旧约 - 历代记下(2 Chronicles)第31章

Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.
Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.
And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,
And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and 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》