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2 Chronicles 17:1
英文原文
Jehoshaphat ascended the throne in the fourth year of Ahab 1 Kings 22:41, probably after that monarch had contracted his alliance with the royal family of Sidon, and before he was engaged in war with Syria. It was thus not unnatural that Jehoshaphat should begin his reign by strengthening himself against a possible attack on the part of his northern neighbor.
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2 Chronicles 17:3
他祖大卫初行的道——七十士译本和几份希伯来文抄本没有“大卫”一名，它很可能是从旁注窜入正文的，因为大卫的“初行之道”从未在别处与他的后期之道相对照。作者真正的意思是，约沙法效法了其父亚撒早年所立的榜样（2 Chronicles 14:1-15; 15）。
诸巴力——关于这个复数形式，见 1 Kings 18:18 的注释。
英文原文
The first ways of his father David - The Septuagint and several Hebrew manuscripts omit "David," which has probably crept in from the margin, for David's "first ways" are nowhere else contrasted with his later ways. The real meaning of the writer is, that Jehoshaphat followed the example set by his father Asa in his earlier years 2 Chronicles 14:1-15; 15.
Baalim - On the plural form, see 1 Kings 18:18 note.
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2 Chronicles 17:4
以色列人的行为——即那个时代特有的拜偶像行为，也就是引进并确立对巴力和亚舍拉的敬拜。
英文原文
The doings of Israel - i. e. the especially idolatrous doings of the time - the introduction and establishment of the worship of Baal and the groves.
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2 Chronicles 17:5
礼物——即正税之外所献的“自愿礼物”。参见 1 Samuel 10:27。
英文原文
Presents - i. e. "free-will offerings," in addition to the regular taxes. See 1 Samuel 10:27.
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2 Chronicles 17:6
他的心高涨——这种说法通常带贬义（Deuteronomy 8:14; 2 Chronicles 26:16; Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 18:12），但此处须另作解释。旁注的“得了鼓励”相当贴切地表达了真意。他先以忠心敬拜耶和华作出榜样，随后竭尽全力根除拜偶像之事。
他除掉了邱坛——比较 2 Chronicles 20:33，并参见 2 Chronicles 15:17 的注释。
英文原文
His heart was lifted up - This expression generally occurs in a bad sense Deuteronomy 8:14; 2 Chronicles 26:16; Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 18:12; but here it must be taken differently. The margin "was encouraged" expresses fairly the true meaning. He first began by setting an example of faithfulness to Yahweh. He then proceeded to use his best endeavors to extirpate idolatry.
He took away the high places - Compare 2 Chronicles 20:33, and see the 2 Chronicles 15:17 note.
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2 Chronicles 17:7
首领们并非亲自被差派为教师，而是受托负责监督百姓受到教导。实际的教师是 2 Chronicles 17:8 所说的祭司和利未人。
英文原文
The princes were not sent as teachers themselves, but had the duty committed to them of seeing that the people were taught. The actual teachers were the priests and Levites of 2 Chronicles 17:8.
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2 Chronicles 17:9
毫无疑问，这本“律法书”就是摩西五经——即使与我们今日所有的形式不完全相同，也几乎一致。整套律法的抄本想必稀少，因此约沙法所差派的人特意随身带了一份抄本。
英文原文
There is no reasonable doubt that this "book of the law" was the Pentateuch - nearly, if not quite, in the shape in which we now have it. Copies of the whole Law were, no doubt, scarce; and therefore Jehoshaphat's commission took care to carry a copy with them.
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2 Chronicles 17:11
有些非利士人与约沙法修好，送礼物来——即“有些非利士人在向他进贡的人之列”。比较 2 Samuel 8:2; 1 Kings 4:21。
进贡的银子——或作“大量的银子”，按字面是“作为重负的银子”。
阿拉伯人——在犹大南面和东南面与之接壤的阿拉伯各部族，向约沙法缴纳固定的实物贡赋。比较 2 Kings 3:4 的注释。
英文原文
Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents - i. e. "some of the Philistines were among his tributaries." Compare 2 Samuel 8:2; 1 Kings 4:21.
Tribute silver - Or, "much silver" - literally "silver of burthen."
The Arabians - The Arab tribes who bordered Judaea to the south and the southeast paid Jehoshaphat a fixed tribute in kind. Compare 2 Kings 3:4 note.
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2 Chronicles 17:14
千夫长们、首领押拿——按字面是“千人之首，首领押拿”。作者并不是说押拿（或 2 Chronicles 17:15 的约哈难）以任何方式高于其他“首领”，而只是说他是其中之一。
三十万——这个数目，以及 2 Chronicles 17:15-18 接续的各数，被大多数学者有充分理由地视为传抄讹误。理由如下：
（1）这些数目意味着每平方英里至少 1,480 人口，这比已知世界（约1880年代）任何国家的人口密度高出三倍以上。
（2）这些数目合计起来，恰好是犹大军事力量次高估算——即 2 Chronicles 14:8 的 580,000——的两倍。
（3）这些数目明言并非全国总兵力，而是驻扎在耶路撒冷的兵力（2 Chronicles 17:13；参 2 Chronicles 17:19）。
原来的数目大概已经失传，而其缺损大概是由一位文士补足的，他以 2 Chronicles 14:8 为依据。
英文原文
The captains of thousands; Adnah the chief - literally, "princes of thousands, Adnah the prince." The writer does not mean that Adnah (or Johohanan, 2 Chronicles 17:15) was in any way superior to the other "princes," but only that he was one of them.
Three hundred thousand - This number. and those which follow in 2 Chronicles 17:15-18, have been with good reason regarded as corrupt by most critics. For:
(1) They imply a minimum population of 1,480 to the square mile, which is more than three times greater than that of any country in the known world (circa 1880's).
(2) they produce a total just double that of the next largest estimate of the military force of Judah, the 580, 000 of 2 Chronicles 14:8.
(3) they are professedly a statement, not of the whole military force, but of the force maintained at Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 17:13; compare 2 Chronicles 17:19).
It is probable that the original numbers have been lost, and that the loss was suppplied by a scribe, who took 2 Chronicles 14:8 as his basis.
约沙法在亚哈第四年登基 1 Kings 22:41，大概是在那位君王与西顿王室结盟之后、与亚兰开战之前。因此，约沙法即位之初便巩固国力、防备北方邻国可能的进攻，也就不足为奇了。