2025-06-15

Reading for Today:
今日读经：

2 Kings 17:1–18:37
列王纪下 17:1–18:37
Psalm 74:1-8
诗篇 74:1-8
Proverbs 18:22-24
箴言 18:22-24
Acts 1:1-26
使徒行传 1:1-26

Notes:
注解：

2 Kings 18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel. The most noble quality of Hezekiah (in dramatic contrast to his father, Ahaz) was that he relied on the Lord as his exclusive hope in every situation. What distinguished him from all other kings of Judah (after the division of the kingdom) was his firm trust in the Lord during a severe national crisis (18:17–19:34). Despite troublesome events, Hezekiah clung tightly to the Lord, faithfully following Him and obeying His commands (v. 6). As a result, the Lord was with him and gave him success (v. 7).
列王纪下 18:5“他倚靠以色列的耶和华神。” 希西家的最美德（与他父亲亚哈斯形成鲜明对比）在于他在一切环境中单单仰望耶和华为唯一的指望。这一点使他在诸犹大王（分裂王国以后）中独树一帜，因为在严重的国家危机中（18:17–19:34），他坚定信靠神。尽管环境多有患难，希西家仍紧紧倚靠耶和华，忠心跟随祂，遵行祂的命令（6节）。因此，耶和华与他同在，使他行事亨通（7节）。

Proverbs 18:24 must himself be friendly. The best text says “may come to ruin” and warns that the person who makes friends too easily and indiscriminately does so to his own destruction. On the other hand, a friend chosen wisely is more loyal than a brother. friend. This is a strong word meaning one who loves and was used of Abraham, God’s friend (2 Chr. 20:7; Is. 41:8; 1 Sam. 18:1; 2 Sam. 1:26).
箴言 18:24“...却有朋友比弟兄更亲密。” 最权威的抄本译为“却自取败坏”，警戒说，轻易且随便结交朋友会带来自我毁灭。相反，明智选择的朋友比兄弟更忠诚。“朋友”一词原意为深爱、亲密，也用以称亚伯拉罕为神的朋友（参历下20:7；赛41:8；撒上18:1；撒下1:26）。

Acts 1:3 presented Himself…by many infallible proofs. John 20:30; 1 Corinthians 15:5–8. To give the apostles confidence to present His message, Jesus entered a locked room (John 20:19), showed His crucifixion wounds (Luke 24:39), and ate and drank with the disciples (Luke 24:41–43). forty days. The time period between Jesus’ resurrection and ascension during which He appeared at intervals to the apostles and others (1 Cor. 15:5–8) and provided convincing evidence of His resurrection. kingdom of God. Here this expression refers to the sphere of salvation, the gracious domain of divine rule over believers’ hearts (1 Cor. 6:9; Eph. 5:5; Col. 1:13, 14; Rev. 11:15; 12:10). This was the dominant theme during Christ’s earthly ministry (Matt. 4:23; 9:35; Mark 1:15; Luke 4:43; 9:2; John 3:3–21).
使徒行传 1:3“用许多确据向使徒显现…” （约20:30；林前15:5-8）为使使徒传讲主的信息有信心，耶稣进到关着门的屋内（约20:19），并将钉痕给门徒看（路24:39），还与他们一起吃喝（路24:41–43）。“四十天”指耶稣从复活到升天之间的时段，祂多次向使徒和其他人显现，提供了极有说服力的复活证据（林前15:5–8）。“神的国”在此指的是救恩的领域，即神在信徒心中施恩作王的范围（林前6:9；弗5:5；西1:13,14；启11:15；12:10）。这是耶稣在世工作时期的中心主题（太4:23；9:35；可1:15；路4:43；9:2；约3:3–21）。

Acts 1:8 The apostles’ mission of spreading the gospel was the major reason the Holy Spirit empowered them. This event dramatically altered world history, and the gospel message eventually reached all parts of the earth (Matt. 28:19, 20). receive power. The apostles had already experienced the Holy Spirit’s saving, guiding, teaching, and miracle-working power. Soon they would receive His indwelling presence and a new dimension of power for witness (2:4; 1 Cor. 6:19, 20; Eph. 3:16, 20). witnesses. People who tell the truth about Jesus Christ (John 14:26; 1 Pet. 3:15). The Greek word means “one who dies for his faith” because that was commonly the price of witnessing. Judea. The region in which Jerusalem was located. Samaria. The region immediately to the north of Judea.
使徒行传 1:8 使徒传扬福音的使命，是圣灵赐能力的主要目的。这件事极大地改变了世界历史，最终福音传遍了各地（太28:19, 20）。“必得着能力”，使徒已经经历了圣灵救赎、引导、教导和行神迹的大能。不久他们要经历圣灵内住，为作见证领受新的能力层面（2:4；林前6:19, 20；弗3:16, 20）。“见证”指为耶稣作真实见证的人（约14:26；彼前3:15），希腊文原意为“为信仰舍命的人”，因最初作见证常需付出生命的代价。“犹太全地”即耶路撒冷所在的地带，“撒玛利亚”则位于犹太以北。

DAY 15: When and why did the northern kingdom of Israel come to an end?
第十五天：以色列北国何时、为何灭亡？

In 2 Kings 17:6, it says that the “king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria.” The capture of Samaria by Sargon II marked the end of the northern kingdom in 722 B.C. According to Assyrian records, the Assyrians deported 27,290 inhabitants of Israel to distant locations. The relocation of populations was characteristic of Assyrian policy during that era. The Israelites were resettled in the upper Tigris-Euphrates Valley and never returned to the Promised Land. “Halah” was a city northeast of Nineveh. The “Habor” River was a northern tributary of the Euphrates. The “cities of the Medes” were northeast of Nineveh. Samaria was resettled with foreigners (v. 24).God did what He said He would do in Deuteronomy 28.The Jews were carried as far east as Susa, where the Book of Esther later took place.
在列王纪下17:6记载：“亚述王将撒玛利亚攻取了，将以色列人掳到亚述去。”撒珥根二世攻陷撒玛利亚，标志着公元前722年以色列北国的灭亡。亚述的史料记载，他们将以色列的27,290名居民掳到遥远的地方。人口迁徙是亚述当时一贯的政策。被掳的以色列人被安置在底格里斯-幼发拉底上游的流域，再未返回应许之地。“哈拉”是尼尼微东北的一座城市，“哈博河”是幼发拉底的北支流，“玛代人的城邑”也位于尼尼微东北。撒玛利亚被安置了外邦人（24节）。神如申命记28章所说那样执行了审判。犹太人甚至被放逐到苏撒，就是后来以斯帖记发生的地方。

In vv. 7–23, the writer departs from quoting his written sources and gives his own explanation for the captivity of Israel. Judah is included, though her captivity did not occur until 605/604–586 B.C. at the hands of the Babylonians. Her sins were the same. Here is a very full and impressive vindication of God’s action in punishing His privileged but rebellious and apostate people. In v. 7, he begins by stating that the Israelites had sinned against the Lord who had redeemed them from Egypt. Gross perversion of the worship of God and national propensity to idolatry finally exhausted divine patience. The idolatry of Israel is described in vv. 7–12. In response to Israel’s actions, the Lord sent His prophets to Israel and Judah with a message of repentance (v. 13). However, the people failed to respond to the prophets’ messages, because, like their fathers, they did not have faith in the Lord (v. 14). Their lack of faith resulted in disobedience to the Lord’s commands and the further pursuit of idolatry (vv. 15–17). The idolatry of Israel (and Judah) brought forth the anger of the Lord, which resulted in exile (v. 18).The “great sin” of both Israel and Judah was their continual following of the sinful pattern of Jeroboam I, departing from the Lord and practicing idolatry, thus bringing down the judgment of captivity predicted by the prophets (vv. 19–23).
在7-23节，作者不再引用史料，而用自己的话解释以色列被掳的原因。作者也提及犹大，虽然其被掳是在公元前605/604到586年间，被巴比伦人所灭，但他们的罪与北国相同。这里详尽而有力地说明了神惩罚自己所拣选、却悖逆退后的百姓的公义。7节开头指出，以色列人犯罪，是得罪了那领他们出埃及的耶和华。他们严重败坏敬拜之道，国民普遍倾向拜偶像，最终使神的忍耐耗尽。7-12节详述偶像崇拜。为回应以色列的行为，神差遣众先知，向以色列和犹大传悔改之道（13节）。可惜百姓没有响应先知的信息，像他们祖宗一样，不信耶和华（14节）。他们的缺乏信心使他们违背神命令，继续拜偶像（15-17节）。以色列（与犹大）的偶像崇拜激起神的愤怒，导致被掳（18节）。以色列和犹大所谓“大罪”，就是不断效法耶罗波安一世的恶例，离弃耶和华，拜偶像，如先知们早已预言，这终于招致亡国被掳的审判（19-23节）。

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