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2Ch 32:1-20.
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2Ch 32:1-20.
SENNACHERIB INVADES JUDAH.
1. After these things, and the establishment thereof--that is, the restoration of the temple-worship. The precise date is given,
2Ki 18:13.
Determined to recover the independence of his country, Hezekiah had decided to refuse to pay the tribute which his father had bound himself to pay to Assyria.
Sennacherib . . . entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities--The whole land was ravaged; the strong fortresses of Ashdod
(Isa 20:1)
and Lachish had fallen; the siege of Libnah had commenced, when the king of Judah, doubting his ability to resist, sent to acknowledge his fault, and offer terms of submission by paying the tribute. The commencement of this Assyrian war was disastrous to Hezekiah
(2Ki 18:13).
But the misfortunes of the early period of the war are here passed over, as the historian hastens to relate the remarkable deliverance which God wrought for His kingdom of Judah.
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2-8. 希西家见西拿基立……定意来攻打耶路撒冷——为防御耶路撒冷以应付所面临的围攻而采取的措施，只见于此处经文。污染或填塞水井、改换河道，是东方战事中至今仍沿用的古老做法。希西家的计划是把泉源掩盖起来，使敌人不能发现；并借地下水道或管道将水引进城内——这一计策既可保证城中居民水源不断，又可使围城者苦于缺水，因为耶路撒冷周围四境都极为缺水。
英文原文
2-8. when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib . . . was purposed to fight against Jerusalem--An account of the means taken to fortify Jerusalem against the threatened siege is given only in this passage. The polluting or filling up of wells, and the altering of the course of rivers, is an old practice that still obtains in the wars of the East. Hezekiah's plan was to cover the fountain heads, so that they might not be discovered by the enemy, and to carry the water by subterranean channels or pipes into the city--a plan which, while it would secure a constant supply to the inhabitants, would distress the besiegers, as the country all around Jerusalem was very destitute of water.
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4. 于是有许多人聚集，都塞住一切泉源和通流那地的小河——「这些不同的泉源究竟在何处，如今我们已无确切的凭据可考；不过隐罗结和如今称为童女泉的泉水，很可能也在其中。约瑟夫（JOSEPHUS）提到城外有各样泉源，但在此事上只提到西罗亚。然而『那小河』的位置却相当明确，足以使我们十分肯定地追踪出来。经上告诉我们它『流经那地之中』。然而，一条流经汲沦谷或欣嫩谷的水流，绝不能恰当地说是流经那地之中；但一条流经真正的基训谷、将亚克拉和锡安与伯西大、摩利亚山和俄斐勒隔开的水流——从前无疑有过这样一条——却可以十分恰当地说是流经这圣城所建于其上的那地的中流。这不仅是从事理的力量可以看出的，七十士译本也明明如此宣告；在那里它更被称为『河』，至少暗示它比汲沦溪大得多，并与边注所言它漫溢流过那地之中的说法相符。在人为干预之前，大马士革门以北那浅盆形凹地的上部，无疑曾涌出一股极充沛的水流，那凹地毫无疑问是基训谷的上端；这水流蜿蜒流经此谷，在其南端的大弯曲处汇入推罗皮温谷，再沿其下流入汲沦谷」[巴克莱（BARCLAY），《大王之城》（City of the Great King）]。
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4. So there was gathered much people . . . who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land--"Where these various fountains were, we have now no positive means of ascertaining; though En-rogel, and the spring now called the Virgin's Fount, may well be numbered among them. JOSEPHUS mentions the existence of various fountains without the city, but does not mention any of them in this connection but Siloam. 'The brook,' however, is located with sufficient precision to enable us to trace it very definitely. We are told that it 'ran through the midst of the land.' Now a stream running through either the Kedron or Hinnom Valley, could, in no proper sense, be said to run through the midst of the land, but one flowing through the true Gihon valley, and separating Akra and Zion from Bezetha, Moriah, and Ophel, as a stream once, doubtless, did, could, with peculiar propriety, be said to run through the midst of the land on which the [Holy] City was built. And that this is the correct meaning of the phrase is not only apparent from the force of circumstances, but is positively so declared in the Septuagint, where, moreover, it is called a 'river,' which, at least, implies a much larger stream than the Kedron, and comports well with the marginal reading, where it is said to overflow through the midst of the land. Previous to the interference of man, there was, no doubt, a very copious stream that gushed forth in the upper portion of that shallow, basin-like concavity north of Damascus Gate, which is unquestionably the upper extremity of the Gihon valley, and pursuing its meandering course through this valley, entered the Tyropœon at its great southern curve, down which it flowed into the valley of the Kedron" [BARCLAY, City of the Great King].
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5, 6. 他奋勇自强——他仔细视察了城防，旨在修补此处城墙的破口、翻修彼处的砌体、在城楼上架设投射器械，尤其是加固锡安的下部，即米罗，「大卫城（的原址）」。「在」字是我们的译者所补，经文没有这字读来更顺，因为被修缮的并非全城，只是锡安的下部，即原本的「大卫城」。
英文原文
5, 6. he strengthened himself--He made a careful inspection of the city defenses for the purpose of repairing breaches in the wall here, renewing the masonry there, raising projecting machines to the towers, and especially fortifying the lower portion of Zion, that is, Millo, "(in) the original city of David." "In" is a supplement of our translators, and the text reads better without it, for it was not the whole city that was repaired, but only the lower portion of Zion, or the original "city of David."
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6. 他……招聚他们……在街上——即东方城邑城门口的宽阔广场。他既为士兵配备齐全的军装，便以激昂的语调向他们训话，述说他们当有的勇气和必胜的信心，尤其强调他们意识中有神的恩眷与帮助。
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6. he . . . gathered them together . . . in the street--that is, the large open space at the gate of Eastern cities. Having equipped his soldiers with a full suit of military accoutrements, he addressed them in an animated strain, dwelling on the motives they had to inspire courage and confidence of success, especially on their consciousness of the favor and helping power of God.
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9-20.（参看
2Ki 18:17-35；
又
2Ki 19:8-34
的注释）。
英文原文
9-20. (See on
2Ki 18:17-35;
also
2Ki 19:8-34).
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18. 他们……放声……用犹大言语对耶路撒冷城上的人说话——看来当时城西的城墙延伸到基训最上池之侧，至少与今日一样远，甚至更远；城墙距那池如此之近，以致奉派与亚述将军谈判的人可以用自己的语言回答他（参看
2Ki 18:27
的注释）。
英文原文
18. they cried with a loud voice . . . unto the people of Jerusalem . . . on the wall--It appears that the wall on the west side of the city reached as far to the side of the uppermost pool of Gihon at that time as it does now, if not farther; and the wall was so close to that pool that those sent to negotiate with the Assyrian general answered him in their own tongue (see on
2Ki 18:27).
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2Ch 32:21-23.
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2Ch 32:21-23.
使者灭亚述军
21. 一个使者……剪除一切勇士——（参看
2Ki 19:35-37
的注释）。
英文原文
2Ch 32:21-23.
AN ANGEL DESTROYS THE ASSYRIANS.
21. an angel . . . cut off all the mighty men--(See on
2Ki 19:35-37).
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2Ch 32:24-26.
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2Ch 32:24-26.
希西家的患病与痊愈
24. 那些日子希西家病得要死——（参看
2Ki 20:1-11
的注释）。
英文原文
2Ch 32:24-26.
HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS AND RECOVERY.
24. In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death--(See on
2Ki 20:1-11).
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2Ch 32:27-33.
简体中文
2Ch 32:27-33.
他的财富与工程
27-29. 希西家大有尊荣赀财——（参
2Ki 20:13； Isa 39:2）。
他的个人财富很大一部分，正如大卫和乌西雅一样，在于大量的农产品和畜牧产品。此外，他还积存了大量的金、银和宝物，这些有的是从非利士人那里掳来的掠物，有的是邻国所赠的礼物——他在列国中被尊为一位受上天特别眷顾的王。他将大量财富用于改善京城、修筑堡垒，并促进其王国的内部福祉。
英文原文
2Ch 32:27-33.
HIS RICHES AND WORKS.
27-29. he had exceeding much riches and honour--(compare
2Ki 20:13; Isa 39:2).
A great portion of his personal wealth, like that of David and Uzziah, consisted in immense possessions of agricultural and pastoral produce. Besides, he had accumulated large treasures in gold, silver, and precious things, which he had taken as spoils from the Philistines, and which he had received as presents from neighboring states, among which he was held in great honor as a king under the special protection of Heaven. Much of his great wealth he expended in improving his capital, erecting forts, and promoting the internal benefit of his kingdom.
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30. 塞住……基训的上流，引水……到城西等——（参
2Ki 20:20）。
此处特别提到这条引水渠，视为希西家最大的工程之一。「在探查那条将水从童女泉引至西罗亚的地下水道时，我发现在其起点数码之处有一条类似的渠道从北方汇入；沿其上行至木格拉宾门附近，那里被瓦砾堵塞，无法再进，我便在那里发现它转向西，朝锡安山裂口（或鞍部）的南端方向而去；如果这条渠道不是为引希西家水道之水而建，我便无法设想它有何用途。也许它之所以没有引到锡安那一边，是因为锡安下部已有大池——『基训下池』——供水充足。因此威廉斯（WILLIAMS）[《圣城》（Holy City）]将本段译作：『他塞住基训水的上流，引其向西到城』」[巴克莱（BARCLAY），《大王之城》（City of the Great King）]。建造这条引水渠不仅需要石匠技艺，也需要工程学技术；因为其通道是在整块岩石中凿出来的。希西家在城西北部所造、用以蓄水的池子（水库）至今犹存。它是一座长方形的池子，长二百四十英尺，宽一百四十四至一百五十英尺；但据近来的发掘，它似乎向北延伸得更远一些。
英文原文
30. stopped the . . . watercourse of Gihon, and brought it . . . to the west side of the city, &c.--(Compare
2Ki 20:20).
Particular notice is here taken of the aqueduct, as among the greatest of Hezekiah's works. "In exploring the subterranean channel conveying the water from Virgin's Fount to Siloam, I discovered a similar channel entering from the north, a few yards from its commencement; and on tracing it up near the Mugrabin gate, where it became so choked with rubbish that it could be traversed no farther, I there found it turn to the west in the direction of the south end of the cleft, or saddle, of Zion, and if this channel was not constructed for the purpose of conveying the waters of Hezekiah's aqueduct, I am unable to suggest any purpose to which it could have been applied. Perhaps the reason why it was not brought down on the Zion side, was that Zion was already well-watered in its lower portion by the Great Pool, 'the lower pool of Gihon.' And accordingly WILLIAMS [Holy City] renders this passage, 'He stopped the upper outflow of the waters of Gihon, and led them down westward to the city'" [BARCLAY, City of the Great King]. The construction of this aqueduct required not only masonic but engineering skill; for the passage was bored through a continuous mass of rock. Hezekiah's pool or reservoir made to receive the water within the northwest part of the city still remains. It is an oblong quadrangular tank, two hundred forty feet in length, from one hundred forty-four to one hundred fifty in breadth, but, from recent excavations, appears to have extended somewhat farther towards the north.
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31. 差遣……使者来求问国中所行的奇事等——他们带来了礼物
(2Ch 32:23；
参看
2Ki 20:12, 13
的注释)，
以及一封祝贺他痊愈的信，信中特别询问日头倒退的奇事——这一自然现象在天文学研究昌盛的巴比伦，必会引起极大的兴趣和好奇。同时，有理由相信他们提议缔结对抗亚述人的防御同盟。
神离开他，要试验他等——希西家的过犯并不太在于展示其军备和财宝，而在于没有将奇事和他痊愈的荣耀归给神，因而未能引导那些外邦使者认识祂。
英文原文
31. in the business of the ambassadors who sent . . . to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, &c.--They brought a present
(2Ch 32:23;
see on
2Ki 20:12, 13),
and a letter of congratulation on his recovery, in which particular enquiries were made about the miracle of the sun's retrocession--a natural phenomenon that could not fail to excite great interest and curiosity at Babylon, where astronomy was so much studied. At the same time, there is reason to believe that they proposed a defensive league against the Assyrians.
God left him, to try him, &c.--Hezekiah's offense was not so much in the display of his military stores and treasures, as in not giving to God the glory both of the miracle and of his recovery, and thus leading those heathen ambassadors to know Him.
2Ch 32:1-20.
西拿基立入侵犹大
1. 这虔诚的事以后，又立定这事——即恢复圣殿敬拜一事。确切的日期见
2Ki 18:13。
希西家决意恢复国家的独立，已决定拒缴其父所承诺向亚述纳贡的贡银。
西拿基立……进入犹大，扎营攻打坚城——全地尽遭蹂躏；亚实突
(Isa 20:1)
和拉吉的坚固堡垒相继陷落；立拿的围攻刚刚开始，犹大王便怀疑自己无力抵挡，于是派人认罪，并愿缴纳贡银以示臣服。这场亚述之战的开端对希西家而言是灾难性的
(2Ki 18:13)。
但战争初期的挫败在此略过不提，因为史家急于叙述神为祂的犹大国所成就的奇妙拯救。