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2 Chronicles 25:1
英文原文
This chapter is evidently taken to a large extent from the same document as Kings (see the marginal reference and the notes). At the same time it contains large and important additions; e. g. 2 Chronicles 25:5-10, 2 Chronicles 25:13-16.
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2 Chronicles 25:5
三十萬——亞撒的軍隊幾乎是這數字的兩倍，達五十八萬（歷代志下14:8）。兵力減少的原因，一部分在於戰爭（歷代志下21:8、21:16；24:23-24），一部分在於王國整體的衰敗。
英文原文
Three hundred thousand - Asa's army had been nearly twice as numerous, amounting to 580, 000 2 Chronicles 14:8. The diminution was due, in part, to wars 2 Chronicles 21:8, 2 Chronicles 21:16; 2 Chronicles 24:23-24; in part, to the general decadence of the kingdom.
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2 Chronicles 25:8
若以現有經文為完好，這段話必須以反語理解。但近代多數註釋家補上第二個否定詞，譯作：「但你獨自去吧，行動吧，在戰場上剛強吧——這樣，神就必不使你敗倒。」
英文原文
If the present text is regarded as sound, this passage must be taken ironically. But most recent commentators supply a second negative, and render it: "But go thou alone, act, be strong for the battle - God shall then not make thee to fall."
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2 Chronicles 25:10
這樣遣散他們，勢必激起極大的憤怒。以色列人必以為自己是因誠信受疑而被遣散的。關於他們憤怒的後果，見歷代志下25:13。
英文原文
Such a dismissal could not fail to arouse great indignation. The Israelites would suppose themselves dismissed because their good faith was suspected. On the consequences of their indignation, see 2 Chronicles 25:13.
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2 Chronicles 25:11
西珥的子孫——即以東人（見邊注「h」）。
英文原文
The children of Seir - i. e. the Edomites (see the marginal reference "h").
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2 Chronicles 25:12
磐石頂——不如譯作「西拉（即彼特拉）的高處」；戰役大概就是在那附近打的。關於以東戰爭所顯出的殘酷情形，請參看列王紀上11:15、以西結書25:12、俄巴底亞書1:14。
英文原文
The top of the rock - Rather, "the height of Selah" (or, Petra), near which the battle was probably fought. On the cruel features of the Edomite wars, see 1 Kings 11:15; Ezekiel 25:12; Obadiah 1:14.
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2 Chronicles 25:13
為了報復那侮辱（歷代志下25:10），約阿施的軍隊向南進發，蹂躪了以色列邊界與伯和崙之間所有猶大的城邑和村莊。這次入侵大概發生在亞瑪謝還在以東的時候。
英文原文
To revenge the insult 2 Chronicles 25:10, the troops of Joash proceeded southward and ravaged all the Jewish towns and villages between the Israelite frontier and Bethboron. This invasion probably took place while Amaziah was still in Edom.
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2 Chronicles 25:14
從被征服的國家或城邑擄走神像，作為勝利的戰利品，這種風俗在東方各民族中十分常見。有時——如羅馬人的做法——其目的是敬拜，特別是當這些神本來就屬於征服國所敬奉的神，而那些神像又素有特別神聖之聲望的時候。
英文原文
The practice of carrying off the images of the gods from a conquered country, or city, as trophies of victory, was common among the nations of the East. Sometimes as with the Romans, the object was worship, especially when the gods were previously among those of the conquering country, and the images had the reputation of special sanctity.
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2 Chronicles 25:16
我們豈立你作王的謀士呢——這是一句含蓄的譏諷：「我豈立你為我的謀士之一？若不是，你有何資格向我進言？」
這預言應驗的經過，見歷代志下25:22-24、歷代志下25:27。
英文原文
Art thou made of the king's counsel? - A subtle irony: "Have I made thee one of my council? If not what entitles thee to offer thy advice?"
For the fulfillment of the prophecy, see 2 Chronicles 25:22-24, 2 Chronicles 25:27.
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2 Chronicles 25:27
自從那時以後……——作者的意思是：亞瑪謝的橫死乃是他背道的後果。這不是說在時間上緊隨其後——因為那死亡至少是在十五年後才發生的（歷代志下25:25）——也不是說，按人的眼光看，背道直接導致了他的死；而是說，作為神的審判，他的死完全應驗了歷代志下25:16的預言。
英文原文
After the time ... - The writer means that the violent death of Amaziah followed on his apostasy, not closely in point of time - for it must have been at least 15 years after 2 Chronicles 25:25 - nor as, humanly speaking, caused by it; but, in the way of a divine judgment, his death was a complete fulfillment of the prophecy of 2 Chronicles 25:16.
本章顯然在頗大程度上取自與列王紀相同的文獻（見邊注及各節註釋）。同時，它也包含大量重要的補充內容，例如歷代志下25:5-10、25:13-16。