历代志下 21
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
约沙法卒约兰继位
21 约沙法与他列祖同睡,葬在大卫城他列祖的坟地里。他儿子约兰接续他做王。 2 约兰有几个兄弟,就是约沙法的儿子亚撒利雅、耶歇、撒迦利雅、亚撒利雅、米迦勒、示法提雅,这都是以色列王约沙法的儿子。 3 他们的父亲将许多金银、财宝和犹大地的坚固城赐给他们,但将国赐给约兰,因为他是长子。 4 约兰兴起坐他父的位,奋勇自强,就用刀杀了他的众兄弟和以色列的几个首领。 5 约兰登基的时候年三十二岁,在耶路撒冷做王八年。 6 他行以色列诸王的道,与亚哈家一样;因他娶了亚哈的女儿为妻,行耶和华眼中看为恶的事。 7 耶和华却因自己与大卫所立的约,不肯灭大卫的家,照他所应许的,永远赐灯光于大卫和他的子孙。
以东人叛
8 约兰年间,以东人背叛犹大,脱离他的权下,自己立王。 9 约兰就率领军长和所有的战车,夜间起来,攻击围困他的以东人和车兵长。 10 这样,以东人背叛犹大,脱离他的权下,直到今日。那时立拿人也背叛了,因为约兰离弃耶和华他列祖的神。
约兰诱民干罪
11 他又在犹大诸山建筑丘坛,使耶路撒冷的居民行邪淫,诱惑犹大人。
以利亚遗书警告
12 先知以利亚达信于约兰说:“耶和华你祖大卫的神如此说:因为你不行你父约沙法和犹大王亚撒的道, 13 乃行以色列诸王的道,使犹大人和耶路撒冷的居民行邪淫,像亚哈家一样,又杀了你父家比你好的诸兄弟, 14 故此耶和华降大灾于你的百姓和你的妻子、儿女并你一切所有的。 15 你的肠子必患病,日加沉重,以致你的肠子坠落下来。”
非利士人攻约兰
16 以后,耶和华激动非利士人和靠近古实的阿拉伯人来攻击约兰。 17 他们上来攻击犹大,侵入境内,掳掠了王宫里所有的财货和他的妻子、儿女,除了他小儿子约哈斯[a]之外,没有留下一个儿子。
耶和华罚约兰以剧疾
18 这些事以后,耶和华使约兰的肠子患不能医治的病。 19 他患此病缠绵日久,过了二年,肠子坠落下来,病重而死。他的民没有为他烧什么物件,像从前为他列祖所烧的一样。 20 约兰登基的时候年三十二岁,在耶路撒冷做王八年。他去世无人思慕。众人葬他在大卫城,只是不在列王的坟墓里。
Footnotes
- 历代志下 21:17 又名亚哈谢。
歷代志下 21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
21 約沙法與祖先同眠後,葬在大衛城他的祖墳裡。他兒子約蘭繼位。
猶大王約蘭
2 亞撒利雅、耶歇、撒迦利雅、亞撒列夫、米迦勒和示法提雅是約蘭的兄弟、猶大王約沙法的兒子。 3 他們的父親賜給他們許多金銀、財寶和猶大境內的堅城,但將王位賜給了約蘭,因為他是長子。 4 約蘭登基,鞏固了王位後,就用刀殺了他所有的兄弟和一些以色列首領。 5 約蘭三十二歲登基,在耶路撒冷執政八年。 6 他與亞哈家一樣步以色列諸王的後塵,因為他娶了亞哈的女兒為妻,做耶和華視為惡的事。 7 但耶和華不願毀滅大衛家,因為祂曾與大衛立約,應許讓大衛和他的子孫永遠做王。
8 約蘭執政期間,以東人反叛猶大,自己立王。 9 約蘭率將領及所有戰車前去討伐,結果被以東人包圍。但他們乘夜突出重圍。 10 以東人至今仍脫離猶大的統治,立拿人也在那時候叛變了,因為約蘭背棄了他祖先的上帝耶和華。 11 約蘭在猶大的山上修建邱壇,引誘耶路撒冷的居民和猶大人與假神苟合。
12 以利亞先知寫信給約蘭說:「你祖先大衛的上帝耶和華這樣說,『因為你沒有效法你父親約沙法,也沒有效法猶大王亞撒, 13 而是重蹈以色列諸王的覆轍,與亞哈家一樣,引誘猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民與假神苟合,還殺了比你好的兄弟。 14 因此,耶和華要降大災禍給你的人民、兒女、妻妾及一切所有。 15 你必患嚴重的腸病,並且日益加重,直到你的腸子掉出來。』」
16 耶和華驅使非利士人和古實附近的阿拉伯人攻打約蘭。 17 他們起兵攻打猶大,侵入境內,擄走了王宮裡的所有財物以及約蘭的兒子和妻妾,只留下他最小的兒子約哈斯。
18 這事以後,耶和華使約蘭患了無法醫治的腸病, 19 日益加重,兩年後腸子掉了出來,他痛苦地死去了。他的百姓沒有像對待他祖先那樣向他焚火致哀。 20 約蘭三十二歲登基,在耶路撒冷執政八年。他死後無人向他致哀。他葬在大衛城,但沒有葬在王陵裡。
2 Chronicles 21
New International Version
21 Then Jehoshaphat rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Jehoram(A) his son succeeded him as king. 2 Jehoram’s brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat, were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael and Shephatiah. All these were sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.[a] 3 Their father had given them many gifts(B) of silver and gold and articles of value, as well as fortified cities(C) in Judah, but he had given the kingdom to Jehoram because he was his firstborn son.
Jehoram King of Judah(D)
4 When Jehoram established(E) himself firmly over his father’s kingdom, he put all his brothers(F) to the sword along with some of the officials of Israel. 5 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. 6 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel,(G) as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab.(H) He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 7 Nevertheless, because of the covenant the Lord had made with David,(I) the Lord was not willing to destroy the house of David.(J) He had promised to maintain a lamp(K) for him and his descendants forever.
8 In the time of Jehoram, Edom(L) rebelled against Judah and set up its own king. 9 So Jehoram went there with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he rose up and broke through by night. 10 To this day Edom has been in rebellion against Judah.
Libnah(M) revolted at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the Lord, the God of his ancestors. 11 He had also built high places on the hills of Judah and had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.
12 Jehoram received a letter from Elijah(N) the prophet, which said:
“This is what the Lord, the God of your father(O) David, says: ‘You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa(P) king of Judah. 13 But you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab did.(Q) You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men who were better(R) than you. 14 So now the Lord is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow. 15 You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease(S) of the bowels, until the disease causes your bowels to come out.’”
16 The Lord aroused against Jehoram the hostility of the Philistines and of the Arabs(T) who lived near the Cushites. 17 They attacked Judah, invaded it and carried off all the goods found in the king’s palace, together with his sons and wives. Not a son was left to him except Ahaziah,[b] the youngest.(U)
18 After all this, the Lord afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. 19 In the course of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out because of the disease, and he died in great pain. His people made no funeral fire in his honor,(V) as they had for his predecessors.
20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He passed away, to no one’s regret, and was buried(W) in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 21:2 That is, Judah, as frequently in 2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 21:17 Hebrew Jehoahaz, a variant of Ahaziah
2 Chronicles 21
Contemporary English Version
21 Jehoshaphat died and was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem, and his son Jehoram became king.
King Jehoram of Judah
(2 Kings 8.16-24)
2 King Jehoshaphat had seven sons: Jehoram, Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah. 3 Jehoshaphat gave each of them silver and gold, as well as other valuable gifts. He also put them in charge of the fortified cities in Judah, but he had chosen his oldest son Jehoram to succeed him as king.
4 After Jehoram had taken control of Judah, he had his brothers killed, as well as some of the nation's leaders. 5 He was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled eight years from Jerusalem.
6 Jehoram married Ahab's daughter and followed the sinful example of Ahab's family and the other kings of Israel. He disobeyed the Lord by doing wrong, 7 (A) but because the Lord had made a solemn promise to King David that someone from his family would always rule in Judah, he refused to wipe out David's descendants.
8 (B) While Jehoram was king, the people of Edom rebelled and chose their own king. 9 Jehoram, his officers, and his cavalry marched to Edom, where the Edomite army surrounded them. He escaped during the night, 10 but Judah was never able to regain control of Edom. Even the town of Libnah[a] rebelled at that time.
Those things happened because Jehoram had turned away from the Lord, the God his ancestors had worshiped. 11 Jehoram even built local shrines[b] in the hills of Judah and let the people sin against the Lord by worshiping foreign gods.
12 One day, Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet that said:
I have a message for you from the Lord God your ancestor David worshiped. He knows that you have not followed the example of Jehoshaphat your father or Asa your grandfather. 13 Instead you have acted like those sinful kings of Israel and have encouraged the people of Judah to stop worshiping the Lord, just as Ahab and his descendants did. You even murdered your own brothers, who were better men than you.
14 Because you have done these terrible things, the Lord will severely punish the people in your kingdom, including your own family, and he will destroy everything you own. 15 You will be struck with a painful stomach disease and suffer until you die.
16 The Lord later caused the Philistines and the Arabs who lived near the Ethiopians[c] to become angry with Jehoram. 17 They invaded Judah and stole the royal property from the palace, and they led Jehoram's wives and sons away as prisoners. The only one left behind was Ahaziah,[d] his youngest son.
18 After this happened, the Lord struck Jehoram with an incurable stomach disease. 19 About two years later, Jehoram died in terrible pain. No bonfire was built to honor him, even though the people had done this for his ancestors.
20 Jehoram was 32 years old when he became king, and he ruled 8 years from Jerusalem. He died, and no one even felt sad. He was buried in Jerusalem, but not in the royal tombs.
Footnotes
- 21.10 Even the town of Libnah: This was a town on the border between Philistia and Judah, which means that Jehoram was facing rebellion on both sides of his kingdom.
- 21.11 local shrines: See the note at 11.15.
- 21.16 Ethiopians: See the note at 12.3.
- 21.17 Ahaziah: The Hebrew text has “Jehoahaz,” another spelling of the name.
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