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24:1 约雅敬年间，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒上到犹大。约雅敬服事他三年，然后背叛他。
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
24:2 耶和华使迦勒底军，亚兰军，摩押军，和亚扪人的军来攻击约雅敬，毁灭犹大，正如耶和华藉他仆人众先知所说的。
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
24:3 这祸临到犹大人，诚然是耶和华所命的，要将他们从自己面前赶出，是因玛拿西所犯的一切罪。
Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
24:4 又因他流无辜人的血，充满了耶路撒冷。耶和华决不肯赦免。
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
24:5 约雅敬其馀的事，凡他所行的都写在犹大列王记上。
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24:6 约雅敬与他列祖同睡。他儿子约雅斤接续他作王。
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
24:7 埃及王不再从他国中出来。因为巴比伦王将埃及王所管之地，从埃及小河直到幼发拉底河都夺去了。
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
24:8 约雅斤登基的时候年十八岁，在耶路撒冷作王三个月。他母亲名叫尼护施她，是耶路撒冷人以利拿单的女儿。
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
24:9 约雅斤行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，效法他父亲一切所行的。
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
24:10 那时，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的军兵上到耶路撒冷，围困城。
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
24:11 当他军兵围困城的时候，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒就亲自来了。
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
24:12 犹大王约雅斤和他母亲，臣仆，首领，太监一同出城，投降巴比伦王。巴比伦王便拿住他。那时是巴比伦王第八年。
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
24:13 巴比伦王将耶和华殿和王宫里的宝物都拿去了，将以色列王所罗门所造耶和华殿里的金器都毁坏了，正如耶和华所说的。
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
24:14 又将耶路撒冷的众民和众首领，并所有大能的勇士，共一万人，连一切木匠，铁匠都掳了去。除了国中极贫穷的人以外，没有剩下的。
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
24:15 并将约雅斤和王母，后妃，太监，与国中的大官，都从耶路撒冷掳到巴比伦去了。
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
24:16 又将一切勇士七千人和木匠，铁匠一千人，都是能上阵的勇士，全掳到巴比伦去了。
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
24:17 巴比伦王立约雅斤的叔叔玛探雅代替他作王，给玛探雅改名叫西底家。
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
24:18 西底家登基的时候年二十一岁，在耶路撒冷作王十一年。他母亲名叫哈慕她，是立拿人耶利米的女儿。
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
24:19 西底家行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，是照约雅敬一切所行的。
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
24:20 因此耶和华的怒气在耶路撒冷和犹大发作，以致将人民从自己面前赶出。
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
列王记下24参考
国被侵、民被掳，犹大百姓为何还不觉醒？
24:1 巴比伦在公元前612年推翻亚述，又于公元前605年在迦基米施打败埃及，成为世界上的新强国。他们打败埃及以后，出兵侵略犹大，将犹大置于控制之下。巴比伦军队在以后的二十年中，三次进攻犹大，这是其中的第一次。另外两次是在公元前597与586年。每次入侵都将部分犹大人掳到巴比伦。但以理书的作者但以理，就是在他们第一次入侵时被掳去的（公元前605年；参但1:1-6）。
24:1 关于尼布甲尼撒的详细资料，请参看但以理书第3章的人物介绍。
巴比伦开始耀武扬威……
24:1-4 尼布甲尼撒在公元前605年作巴比伦王。在那一年年初，他在迦基米施打败由法老尼哥所统率的埃及大军，巴比伦遂控制了埃及所有的附庸（包括犹大）。尼布甲尼撒后来入侵犹大，实施以武力统治。
犹大人二次被掳，王亦被掳，他们怎样才能摆脱困境？
24:10 巴比伦的军队已经出发，要讨伐约雅敬的叛逆，但那时约雅敬已经死了。在他逝世以后，国民立他的儿子约雅斤作犹大王，他登基后（公元前597年），只隔了数周时间，就面对世界上最强大的军队。在巴比伦人三次入侵之中的第二次，他们劫掠圣殿，掳去大多数领袖，内中也有约雅斤王。这时尼布甲尼撒就立约西亚的另一个儿子，约雅斤的叔父西底家作犹大王。但由于约雅斤仍然活著，虽然他被掳到巴比伦，人民还是不承认西底家为真正的君王。
这次被掳在灵性方面对犹大人有何促进？
24:14 巴比伦人处理被掳之人与亚述人不同，亚述人将原处的大多数人民掳去后，又将异族置于所攻占之地（参17:24的注释）。巴比伦人则只掳去最富强与最有技能的人，留下贫穷软弱之人管理那地，使他们掌权以得到其效忠。高层的领导人被掳到巴比伦的城市后，则被准许聚居、工作，成为社会中的重要人物。巴比伦人的这种政策，使犹大人在被掳期间团结一致并忠于神，以后在以斯拉与所罗巴伯时代得以归回本土，这事记在以斯拉记中。