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2Ch 23:1-11.
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2Ch 23:1-11.
JEHOIADA MAKES JOASH KING.
1. in the seventh year Jehoiada . . . took the captains of hundreds, &c.--(See on
2Ki 11:4;
2Ki 11:17).
The five officers mentioned here had been probably of the royal guard, and were known to be strongly disaffected to the government of Athaliah.
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2. 以色列諸族長的首領——在《歷代志》中，「以色列」一名常用以指猶大與便雅憫，即如今所餘的以色列全族。他既已謹慎地將幼王獲救存活的秘密告知國中一切首要人物，便使他們關心王室大業，並藉秘密效忠之誓取得他們支持的承諾。
他們到了耶路撒冷——為這項重大揭露所擇的時機，可能是某一個年度節期，那時全國民眾雲集於京城。
英文原文
2. chief of all the fathers of Israel--This name is frequently used in Chronicles for Judah and Benjamin, now all that remained of Israel. Having cautiously entrusted the secret of the young prince's preservation to all the leading men in the kingdom, he enlisted their interest in the royal cause and got their pledge to support it by a secret oath of fidelity.
they came to Jerusalem--The time chosen for the grand discovery was, probably, one of the annual festivals, when there was a general concourse of the nation at the capital.
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4-9. 你們當這樣行——此處記述為防禦所作的安排。百姓分為三隊：一隊護衛王，另兩隊駐守各門；而進入聖殿時卸除武裝以消釋疑慮的軍長與軍官，則從聖軍械庫中取用武器——那裏存放著大衛的戰利品，此時為這場合重新開啟。
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4-9. This is the thing that ye shall do--The arrangements made for defense are here described. The people were divided into three bodies; one attended as guards to the king, while the other two were posted at all the doors and gates, and the captains and military officers who entered the temple unarmed to lull suspicion, were furnished with weapons out of the sacred armory, where David had deposited his trophies of victory and which was reopened on this occasion.
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8. 耶何耶大……不許班次離去——在這樣的危機中，大祭司需要儘可能大的可用兵力，便留下了那些在別的情形下本可在其七日值勤期滿後回家的班次。
英文原文
8. Jehoiada . . . dismissed not the courses--As it was necessary to have as large a disposable force as he could command on such a crisis, the high priest detained those who, in other circumstances, would have returned home on the expiry of their week of service.
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11. 於是他們領王子出來，給他戴上冠冕，將法度賜給他——有人認為原文譯作「法度」之詞，按其字源，此處可能指王室的徽章，特別是手鐲
（2Sa 1:10）； 他們支持此說的理由是「賜給他」乃譯者所加，原文正讀為「給他戴上冠冕和法度」。同時，將「法度」按其常義理解也同樣貼切；因此許多人認為，一卷載有律法副本
（De 17:18） 的書卷被放在王的手中，他持之如權杖。另有人提到東方人的一個習俗：從尊貴之處接到書信或文件時，先舉到頭頂然後才開封；他們認為約阿施除冠冕之外，還有律法書被放在他頭上（參
Job 31:35, 36）。
上帝拯救王——直譯作「願王萬歲」。
英文原文
11. Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony--Some think that the original word rendered "testimony," as its derivation warrants, may signify here the regalia, especially the bracelet
(2Sa 1:10);
and this view they support on the ground that "gave him" being supplemented, the text properly runs thus, "put upon him the crown and testimony." At the same time, it seems equally pertinent to take "the testimony" in the usual acceptation of that term; and, accordingly, many are of opinion that a roll containing a copy of the law
(De 17:18)
was placed in the king's hands, which he held as a scepter or truncheon. Others, referring to a custom of Oriental people, who when receiving a letter or document from a highly respected quarter, lift it up to their heads before opening it, consider that Joash, besides the crown, had the book of the law laid upon his head (see
Job 31:35, 36).
God save the king--literally, "Long live the king."
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2Ch 23:12-15.
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2Ch 23:12-15.
亞她利雅被殺。
12. 亞她利雅聽見百姓的響聲——那不尋常的騷動——號角聲與百姓熱烈的歡呼所顯示的——引起了她的注意，或勾起她的恐懼。她也許曾自幸已殺盡了王室全家，自己已十分安全；但同樣可能的是，她反思之後發覺有一人逃過了她的毒手，便不敢贸然查探；然而這念頭使她一直處於猜疑與急躁之中。在那種心境下，這篡位的惡婦聽見隔著提羅珥園谷傳來的民眾歡騰之聲，便衝過橋到聖殿區，一眼看穿整個場面的含義，便尖叫「反了！」
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2Ch 23:12-15.
ATHALIAH SLAIN.
12. Athaliah heard the noise of the people--The unusual commotion, indicated by the blast of the trumpets and the vehement acclamations of the people, drew her attention, or excited her fears. She might have flattered herself that, having slain all the royal family, she was in perfect security; but it is just as likely that, finding on reflection, one had escaped her murderous hands, she might not deem it expedient to institute any enquiries; but the very idea would keep her constantly in a state of jealous suspicion and irritation. In that state of mind, the wicked usurper, hearing across the Tyropœon the outburst of popular joy, rushed across the bridge to the temple grounds, and, penetrating from a single glance the meaning of the whole scene, raised a shriek of "Treason!"
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13. 看哪，王站在臺上在門口——王的柱子在百姓院，與祭司院的相對。年幼的王穿著王室徽章，從內院被帶出來，站在外院，讓眾人觀看。有人認為他站在所羅門所造、立在柱子旁的銅臺上（參
2Ch 6:13）。
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13. behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in--The king's pillar was in the people's court, opposite that of the priests'. The young king, arrayed in the royal insignia, had been brought out of the inner, to stand forth in the outer court, to the public view. Some think that he stood on the brazen scaffold of Solomon, erected beside the pillar [see on
2Ch 6:13].
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14, 15. 不可在耶和華殿裏殺她……她走到王宮馬門的入口，他們便在那裏殺了她——大祭司吩咐立刻將她帶出聖殿區域處死。「他們就拿住她；她走馬進王宮的那條路；她就在那裏被殺」
（2Ki 11:16）。 「如今我們不應以為馬是進入〔王宮〕居所，而是進入王的（馬）廄或賽馬場（王驢之門）〔JOSEPHUS〕——那是他在聖殿東南、汲淪溪谷中馬門附近為它們所建的——那溪谷當時因偶像及其附屬之物的毀除，已成為一種被褻瀆的地方」
（2Ki 23:2, 6, 12） 〔BARCLAY, City of the Great King〕。
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14, 15. Slay her not in the house of the Lord . . . and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there--The high priest ordered her immediately to be taken out of the temple grounds and put to death. "And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain"
(2Ki 11:16).
"Now, we are not to suppose that horses came into [the king's house] of residence, but into the king's (horses') house or hippodrome (the gate of the king's mules) [JOSEPHUS], he had built for them on the southeast of the temple, in the immediate vicinity of the horse gate in the valley of Kedron--a valley which was at that time a kind of desecrated place by the destruction of idols and their appurtenances"
(2Ki 23:2, 6, 12)
[BARCLAY, City of the Great King].
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2Ch 23:16.
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2Ch 23:16.
耶何耶大恢復對上帝的敬拜，並擁立為王。
16. 耶何耶大與他們立約——（參
2Ki 11:17）。
英文原文
2Ch 23:16.
JEHOIADA RESTORES THE WORSHIP OF GOD, AND SETTLES THE KING.
16. Jehoiada made a covenant--(See on
2Ki 11:17).
2Ch 23:1-11.
耶何耶大擁立約阿施為王。
1. 第七年，耶何耶大……招聚百夫長等語——（參
2Ki 11:4；
2Ki 11:17）。
此處提及的五位軍長，可能屬於御營親兵，且眾所周知對亞她利雅的政權極為不滿。