旧约 - 列王记下(2 Kings)第24章

During Jehoiakim's reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he changed his mind and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
The LORD sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him. He sent them to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the LORD proclaimed by his servants the prophets.
Surely these things happened to Judah according to the LORD'S command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done,
including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.
As for the other events of Jehoiakim's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.
The king of Egypt did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father had done.
At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem and laid siege to it,
and Nebuchadnezzar himself came up to the city while his officers were besieging it.
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his attendants, his nobles and his officials all surrendered to him. In the eighth year of the reign of the king of Babylon, he took Jehoiachin prisoner.
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed all the treasures from the temple of the LORD and from the royal palace, and took away all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the LORD.
He carried into exile all Jerusalem: all the officers and fighting men, and all the craftsmen and artisans--a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.
Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king's mother, his wives, his officials and the leading men of the land.
The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand craftsmen and artisans.
He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
It was because of the LORD'S anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence. Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
列王纪下第廿四章   第 24 章 

  王下 24:1> 国被侵、民被掳,犹大百姓为何还不觉醒? 

  24:1 巴比伦在公元前 612 年推翻亚述,又于公元前 605 年在迦基米施打败埃及,成为世界上的新强国。他们打败埃及以后,出兵侵略犹大,将犹大置于控制之下。巴比伦军队在以后的二十年中,三次进攻犹大,这是其中的第一次。另外两次是在公元前 597 与 586 年。每次入侵都将部分犹大人掳到巴比伦。但以理书的作者但以理,就是在他们第一次入侵时被掳去的(公元前 605 年;参但 1:1-6 )。 

  王下 24:1> 24:1 关于尼布甲尼撒的详细资料,请参看但以理书第 \cs15 3 章的人物介绍。 

  王下 24:1-4> 巴比伦开始耀武扬威…… 

  24:1-4 尼布甲尼撒在公元前 605 年作巴比伦王。在那一年年初,他在迦基米施打败由法老尼哥所统率的埃及大军,巴比伦遂控制了埃及所有的附庸(包括犹大)。尼布甲尼撒后来入侵犹大,实施以武力统治。 

  王下 24:10> 犹大人二次被掳,王亦被掳,他们怎样才能摆脱困境? 

  24:10 巴比伦的军队已经出发,要讨伐约雅敬的叛逆,但那时约雅敬已经死了。在他逝世以后,国民立他的儿子约雅斤作犹大王,他登基后(公元前 597 年),只隔了数周时间,就面对世界上最强大的军队。在巴比伦人三次入侵之中的第二次,他们劫掠圣殿,掳去大多数领袖,内中也有约雅斤王。这时尼布甲尼撒就立约西亚的另一个儿子,约雅斤的叔父西底家作犹大王。但由于约雅斤仍然活着,虽然他被掳到巴比伦,人民还是不承认西底家为真正的君王。 

  王下 24:14> 这次被掳在灵性方面对犹大人有何促进? 

  24:14 巴比伦人处理被掳之人与亚述人不同,亚述人将原处的大多数人民掳去后,又将异族置于所攻占之地(参 17:24 的注释)。巴比伦人则只掳去最富强与最有技能的人,留下贫穷软弱之人管理那地,使他们掌权以得到其效忠。高层的领导人被掳到巴比伦的城市后,则被准许聚居、工作,成为社会中的重要人物。巴比伦人的这种政策,使犹大人在被掳期间团结一致并忠于神,以后在以斯拉与所罗巴伯时代得以归回本土,这事记在以斯拉记中。──《灵修版圣经注释》