Lìdaìzhìxià 12

1 Luóbōān de guó jiān lì , tā qiángshèng de shíhou jiù lí qì Yēhéhuá de lǜfǎ , Yǐsèliè rén yĕ dōu suícóng tā .

2 Luóbōān wáng dì wǔ nián , Āijí wáng Shìsǎ shàng lái gōngdǎ Yēlùsǎlĕng , yīnwei wáng hé mín dé zuì le Yēhéhuá .

3 Shì sǎ daì zhàn chē yī qiā èr bǎi liàng , mǎ bīng liù wàn , bìngqiĕ gēn cóng tā chū Āijí de Lùbǐ rén , Sūjī rén , hé Gǔshí rén , duō dé bùkĕ shēng shù .

4 Tā gōng qǔ le Yóudà de jiāngù chéng , jiù lái dào Yēlùsǎlĕng .

5 Nàshí , Yóudà de shǒulǐng yīnwei shì sā jiù jùjí zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng . yǒu xiānzhī Shìmǎyǎ qù jiàn Luóbōān hé zhòng shǒulǐng , duì tāmen shuō , Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , nǐmen lí qì le wǒ , suǒyǐ wǒ shǐ nǐmen luō zaì Shìsǎ shǒu lǐ .

6 Yúshì wáng hé Yǐsèliè de zhòng shǒulǐng dōu zìbēi shuō , Yēhéhuá shì gōngyì de .

7 Yēhéhuá jiàn tāmen zìbēi , Yēhéhuá de huà jiù líndào Shìmǎyǎ shuō , tāmen jì zìbēi , wǒ bì bù mièjué tāmen . bì shǐ tāmen lüè dé zhĕngjiù , wǒ bù jiè zhe Shìsǎ de shǒu jiāng wǒde nùqì dǎo zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng .

8 Ránér tāmen bì zuò Shìsǎ de púrén , hǎo jiào tāmen zhīdào , fúshì wǒ yǔ fúshì waìbāngrén yǒu hé fēnbié .

9 Yúshì , Āijí wáng Shìsǎ shàng lái gōng qǔ Yēlùsǎlĕng , duó le Yēhéhuá diàn hé wánggōng lǐ de bǎowù , jǐn dōu daì zǒu , yòu duó qù Suǒluómén zhìzào de jīn dùnpái .

10 Luóbōān wáng zhìzào tóng dùnpái daìtì nà jīn dùnpái , jiāo gĕi shǒu wánggōng mén de hùwèi cháng kānshǒu .

11 Wáng mĕi fùng jìn Yēhéhuá de diàn , hùwèi bīng jiù ná zhè dùnpái , suíhòu réng jiāng dùnpái sòng huí , fàng zaì hùwèi fáng .

12 Wáng zìbēi de shíhou , Yēhéhuá de nùqì jiù zhuǎn xiāo le , bú jiāng tā miè jǐn , bìngqiĕ zaì Yóudà zhōngjiān yĕ yǒu shàn yì de shì .

13 Luóbōān wáng zì qiáng , zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng zuò wáng . tā dēng jī de shíhou nián sì shí yī suì , zaì Yēlùsǎlĕng , jiù shì Yēhéhuá cóng Yǐsèliè zhòng zhīpaì zhōng suǒ xuǎnzé lì tā míng de chéng , zuò wáng shí qī nián . Luóbōān de mǔqin míng jiào Námǎ , shì Yàmén rén .

14 Luóbōān xíng è , yīn tā bù lìdéng xīnyì xúnqiú Yēhéhuá .

15 Luóbōān suǒ xíng de shì , zì shǐ zhì zhōng bù dōu xiĕ zaì xiānzhī Shìmǎyǎ hé xiān jiàn Yìduō de shǐ jì shàng ma . Luóbōān yǔ Yéluóbōān shícháng zhēng zhàn .

16 Luóbōān yǔ tā lièzǔ tóng shuì , zàng zaì Dàwèi chéng lǐ . tā érzi Yàbǐyǎ jiēxù tā zuò wáng .

Lìdaìzhìxià 12 Commentary

Chapter 12

Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished.

- When Rehoboam was so strong that he supposed he had nothing to fear from Jeroboam, he cast off his outward profession of godliness. It is very common, but very lamentable, that men, who in distress or danger, or near death, seem much engaged in seeking and serving God, throw aside all their religion when they have received a merciful deliverance. God quickly brought troubles upon Judah, to awaken the people to repentance, before their hearts were hardened. Thus it becomes us, when we are under the rebukes of Providence, to justify God, and to judge ourselves. If we have humbled hearts under humbling providences, the affliction has done its work; it shall be removed, or the property of it be altered. The more God's service is compared with other services, the more reasonable and easy it will appear. Are the laws of temperance thought hard? The effects of intemperance will be found much harder. The service of God is perfect liberty; the service of our lusts is complete slavery. Rehoboam was never rightly fixed in his religion. He never quite cast off God; yet he engaged not his heart to seek the Lord. See what his fault was; he did not serve the Lord, because he did not seek the Lord. He did not pray, as Solomon, for wisdom and grace; he did not consult the word of God, did not seek to that as his oracle, nor follow its directions. He made nothing of his religion, because he did not set his heart to it, nor ever came up to a steady resolution in it. He did evil, because he never was determined for good.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 12

Rehoboam and his people forsaking the law of the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt is allowed by God to invade his land, and take his fenced cities, 2Ch 12:1-4, upon which a prophet of the Lord was sent to him and his princes, to show them the reason of it; whereupon they humbled themselves, and the Lord was pleased not to allow the enemy utterly to destroy them, yet to reduce them to servitude, and take away their riches, 2Ch 12:5-12, and the chapter is closed with an account of the reign and death of Rehoboam, 2Ch 12:13-16.