列王紀上16:1-14

 

16:1 耶和華的話臨到哈拿尼的兒子耶戶，責備巴沙說：
16:2 「我既從塵埃中提拔你，立你作我民以色列的君，你竟行耶羅波安所行的道，使我民以色列陷在罪裡，惹我發怒，
16:3 我必除盡你和你的家，使你的家像尼八的兒子耶羅波安的家一樣。
16:4 凡屬巴沙的人，死在城中的必被狗吃，死在田野的必被空中的鳥吃。」
16:5 巴沙其餘的事，凡他所行的和他的勇力，都寫在以色列諸王記上。
16:6 巴沙與他列祖同睡，葬在得撒。他兒子以拉接續他作王。
16:7 耶和華的話臨到哈拿尼的兒子先知耶戶，責備巴沙和他的家，因他行耶和華眼中看為惡的一切事，以他手所做的惹耶和華發怒，像耶羅波安的家一樣，又因他殺了耶羅波安的全家。
16:8 猶大王亞撒二十六年，巴沙的兒子以拉在得撒登基作以色列王共二年。
16:9 有管理他一半戰車的臣子心利背叛他。當他在得撒家宰亞雜家裡喝醉的時候，
16:10 心利就進去殺了他，篡了他的位。這是猶大王亞撒二十七年的事。
16:11 心利一坐王位就殺了巴沙的全家，連他的親屬、朋友也沒有留下一個男丁。
16:12 心利這樣滅絕巴沙的全家，正如耶和華藉先知耶戶責備巴沙的話。
16:13 這是因巴沙和他兒子以拉的一切罪，就是他們使以色列人陷在罪裡的那罪，以虛無的神惹耶和華─以色列上帝的怒氣。
16:14 以拉其餘的事，凡他所行的，都寫在以色列諸王記上。

 

 Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani concerning Baasha: ² “I lifted you up from the dust and appointed you ruler over my people Israel, but you followed the ways of Jeroboam and caused my people Israel to sin and to arouse my anger by their sins. ³ So I am about to wipe out Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat. ⁴ Dogs will eat those belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and birds will feed on those who die in the country.”

⁵ As for the other events of Baasha’s reign, what he did and his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? ⁶ Baasha rested with his ancestors and was buried in Tirzah. And Elah his son succeeded him as king.

⁷ Moreover, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani to Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger by the things he did, becoming like the house of Jeroboam—and also because he destroyed it.

⁸ In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

⁹ Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk in the home of Arza, the palace administrator at Tirzah. ¹⁰ Zimri came in, struck him down and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Then he succeeded him as king.

¹¹ As soon as he began to reign and was seated on the throne, he killed off Baasha’s whole family. He did not spare a single male, whether relative or friend. ¹² So Zimri destroyed the whole family of Baasha, in accordance with the word of the Lord spoken against Baasha through the prophet Jehu— ¹³ because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.

¹⁴ As for the other events of Elah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

 

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    當耶羅波安王朝敗亡之後，由巴沙篡位，但是他仍然行耶羅波安的惡行，沒有敬畏耶和華上帝！耶和華的話臨到哈拿尼的兒子耶戶，責備巴沙說：「我既從塵埃中提拔你，立你作我民以色列的君，你竟行耶羅波安所行的道，使我民以色列陷在罪裡，惹我發怒，我必除盡你和你的家，使你的家像尼八的兒子耶羅波安的家一樣。凡屬巴沙的人，死在城中的必被狗吃，死在田野的必被空中的鳥吃。」

 

    而這樣的事情是發生在巴沙的兒子擔任國王的時候，在猶大王亞撒二十七年時，有管理他一半戰車的臣子心利背叛他。當他在得撒家宰亞雜家裡喝醉的時候，心利就進去殺了他，篡了他的位。心利一坐王位就殺了巴沙的全家，連他的親屬、朋友也沒有留下一個男丁。

 

    然而巴沙的王朝之所以不能長久是有原因的是：「巴沙和他兒子以拉的一切罪，就是他們使以色列人陷在罪裡的那罪，以虛無的神惹耶和華─以色列上帝的怒氣。」

 

     對於今日的基督徒，這也是很重要的警戒，我們是不是將福音傳揚得清楚，還是我們雖然用主耶穌的名來傳福音，卻不是按照聖經教導的內容來傳揚，卻說一些討人喜歡或高舉自己的信息，這樣的作法也是「使以色列人陷在罪裡的那罪，以虛無的神惹耶和華─以色列上帝的怒氣」！