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2 Chronicles 11:5
英文原文
Rehoboam was between two dangers: on the north he might be attacked by Jeroboam, on the south by Jeroboam's ally, Egypt. From this side was the greater peril, and therefore out of the 15 cities fortified, all but three were on the southern or western frontier, where Egypt would be most likely to attack.
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2 Chronicles 11:6
見約書亞記15章及約書亞記15:33-36、15:48-51、15:58-59各節註釋。
關於亞杜蘭，見撒母耳記上22:1註釋。它位於梭哥（約書亞記15:35）的近鄰，但其位置無法確切核定。那是一個極古老的地方（創世記38:1）。
英文原文
See Joshua 15 and notes at Joshua 15:33-36, notes; Joshua 15:48-51, notes; Joshua 15:58-59, notes.
For Adullam see 1 Samuel 22:1 note. It was in the near neighborhood of Socoh Joshua 15:35; but its site cannot be actually fixed. It was a place of great antiquity Genesis 38:1.
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2 Chronicles 11:8
關於迦特，見約書亞記13:3註釋。其本地的王亞吉（列王紀上2:39）不應視為獨立的君主，而應看作所羅門所轄眾多藩臣之王中的一個（歷代志下9:23）。關於瑪利沙，見約書亞記15:44；關於西弗，見約書亞記15:55。
英文原文
For Gath, see Joshua 13:3 note. Its native king, Achish 1 Kings 2:39, is to he regarded, not as an independent monarch, but as one of the many vassal-kings over whom Solomon reigned 2 Chronicles 9:23. For Mareshah, see Joshua 15:44, for Ziph, Joshua 15:55.
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2 Chronicles 11:9
亞多蘭的位置不能確定。關於拉吉，見約書亞記10:3；亞西加，見約書亞記10:10；瑣拉，見約書亞記15:33；亞雅崙，見約書亞記10:12；希伯崙，見約書亞記14:15。這些城沒有一座真正位於便雅憫支派的境內。作者使用「猶大和便雅憫」一語，只是作為南方王國的通稱（比較歷代志下11:12和11:23）。
英文原文
The site of Adoraim is uncertain. For Lachish, see Joshua 10:3; Azekah, Joshua 10:10; Zorah, Joshua 15:33; Aijalon, Joshua 10:12; Hebron, Joshua 14:15. No one of the cities was really within the limits of the tribe of Benjamin. The writer uses the phrase "Judah and Benjamin" merely as the common designation of the southern kingdom (compare 2 Chronicles 11:12 and 2 Chronicles 11:23).
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2 Chronicles 11:14
耶羅波安大概是為了這新祭司體系的利益，沒收了利未人的土地。在這種情況下，眾祭司和利未人大批遷移到南方王國去；隨後，較為敬虔的以色列人也普遍遷移（歷代志下11:16）。
英文原文
Jeroboam probably confiscated the Levitical lands for the benefit of this new priesthood. Under these circumstances the priests and Levites emigrated in large numbers to the southern kingdom; an act which was followed by a general emigration of the more pious Israelites 2 Chronicles 11:16.
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2 Chronicles 11:15
邱壇——即但和伯特利的那兩處聖所。
為鬼魔——按字面是「為公山羊」：這個詞大概如利未記17:7那樣，用來泛指拜偶像的敬拜對象。
英文原文
The high places - i. e., the two sanctuaries at Dan and Bethel.
For the devils - literally, "for the goats:" probably the word is used (as in Leviticus 17:7) for objects of idolatrous worship generally.
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2 Chronicles 11:17
三年——即羅波安在位的頭三年。第四年發生了背道，使這次遷移所帶來的一切好處盡歸無效（見邊注）。第五年，示撒前來入侵並得勝，背道就受到了懲罰（歷代志下12:2）。
英文原文
Three years - i. e., during the first three years of Rehoboam's reign. In the fourth year an apostasy took place, which neutralized all the advantages of the immigration (marginal reference). In the fifth the apostasy was punished by the invasion and success of Shishak 2 Chronicles 12:2.
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2 Chronicles 11:18
這大概是從易多的「族譜」中摘錄的（歷代志下12:15）。
耶利摩既沒有列在大衛正式妻子所生的眾子之中（歷代志上3:1-8；歷代志上14:4-7），所以他必定是庶妻之子。
亞比孩大概不是以利押的「女兒」，而是他的「孫女」（撒母耳記上16:6；撒母耳記上17:13；歷代志上2:13）。
英文原文
This is probably an extract from the "genealogies" of Iddo 2 Chronicles 12:15.
As Jerimoth is not mentioned among the legitimate sons of David 1 Chronicles 3:1-8; 1 Chronicles 14:4-7, he must have been the child of a concubine.
Abihail was probably the "grand-daughter," not "daughter," of Eliab 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:13; 1 Chronicles 2:13.
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2 Chronicles 11:20
押沙龍的女兒瑪迦——其實應作「孫女」（見列王紀上15:2註釋）。
英文原文
Maachah the daughter of Absalom - Rather, "grand-daughter" (see the 1 Kings 15:2 note).
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2 Chronicles 11:22
耶烏施大概是羅波安眾子中的長子，按自然的次序並按律法的規定（申命記21:15-17），本應作他的繼承人。但羅波安因寵愛瑪迦，就違犯了律法。
英文原文
Jeush was probably the oldest of Rehoboam's sons, and should naturally and according to the provisions of the Law Deuteronomy 21:15-17 have been his heir. But Rehoboam's affection for Maachah led him to transgress the Law.
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2 Chronicles 11:23
羅波安的智慧表現在兩方面：
（1）他把其餘的兒子分散各地，而不讓他們一同留在耶路撒冷；他們若留在一起，就可能像亞多尼雅和他的兄弟們對待所羅門那樣（列王紀上1:5-10），參與反對亞比雅的陰謀；
（2）他給眾子安排足以使他們滿足的職位，使他們不至嫉妒亞比雅。
為他們多尋妻子——（參歷代志下11:21）。有人則傾向把這句話與前面的話相連。若是這樣，它就表明羅波安細心取悅眾子的另一個方面。
英文原文
Rehoboam's wisdom was shown:
(1) In dispersing his other sons instead of allowing them to remain together in Jerusalem, where they might have joined in a plot against Abijah, as Adonijah and his brothers had done against Solomon 1 Kings 1:5-10;
(2) In giving his sons positions which might well content them and prevent them from being jealous of Abijah.
He desired many wives - (Compare 2 Chronicles 11:21). Some prefer to connect the words with the preceding words. If so, they denote another point in which Rehoboam was careful to please his sons.
羅波安處於兩重危險之間：北面可能遭耶羅波安攻擊，南面可能遭耶羅波安的盟國埃及攻擊。南面的威脅更大，因此在他修築的十五座城之中，除三座以外，全都位於南部或西部邊境，即埃及最可能進犯的地帶。