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주석[매튜 헨리] — 역대하 26장 · 웃시야의 교만

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Uzziah's Prosperity. . 1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD , according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD , God made him to prosper. 6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. 10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. 11 Moreover Uzziah had a host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. 12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. We have here an account of two things concerning Uzziah:-- I. His piety. In this he was not very eminent or zealous; yet he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. He kept up the pure worship of the true God as his father did, and was better than his father, inasmuch as we have no reason to think he ever worshipped idols as his father did, no, not in his latter days, when his heart was lifted up. It is said ( 2 Chronicles 26:5 ; 2 Chronicles 26:5 ), He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who, some think, was the son of the Zechariah whom his grandfather Joash slew. This Zechariah was one that had understanding in the visions of God, either the visions which he himself was favoured with or the visions of the preceding prophets. He was well versed in prophecy, and conversed much with the upper world, was an intelligent, devout, good man; and, it seems, had great influence with Uzziah. Happy are the great men who have such about them and are willing to be advised by them; but unhappy those who seek God only while they have such with them and have not a principle in themselves to bear them out to the end. II. His prosperity. 1. In general, as long as he sought the Lord, and minded religion, God made him to prosper. Note, (1.) Those only prosper whom God makes to prosper; for prosperity is his gift. (2.) Religion and piety are very friendly to outward prosperity. Many have found and owned this, that as long as they sought the Lord and kept close to their duty they prospered; but since they forsook God every thing has gone cross. 2. Here are several particular instances of his prosperity:-- (1.) His success in his wars: God helped him ( 2 Chronicles 26:7 ; 2 Chronicles 26:7 ), and then he triumphed over the Philistines (those old enemies of God's people), demolished the fortifications of their cities, and put garrisons of his own among them, 2 Chronicles 26:6 ; 2 Chronicles 26:6 . He obliged the Ammonites to pay him tribute, 2 Chronicles 26:8 ; 2 Chronicles 26:8 . He made all quiet about him, and kept them in awe. (2.) The greatness of his fame and reputation. His name was celebrated throughout all the neighbouring countries ( 2 Chronicles 26:8 ; 2 Chronicles 26:8 ) and it was a good name, a name for good things with God and good people. This is true fame, and makes a man truly honourable. (3.) His buildings. While he acted offensively abroad, he did not neglect the defence of his kingdom at home, but built towers in Jerusalem and fortified them, 2 Chronicles 26:9 ; 2 Chronicles 26:9 . Much of the wall of Jerusalem was in his father's time broken down, particularly at the corner gate. But his best fortification of Jerusalem was his close adherence to the worship of God: if his father had not forsaken this the wall of Jerusalem would not have been broken down. While he fortified the city, he did not forget the country, but built towers in the desert too ( 2 Chronicles 26:10 ; 2 Chronicles 26:10 ), to protect the country people from the inroads of the plunderers, bands of whom sometimes alarmed them and plundered them, as 2 Chronicles 21:16 ; 2 Chronicles 21:16 . (4.) His husbandry. He dealt much in cattle and corn, employed many hands, and got much wealth by his dealing; for he took a pleasure in it: he loved husbandry ( 2 Chronicles 26:10 ; 2 Chronicles 26:10 ), and probably did himself inspect his affairs in the country, which was no disparagement to him, but an advantage, as it encouraged industry among his subjects. It is an honour to the husbandman's calling that one of the most illustrious princes of the house of David followed it and loved it. He was not one of those that delight in war, nor did he addict himself to sport and pleasure, but delighted in the innocent and quiet employments of the husbandman. (5.) His standing armies. He had, as it should seem, two military establishments. [1.] A host of fighting men that were to make excursions abroad. These went out to war by bands, 2 Chronicles 26:11 ; 2 Chronicles 26:11 . They fetched in spoil from the neighbouring countries by way of reprisal for the depredations they had so often made upon Judah, [2.] Another army for guards and garrisons, that were ready to defend the country in case it should be invaded, 2 Chronicles 26:12 ; 2 Chronicles 26:13 . So great were their number and valour that they made war with mighty power; no enemy durst face them, or, at least, could stand before them. Men unarmed can do little in war. Uzziah therefore furnished himself with a great armoury, whence his soldiers were supplied with arms offensive and defensive ( 2 Chronicles 26:14 ; 2 Chronicles 26:14 ), spears, bows, and slings, shields, helmets, and habergeons: swords are not mentioned, because it is probable that every man had a sword of his own, which he wore constantly. Engines were invented, in his time, for annoying besiegers with darts and stones shot from the towers and bulwarks, 2 Chronicles 26:15 ; 2 Chronicles 26:15 . What a pity it is that the wars and fightings which come from men's lusts have made it necessary for cunning men to employ their skill in inventing instruments of death. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-16-23" class="com-number"

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웃시야의 번영에 관하여 두 가지를 살펴본다.

**I. 그의 경건함.** 그가 매우 탁월하거나 열렬한 신앙인이었다고는 할 수 없지만, 그는 여호와 보시기에 정직하게 행하였다. 그는 아버지처럼 참 하나님을 순수하게 예배하였으며, 아버지보다 나은 점도 있었으니, 아버지가 말년에 우상을 섬긴 것과 달리 웃시야는 그런 일이 없었다.

5절에 따르면, 그는 하나님의 묵시를 깨닫는 스가랴가 살아 있는 동안 하나님을 찾았다. 이 스가랴는 어떤 이들이 말하듯 그의 조부 요아스가 죽인 스가랴의 아들일 수 있다. 이 스가랴는 하나님의 묵시를 통달한 사람, 곧 선지자들의 예언에 밝고 하늘의 세계와 교통이 많은 지혜롭고 경건한 선인이었으며 웃시야에게 큰 영향을 미친 것으로 보인다. 이처럼 좋은 사람을 곁에 두고 그 조언을 기꺼이 따르는 위정자는 복이 있다. 반면에 그런 사람이 있을 때만 하나님을 찾고 스스로 끝까지 나아갈 내면의 원칙이 없는 사람은 불행하다.

**II. 그의 번영.** 첫째, 일반적으로, 그가 여호와를 찾고 본분에 충실한 동안 하나님은 그를 형통하게 하셨다. 주목할 점이 있다. (1) 형통하게 하시는 분은 하나님이시다. 형통은 그분의 선물이다. (2) 경건과 신앙은 외적인 번영에 매우 유익하다. 많은 사람이 이를 경험하였다. 여호와를 찾고 본분에 충실한 동안은 형통하였으나, 하나님을 떠난 이후로는 모든 것이 어그러졌다고 고백하였다.

둘째, 번영의 구체적인 사례들이다.

(1) **전쟁의 승리.** 하나님이 그를 도우셨다(7절). 그리하여 블레셋을 물리쳐 그들의 성 요새를 무너뜨리고 그 가운데 자기 수비대를 배치하였으며(6절), 암몬 족속이 조공을 바치게 하였다(8절). 그는 주변을 평정하여 그들을 복종하게 하였다.

(2) **명성과 명예의 위대함.** 그의 이름이 주변 모든 나라에 퍼졌는데(8절), 그것은 하나님 앞에서도, 선한 사람들 앞에서도 선한 일로 인한 명성이었다. 이것이 참된 명성이요, 사람을 진정으로 존귀하게 만든다.

(3) **건축 사업.** 밖으로 공격적 군사 행동을 펼치는 동안, 그는 국내 방어도 소홀히 하지 않아 예루살렘 안에 망대를 세우고 견고하게 하였다(9절). 아버지 시대에 성벽 여러 곳이 무너졌는데, 특히 귀퉁이 문 부근이 그러하였다. 그러나 예루살렘의 가장 강한 요새는 하나님 예배에 대한 굳건한 신실함이었으니, 아버지가 이것을 버리지 않았다면 예루살렘 성벽이 무너지지 않았을 것이다. 성읍을 견고하게 하는 한편, 광야에도 망대를 세워(10절) 약탈대의 침입으로부터 농촌 백성을 보호하였다(대하 21장 16절 참조).

(4) **농업.** 그는 가축과 곡식에 많은 공을 들이고 많은 사람을 고용하며 큰 부를 쌓았으니, 농사를 사랑하였기 때문이다(10절). 친히 시골 농장을 돌아보며 직접 살폈을 것이며, 이는 그에게 결코 수치가 아니라 오히려 백성 사이의 근면함을 장려하는 이로운 일이었다. 다윗 가문 가장 빛나는 왕 중 하나가 농사를 짓고 사랑하였다는 것은 농부의 직업에 영예가 된다. 그는 전쟁을 즐기는 사람도 아니었고, 오락과 쾌락에 빠진 사람도 아니었으며, 농부의 순수하고 조용한 일에서 기쁨을 찾았다.

(5) **상비군.** 두 가지 군사 조직이 있었던 것으로 보인다. 첫째는 밖으로 나가 전투하는 군대로, 부대를 편성하여 출전하며(11절) 유다를 자주 약탈한 이웃 나라들에서 전리품을 탈취하였다. 둘째는 수비대와 진지를 담당하여 침략에 대비하는 군대로(12-13절), 그 수와 용맹이 강대한 힘으로 전쟁을 수행하니 어떤 적도 감히 맞서지 못하였다. 무기가 없는 사람은 전쟁에서 거의 아무것도 할 수 없다. 웃시야는 그래서 큰 무기고를 갖추고 거기서 병사들에게 공격용·방어용 무기를 공급하였다(14절). 창, 활, 물매, 방패, 투구, 갑옷을 갖추었는데, 칼은 따로 언급되지 않았으니 아마 각 사람이 항상 자신의 칼을 차고 다녔기 때문일 것이다. 또한 그의 시대에 성 망대와 흉벽에서 화살과 큰 돌을 쏘는 기계가 발명되었다(15절). 사람들의 정욕에서 비롯된 전쟁이 지혜로운 사람들로 하여금 사람 죽이는 기구를 발명하는 데 재능을 쏟게 한다는 것이 참으로 안타까운 일이다.

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S E C O N D C H R O N I C L E S CHAP. XXVI. This chapter gives us an account of the reign of Uzziah (Azariah he was called in the Kings) more fully than we had it before, though it was long, and in some respects illustrious, yet it was very briefly related, 2 Kings 14:21 ; 2 Kings 15:1-7 , c. Here is, I. His good character in general, 2 Chronicles 26:1-5 . II. His great prosperity in his wars, his buildings, and all the affairs of his kingdom, 2 Chronicles 26:6-15 . III. His presumption in invading the priests' office, for which he was struck with a leprosy, and confined by it ( 2 Chronicles 26:16-21 ) even to his death, 2 Chronicles 26:22 ; 2 Chronicles 26:23 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verses-1-15" class="com-number"

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역대하 26장은 웃시야(열왕기에서는 아사랴로 불린) 왕의 치세를 기록한다. 그의 통치는 길고 몇 가지 면에서 빛나는 시기였으나, 열왕기하 14장 21절과 15장 1-7절에는 매우 간략하게만 언급되어 있다. 본 장에는 다음 내용이 담겨 있다. 첫째, 그의 전반적인 선한 행실(1-5절). 둘째, 전쟁과 건축 사업, 그리고 나라의 모든 일에서 누린 큰 번영(6-15절). 셋째, 제사장의 직무를 침범하는 교만한 행동과 그로 인해 나병에 걸려 격리된 일(16-21절), 그리고 그의 죽음(22-23절).

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Uzziah's Sin and Punishment. . 16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD , that were valiant men: 18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD , but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God. 19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD , from beside the incense altar. 20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. 21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD : and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. 22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. Here is the only blot we find on the name of king Uzziah, and it is such a one as lies not on any other of the kings. Whoredom, murder, oppression, persecution, and especially idolatry, gave characters to the bad kings and some of them blemishes to the good ones, David himself not excepted, witness the matter of Uriah. But we find not Uzziah charged with any of these; and yet he transgressed against the Lord his God, and fell under the marks of his displeasure in consequence, not, as other kings, in vexatious wars or rebellions, but an incurable disease. I. His sin was invading the priest's office. The good way is one; by-paths are many. The transgression of his predecessors was forsaking the temple of the Lord, flying off from it ( 2 Chronicles 24:18 ; 2 Chronicles 24:18 ), and burning incense upon idolatrous altars, 2 Chronicles 25:14 ; 2 Chronicles 25:14 . His was intruding into the temple of the Lord further than was allowed him, and attempting him to burn incense upon the altar of God, for which, it is likely, he pretended an extraordinary zeal and affection. See how hard it is to avoid one extreme and not run into another. 1. That which was at the bottom of his sin was pride of heart, a lust that ruins more than any other whatsoever ( 2 Chronicles 26:16 ; 2 Chronicles 26:16 ): When he was strong (and he was marvellously helped by the good providence of God till he was so, 2 Chronicles 26:15 ; 2 Chronicles 26:15 ), when he had grown very great and considerable in wealth, interest, and power, instead of lifting up the name of God in gratitude to him who had done so much for him, his heart was lifted up to his destruction. Thus the prosperity of fools, by puffing them up with pride, destroys them. Now that he had done so much business, and won so much honour, he began to think no business, no honour, too great or too good for him, no, not that of the priesthood Men's pretending to forbidden knowledge, and exercising themselves in things too high for them, are owing to the pride of their heart, and the fleshly mind they are vainly puffed up with. 2. His sin was going into the temple of the Lord to burn incense, probably on some solemn feast day, or when he himself had some special occasion for supplicating the divine favour. What could move him to this piece of presumption, or put it into his head, I cannot conjecture. None of all his predecessors, not the best, not the worst, attempted it. The law, he knew, was express against him, and there was no usage or precedent for him. He could not pretend any necessity, as there was for David's eating the show-bread. (1.) Perhaps he fancied the priests did not do their office so dexterously, decently, and devoutly, as they ought, and he could do it better. Or, (2.) He observed that the idolatrous kings did themselves burn incense at the altars of their gods; his father did so, and Jeroboam ( 1 Kings 13:1 ), an ambition of which honour was perhaps one thing that tempted them from the house of God, where it was not permitted them; and he, being resolved to cleave to God's altar, would try to break through this restraint and come as near it as the idolatrous kings did to their altars. But it is called a transgression against the Lord his God. He was not content with the honours God had put upon him, but would usurp those that were forbidden him, like our first parents. 3. He was opposed in this attempt by the chief priest and other priests that attended and assisted him, 2 Chronicles 26:17 ; 2 Chronicles 26:18 . They were ready to burn incense for the king, according to the duty of their place; but, when he offered to do it himself, they plainly let him know that he meddled with that which did not belong to him, and that it was at his peril. They did not resist him by laying violent hands on him, though they were valiant men, but by reasoning with him and showing him, (1.) That it was not lawful for him to burn incense: " It appertaineth not to thee, O Uzziah! but to the priests, whose birthright it is, as sons of Aaron, and who are consecrated to the service." Aaron and his sons were appointed by the law to burn incense, Exodus 30:7 . See Deuteronomy 33:10 ; 1 Chronicles 23:13 . David had blessed the people and Solomon and Jehoshaphat had prayed with them and preached to them. Uzziah might have done this, and it would have been to his praise; but as for burning incense, that service was to be performed by the priests only. The kingly and priestly offices were separated by the law of Moses, not to be united again but in the person of the Messiah. If Uzziah did intend to honour God, and gain acceptance with him, in what he did, he was quite out in his aim; for, being a service purely of divine institution, he could not expect it should be accepted unless it were done in the way and by the hands that God had appointed. (2.) That it was not safe. It shall not be for thy honour from the Lord God. More is implied: "It will be thy disgrace, and it is at thy peril." The law runs expressly against all strangers that came nigh ( Numbers 3:10 ; Numbers 18:7 ), that is, all that were not priests. Korah and his accomplices, though Levites, paid dearly for offering to burn incense, which was the work of the priests only, Numbers 16:35 . The incense of our prayers must be by faith put into the hands of our Lord Jesus, the great high priest of our profession, else we cannot expect it should be accepted by God, Revelation 8:3 . 4. He fell into a passion with the priests that reproved him, and would push forward to do what he intended notwithstanding ( 2 Chronicles 26:19 ; 2 Chronicles 26:19 ): Uzziah was wroth, and would not part with the censer out of his hand. He took it ill to be checked, and would not bear interference. Nitimur in vetitum -- We are prone to do what is forbidden. II. His punishment was an incurable leprosy, which rose up in his forehead while he was contending with the priests. If he had submitted to the priests' admonition, acknowledged his error, and gone back, all would have been well; but when he was wroth with the priests, and fell foul upon them, then God was wroth with him and smote him with a plague of leprosy. Josephus says that he threatened the priests with death if they opposed him, and that then the earth shook, the roof of the temple opened, and through the cleft a beam of the sun darted directly upon the king's face, wherein immediately the leprosy appeared. And some conjecture that that was the earthquake in the days of Uzziah which we read of Amos 1:1 ; Zechariah 14:5 . Now this sudden stroke, 1. Ended the controversy between him and the priests; for, when the leprosy appeared, they were emboldened to thrust him out of the temple; nay, he himself hasted to go out, because the Lord had smitten him with a disease which was in a particular manner a token of his displeasure, and which he knew secluded him from common converse with men, much more from the altar of God. He would not be convinced by what the priests said, but God took an effectual course to convince him. If presumptuous men will not be made to see their error by the judgments of God's mouth, they shall be made to see it by the judgments of his hand. It evinced some religious fear of God in the heart of this king, even in the midst of his transgression, that, as soon as he found God was angry with him, he not only let fall his attempt, but retired with the utmost precipitation. Though he strove with the priests, he would not strive with his Maker. 2. It remained a lasting punishment of his transgression; for he continued a leper to the day of his death, shut up in confinement, and shut out from society, and forced to leave it to his son to manage all his business, 2 Chronicles 26:21 ; 2 Chronicles 26:21 . Thus God gave an instance of his resisting the proud and of his jealousy for the purity and honour of his own institutions; thus he gave fair warning even to great and good men to know and keep their distance, and not to intrude into those things which they have not seen; and thus he gave Uzziah a loud and constant call to repentance, and a long space to repent, which we have reason to hope he improved. He had been a man of much business in the world; but being taken off from that, and confined to a separate house, he had leisure to think of another world and prepare for it. By this judgment upon the king God intended to possess the people with a great veneration for the temple, the priesthood, and other sacred things, which they had been apt to think meanly of. While the king was a leper, he was as good as dead, dead while he lived, and buried alive; and so the law was, in effect, answered, that the stranger who cometh nigh shall be put to death. The disgrace survived him; for, when he was dead, they would not bury him in the sepulchres of the kings because he was a leper, which stained all his other glory. 3. It was a punishment that answered the sin as face does face in a glass. (1.) Pride was at the bottom of his transgression, and thus God humbled him and put dishonour upon him. (2.) He invaded the office of the priests in contempt of them, and God struck him with a disease which in a particular manner made him subject to the inspection and sentence of the priests; for to them pertained the judgment of the leprosy, Deuteronomy 24:8 . (3.) He thrust himself into the temple of God, whither the priests only had admission, and for that was thrust out of the very courts of the temple, into which the meanest of his subjects that was ceremonially clean had free access. (4.) He confronted the priests that faced him and opposed his presumption, and for that the leprosy rose in his forehead, which, in Miriam's case, is compared to her father's spitting in her face, Numbers 12:14 . (5.) He invaded the dignity of the priesthood, which he had no right to, and for that he was deprived even of his royal dignity, which he had a right to. Those that covet forbidden honours forfeit allowed ones. Adam, by catching at the tree of knowledge of which he might not eat, debarred himself from the tree of life, of which he might have eaten. Let all that read it say, The Lord is righteous. return to ' Top of Page ' 2 Chronicles 2Ch 25 2 Chronicles 2Ch 2 Chronicles 2Ch 27 Footnotes: Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. Bibliographical Information Henry, Matthew. "Complete Commentary on 2 Chronicles 26". 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웃시야의 이름에서 발견되는 유일한 흠결이 여기 있으니, 이것은 다른 어떤 왕에게도 없는 것이다. 음행, 살인, 압제, 박해, 특히 우상숭배 등이 나쁜 왕들의 특징이었고 심지어 좋은 왕들에게도 흠결이 되었으며, 다윗조차 예외가 아니어서 우리야의 일이 증거가 된다. 그러나 웃시야는 이런 죄들로 고발되지 않는다. 그럼에도 그는 하나님 앞에서 범죄하여 불치의 병으로 하나님의 진노의 표를 받았으니, 다른 왕들처럼 전쟁이나 반란으로 고통받은 것이 아니었다.

**I. 그의 죄는 제사장의 직무를 침범한 것이었다.** 선한 길은 하나이지만 곁길은 많다. 그 이전 왕들의 범죄는 여호와의 성전을 버리고 떠나는 것이었으며(대하 24장 18절), 우상의 제단에 분향하는 것이었다(대하 25장 14절). 그러나 웃시야의 범죄는 허락된 것 이상으로 여호와의 성전에 침입하여 하나님의 제단에 친히 분향하려 한 것으로, 그 이면에는 특별한 열심과 애정을 내세운 가식적인 명분이 있었을 것이다. 한 극단을 피하면서 다른 극단에 빠지지 않기가 얼마나 어려운지를 보여 주는 사례이다.

1. 그 죄의 근저에 있는 것은 교만이었다(16절). 마음을 들어 올리는 것이 다른 어떤 정욕보다 더 많은 사람을 파멸시키는 정욕이다. 그가 강성해졌을 때(하나님의 선하신 섭리로 기이하게 도움을 받아 강성해졌을 때, 15절), 막대한 부와 영향력과 권세로 매우 위대하게 되었을 때, 그를 이 모든 것으로 이끌어 주신 하나님의 이름을 높이는 대신 마음이 교만해져 스스로를 파멸시켰다. 이처럼 어리석은 자들의 번영은 교만으로 그들을 부풀려 멸망시킨다. 이제 그는 너무 많은 일을 해내고 너무 많은 영예를 얻었으므로, 어떤 일도, 어떤 영예도, 심지어 제사장직까지도 자기에게 너무 크거나 좋은 것이 없다고 생각하기 시작하였다. 금지된 지식을 탐하고 자기에게 너무 높은 일에 끼어드는 것은 마음의 교만과 헛되이 부풀어 오른 육적인 생각에서 비롯된다.

2. 그 죄는 분향하기 위해 여호와의 성전에 들어간 것이었다. 아마도 어떤 엄숙한 절기에, 또는 자신이 특별히 하나님의 은총을 구할 일이 있을 때 그리하였을 것이다. 무엇이 그를 이 방자한 행동으로 이끌었는지, 또는 무슨 생각이 그에게 이를 떠올리게 했는지 추측하기 어렵다. 그 이전의 어떤 왕도, 좋은 왕이든 나쁜 왕이든, 이런 시도를 한 적이 없었다. 율법이 그를 금하고 있음을 그도 알았고, 관례나 선례도 없었다. 다윗이 진설병을 먹은 것처럼 어떤 불가피한 필요도 내세울 수 없었다.

(1) 어쩌면 그는 제사장들이 직무를 마땅히 해야 할 만큼 능숙하고 정중하고 경건하게 행하지 않는다고 생각하여, 자신이 더 잘할 수 있다고 여겼을 것이다. 또는 (2) 우상을 섬기는 왕들이 자기들 신의 제단에 친히 분향하는 것을 보았으니, 그의 아버지도 그렇게 하였고 여로보암도 그러하였다(왕상 13장 1절). 그는 하나님의 제단에 충성하기로 결심하였으므로, 이 제약을 뛰어넘어 우상 왕들이 자기들 제단에 가까이 하듯 하나님의 제단에 가까이 하려 하였을 것이다. 그러나 이것은 그의 하나님 여호와에 대한 범죄라고 불린다. 그는 하나님이 그에게 허락하신 영예에 만족하지 않고, 금지된 것을 빼앗으려 하였으니 우리의 첫 조상과 같다.

3. 그는 이 시도에서 대제사장과 그를 돕는 다른 제사장들의 반대를 받았다(17-18절). 그들은 왕의 직분에 따라 왕을 위해 분향할 준비가 되어 있었으나, 그가 직접 하려 하자 그것이 그에게 속하지 않는 일임을 분명히 알리고 그 위험성을 경고하였다. 그들은 비록 용감한 사람들이었으나 폭력으로 저지한 것이 아니라 말로 이치를 따지며 보여 주었다.

(1) 분향하는 것은 그에게 합법적이지 않다는 것이었다. "웃시야여, 분향함은 당신에게 속하지 않고, 오직 아론의 자손 제사장들에게 속하니, 그들은 분향하도록 거룩히 구별된 자들입니다"(출 30장 7절; 신 33장 10절; 대상 23장 13절). 다윗은 백성을 축복하였고, 솔로몬과 여호사밧은 그들과 함께 기도하고 말씀을 전하였다. 웃시야도 이런 일들은 할 수 있었고 그랬다면 칭찬받을 일이 되었을 것이다. 그러나 분향은 오직 제사장들이 담당하는 직무였다. 왕의 직분과 제사장의 직분은 모세의 율법으로 분리되어 있었으니, 메시아의 위격 안에서 다시 하나가 될 때까지는 그러하였다. 웃시야가 이 일로 하나님을 영화롭게 하고 하나님의 은총을 입으려는 의도를 가졌다 해도, 그 목적을 이루지 못하였으니, 순전히 하나님이 정하신 예배이기 때문에 하나님이 지정하신 방법과 손으로 행해지지 않으면 받아들여질 것을 기대할 수 없었다.

(2) 그 일은 안전하지 않았다. "이것이 여호와 하나님 앞에서 당신에게 영광이 되지 않을 것입니다"라고 하였으니, 그 함의는 더 크다. "그것은 당신에게 수치가 될 것이요, 위험한 일입니다." 율법은 제사장이 아닌 모든 외인이 가까이 하는 것을 명백히 금지하였다(민 3장 10절; 18장 7절). 레위인이었음에도 분향을 행하려다 값비싼 대가를 치른 고라와 그 무리가 증거이다(민 16장 35절). 우리의 기도라는 분향은 믿음으로 우리의 크신 대제사장 주 예수님의 손에 맡겨져야 하며, 그렇지 않으면 하나님이 받으실 것을 기대할 수 없다(계 8장 3절).

4. 그는 자신을 꾸짖는 제사장들에게 화를 내며 자신의 의도를 관철하려 하였다(19절). 웃시야가 노하여 손에서 향로를 놓으려 하지 않았다. 그는 제지받는 것을 기분 나빠하였고 간섭을 참지 못하였다. 우리는 금지된 것을 하려는 경향이 있다.

**II. 그의 형벌은 치유되지 않는 나병이었으니**, 제사장들과 다투는 동안 그 이마에 솟아올랐다. 그가 제사장들의 권면에 복종하여 잘못을 인정하고 물러났다면 모든 것이 좋아졌을 것이다. 그러나 제사장들에게 화를 내고 그들을 몰아붙이자 하나님도 그에게 진노하셔서 나병으로 치셨다. 요세푸스에 따르면 그가 제사장들을 죽이겠다고 위협하였고, 그때 땅이 진동하고 성전 지붕이 열리며 그 틈 사이로 햇빛 한 줄기가 왕의 얼굴에 직접 비추어 즉시 나병이 나타났다고 한다. 어떤 이들은 아모스 1장 1절과 스가랴 14장 5절에서 읽는 웃시야 시대의 지진이 바로 그것이었다고 추측한다.

이 갑작스러운 심판은 다음과 같은 결과를 낳았다.

1. **제사장들과의 분쟁을 종결시켰다.** 나병이 나타나자 제사장들은 담대하게 그를 성전 밖으로 내쫓았고, 왕 자신도 서둘러 나갔으니, 여호와가 그를 치셔서 특별한 방식으로 하나님의 불쾌하심의 표가 되는 병에 걸렸음을 알았기 때문이다. 그리고 그 병이 사람들과의 평범한 교제에서, 더욱이 하나님의 제단에서 그를 제외시킨다는 것을 알았다. 그는 제사장들의 말을 들으려 하지 않았으나, 하나님은 그를 납득시키는 효과적인 방법을 취하셨다. 방자한 사람들이 하나님의 말씀의 심판으로 자신의 오류를 보지 않으려 하면, 하나님의 손의 심판으로 보게 하실 것이다. 이 범죄의 한가운데서도 왕의 마음속에 종교적 경외심이 남아 있었음이 드러나니, 하나님이 자신에게 진노하셨음을 알자마자 그 시도를 포기하였을 뿐 아니라 급히 물러갔기 때문이다. 그는 제사장들과 다투었으나 그의 창조주와는 다투지 않으려 하였다.

2. **범죄에 대한 지속적인 형벌로 남았다.** 죽는 날까지 나병 환자로 지냈고, 별채에 갇혀 사회와 단절되어 아들에게 모든 국사를 맡겨야 했다(21절). 이로써 하나님은 교만한 자를 대적하신다는 것과 자신의 제도의 순결과 영예에 대한 그분의 열심을 보여 주셨다. 또한 위대하고 선한 사람들에게도 분수를 알고 지키라고, 그리고 자신이 보지 못한 일들에 주제넘게 끼어들지 말라는 공정한 경고를 주셨다. 아울러 웃시야에게는 회개를 향한 크고 지속적인 부르심을 주셨으니, 이를 그가 잘 활용하였으리라 믿을 근거가 있다. 그는 세상에서 많은 일을 해 온 사람이었으나, 그 일들에서 떨어져 별채에 갇힘으로써 다른 세상을 생각하고 준비할 여유를 갖게 되었다. 왕에게 내린 이 심판을 통해 하나님은 백성으로 하여금 성전과 제사장직과 그 밖의 거룩한 것들에 대한 깊은 경외심을 갖게 하려 하셨으니, 백성은 그것들을 가볍게 여기는 경향이 있었기 때문이다. 왕이 나병 환자로 있는 동안 그는 죽은 것과 다름없었으니, 살아 있으면서 죽은 것이요, 산 채로 묻힌 것이었다. 그러므로 율법의 "가까이 하는 외인은 죽임을 당하리라"는 말씀이 사실상 이루어진 것이었다. 그 수치는 그가 죽은 후에도 남았으니, 죽었을 때 나병 환자였다는 이유로 왕들의 묘실에 장사되지 못하였고, 이것이 그의 모든 영광에 오점을 남겼다.

3. **그 형벌은 죄에 대한 거울 속의 얼굴처럼 정확히 상응하였다.** (1) 교만이 그 범죄의 근저에 있었으니, 하나님은 그를 낮추시고 수치를 주셨다. (2) 그는 제사장의 직무를 침범하여 그들을 무시하였고, 하나님은 특히 그를 제사장들의 검사와 판결에 복속시키는 병으로 치셨으니, 나병의 판단은 제사장들에게 속하였기 때문이다(신 24장 8절). (3) 그는 오직 제사장들만 들어갈 수 있는 하나님의 성전에 억지로 들어가려 하였고, 그로 인해 그 성전의 뜰에서도, 심지어 의식적으로 정결한 가장 비천한 신하도 자유롭게 드나들 수 있는 그 뜰에서도 쫓겨났다. (4) 그는 자신의 방자함에 맞서 대면한 제사장들에게 대들었고, 그로 인해 나병이 이마에 솟아올랐으니, 미리암의 경우에도 아버지가 그 얼굴에 침 뱉은 것에 비교된 바 있다(민 12장 14절). (5) 그는 자신에게 권리가 없는 제사장직의 영예를 침범하였고, 그로 인해 자신에게 권리가 있었던 왕의 권위마저 박탈당하였다. 금지된 영예를 탐하는 자는 허락된 영예마저 잃는다. 아담은 먹어서는 안 되는 지식의 나무를 움켜쥐려다 먹어도 되었을 생명 나무를 스스로 차단하였다. 이것을 읽는 모든 사람이 말하게 하라. 여호와는 의로우시다.

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