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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.
他的惡政。
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2Ch 21:5-7.
HIS WICKED REIGN.
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6, 7. 他行……亞哈家所行的，因為他娶了亞哈的女兒為妻——他賢德之父的教誨與榜樣，很快便因與以色列王室之女聯姻而被抹除。在亞她利雅的影響下，他廢除了對耶和華的敬拜，鼓勵引進姊妹國中盛行的種種敗壞。上帝的刑罰已向他宣告，本要徹底毀滅他和他全家，若不是因著對大衛所應許的恩眷
（2Sa 7:29； 2Ki 8:19）。
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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.
以東與立拿叛離。
8-10. 以東人背叛——那國原被大衛制伏，直到約沙法的時代仍由一藩屬統治
（1Ki 22:47； 2Ki 3:9）。 但那王在本國的一次叛亂中被殺，其繼任者便想藉高舉獨立的旗幟來新揣民心〔JOSEPHUS〕。這次企圖起初被約蘭擊敗——約蘭擁有其父全部的軍事設施；但叛亂出乎意料地再起，以東人終於成功，使其國家完全擺脫猶大的軛
（Ge 27:40）。 位於南境、靠近以東的立拿，也起而效法。
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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. 先知以利亞的信達到他那裏——以利亞被接升天既發生於約沙法在位時
〔2Ki 2:11, 12〕， 我們必須認定以利亞之名因抄寫者的錯誤，被誤作以利沙之名。
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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. 你使猶大和耶路撒冷的居民……像亞哈家的淫行——即引進了腓尼基偶像崇拜的迷信與敗壞（參
De 13:6-14）。 因此以及因他那悖逆的殘酷，上帝的刑罰已向他宣告，不久便照先知所言準確應驗。一連串壓倒性的災禍臨到這惡王；因為除了已提的叛亂之外，鄰近兩個部族（參
2Ch 17:11） 對他王國的南部與西部發動了敵對的入侵。他的國土遭蹂躪，京城被攻取，王宮被洗劫，妻妾被擄走，眾子除幼子外盡被殺。他自己則患了不治的痢疾，在異常長達兩年的劇痛之後，將他帶走，成為上帝審判的活見證。為了完成他的貶抑，他死時無人哀悼，其葬禮也不受臣民尊重。這類似埃及的習俗，似乎已潛入希伯來人中——按諸王在位之善惡，給予或保留葬禮的榮譽。
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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.
約蘭繼約沙法為王。
1-4. 約沙法與他列祖同睡……約蘭……登基——先王遺下七子；在我們的譯本中有兩名被稱為亞撒利雅，但在希伯來文中二者的拼法有明顯差別，一名作「Azariah」，另一名作「Azariahu」。約沙法雖以審慎的遠見安排家事，在世時分授王權（參
2Ki 8:16）， 並立長子為王儲，又使其餘諸子各治理一座堅固城，為他們預備了體面的自主之資。然而這番美意卻被挫敗；因為約蘭一旦獨攬大權，便出於嫉妒或因其諸子的關係，將眾兄弟盡數殺害，連同一些他懷疑與諸子親厚、或會為之報仇的權要人物也一併誅除。在東方的宮廷中，此類慘劇屢見不鮮——王儲視兄弟為最可怕的威脅，因而受試探以除掉他們來鞏固自己的權力。