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2Ch 17:1-6.
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2Ch 17:1-6.
JEHOSHAPHAT REIGNS WELL AND PROSPERS.
1. Jehoshaphat . . . strengthened himself against Israel--The temper and proceedings of the kings of Israel rendered it necessary for him to prepare vigorous measures of defense on the northern frontier of his kingdom. These consisted in filling all the fortresses with their full complement of troops and establishing military stations in various parts of the country, as well as in the cities of Mount Ephraim, which belonged to Jehoshaphat
(2Ch 15:8).
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3-5. 他效法他祖大衛初所行的道——他效法那位偉大先祖在位初期的敬虔，那時他尚未犯下玷污其品格的不幸過失。
不尋求巴力——這詞與「他列祖的上帝耶和華」相對，泛指諸偶像。
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3-5. he walked in the first ways of his father David--He imitated the piety of his great ancestor in the early part of his reign before he made those unhappy lapses which dishonored his character.
and sought not unto Baalim--a term used for idols generally in contradistinction to the Lord God of his father.
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4. 不隨從以色列人的行為——他一絲不苟地遵行、並運用王權支持摩西所定的上帝律例，厭惡那如今成為以色列國教的虛假且不合法的牛犢敬拜。他既遠離粗俗的偶像崇拜，又遠離以色列的背道，熱切遵行上帝律法的要求，上帝的賜福便臨到他的政權。他存敬畏上帝之心、為百姓的福祉而治，「耶和華就堅立他的國權在他手中」。
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4. and not after the doings of Israel--He observed with scrupulous fidelity, and employed his royal influence to support the divine institutions as enacted by Moses, abhorring that spurious and unlawful calf-worship that now formed the established religion in Israel. Being thus far removed, alike from gross idolatry and Israelitish apostasy, and adhering zealously to the requirements of the divine law, the blessing of God rested on his government. Ruling in the fear of God, and for the good of his subjects, "the Lord established the kingdom in his hand."
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5. 猶大眾人……都給……送禮物——百姓通常在新王即位之初如此行
（1Sa 10:27）， 首領與高官則其後每年如此。這些禮物以自願奉獻的形式呈上，以避免捐稅那令人厭惡的名目。
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5. all Judah brought . . . presents--This was customary with the people generally at the beginning of a reign
(1Sa 10:27),
and with the nobles and high functionaries yearly afterwards. They were given in the form of voluntary offerings, to avoid the odious idea of a tax or tribute.
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6. 他高興遵行耶和華的道——他滿懷信心與敬虔，有熱忱與勇氣推行風俗的改革，壓制一切偶像的作為與物件（參
2Ch 20:33）， 並公開鼓勵純正地敬拜上帝。
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6. his heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord--Full of faith and piety, he possessed zeal and courage to undertake the reformation of manners, to suppress all the works and objects of idolatry (see on
2Ch 20:33),
and he held out public encouragement to the pure worship of God.
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2Ch 17:7-11.
2Ch 17:7-11.
他差遣利未人在猶大教訓百姓。
7-11. 他作王第三年，就差遣他的首領……在猶大各城教訓百姓——教導的日常工作原屬祭司。但如今任命了特別的委員，大概是為查核此工是否已行或被忽略。這個由五位首領、兩位祭司與九位利未人組成的使團，要巡迴猶大的各城。這是我們所讀到第一位君王為百姓的宗教教育而採取的實際措施。推行這項優良的本土教育計畫，有充足的時間與不受打斷的機會，因為王國既享內部的安寧，也免於外戰。將這深遠的太平歸因於「耶和華的懼怕臨到猶大四圍各國」，正符合這位敬虔史家的筆調。
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2Ch 17:7-11.
HE SENDS LEVITES TO TEACH IN JUDAH.
7-11. Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, . . . to teach in the cities of Judah--The ordinary work of teaching devolved on the priests. But extraordinary commissioners were appointed, probably to ascertain whether the work had been done or neglected. This deputation of five princes, assisted by two priests and nine Levites, was to make a circuit of the towns in Judah. It is the first practical measure we read of as being adopted by any of the kings for the religious instruction of the people. Time and unbroken opportunities were afforded for carrying out fully this excellent plan of home education, for the kingdom enjoyed internal tranquillity as well as freedom for foreign wars. It is conformable to the pious style of the sacred historian to trace this profound peace to the "fear of the Lord having fallen on all kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah."
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9. 律法書——即整部摩西五經，或僅指《申命記》——其中包含其撮要。
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9. the book of the law--that is, either the whole Pentateuch or only the book of Deuteronomy, which contains an abridgment of it.
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11. 有些非利士人送禮物與約沙法，進貢銀子——他們或已經是他的藩屬，或渴望確保與他的寶貴友誼，如今自願進貢。也許他們是那些曾臣服於大衛之軛的非利士人
（2Sa 8:1； Ps 60:8）。
阿拉伯人——死海以南的遊牧部族，他們在約沙法征服以東之後尋求他的保護，以其牧放生活最合適的方式進貢——奉獻若干頭牲畜。
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11. Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver--either they had been his tributaries, or they were desirous of securing his valuable friendship, and now made a voluntary offer of tribute. Perhaps they were the Philistines who had submitted to the yoke of David
(2Sa 8:1; Ps 60:8).
the Arabians--the nomad tribes on the south of the Dead Sea, who, seeking the protection of Jehoshaphat after his conquest of Edom, paid their tribute in the way most suitable to their pastoral habits--the present of so many head of cattle.
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2Ch 17:12-19.
2Ch 17:12-19.
他的威勢、將領與軍隊。
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2Ch 17:12-19.
HIS GREATNESS, CAPTAINS, AND ARMIES.
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14. 他們的數目——戰士們按其父家編入軍中。約沙法的軍隊由五位大將統率，分為五個大小不等的師，共有一百一十六萬人，未計駐守堡壘者。自所羅門以後，沒有一位君王在收入之豐、堡壘之堅固、兵力之眾多上能與約沙法相比。
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14. these are the numbers--The warriors were arranged in the army according to their fathers houses. The army of Jehoshaphat, commanded by five great generals and consisting of five unequal divisions, comprised one million one hundred and sixty thousand men, without including those who garrisoned the fortresses. No monarch, since the time of Solomon, equalled Jehoshaphat in the extent of his revenue, in the strength of his fortifications, and in the number of his troops.
2Ch 17:1-6.
約沙法行正道並昌盛。
1. 約沙法……奮勇自強，防備以色列——以色列諸王的性情與作為，使約沙法不得不在國境北方邊界採取有力的防禦措施。包括使一切堡壘駐滿兵員，又在國中各處設立軍事據點，也在屬約沙法的以法蓮山地諸城設防
（2Ch 15:8）。