1
2Ch 21:1-4.
日本語
英文原文
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.
5
2Ch 21:5-7.
日本語
2Ch 21:5-7.
彼の 悪い治世
英文原文
2Ch 21:5-7.
HIS WICKED REIGN.
6
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日本語
6, 7. 彼は……アハブの家がしたように歩んだ。彼がアハブの娘を妻に迎えたからである——彼の優れた父の教えと模範は、イスラエルの王室の娘との婚姻によって間もなく消し去られた。アタリヤの影響を通じて、彼は主への礼拝を廃し、姉妹王国に蔓延っていたすべての腐敗の導入を奨励した。神の復讐が彼に対して宣告され、ダビデになされた約束への深い配慮がなければ
(2Sa 7:29; 2Ki 8:19)、
彼とその家を完全に滅ぼしていたであろう。
英文原文
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).
8
2Ch 21:8-17.
日本語
2Ch 21:8-17.
エドムと リブナが 反逆する
8-10. エドム人が反逆した——その国民はダビデによって従属させられ、エホシャファテの時代まで貢ぎを納める支配者によって治められていた
(1Ki 22:47; 2Ki 3:9)。
しかし王が国内の反乱で殺された後、その後継者は独立の旗を掲げることで新しい臣民たちの好感を得ようと考えた [ヨセフス（JOSEPHUS）]。 最初は父のすべての軍事施設を持っていたエホラムによってその試みは撃退されたが、予期せず再び試みられ、エドム人はユダの軛から自国を完全に解放することに成功した
(Ge 27:40)。
南の国境にあり、エドムに向かって位置していたリブナも、その国の例に従った。
英文原文
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.
12
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日本語
12-15. 預言者エリヤから彼に手紙が届いた——その預言者の天に上げられたことはエホシャファテの治世に起こったので
[2Ki 2:11, 12]、
エリヤの名が、筆写者の誤りによって、エリシャの名の代わりに置かれたと結論しなければならない。
英文原文
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.
13
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日本語
13-19. あなたはユダとエルサレムの住民を……アハブの家の姦淫のようなものとした——すなわち、フェニキアの偶像礼拝の迷信と悪徳を導入した
（参照
De 13:6-14
の注解）。
このことのゆえに、また彼の不自然な残酷さのゆえに、神の復讐が彼に対して宣告され、それは間もなく預言者が予告した通りに正確に執行された。一連の圧倒的な災いがこの悪い王に降りかかった。すでに言及された反逆に加えて、二つの隣接部族
（参照
2Ch 17:11）
が彼の王国の南と西の部分に敵対的な侵入を行った。彼の国は荒らされ、首都は奪取され、宮殿は略奪され、妻たちは連れ去られ、すべての子どもたちが末子を除いて殺された。彼自身は不治の赤痢に襲われ、二年間という異例の期間、最も苦しい苦痛にさらした後、神の裁きの記念碑として彼を奪い去った。彼の堕落を完成するために、彼の死は嘆かれず、彼の埋葬は臣民から名誉を与えられなかった。エジプトで行われていたと同様のこの習慣が、王たちの治世の良い悪いに応じて、彼らに葬儀の名誉を与えるかあるいは差し控えるという形で、ヘブル人の間に忍び込んだようである。
英文原文
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.
エホラムが エホシャファテの後を継ぐ
1-4. エホシャファテは彼の先祖たちと共に眠り……エホラム……治めた——先の王は七人の子を残した。そのうちの二人はわれわれの訳ではアザルヤという名で記されているが、ヘブル語では両者はかなり異なっており、一方は「アザルヤ」、もう一方は「アザルヤフ」と綴られている。エホシャファテは慎重な予防策をもって家族の取り決めを行い、存命中に王権の職能を分け
（参照
2Ki 8:16）、
また長子に王位継承を定めたほか、他のそれぞれの子を城塞都市の統治に任じて、彼らに名誉ある独立を提供した。しかしこの良き意図は挫折した。エホラムがただ一人主権を握るや否や、嫉妬から、あるいは彼らのつながりのゆえに、すべての兄弟を殺害したばかりか、彼らの利益に結びついている、あるいは彼らの死に復讐するであろうと疑われた何人かの有力な指導者たちも一緒に殺害したからである。同様の悲劇は東洋の宮廷において哀れなほど頻繁に起こった。そこでは王冠の相続人が兄弟を最も恐るべき敵とみなし、それゆえに彼らの死によって自らの権力を固めようと誘惑されるのである。