马太福音-Matthew 1章8~9节
| 1:8 |
亚撒生约沙法，约沙法生约兰，约兰生乌西亚， And Asa begot Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah, |
| 1:9 |
乌西亚生约坦，约坦生亚哈斯，亚哈斯生希西家， And Uzziah begot Jotham, and Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah, |
Enlightenment:
Verse 8 says, “Joram begot Uzziah.” Compare this record with 1 Chronicles 3:11 and 12, which say, “Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, Amaziah his son, Azariah” (who is Ozias or Uzziah—2 Kings 15:1, 13). Matthew omitted three generations which are found in 1 Chronicles—Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah.
This must have been due to the evil marriage of Joram to the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel, which corrupted his descendants (2 Chron. 21:5-6; 22:1-4). Ahab was the king of the northern kingdom, and his wife Jezebel was a wicked woman who was fully related to idols. Because she was one with the Devil, she corrupted her husband. They brought forth a daughter, and Joram, one of the kings of Judah, married her. This woman taught Joram to worship idols, to be one with the idols. Thus their family was corrupted. According to Exodus 20:5, three generations of Joram’s descendants were cut off from the generation of Christ. Exodus 20:5 says that anyone who forsakes God and worships idols corrupts himself and will suffer God’s curse for three or four generations. Therefore, three generations of King Joram were cut off from the genealogy of Christ. Here we must learn a lesson. If we would be associated with Christ, we should never be involved with anything related to idols. God is a jealous God and He will never tolerate idolatry.
亮光
八节说，『约兰生乌西亚。』请比较这记载与代上三章十一、十二节，那里说，『约沙法的儿子是约兰，约兰的儿子是亚哈谢，亚哈谢的儿子是约阿施，约阿施的儿子是亚玛谢，亚玛谢的儿子是亚撒利雅。』（即乌西亚－王下十五1，13，和合本译为乌西雅。）马太略去了历代志上的三代－亚哈谢、约阿施和亚玛谢。
这必是亚哈和耶洗别所生的女儿，与约兰之间邪恶的联婚，败坏了约兰的后代。（代下二一5～6，二二1～4。）亚哈是北国的王，他的妻子耶洗别是完全与偶像有关的邪恶妇人。因着她与魔鬼是一，她就败坏了她的丈夫。他们生了一个女儿，犹大的一个王约兰娶了她。这妇人教导约兰敬拜偶像，与偶像是一。因此他们的家被败坏了。根据出埃及二十章五节，约兰的三代后裔都从基督家谱内删除了。出埃及二十章五节说，弃绝神且拜偶像的人败坏自己，并要受神的咒诅，直到三、四代。所以，约兰王的三代从基督家谱内删除。这里我们必须学一个功课。我们若要与基督联合，就绝不该涉及与偶像有关的事。神是忌邪的神，祂绝不容忍拜偶像。