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2Ch 14:1-5.
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英語原文
2Ch 14:1-5.
ASA DESTROYS IDOLATRY.
1. In his days the land was quiet ten years--This long interval of peace was the continued effect of the great battle of Zemaraim (compare
1Ki 15:11-14).
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2. 亚撒行耶和华眼中看为善为正的事——（参
1Ki 15:14）。
然而他的品格与生平并非全无瑕疵
(2Ch 16:7, 10, 12)。
英語原文
2. Asa did that which was good and right--(compare
1Ki 15:14).
Still his character and life were not free from faults
(2Ch 16:7, 10, 12).
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3. 打碎了偶像——即巴力的像（参看
2Ch 34:4；
Le 26:30
的注释）。
砍下木偶——更当译作「亚舍拉像」。
英語原文
3. brake down the images--of Baal (see on
2Ch 34:4;
Le 26:30).
cut down the groves--rather, "Asherim."
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5. 他除掉……邱坛——即那些用于偶像崇拜仪式的邱坛。
从犹大各城中除掉邱坛和偶像——耶路撒冷及全境各城中一切偶像崇拜的公然之物与遗迹都被毁除；但那些以牛之形象敬拜神（如在伯特利）的邱坛仍被保留
(1Ki 15:14)；
改革到此为止仍不完全。
英語原文
5. he took away . . . the high places--that is, those devoted to idolatrous rites.
took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images--All public objects and relics of idolatry in Jerusalem and other cities through his kingdom were destroyed; but those high places where God was worshipped under the figure of an ox, as at Beth-el, were allowed to remain
(1Ki 15:14);
so far the reformation was incomplete.
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2Ch 14:6-8.
简体中文
2Ch 14:6-8.
他既享太平，便以堡垒和军兵坚固其国
6. 他在犹大建造坚固城——（参看
1Ki 15:22
的注释）。
英語原文
2Ch 14:6-8.
HAVING PEACE, HE STRENGTHENS HIS KINGDOM WITH FORTS AND ARMIES.
6. he built fenced cities in Judah--(See on
1Ki 15:22).
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7. 地还在我们面前——即我们到处仍可自由通行、无人拦阻；并无仇敌邻近；但这段太平的时日未必常存，而国又小又弱，故当趁着无患之时预备合宜的防御。他也有一支五十八万人的军队。犹大供应重装兵，便雅悯供应弓箭手。这大数目并非指常备的职业军人，而是指一切能拿兵器、可被征召服役的人。
英語原文
7. while the land is yet before us--that is, while we have free and undisputed progress everywhere; no foe is near; but, as this happy time of peace may not last always and the kingdom is but small and weak, let us prepare suitable defenses in case of need. He had also an army of five hundred eighty thousand men. Judah furnished the heavily armed soldiers, and Benjamin the archers. This large number does not mean a body of professional soldiers, but all capable of bearing arms and liable to be called into service.
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2Ch 14:9-15.
简体中文
2Ch 14:9-15.
他击败谢拉，并掳掠古实人
9. 古实人谢拉率领军兵攻击他们——这不可能是来自尼罗河瀑布以南的埃塞俄比亚，因为在示撒的继任者奥索尔孔一世在位时，没有任何外国军队获准自由通过埃及。因此谢拉必是古实人——即阿拉伯的古实人之首领——的首领，因为他们显然是一支游牧军队，在基拉耳附近有帐棚和牲畜的聚居地。
一百万，战车三百辆——「二十匹用来载送信差的骆驼，便可在短时间内召聚那样多的人。谢拉既是进攻方，便有时间选定何时召集这些人、攻击敌人。这些古实牧人每人随身携带自己的面粉和水作粮——这是他们一贯的习俗——便足可与亚撒作战，而不必吃谢拉的一块饼、喝他的一品脱水」[布鲁斯（BRUCE），《游记》（Travels）]。
英語原文
2Ch 14:9-15.
HE OVERCOMES ZERAH, AND SPOILS THE ETHIOPIANS.
9. there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian--This could not have been from Ethiopia south of the cataracts of the Nile, for in the reign of Osorkon I, successor of Shishak, no foreign army would have been allowed a free passage through Egypt. Zerah must, therefore, have been chief of the Cushites, or Ethiopians of Arabia, as they were evidently a nomad horde who had a settlement of tents and cattle in the neighborhood of Gerar.
a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots--"Twenty camels employed to carry couriers upon them might have procured that number of men to meet in a short time. As Zerah was the aggressor, he had time to choose when he would summon these men and attack the enemy. Every one of these Cushite shepherds, carrying with them their own provisions of flour and water, as is their invariable custom, might have fought with Asa without eating a loaf of Zerah's bread or drinking a pint of his water" [BRUCE, Travels].
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10. 于是亚撒出去迎击他，他们就在……玛利沙摆阵——玛利沙是罗波安所修筑的城邑之一
(2Ch 11:8)，
在犹大低地一条重要的南部隘口附近
(Jos 15:44)。
两军之间的交锋发生于该城附近的一处平原，名为「洗法谷」，推测即从贝特吉布林下到特尔萨弗伦的那条宽阔通道 [罗宾逊（ROBINSON）]。
英語原文
10. Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array . . . at Mareshah--one of the towns which Rehoboam fortified
(2Ch 11:8),
near a great southern pass in the low country of Judah
(Jos 15:44).
The engagement between the armies took place in a plain near the town, called "the valley of Zephathah," supposed to be the broad way coming down Beit Jibrin towards Tell Es-Safren [ROBINSON].
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11-13. 亚撒呼求耶和华他的神——这位敬虔之王深信神的大能能以少取胜亦如以多取胜，便率一支相对较少的军兵，前往南疆迎击那支强大的劫掠大军。他将自己的事业交托给神，投入战斗——彻底击溃了敌人，并因胜利之故，从这支游牧大军帐中获得了丰厚的财宝和牲畜作为战利品。
英語原文
11-13. Asa cried unto the Lord his God--Strong in the confidence that the power of God was able to give the victory equally with few as with many, the pious king marched with a comparatively small force to encounter the formidable host of marauders at his southern frontier. Committing his cause to God, he engaged in the conflict--completely routed the enemy, and succeeded in obtaining, as the reward of his victory, a rich booty in treasure and cattle from the tents of this pastoral horde.
2Ch 14:1-5.
亚撒除灭偶像
1. 他的时代，国中太平十年——这长期的和平，是撒玛利安（Zemaraim）那场大战的延续果效（参
1Ki 15:11-14）。