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列王紀下 11
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耶何耶大立約阿施為王

11 亞哈謝的母親亞她利雅見兒子死了，便決定除掉王室後裔。 2 但約蘭王的女兒、亞哈謝的妹妹約示芭把亞哈謝的兒子約阿施從被殺的王子中偷出來，將他和乳母藏在一間臥室裡，才躲過亞她利雅，使約阿施沒有被殺。 3 約阿施和他的乳母在耶和華的殿裡藏了六年，那時亞她利雅篡位當政。

4 第七年，耶何耶大派人召迦利人[a]和衛兵的百夫長們到耶和華的殿裡，與他們立約，讓他們在耶和華的殿裡起誓，然後把約阿施王子帶到他們面前。 5 耶何耶大吩咐他們說：「你們在安息日值班的，三分之一要守衛王宮， 6 三分之一要守衛蘇珥門，三分之一要守住衛兵院後門。你們要輪流守衛。 7 安息日沒有值班的兩隊要在耶和華的殿裡保護王， 8 各人要手持兵器護衛在王周圍。凡擅自闖入者，都要處死。無論王去哪裡，你們都要緊隨左右。」 9 眾百夫長依令而行，各自率領安息日值班和休班的隨從來見耶何耶大。 10 耶何耶大把耶和華殿中大衛王的矛槍和盾牌交給百夫長。 11 從殿右到殿左，在祭壇和殿周圍，衛兵都手持兵器護衛王。 12 耶何耶大祭司領王子出來，給他戴上王冠，把律法書交給他，膏立他為王。眾人都鼓掌高呼：「願王萬歲！」

13 亞她利雅聽見衛兵和眾人的歡呼聲，便走進耶和華的殿，眾人都聚集在那裡。 14 她看見王照例站在柱旁，百夫長和吹號的人侍立在王左右，眾人都歡呼吹號，便撕裂衣服喊叫：「反了！反了！」 15 耶何耶大祭司認為不可在耶和華的殿裡處死亞她利雅，便命令領兵的百夫長：「把她帶出去。凡跟隨她的，都要殺掉。」 16 他們抓住她，把她帶到馬匹進出王宮的入口，在那裡殺了她。

17 耶何耶大讓王及民眾與耶和華立約，做耶和華的子民，也讓王與民眾立約。 18 於是，民眾出去拆毀了巴力廟，砸碎祭壇和偶像，在壇前殺了巴力的祭司瑪坦。耶何耶大派守衛保護耶和華的殿， 19 然後率領百夫長、迦利人、衛兵和民眾，護送王從耶和華的殿下來，經過衛兵院的門進入王宮。這樣，約阿施坐上了王位。 20 民眾都歡喜快樂，城裡安定，因為亞她利雅已在王宮那裡被處死。 21 約阿施七歲登基。

Footnotes

  1. 11·4 「迦利人」指雇來保護王的外族衛兵。
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列王纪下 11
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亚他利雅弄权(A)

11 亚哈谢的母亲亚他利雅看见自己的儿子死了，就起来消灭王室所有的后裔。 2 但约兰王的女儿，亚哈谢的妹妹约示巴，把亚哈谢的儿子约阿施从正要被杀的王子中偷了出来，把他和他的乳母藏在卧室里面；他们把他收藏起来，躲避亚他利雅，免得他被杀死。 3 约阿施和他的乳母在耶和华的殿中躲藏了六年；亚他利雅却作王统治那地。

耶何耶大等人立约辅助王子(B)

4 在第七年，耶何耶大派人把迦利人和卫兵的众百夫长带来，领他们进入耶和华的殿中，和他们立约，使他们在耶和华的殿里起誓，然后把王子带出来和他们见面。 5 他又吩咐他们说：“你们要这样作：你们在安息日值班的，三分之一要守卫王宫； 6 三分之一要在苏珥门；三分之一要在卫兵院的后门；你们要轮班把守王宫。 7 你们在安息日不用当值的两班人，要为王的缘故守卫耶和华的殿。 8 你们要在四周围护着王，各人手中要拿着自己的武器。擅自闯入班次的，必被处死。王出入的时候，你们要紧随左右。”

9 于是众百夫长照着耶何耶大祭司的一切吩咐去行。他们各自率领人马，无论在安息日值班或不用当值的，都来到耶何耶大祭司那里。 10 耶何耶大就把藏在耶和华殿里，属于大卫王的矛枪和盾牌交给众百夫长。 11 各卫兵手持兵器，从殿的右面到殿的左面，面对祭坛和殿，围绕着王侍立。 12 耶何耶大领王子出来，把王冠戴在他的头上，又把约书交给他。他们就拥立他为王，用膏膏他，并且拍掌，说：“愿王万岁！”

亚他利雅被杀(C)

13 亚他利雅听见卫兵和民众的声音，就进到耶和华的殿、众民那里去。 14 她看见王子按着规例站在柱旁那里，首领和号手在王的旁边，当地所有的人民欢乐吹号。亚他利雅于是撕裂衣服，呼叫：“反了！反了！” 15 耶何耶大祭司吩咐众百夫长，就是统领军兵的，对他们说：“把她从各班军兵中赶出去，跟随她的，都要用刀杀死。”因为祭司说：“不可在耶和华的殿内杀死她。” 16 于是他们下手拿住她；她回到王宫的马门的时候，就在那里被人杀死。

耶何耶大的改革(D)

17 耶何耶大又使王和人民与耶和华立约，好使他们作耶和华的人民；又使王与人民立约。 18 然后当地所有的人民都来到巴力庙，把它拆毁，把它的坛和像完全打碎，又在祭坛前把巴力的祭司玛坦杀了。耶何耶大祭司又设立官员管理耶和华的殿。 19 他又率领众百夫长、迦利人、卫兵和当地所有的人民，护送王从耶和华的殿下来，经卫兵的门进入王宫。这样，约阿施就坐上了王位。 20 当地所有的人民都欢乐，阖城平静；至于亚他利雅，他们在王宫用刀把她杀死了。

21 约阿施作王的时候，只有七岁。（本节在《马索拉文本》为12:1）

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2 Kings 11
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Athaliah is Eliminated

11 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line.[a] 2 So Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram[b] and sister of Ahaziah, took Ahaziah’s son Joash and stole him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored.[c] So he was hidden from Athaliah and escaped execution.[d] 3 He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple[e] for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

4 In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned[f] the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians[g] and the royal bodyguard.[h] He met with them[i] in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement[j] with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son. 5 He ordered them, “This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace. 6 Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation[k] Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard.[l] You will take turns guarding the palace.[m] 7 The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the Lord’s temple and protect the king.[n] 8 You must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever approaches your ranks must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.”[o]

9 The officers of the units of hundreds did just as[p] Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath, and reported[q] to Jehoiada the priest. 10 The priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David’s spears and the shields that were kept in the Lord’s temple. 11 The royal bodyguard[r] took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king.[s] 12 Jehoiada[t] led out the king’s son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia.[u] They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head.[v] They clapped their hands and cried out, “Long live the king!”

13 When Athaliah heard the royal guard[w] shout, she joined the crowd[x] at the Lord’s temple. 14 Then she saw[y] the king standing by the pillar, according to custom. The officers stood beside the king with their trumpets, and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”[z] 15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army,[aa] “Bring her outside the temple to the guards.[ab] Put to death by the sword anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple.[ac] 16 They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance.[ad] There she was executed.

17 Jehoiada then drew up a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, stipulating that they should be loyal to the Lord.[ae] 18 All the people of the land went and demolished[af] the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols[ag] to bits.[ah] They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest[ai] then placed guards at the Lord’s temple. 19 He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of the land, and together they led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard,[aj] and the king[ak] sat down on the royal throne. 20 All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace.

Joash’s Reign over Judah

21 (12:1)[al] Jehoash[am] was seven years old when he began to reign.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:1 tn Heb “she arose and she destroyed all the royal offspring.” The verb קוּם (qum) “arise,” is here used in an auxiliary sense to indicate that she embarked on a campaign to destroy the royal offspring. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 125.
  2. 2 Kings 11:2 tn Heb “Joram,” which is a short form of the name Jehoram.
  3. 2 Kings 11:2 tn Heb “him and his nurse in an inner room of beds.” The verb is missing in the Hebrew text. The parallel passage in 2 Chr 22:11 has “and she put” at the beginning of the clause. M. Cogan and H. Tadmor (II Kings [AB], 126) regard the Chronicles passage as an editorial attempt to clarify the difficulty of the original text. They prefer to take “him and his nurse” as objects of the verb “stole” and understand “in the bedroom” as the place where the royal descendants were executed. The phrase בַּחֲדַר הַמִּטּוֹת (bakhadar hammittot), “an inner room of beds,” is sometimes understood as referring to a bedroom (HALOT 293 s.v. חֶדֶר), though some prefer to see here a “room where the covers and cloths were kept” for the beds (HALOT 573 s.v. מִטָּת). In either case, it may have been a temporary hideout, for v. 3 indicates that the child hid at the temple for six years.
  4. 2 Kings 11:2 tn Heb “and they hid him from Athaliah and he was not put to death.” The subject of the plural verb (“they hid”) is probably indefinite.
  5. 2 Kings 11:3 tn Heb “and he was with her [in] the house of the Lord hiding.”
  6. 2 Kings 11:4 tn Heb “Jehoiada sent and took.”
  7. 2 Kings 11:4 sn The Carians were apparently a bodyguard, probably comprised of foreigners. See HALOT 497 s.v. כָּרִי and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 126.
  8. 2 Kings 11:4 tn Heb “the runners.”
  9. 2 Kings 11:4 tn Heb “he brought them to himself.”
  10. 2 Kings 11:4 tn Or “covenant.”
  11. 2 Kings 11:6 tn Heb “the gate of Sur” (followed by many English versions) but no such gate is mentioned elsewhere in the OT. The parallel account in 2 Chr 23:5 has “Foundation Gate.” סוּר (sur), “Sur,” may need to be emended to יְסוֹד (yesod) “foundation,” involving in part dalet-resh confusion.
  12. 2 Kings 11:6 tn Heb “the runners.”
  13. 2 Kings 11:6 tn The meaning of מַסָּח (massakh) is not certain. The translation above, rather than understanding it as a genitive modifying “house,” takes it as an adverb describing how the groups will guard the palace. See HALOT 605 s.v. מַסָּח for the proposed meaning “alternating” (i.e., “in turns”).
  14. 2 Kings 11:7 tn Verses 5b-7 read literally, “the third of you, the ones entering [on] the Sabbath and the ones guarding the guard of the house of the king, and the third in the gate of Sur, and the third in the gate behind the runners, and you will guard the guard of the house, alternating. And the two units of you, all the ones going out [on] the Sabbath, and they will guard the guard of the house of the Lord for the king.” The precise meaning of this text is impossible to determine. It would appear that the Carians and royal bodyguard were divided into three units. One unit would serve during the Sabbath; the other two would be off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada divided the first unit into three groups and assigned them different locations. The two off duty units were assigned the task of guarding the king.
  15. 2 Kings 11:8 tn Heb “and be with the king in his going out and in his coming in.”
  16. 2 Kings 11:9 tn Heb “according to all that.”
  17. 2 Kings 11:9 tn Heb “came.”
  18. 2 Kings 11:11 tn Heb “the runners” (also in v. 19).
  19. 2 Kings 11:11 tn Heb “and the runners stood, each with his weapons in his hand, from the south shoulder of the house to the north shoulder of the house, at the altar and at the house, near the king all around.”
  20. 2 Kings 11:12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiada) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  21. 2 Kings 11:12 tn The Hebrew term עֵדוּת (ʿedut) normally means “witness” or “testimony.” Here it probably refers to some tangible symbol of kingship, perhaps a piece of jewelry such as an amulet or neck chain. See the discussion in M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 128. Some suggest that a document is in view, perhaps a copy of the royal protocol or of the stipulations of the Davidic covenant. See HALOT 790-91 s.v. עֵדוּת.
  22. 2 Kings 11:12 tn Or “they made him king and anointed him.”
  23. 2 Kings 11:13 tc The MT reads, “and Athaliah heard the sound of the runners, the people.” The term הָעָם (haʿam), “the people,” is probably a scribal addition anticipating the reference to the people later in the verse and in v. 14.
  24. 2 Kings 11:13 tn Heb “she came to the people.”
  25. 2 Kings 11:14 tn Heb “and she saw, and look.”
  26. 2 Kings 11:14 tn Or “conspiracy, conspiracy.”
  27. 2 Kings 11:15 tn The Hebrew text also has, “and said to them.” This is redundant in English and has not been translated.
  28. 2 Kings 11:15 tn Heb “ranks.”
  29. 2 Kings 11:15 tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.’”
  30. 2 Kings 11:16 tn Heb “and they placed hands on her, and she went the way of the entrance of the horses [into] the house of the king.”
  31. 2 Kings 11:17 tn Heb “and Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and [between] the king and [between] the people, to become a people for the Lord, and between the king and [between] the people.” The final words of the verse (“and between the king and [between] the people”) are probably accidentally repeated from earlier in the verse. They do not appear in the parallel account in 2 Chr 23:16. If retained, they probably point to an agreement governing how the king and people should relate to one another.
  32. 2 Kings 11:18 tn Or “tore down.”
  33. 2 Kings 11:18 tn Or “images.”
  34. 2 Kings 11:18 tn The Hebrew construction translated “smashed…to bits” is emphatic. The adverbial infinitive absolute (הֵיטֵב [hetev], “well”) accompanying the Piel form of the verb שָׁבַר (shavar), “break,” suggests thorough demolition.
  35. 2 Kings 11:18 tn Heb “the priest.” Jehoiada’s name is added for clarification.
  36. 2 Kings 11:19 tn Heb “the Gate of the Runners of the House of the King.”
  37. 2 Kings 11:19 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  38. 2 Kings 11:21 sn Beginning with 11:21, the verse numbers through 12:21 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 11:21 ET = 12:1 HT, 12:1 ET = 12:2 HT, 12:2 ET = 12:3 HT, etc., through 12:21 ET = 12:22 HT. With 13:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
  39. 2 Kings 11:21 tn Heb “Jehoash”; Jehoash is an alternate version of the name Joash (see 11:2) used through 12:18 in the Hebrew text. The name Joash reappears in 12:19.
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2 Kings 11
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Athaliah and Joash(A)

11 When Athaliah(B) the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram[a] and sister of Ahaziah, took Joash(C) son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the royal princes, who were about to be murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah; so he was not killed.(D) 3 He remained hidden with his nurse at the temple of the Lord for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

4 In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of units of a hundred, the Carites(E) and the guards and had them brought to him at the temple of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the temple of the Lord. Then he showed them the king’s son. 5 He commanded them, saying, “This is what you are to do: You who are in the three companies that are going on duty on the Sabbath(F)—a third of you guarding the royal palace,(G) 6 a third at the Sur Gate, and a third at the gate behind the guard, who take turns guarding the temple— 7 and you who are in the other two companies that normally go off Sabbath duty are all to guard the temple for the king. 8 Station yourselves around the king, each of you with weapon in hand. Anyone who approaches your ranks[b] is to be put to death. Stay close to the king wherever he goes.”

9 The commanders of units of a hundred did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men—those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 Then he gave the commanders the spears and shields(H) that had belonged to King David and that were in the temple of the Lord. 11 The guards, each with weapon in hand, stationed themselves around the king—near the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.

12 Jehoiada brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him; he presented him with a copy of the covenant(I) and proclaimed him king. They anointed(J) him, and the people clapped their hands(K) and shouted, “Long live the king!”(L)

13 When Athaliah heard the noise made by the guards and the people, she went to the people at the temple of the Lord. 14 She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar,(M) as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets.(N) Then Athaliah tore(O) her robes and called out, “Treason! Treason!”(P)

15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of units of a hundred, who were in charge of the troops: “Bring her out between the ranks[c] and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the temple(Q) of the Lord.” 16 So they seized her as she reached the place where the horses enter(R) the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.(S)

17 Jehoiada then made a covenant(T) between the Lord and the king and people that they would be the Lord’s people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.(U) 18 All the people of the land went to the temple(V) of Baal and tore it down. They smashed(W) the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest(X) of Baal in front of the altars.

Then Jehoiada the priest posted guards at the temple of the Lord. 19 He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites,(Y) the guards and all the people of the land, and together they brought the king down from the temple of the Lord and went into the palace, entering by way of the gate of the guards. The king then took his place on the royal throne. 20 All the people of the land rejoiced,(Z) and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been slain with the sword at the palace.

21 Joash[d] was seven years old when he began to reign.[e]

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:2 Hebrew Joram, a variant of Jehoram
  2. 2 Kings 11:8 Or approaches the precincts
  3. 2 Kings 11:15 Or out from the precincts
  4. 2 Kings 11:21 Hebrew Jehoash, a variant of Joash
  5. 2 Kings 11:21 In Hebrew texts this verse (11:21) is numbered 12:1.
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