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旧约 - 列王记下(2 Kings)第20章

In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."
Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,
"Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him:
"Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the LORD.
I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.'"
Then Isaiah said, "Prepare a poultice of figs." They did so and applied it to the boil, and he recovered.
Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the LORD on the third day from now?"
Isaiah answered, "This is the LORD'S sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?"
"It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps," said Hezekiah. "Rather, have it go back ten steps."
Then the prophet Isaiah called upon the LORD, and the LORD made the shadow go back the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.
At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah's illness.
Hezekiah received the messengers and showed them all that was in his storehouses--the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine oil--his armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.
Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, "What did those men say, and where did they come from?" "From a distant land," Hezekiah replied. "They came from Babylon."
The prophet asked, "What did they see in your palace?" "They saw everything in my palace," Hezekiah said. "There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them."
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD:
The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, that will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."
"The word of the LORD you have spoken is good," Hezekiah replied. For he thought, "Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?"
As for the other events of Hezekiah's reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
Hezekiah rested with his fathers. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.
列王纪下第二十章   第 20 章 

  王下 20:5-6> 神赐希西家延年的生命,今天人也可为自己求寿吗? 

  20:5-6 在犹大超过一百年(公元前 732-640 )的历史之中,希西家是惟一的对神忠心的君王;而他也取得极大的成就,因他的信心与祷告,神医治了他的疾病,并拯救耶路撒冷不至落入亚述人之手。即使你的信仰使你成为孤独的少数,你也能有所作为。如果你以诚实的信心与祷告向这位独一的真神祈求,就能改变情势。 

  王下 20:11> 古时日头停留,此次日影倒退,情况是…… 

  20:11 亚哈斯王所造的梯级是个日晷。埃及这时期的日晷有些是造成小型梯级的形状,可以观察日影在梯级上的移动。 

  王下 20:12-19> 希西家骄傲带来的祸患给我很多提醒…… 

  20:12-19 希西家本来是忠心良善的君王,但是先知以赛亚问他,巴比伦的使者来见他,他拿什么给他看的时候,他说:“凡我宫中所有的,他们都看见了。”历代志下 32 章 24 至 31 节记载希西家因他的富足成就和疾病得蒙医治感到骄傲,他不归荣耀与神,不认为是祂的赐福,反用来向外国使者炫耀。神帮助我们的时候,我们不应该向人夸示神所赐的福。胜利的见证很容易变成无谓的虚荣和自我恭维。 

  王下 20:14> 巴比伦是怎么崛起的?? 

  20:14 巴比伦城曾经背叛亚述国,在公元前 689 年被西拿基立王毁灭。这里所记的事可能发生于城毁以前不久。西拿基立死于公元前 681 年,儿子以撒哈顿即位,他愚昧地重建巴比伦城。这时亚述的君王软弱,使巴比伦有大好机会崛起壮大。当亚述大军出发远征、欺压别国时,巴比伦城就逐渐扩展而成为小国。几年后,巴比伦强大到再次背叛亚述,终于在公元前 612 年消灭了亚述,代之成为世界另一个强国。 

  王下 20:19> 希西家为何这样回答? 

  20:19 希西家说,以赛亚所预言的可怕灾祸,不在他的年日临到甚好。他这话似乎是自私、短视和骄傲的,但是,他知道犹大的罪终必要受神的处罚,所以神不在他活着的时候毁灭犹大,对此他感谢神。 

  王下 20:20> 希西家在解决耶路撒冷水源方面有哪些具体贡献? 

  20:20 这一节所说的挖地、挖沟,是指从耶路撒冷城外的基训泉,挖出一条通往城内西罗亚池子的地下水道,有 540 公尺长(参代下 32:30 )。它从耶路撒冷城外的水源通往城内安全的贮水池。有了这工程,就不怕亚述人切断城内的食水供应。──《灵修版圣经注释》