旧约 - 列王记下(2 Kings)第22章

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
列王纪下第廿二章   第 22 章 

  王下 22:1-2> 约西亚是怎样一位贤君?给我何启发? 

  22:1-2 我们读圣经所记的,犹大与以色列众君王的事,很难见到一位全心全意顺服神的人,约西亚正是鲜有的一位。他开始作王的时候只有八岁,行耶和华眼中看为正的事,治国十八年都顺服神的旨意。他二十六岁时按照神的律法实施改革。儿童是我们教会与世界的未来领袖。人虽然要等到成年以后,才能为神承担大任,但是人不会因为年纪轻就不能敬畏顺服神。约西亚早年的时候,就立下以后犹大改革的根基。 

  王下 22:4> 22:4 圣殿的守门人,是管理进入圣殿者,并监管从民中收聚的银子(投入圣殿奉献柜中的)。 

  王下 22:8> 在希勒家发现律法书前,以色列人连圣经书卷都没有了…… 

  22:8 这卷书可能是摩西五经的全部(从创世记到申命记),或者仅是一卷申命记。由于犹大国长年累月有恶王当政,神律法的记载已经遗失了。这时约西亚年约二十六岁,他想在全国实施宗教改革,既发现神的律法书,就必须有彻底的改变,才能使全国顺从神的命令。你现在手中有本圣经,你要如何改变才能使生活符合神之道? 

  王下 22:11-23:3> 一次听到神话语,忧伤痛悔行改革──听道而后行道,我的反应似乎没有这么快…… 

  22:11-23:3 约西亚听到神律法书上的话,便忧伤地撕裂衣服,立刻实施改革。只是一次读到神的律法,他就改变了全国的方向;现在许多人都有圣经,可惜很少人受神真理的影响。神之道应当使我们像约西亚一样立刻采取行动,矫正自己的生活,以便符合神的旨意。 

  王下 22:14> 古时中东的妇女地位低下,神使用户勒大有何意义? 

  22:14 户勒大是一位女先知,就像米利暗(参出 15:20 )、底波拉(参士 4:4 )一样。神随祂的意思拣选仆人来实行祂的旨意──不分穷富、男女、君王或为奴的(参珥 2:28-30 )。户勒大当时显然极受人民尊敬。 

  王下 22:19> 以色列人以撕裂衣服表示悔改,今天我悔改却不是这样啊!悔改最要紧的是── 

  22:19 约西亚看出犹大族是何等的败坏,他撕裂衣服在神面前哭泣,神就向他施怜悯。他使用当时的惯例来表示悔改,我们现在悔改,虽不必撕裂衣服,但哭泣、禁食、赔偿道歉等,也可表明真诚的悔改。悔改最难的是改变态度,因为人的态度是产生罪的根源。──《灵修版圣经注释》