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旧约 - 历代记下(2 Chronicles)第31章

When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.
Hezekiah assigned the priests and Levites to divisions--each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites--to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister, to give thanks and to sing praises at the gates of the LORD'S dwelling.
The king contributed from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons and appointed feasts as written in the Law of the LORD.
He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything.
The men of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them in heaps.
They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month.
When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and blessed his people Israel.
Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps;
and Azariah the chief priest, from the family of Zadok, answered, "Since the people began to bring their contributions to the temple of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the LORD has blessed his people, and this great amount is left over."
Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the temple of the LORD, and this was done.
Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Conaniah, a Levite, was in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank.
Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah were supervisors under Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of the temple of God.
Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions made to the LORD and also the consecrated gifts.
Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah assisted him faithfully in the towns of the priests, distributing to their fellow priests according to their divisions, old and young alike.
In addition, they distributed to the males three years old or more whose names were in the genealogical records--all who would enter the temple of the LORD to perform the daily duties of their various tasks, according to their responsibilities and their divisions.
And they distributed to the priests enrolled by their families in the genealogical records and likewise to the Levites twenty years old or more, according to their responsibilities and their divisions.
They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves.
As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farm lands around their towns or in any other towns, men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among them and to all who were recorded in the genealogies of the Levites.
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.
In everything that he undertook in the service of God's temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.
历代志下第卅一章   第 31 章 

  代下 31:1> 若要灵性复兴,先要对付偶像;我生命中仍有不少偶像?是── 

  31:1 拜偶像为什么罪大恶极?因为以色列人虽然可以亲近独一的真神,他们却一直敬拜毫无生命气息的、用木头石头所造的偶像。他们对敬拜真神的事置之不理,不拜造物之主,却拜受造之物。神不在心中居首位的时候,我们也会犯同样拜偶像之罪。我们想到财富、宴乐、物质产业、声望多过想到神时,实际上就是拜这些为神了。犹大人因为敬拜偶像,最后被掳到外邦( 36:14-17 )。我们虽然不至于被敌人俘掳而流落异地,但是若看重属世的东西过于属灵的事,必然受神的管教。 

  代下 31:2-21> 圣殿复修,祭司复职── 

  31:2-21 邪恶的君王在位掌权,祭司就得不到政府的供养。现在希西家王修理好圣殿,按照大卫王起初所定的计划(参代上 23:6-23 ; 24:3-19 ),将祭司分成班次,叫他们重新在圣殿供职。 

  代下 31:4-8> 十一奉献归给神,理所当然我当行,可是…… 

  31:4-8 希西家恢复犹大人的十一奉献条例,叫百姓将自己收入的十分之一献给祭司和利未人,使他们能专心事奉神、也服事人民。百姓立刻遵从,慷慨地回应。神的工作需要百姓的支持。神是否从你的收入之中得着祂所当得的分呢?慷慨使我们的奉献讨神的喜悦(参林后 8 ; 9 )。如果所有的基督徒都始终如一,依照这种样式奉献的话,教会的光景将是何等辉煌! 

  代下 31:20-21> 希西家并不是尽善尽美的人,却得到神的称赞。他生活中有何榜样值得我学习? 

  31:20-21 因为希西家行“耶和华他神眼中看为善为正为忠的事”,他就使犹大人民有属灵的更新。他的行动也是我们更新的榜样。( 1 )他纪念神的怜悯( 30:9 )。( 2 )他不理别人的讥诮,竭力推行宗教改革( 30:10 )。( 3 )他除恶务尽,灭绝影响生命的种种歪风( 30:14 ; 31:1 )。( 4 )他为人民代祷,求耶和华赦免( 30:15-20 )。( 5 )他允许人民自动自发地延长敬拜( 30:23 )。( 6 )他对神的工作慷慨地奉献( 31:3 )。在你的生活之中,如果缺少以上的任何一项,请你将他的榜样用在你身上,把你自己重新交托给神吧。──《灵修版圣经注释》