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2 Chronicles 14:1
英文原文
Asa his son reigned - If Rehoboam was (1 Kings 12:8 note) not more than 21 years old at his accession, Asa, when he mounted the throne, must have been a mere boy, not more than 10 or 11 years of age.
The land was quiet ten years - The great blow struck by Abijah 2 Chronicles 13:15-19, his alliance with Syria 1 Kings 15:19, and the rapid succession of sovereigns in Israel during the earlier part of Asa's reign 1 Kings 15:25-33, would naturally prevent disturbance on the part of the northern kingdom. The tender age of Asa himself would be a bar to warlike enterprises on the part of Judah.
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2 Chronicles 14:5
偶像——見邊注「日像」；並見利未記26:30註釋。
英文原文
Images - See the margin, sun-images; and Leviticus 26:30 note.
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2 Chronicles 14:7
這地還在我們面前——即「未被仇敵佔據」——「這地向我們敞開，我們可隨意前往。」比較創世記13:9。修築堅固的堡壘乃是背叛埃及的行為，因此可以預料埃及人必圖加以阻止。
英文原文
The land is yet before us - i. e., "unoccupied by an enemy" - "the land is open to us to go where we please." Compare Genesis 13:9. The fortification of the strongholds would be an act of rebellion against Egypt, and it might be expected that the Egyptians would endeavor to put a stop to it.
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2 Chronicles 14:8
猶大人作重裝部隊，便雅憫人則為輕裝。他們的數目與歷代志下13:3的數字十分吻合。由於猶大的疆界已經擴張（歷代志下13:19），而且至少十年沒有戰爭（歷代志下14:1），可用兵力自然增加：先前是四十萬，如今是五十八萬。
英文原文
The men of Judah served as heavy-armed troops, while the Benjamites were light-armed. Their numbers accord well with those of 2 Chronicles 13:3. As the boundaries of Judah had been enlarged 2 Chronicles 13:19, and as for ten years at least there had been no war 2 Chronicles 14:1, the effective force had naturally increased. It was 400, 000; it is now 580, 000.
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2 Chronicles 14:9
古實人謝拉大概是埃及碑刻所記示撒之後埃及的第三位王——烏撒肯（Osorkon）二世。烏撒肯二世按血統可能是古實人，因為他不是前任君王之子，而是其女婿，是憑妻子的權利作王的。這次遠征的目的，是要使猶大重新負埃及的軛。
一百萬的軍隊——這是我們在聖經中聽聞集結人數最多的軍隊；但它並未超過古代其他東方軍隊已知的人數。科多曼努斯（Codomannus）的大利烏在亞比拉（Arbela）戰場投入了1,040,000人；薛西斯（Xerxes）進軍希臘時，戰鬥人員肯定超過一百萬。
英文原文
Zerah the Ethiopian is probably Usarken (Osorkon) II, the third king of Egypt after Shishak, according to the Egyptian monuments. Osorkon II may have been by birth an Ethiopian, for he was the son-in-law, not the son, of the preceding monarch, and reigned in right of his wife. The object of the expedition would be to bring Judaea once more under the Egyptian yoke.
An host of a thousand thousand - This is the largest collected army of which we hear in Scripture; but it does not exceed the known numbers of other Oriental armies in ancient times. Darius Codomannus brought into the field at Arbela a force of 1,040, 000; Xerxes crossed into Greece with certainly above a million of combatants.
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2 Chronicles 14:10
「洗法谷」——不見於他處——大概是一條寬闊的河谷（wadi），從瑪利沙（見邊注）向西北開展，通往非利士大平原。亞撒推進時，謝拉便退入河谷較寬敞的地帶，以便運用他的馬兵和戰車。
英文原文
The "valley of Zephathah" - not elsewhere mentioned - is probably the broad Wady which opens out from Mareshah (marginal reference) in a northwesterly direction, leading into the great Philistine plain. Zerah, on the advance of Asa, drew off into the wider space of the Wady, where he could use his horsemen and chariots.
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2 Chronicles 14:11
在沒有幫助的與有幫助的人都是一樣……——即「你幫助軟弱的，與幫助剛強的，同樣容易。」
英文原文
It is nothing ... - i. e., "Thou canst as easily help the weak as the strong."
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2 Chronicles 14:12
謝拉的潰敗是猶太人歷史上最引人矚目的事件之一。他們位居兩大帝國之間，除此之外，再沒有一次曾在野戰中與其中任何一方的軍隊對陣並將其擊敗。除非躲在城牆之後，他們甚少敢於抵抗。示撒、西拿基立、以撒哈頓、尼布甲尼撒，或未遇抵抗，或只遭到這種方式的抵抗。他們另一次出戰野戰——約西亞抵擋尼哥的那次——其大膽以一場極其慘重的失敗告終（歷代志下35:20-24）。然而如今，在亞撒率領下，他們似乎對埃及取得了完全的勝利。隨之而來的結果也極為引人矚目。南方強權未能從這一打擊中重振，此後三百多年間再未朝這個方向作出任何努力。日漸強盛的亞述，最終在撒珥根和西拿基立在位時期，長驅直入埃及本土。對埃及作為侵略強權的一切懼怕都止息了；以色列人反倒轉而倚靠眾法老以求扶持（列王紀下17:4；列王紀下18:21；以賽亞書30:2-4等）。兩國之間僅以友好的紐帶相連；直到主前609年，才有一支埃及軍隊再度懷著敵意進入巴勒斯坦。
英文原文
The defeat of Zerah is one of the most remarkable events in the history of the Jews. On no other occasion did they meet in the field and overcome the forces of either of the two great monarchies between which they were placed. It was seldom that they ventured to resist, unless behind walls. Shishak, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, Nebuchadnezzar, were either unopposed or only opposed in this way. On the one other occasion on which they took the field - under Josiah against Necho - their boldness issued in a most disastrous defeat 2 Chronicles 35:20-24. Now, however, under Asa, they appear to have gained a complete victory over Egypt. The results which followed were nicest striking. The Southern power could not rally from the blow, and, for above three centuries made no further effort in this direction. Assyria, growing in strength, finally, under Sargon and Sennacherib, penetrated to Egypt itself. All fear of Egypt as an aggressive power ceased; and the Israelites learned instead to lean upon the Pharaohs for support (2 Kings 17:4; 2 Kings 18:21; Isaiah 30:2-4, etc.). Friendly ties alone connected the two countries: and it was not until 609 B.C. that an Egyptian force again entered Palestine with a hostile intention.
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2 Chronicles 14:14
他們擊打了基拉耳四圍的一切城邑——這一帶的非利士人大概曾跟隨謝拉出征。
英文原文
They smote all the cities round about Gerar - The Philistines of these parts had, it is probable, accompanied Zerah in his expedition.
他的兒子亞撒接續他作王——羅波安即位時（列王紀上12:8註釋）若不超過二十一歲，那麼亞撒登基時必不過是個孩童，年齡不會超過十或十一歲。
國中太平十年——亞比雅所施的重擊（歷代志下13:15-19）、亞撒與亞蘭所結的盟約（列王紀上15:19），以及亞撒在位初期以色列諸王的頻繁更替（列王紀上15:25-33），自然使北國無從生事。亞撒本人年紀尚幼，這也攔阻了猶大發動軍事行動。