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經文: 歷代志下 22:10 亞哈謝的母親亞他利雅見他兒子死了，就起來剿滅猶大王室。
默想: 我們在本段經文看到在南國猶大的宮廷中，不只是約蘭王親手殺死自己六個親弟弟，好鞏固他的王位。約蘭王因腸病去世之後，他的兒子亞哈謝也受到他的母親，就是約蘭王的妻子亞他利雅的影響。亞他利雅是暗利的孫女，也是亞哈王的女兒。當亞哈謝去探望北國以色列王約蘭的戰場受傷時，不幸被耶戶抓到且殺死。王太后亞他利雅一聽見他的兒子國王亞哈謝在撒馬利亞被耶戶殺死了，竟然將亞哈謝的眾子，也就是自己的孫子，全部殺死，自己起來篡位成為女王。還好約蘭王與亞哈利雅的女兒約示巴冒生命的危險，把亞哈謝王的小兒子約阿施藏在臥房中，再外送到他的先生祭司耶何耶大所在的聖殿中六年之久。我們看到人心的險惡，與上帝恩典的保守。
題目: 亞哈謝廿二歲的時候作王，他的母親亞她利雅替亞哈謝出主意，帶他做壞事。試想:為人父母的，該給兒女怎樣的身教？
22:1 耶路撒冷的居民立約蘭的小兒子亞哈謝接續他作王；因為跟隨阿拉伯人來攻營的軍兵曾殺了亞哈謝的眾兄長。這樣，猶大王約蘭的兒子亞哈謝作了王。
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahazi'ah his youngest son king in his stead; for the band of men that came with the Arabs to the camp had slain all the older sons. So Ahazi'ah the son of Jeho'ram king of Judah reigned.
22:2 亞哈謝登基的時候年四十二歲【王下八26作二十二歲】，在耶路撒冷作王一年。他母親名叫亞他利雅，是暗利的孫女。
Ahazi'ah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athali'ah, the granddaughter of Omri.
22:3 亞哈謝也行亞哈家的道；因為他母親給他主謀，使他行惡。
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly.
22:4 他行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，像亞哈家一樣；因他父親死後有亞哈家的人給他主謀，以致敗壞。
He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done; for after the death of his father they were his counselors, to his undoing.
22:5 他聽從亞哈家的計謀，同以色列王亞哈的兒子約蘭往基列的拉末去，與亞蘭王哈薛爭戰；亞蘭人打傷了約蘭。
He even followed their counsel, and went with Jeho'ram the son of Ahab king of Israel to make war against Haz'ael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram,
22:6 約蘭回到耶斯列，醫治在拉末與亞蘭王哈薛打仗所受的傷，猶大王約蘭的兒子亞撒利雅【即亞哈謝】因為亞哈的兒子約蘭病了，就下到耶斯列看望他。
and he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which he had received at Ramah, when he fought against Haz'ael king of Syria. And Ahazi'ah the son of Jeho'ram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
22:7 亞哈謝去見約蘭就被害了，這是出乎 神；因為他到了，就同約蘭出去攻擊寧示的孫子耶戶。這耶戶是耶和華所膏、使他剪除亞哈家的。
But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahazi'ah should come about through his going to visit Joram. For when he came there he went out with Jeho'ram to meet Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
22:8 耶戶討亞哈家罪的時候，遇見猶大的眾首領和亞哈謝的眾姪子服事亞哈謝，就把他們都殺了。
And when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahazi'ah's brothers, who attended Ahazi'ah, and he killed them.
22:9 亞哈謝藏在撒馬利亞，耶戶尋找他，眾人將他拿住，送到耶戶那裡，就殺了他，將他葬埋；因他們說，他是那盡心尋求耶和華之約沙法的兒子。這樣，亞哈謝的家無力保守國權。
He searched for Ahazi'ah, and he was captured while hiding in Sama'ria, and he was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, "He is the grandson of Jehosh'aphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." And the house of Ahazi'ah had no one able to rule the kingdom.
22:10 亞哈謝的母親亞她利雅見她兒子死了，就起來剿滅猶大王室。
Now when Athali'ah the mother of Ahazi'ah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of the house of Judah.
22:11 但王的女兒約示巴將亞哈謝的兒子約阿施從那被殺的王子中偷出來，把他和他的乳母都藏在臥房裡。約示巴是約蘭王的女兒，亞哈謝的妹子，祭司耶何耶大的妻。她收藏約阿施，躲避亞她利雅，免得被殺。
But Jeho-shab'e-ath, the daughter of the king, took Jo'ash the son of Ahazi'ah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were about to be slain, and she put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. Thus Jeho-shab'e-ath, the daughter of King Jeho'ram and wife of Jehoi'ada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahazi'ah, hid him from Athali'ah, so that she did not slay him;
22:12 約阿施和她們一同藏在 神殿裡六年；亞她利雅篡了國位。
and he remained with them six years, hid in the house of God, while Athali'ah reigned over the land.
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