旧约 - 列王记下(2 Kings)第12章

In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
列王纪下第十二章   第 12 章 

  王下 12:2-21> 虽决心一生做主喜悦的事,但愿望、行动与果效如何统一? 

  12:2-21 约阿施对于除去国民的罪做得还不够彻底,不过他做了许多善良正直的事。如果我们对改正自己的行为不清楚是否做得彻底的话,就要扪心自问,( 1 )圣经是否明确地禁止这种行为?( 2 )这种行为是否令我不爱神、不敬拜祂、不事奉祂?( 3 )它是否使我作它的奴隶?( 4 )这事能否使我竭尽心力与神的旨意相符合?( 5 )这事是否令其他信徒得益? 

  王下 12:3> 在邱坛向耶和华献祭也不可吗? 

  12:3 按规定,以色列人不是随时随地都可以献祭的,只能在特定的地方并在祭司督导之下向神献祭(参申 12:13-14 )。在山顶(邱坛)献祭是依从异教习俗而行,鼓励人随从异教之风来敬拜。把这些宗教混杂进来,人民的信仰就不再纯正,导致他们更加远离神(关于邱坛更多的资料请参王上 22:43 的注释)。 

  王下 12:4-5> 约阿施修葺圣殿的资金是怎么来的?对今日事工有何启发? 

  12:4-5 过去几任恶王忽略圣殿,任其多处损坏,尤以亚她利雅时代为甚(参代下 24:7 ),所以圣殿亟待修葺。圣殿本来应当是圣洁的地方,专门用来敬拜神。幸亏有约阿施的筹款计划,使圣殿恢复旧观,将多年所积存的污秽尘垢清除,并将结合处重新修整,异教偶像与敬拜假神的遗迹皆被除净,圣殿中的金器铜器全被擦亮。圣殿被忽略的情形显示人民偏离神的程度。 

  王下 12:15> 你怎样评价自己为神作的工?你诚实可靠吗? 

  12:15 办事的人把银子转交做工的人,不与他们算账,不查核如何使用金钱,只将它分别出来作为修理圣殿之用( 12:8 ),这与不完全可靠的众祭司的对比是何等鲜明。利未人既然是受过训练的、属神之人,本应负责圣殿的修葺,因为管理圣殿是他们终生的工作。虽然祭司们并非不诚实,他们却没有全心全意地工作,也没有事奉的干劲完成这项工作。神的工作,有时会由虔诚的平信徒担任,比圣职人员所做的可能更好。不要因为你没有受过训练,或者不在其位就以为不配谋其事,别因此而拦阻你对神国度的贡献,神的工作需要每个人的投入。 

  王下 12:16> 12:16 赎罪祭与赎愆祭的详细情形,请参利未记 4 章 5 节; 6 章 24 至 7 章 10 节。 

  王下 12:20> 约阿施善恶的一生和他最后的结局,使人明白不少道理…… 

  12:20 约阿施的臣仆背叛他,原因记在历代志下 24 章 17 至 26 节。约阿施先是拜偶像,之后又杀了大祭司耶何耶大的儿子──先知撒迦利亚,故神让亚兰军打败他。他偏离了神,一生也就开始走下坡。约阿施的臣仆杀了他,并非因为他远离神,而是由于他失去了对国家的控制。到末后他成为恶人,又被邪恶的百姓所杀。──《灵修版圣经注释》