旧约 - 历代记下(2 Chronicles)第26章

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.
He was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after Amaziah rested with his fathers.
Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem.
He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.
He went to war against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod. He then rebuilt towns near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
God helped him against the Philistines and against the Arabs who lived in Gur Baal and against the Meunites.
The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful.
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate and at the angle of the wall, and he fortified them.
He also built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.
Uzziah had a well-trained army, ready to go out by divisions according to their numbers as mustered by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officials.
The total number of family leaders over the fighting men was 2,600.
Under their command was an army of 307,500 men trained for war, a powerful force to support the king against his enemies.
Uzziah provided shields, spears, helmets, coats of armor, bows and slingstones for the entire army.
In Jerusalem he made machines designed by skillful men for use on the towers and on the corner defenses to shoot arrows and hurl large stones. His fame spread far and wide, for he was greatly helped until he became powerful.
But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, and entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Azariah the priest with eighty other courageous priests of the LORD followed him in.
They confronted him and said, "It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the LORD God."
Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the LORD'S temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
When Azariah the chief priest and all the other priests looked at him, they saw that he had leprosy on his forehead, so they hurried him out. Indeed, he himself was eager to leave, because the LORD had afflicted him.
King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house --leprous, and excluded from the temple of the LORD. Jotham his son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
The other events of Uzziah's reign, from beginning to end, are recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field for burial that belonged to the kings, for people said, "He had leprosy." And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
历代志下第廿六章   第 26 章 

  代下 26:15> 乌西雅所装备的武器有何功能? 

  26:15 乌西雅所造的兵器,与后来罗马军队的弩炮相似,能将石头或箭发射到远处。 

  代下 26:16> 乌西雅为何会跌倒?神的祝福在他身上如何走向了反面? 

  26:16 神赐给乌西雅极大的财富和权力,他就骄傲败坏。箴言说得不错:“骄傲在败坏以先”(箴 16:18 )。如果神赐你财富、势力、名声与权力,你要存感恩之心,也要留心,因为神恨恶骄傲。我们有些成就就洋洋得意,虽属人之常情,如果因此藐视神,轻看别人便是大错。你要省察自己的态度,切记要因你所有的一切将荣耀归于神,以讨祂喜悦的方式善用你的恩赐。 

  代下 26:17-21> 稍有成就,就以为高人一等;稍有权力,就以为控制一切,其实,人啊── 

  26:17-21 人有了权力,常常会任意妄为、罔顾法律,其实就连君王也须要顺服神,乌西雅后来才明白这道理。不管你的社会地位多高,都要尊崇神、敬拜神、顺服神。 

  乌西雅 

  代下 26:21> 一生持定谦卑顺服的生活绝非易事,然而神正要这样的人事奉祂。我愿立此心志吗? 

  26:21 乌西雅一生常“行耶和华眼中看为正的事”( 26:4 )。但是他偏离神后,神就使他患了大麻疯,直到死。人们多不纪念他的伟大改革,反多想到他的骄横带来的惩罚。神要求人一生顺服。一时兴起的顺服并不足取,惟有“忍耐到底的”,才必得奖赏(参可 13:13 )。你要始终如一地信靠祂,使人纪念你的忠信,不然的话,后人只会记起你的过失。 

  代下 26:23> 以赛亚何时蒙召? 

  26:23 乌西雅驾崩之日,也是神呼召以赛亚作先知之时。──《灵修版圣经注释》