旧约 - 列王记下(2 Kings)第21章

Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother's name was Hephzibah.
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, following the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.
He built altars in the temple of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put my Name."
In both courts of the temple of the LORD, he built altars to all the starry hosts.
He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, "In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.
I will not again make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I gave their forefathers, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them and will keep the whole Law that my servant Moses gave them."
But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
The LORD said through his servants the prophets:
"Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil than the Amorites who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance and hand them over to their enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their foes,
because they have done evil in my eyes and have provoked me to anger from the day their forefathers came out of Egypt until this day."
Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end--besides the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the LORD.
As for the other events of Manasseh's reign, and all he did, including the sin he committed, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
Manasseh rested with his fathers and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzza. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.
Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother's name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah.
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
He walked in all the ways of his father; he worshiped the idols his father had worshiped, and bowed down to them.
He forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
Amon's officials conspired against him and assassinated the king in his palace.
Then the people of the land killed all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his place.
As for the other events of Amon's reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza. And Josiah his son succeeded him as king.
列王纪下第廿一章   第 21 章 

  王下 21:1-18> 玛拿西是一个什么样的恶王? 

  21:1-18 玛拿西效法祖父亚哈斯多于效法他父亲希西家(译者注:在他出生时祖父亚哈斯已经死了)。他效法巴比伦人与迦南人的邪风恶俗,包括使儿子经火──用儿子献祭( 21:6 )。他不听神的先知的话,故意令人民犯罪。(有关他的一生,请参历代志下 33 章的介绍。) 

  王下 21:6> 为何今天仍有信徒对某些邪术习以为常? 

  21:6 玛拿西是个恶王,他犯罪惹动神的怒气。他效法异教的习俗──观兆、用法术(也可以译作“行巫术与占卜”),招聘交鬼的和行巫术的,全是神所严禁的事(参利 19:31 ;申 18:9-13 ),因为这些事显出对祂的不信,并有犯罪的举动,让污鬼的势力长驱直入。现在有许多书籍或电视节目与游戏,都看重占卜算命、降邪招魂,以及其他的异教习俗。不要因为想知悉未来,或者以为迷信对人无害,就宽容这些荒诞的花样。它们都是虚假的,并不是神的大能,其信仰的根源完全与神对立。 

  王下 21:7> 亚舍拉是个什么偶像? 

  21:7 亚舍拉是迦南人的女神巴力的妻子。她的柱像是木头造的。神明确地禁止以色列人去拜亚舍拉木偶(参出 34:13 与申 12:3 )。 

  王下 21:13> 准绳和线铊,不是丈量的工具吗?何解却用来── 

  21:13 准绳与线铊象征对犹大的审判。这些丈量的工具,本是用来量度建造工程的,在这里用来检验耶路撒冷,显出它的亏欠,因此神说,祂要毁灭耶路撒冷,有如毁灭撒马利亚与亚哈家一样。 

  王下 21:16> 流许多无辜人的血?这玛拿西干的是什么事? 

  21:16 按照传统的说法,当玛拿西进行大屠杀的时候,以赛亚躲在一个树洞里,却被他们拉出来用锯锯死(参来 11:37-38 )。当时也有其他的先知被害。──《灵修版圣经注释》