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罗波安离弃耶和华(A)

12 罗波安的王位稳定,他也强盛起来,就离弃了耶和华的律法,全体以色列人也都跟随他。 罗波安王第五年,埃及王示撒上来攻打耶路撒冷,因为他们得罪了耶和华。 示撒率领战车一千二百辆,马兵六万,和他一同从埃及出来的路比人、苏基人和古实人,多得无法数算。 他攻取了犹大境内的设防城,然后来到耶路撒冷。 那时,犹大的众领袖,因为示撒的缘故,就聚集在耶路撒冷;示玛雅先知就来见罗波安和众领袖,对他们说:“耶和华这样说:‘你们既然离弃了我,所以我也离弃你们,把你们交在示撒的手里。’” 于是以色列的众领袖和君王,都谦卑下来,说:“耶和华是公义的。”

耶和华看见他们谦卑下来,耶和华的话就临到示玛雅,说:“他们既然谦卑下来,我就不灭绝他们;我必使他们暂时得救,我必不借着示撒把我的烈怒倾倒在耶路撒冷。 虽然这样,他们仍必作示撒的仆人,好使他们知道,服事我和服事世上的列国有甚么分别。”

掠夺圣殿与王宫的宝物(B)

于是埃及王示撒上来攻打耶路撒冷,夺取了耶和华殿和王宫里的宝物,把它们全部带走,又夺去了所罗门所做的金盾牌。 10 罗波安王做了一些铜盾牌代替那些金盾牌,交给那些看守宫门的守卫长看管。 11 每逢王进耶和华殿的时候,守卫就来拿这些盾牌,事后又把盾牌送回守卫房那里。 12 王既然谦卑下来,耶和华的烈怒就止息,没有把他完全消灭。何况在犹大中还有善事。

13 罗波安王在耶路撒冷渐渐强盛,继续作王。罗波安登基的时候是四十一岁;他在耶和华从以色列众支派中选出来,立下他名的耶路撒冷城中,作王十七年。罗波安的母亲名叫拿玛,是亚扪人。 14 罗波安行恶,因为他没有定意寻求耶和华。

罗波安逝世(C)

15 罗波安的事迹,一生的始末,不是都记在示玛雅先知,和先见易多有关家谱的记录上吗?罗波安和耶罗波安二人常有争战。 16 罗波安和他的列祖同睡,埋葬在大卫城里。他的儿子亚比雅(“亚比雅”是“亚比央”的另一种写法;参王上14:31)接续他作王。

Shishak’s Invasion

12 When Rehoboam had established his sovereignty and royal power,(A) he abandoned the law of the Lord—he and all Israel with him. Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak(B) of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem(C) with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 cavalrymen, and countless people who came with him from Egypt—Libyans,(D) Sukkiim, and Cushites. He captured the fortified cities(E) of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem.

Then the prophet Shemaiah(F) went to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, “This is what the Lord says: You have abandoned me; therefore, I have abandoned you to Shishak.”(G)

So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The Lord is righteous.”(H)

When the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, the Lord’s message came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them but will grant them a little deliverance.(I) My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.(J) However, they will become his servants so that they may recognize the difference between serving me and serving the kingdoms of other lands.”(K)

So King Shishak of Egypt went to war(L) against Jerusalem.(M) He seized the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took the gold shields that Solomon had made.(N) 10 King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards[a] who protected the entrance to the king’s palace. 11 Whenever the king entered the Lord’s temple, the guards would carry the shields and take them back to the armory.[b] 12 When Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord’s anger turned away from him, and he did not destroy him completely.(O) Besides that, conditions were good in Judah.(P)

Rehoboam’s Last Days

13 King Rehoboam(Q) established his royal power in Jerusalem. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put his name.(R) Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. 14 Rehoboam did what was evil, because he did not determine in his heart to seek the Lord.(S)

15 The events(T) of Rehoboam’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the Events of the Prophet Shemaiah(U) and of the Seer Iddo concerning genealogies.(V) There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their reigns. 16 Rehoboam rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David. His son Abijah[c](W) became king in his place.

Footnotes

  1. 12:10 Lit the runners
  2. 12:11 Lit the chamber of the runners
  3. 12:16 = Abijam in 1Kg 14:31–15:8