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2Ki 16:1-16.
英文原文
2Ki 16:1-16.
AHAZ' WICKED REIGN OVER JUDAH.
1-4. Ahaz . . . did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord--[See on
2Ch 28:1.]
The character of this king's reign, the voluptuousness and religious degeneracy of all classes of the people, are graphically portrayed in the writings of Isaiah, who prophesied at that period. The great increase of worldly wealth and luxury in the reigns of Azariah and Jotham had introduced a host of corruptions, which, during his reign, and by the influence of Ahaz, bore fruit in the idolatrous practices of every kind which prevailed in all parts of the kingdom (see
2Ch 28:24).
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3. 行以色列諸王所行的道——這描述的是他執政初期，那時他如以色列諸王一般，贊助以偶像象徵性地敬拜神，但他逐漸陷入更深的粗鄙偶像崇拜之中
(代下 28:2)。
使他的兒子經火——
(王下 23:10)。
摩洛偶像的雙手燒得通紅，孩童被從兩手之間遞過，這被視為一種潔淨的儀式。有理由相信，在某些情況下，孩童被活活燒死
(詩 106:37)。
律法嚴嚴禁止此事
(利 18:21；20:2-5； 申 18:10)，
不過直到亞哈斯的時代，並無證據顯示這習俗曾行於以色列之中。
英文原文
3. walked in the way of the kings of Israel--This is descriptive of the early part of his reign, when, like the kings of Israel, he patronized the symbolic worship of God by images but he gradually went farther into gross idolatry
(2Ch 28:2).
made his son to pass through the fire--
(2Ki 23:10).
The hands of the idol Moloch being red hot, the children were passed through between them, which was considered a form of lustration. There is reason to believe that, in certain circumstances, the children were burnt to death
(Ps 106:37).
This was strongly prohibited in the law
(Le 18:21; 20:2-5; De 18:10),
although there is no evidence that it was practised in Israel till the time of Ahaz.
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5. 亞蘭王利汛和以色列王利瑪利的兒子比加上來到耶路撒冷——儘管他們費盡心力、嚴密備戰，卻未能攻取，因所望落空便解圍退兵回家（參
賽 7:1）。
英文原文
5. Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem--Notwithstanding their great efforts and military preparations, they failed to take it and, being disappointed, raised the siege and returned home (compare
Isa 7:1).
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6. 亞蘭王利汛……收回以拉他——就是從前亞撒利雅所奪取的
(王下 14:22)。
亞蘭人來到以拉他，住在那裏直到今日——《七十士譯本》作「以東人」，這是多數審慎的註釋家與旅行者 [ROBINSON] 所偏取的讀法。
英文原文
6. Rezin . . . recovered Elath--which Azariah had got into his possession
(2Ki 14:22).
the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day--The Septuagint version has "the Edomites," which the most judicious commentators and travellers [ROBINSON] prefer.
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7-9. 亞哈斯差遣使者去見提革拉毗列色——儘管以賽亞曾以兩個記號向他保證——一個是近期的，一個是遠期的
(賽 7:14；8:4)，
說那同盟的二王不能勝過他，亞哈斯卻向亞述君王求助，為要賄買這援助，他把王宮與聖殿的財寶都送了去。提革拉毗列色進軍大馬士革，殺了王利汛，並將大馬士革的居民擄到吉珥，此地被認為就是瑪代的嘉林城（今凱倫德）。
英文原文
7-9. So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser--In spite of the assurance given him by Isaiah by two signs, the one immediate, the other remote
(Isa 7:14; 8:4),
that the confederate kings would not prevail against him, Ahaz sought aid from the Assyrian monarch, to purchase which he sent the treasures of the palace and temple. Tiglath-pileser marched against Damascus, slew Rezin the king, and carried the people of Damascus into captivity to Kir, which is thought to have been the city Karine (now Kerend), in Media.
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10-16. 亞哈斯王去大馬士革迎接提革拉毗列色——這是一趟表示敬意、或許也帶著感恩的訪問。他在那異教城中逗留期間，看見一座祭壇，甚為著迷。隨即將其圖樣送到耶路撒冷，命祭司烏利亞照大馬士革的樣式造一座，讓這座新壇取代聖殿中原有的舊壇。烏利亞竟以可責的逢迎順從了這些指示
(王下 16:16)。
這件事的罪在於擅自干預聖殿的祭壇，並照人的口味與喜好加以改進——那些祭壇的樣式本是出於神的權威所定規
(出 25:40；26:30；27:1； 代上 28:19)。
烏利亞正是以賽亞所帶去的見證人之一，要為他針對亞蘭與以色列所發的預言作見證
(賽 8:2)。
英文原文
10-16. And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser--This was a visit of respect, and perhaps of gratitude. During his stay in that heathen city, Ahaz saw an altar with which he was greatly captivated. Forthwith a sketch of it was transmitted to Jerusalem, with orders to Urijah the priest to get one constructed according to the Damascus model, and let this new altar supersede the old one in the temple. Urijah, with culpable complaisance, acted according to his instructions
(2Ki 16:16).
The sin in this affair consisted in meddling with, and improving according to human taste and fancy, the altars of the temple, the patterns of which had been furnished by divine authority
(Ex 25:40; 26:30; 27:1; 1Ch 28:19).
Urijah was one of the witnesses taken by Isaiah to bear his prediction against Syria and Israel
(Isa 8:2).
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2Ki 16:17-19.
王下 16:17-19.
亞哈斯劫掠聖殿
17. 將盆座的四角砍下，云云——據想他這樣作是為了把那些精美的雕刻用來裝飾他的王宮。
英文原文
2Ki 16:17-19.
HE SPOILS THE TEMPLE.
17. cut off the borders of the bases, &c.--It is thought that he did this to use the elaborate sculpture in adorning his palace.
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18. 安息日的廊子——祭司在安息日進聖殿所經過的廊子。
王從外面進殿的廊子——王從外面進入聖殿的私人入口。亞哈斯所作的更改，是把這兩處都從聖殿移走，是因怕亞述王；倘若被圍，他可以在亞述王面前保住聖殿的入口。
英文原文
18. the covert for the Sabbath--the portico through which the priests entered the temple on the Sabbath.
the king's entry without--a private external entrance for the king into the temple. The change made by Ahaz consisted in removing both of these into the temple from fear of the king of Assyria, that, in case of a siege, he might secure the entrance of the temple from him.
2Ki 16:1-16.
亞哈斯 在猶大 行惡 的統治
1-4. 亞哈斯……不像他祖大衛行耶和華眼中看為正的事——[參
2Ch 28:1。]
這王治國的情形、各階層百姓的放縱與宗教墮落,在那一時期說預言的以賽亞的著作中有生動的描繪。亞撒利雅和約坦在位期間,屬世財富與奢侈生活大增,已引入無數弊端;這些弊端在他的治下,並藉著亞哈斯的影響,結出了在王國各地盛行的各樣偶像崇拜之惡果(參
2Ch 28:24)。