便如先知所言准确地执行了。一连串压倒性的灾祸临到这恶王；因为除了已提及的叛乱之外，又有邻近的两个部族（参
2Ch 17:11）
入侵他王国的南部和西部。他的国土遭蹂躏，京城被攻取，王宫被洗劫，妻子被掳走，众子尽被杀，只剩最小的。他自己染上不治的痢疾，使他受最痛苦的煎熬达两年之久——这一病期异乎寻常——便夺去他的性命，成为神刑罚的标记。为使他的屈辱达于极点，他的死无人哀悼，他的葬礼也不受臣民尊敬。这种类似埃及风俗的习俗，似乎已渗入希伯来人之中，即按诸王在位时品行之好坏，决定给予或不给予丧礼的尊荣。
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13-19. hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem . . . like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab--that is, introduced the superstitions and vices of Phœnician idolatry (see on
De 13:6-14).
On this account, as well as for his unnatural cruelties, divine vengeance was denounced against him, which was soon after executed exactly as the prophet had foretold. A series of overwhelming calamities befell this wicked king; for in addition to the revolts already mentioned, two neighboring tribes (see
2Ch 17:11)
made hostile incursions on the southern and western portions of his kingdom. His country was ravaged, his capital taken, his palace plundered, his wives carried off, and all his children slain except the youngest. He himself was seized with an incurable dysentery, which, after subjecting him to the most painful suffering for the unusual period of two years, carried him off, a monument of the divine judgment. To complete his degradation, his death was unlamented, his burial unhonored by his subjects. This custom, similar to what obtained in Egypt, seems to have crept in among the Hebrews, of giving funeral honors to their kings, or withholding them, according to the good or bad characters of their reign.
2Ch 21:1-4.
约兰接续约沙法作王
1-4. 约沙法与他列祖同睡……约兰……作王——已故的王留下七个儿子；其中两个在我们的译本中都名为亚撒利雅；但在希伯来原文中却颇有不同，一个拼作「Azariah」，另一个拼作「Azariahu」。约沙法虽以审慎的先见安排了家族事务，在生前分授王权（参
2Ki 8:16），
又立长子为继位者，但他将其余诸子各派去治理一座坚城，从而给他们安排了体面的独立地位。可惜他这番好意却被破坏；因为约兰一得到独揽的王权，便出于嫉妒，或因他们的关系，把众兄弟全都杀了，又杀了一些他所猜疑的、与兄弟们声气相投或将要为他们报仇的重要人物。类似这样的惨剧在东方宫廷中可悲地屡见不鲜，在那里储君视自己的兄弟为最可怕的仇敌，因此受诱惑要借他们的死亡来巩固自己的权位。