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2Ch 14:1-5.
英文原文
2Ch 14:1-5.
ASA DESTROYS IDOLATRY.
1. In his days the land was quiet ten years--This long interval of peace was the continued effect of the great battle of Zemaraim (compare
1Ki 15:11-14).
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2. 亞撒行善且正——（參
1Ki 15:14）。 然而他的品格與生平仍非毫無瑕疵
（2Ch 16:7, 10, 12）。
英文原文
2. Asa did that which was good and right--(compare
1Ki 15:14).
Still his character and life were not free from faults
(2Ch 16:7, 10, 12).
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3. 打碎偶像——即巴力的像（參
2Ch 34:4；
Le 26:30）。
砍下木偶——更恰當地說是「亞舍拉像」（Asherim）。
英文原文
3. brake down the images--of Baal (see on
2Ch 34:4;
Le 26:30).
cut down the groves--rather, "Asherim."
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5. 他除掉……邱壇——即那些用以行拜偶像之禮的邱壇。
從猶大各城除掉邱壇和偶像——耶路撒冷及國中其他城邑所有公開的偶像物件與遺跡都被毀除；但那些以牛的形象敬拜上帝的邱壇，如伯特利，卻獲准保留
（1Ki 15:14）； 改革至此仍不完全。
英文原文
5. he took away . . . the high places--that is, those devoted to idolatrous rites.
took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images--All public objects and relics of idolatry in Jerusalem and other cities through his kingdom were destroyed; but those high places where God was worshipped under the figure of an ox, as at Beth-el, were allowed to remain
(1Ki 15:14);
so far the reformation was incomplete.
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2Ch 14:6-8.
2Ch 14:6-8.
得享太平，他以堡壘與軍隊鞏固王國。
6. 他在猶大建造堅固城——（參
1Ki 15:22）。
英文原文
2Ch 14:6-8.
HAVING PEACE, HE STRENGTHENS HIS KINGDOM WITH FORTS AND ARMIES.
6. he built fenced cities in Judah--(See on
1Ki 15:22).
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7. 地還在我們面前——即我們在各處仍可自由通行、不受阻撓；附近沒有仇敵；但這太平的時光未必持久，而王國又小又弱，讓我們預備合宜的防禦以備不時之需。他還有一支五十八萬人的軍隊。猶大提供重裝步兵，便雅憫提供弓箭手。這龐大的數目不是指常備軍，而是指一切能拿兵器、可被徵召服役的人。
英文原文
7. while the land is yet before us--that is, while we have free and undisputed progress everywhere; no foe is near; but, as this happy time of peace may not last always and the kingdom is but small and weak, let us prepare suitable defenses in case of need. He had also an army of five hundred eighty thousand men. Judah furnished the heavily armed soldiers, and Benjamin the archers. This large number does not mean a body of professional soldiers, but all capable of bearing arms and liable to be called into service.
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2Ch 14:9-15.
2Ch 14:9-15.
他勝過謝拉，搶奪古實人。
9. 有古實王謝拉率領軍兵出來攻擊他們——這不可能來自尼羅河瀑布以南的埃塞俄比亞，因為在示撒的繼承者奧索爾孔一世在位時，任何外國軍隊都不會獲准自由通過埃及。因此謝拉必是阿拉伯的古實人之首領——因為他們顯然是一支遊牧部族，在基拉耳附近有帳棚與牲畜的定居點。
軍兵一百萬，戰車三百輛——「二十頭用來載信差的駱駝，便可在短時間內招聚那麼多人。因為謝拉是主動攻擊的一方，他有時間選擇何時召集這些人、何時攻打敵人。這些古實牧人每一個都帶著自己慣常攜帶的麵粉與水為糧，可以與亞撒交戰，而不必吃謝拉的一塊餅、喝他的一品脫水」〔BRUCE, Travels〕。
英文原文
2Ch 14:9-15.
HE OVERCOMES ZERAH, AND SPOILS THE ETHIOPIANS.
9. there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian--This could not have been from Ethiopia south of the cataracts of the Nile, for in the reign of Osorkon I, successor of Shishak, no foreign army would have been allowed a free passage through Egypt. Zerah must, therefore, have been chief of the Cushites, or Ethiopians of Arabia, as they were evidently a nomad horde who had a settlement of tents and cattle in the neighborhood of Gerar.
a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots--"Twenty camels employed to carry couriers upon them might have procured that number of men to meet in a short time. As Zerah was the aggressor, he had time to choose when he would summon these men and attack the enemy. Every one of these Cushite shepherds, carrying with them their own provisions of flour and water, as is their invariable custom, might have fought with Asa without eating a loaf of Zerah's bread or drinking a pint of his water" [BRUCE, Travels].
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10. 於是亞撒出去迎擊他們，他們擺陣……在瑪利沙——這是羅波安所設防的城邑之一
（2Ch 11:8）， 位於猶大低地一處重要的南部隘口附近
（Jos 15:44）。 兩軍的交戰發生在城附近的一個平原，稱為「洗法谷」，據推測即從拜特吉布林（Beit Jibrin）通往 Tell Es-Safren 的寬闊通道〔ROBINSON〕。
英文原文
10. Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array . . . at Mareshah--one of the towns which Rehoboam fortified
(2Ch 11:8),
near a great southern pass in the low country of Judah
(Jos 15:44).
The engagement between the armies took place in a plain near the town, called "the valley of Zephathah," supposed to be the broad way coming down Beit Jibrin towards Tell Es-Safren [ROBINSON].
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11-13. 亞撒呼求耶和華他的上帝——這位敬虔之王深信上帝的大能無論人多人少都能賜下勝利，便率領一支相對較小的軍隊，迎擊南境邊界上那支可怕的劫掠大軍。他將自己的事交託上帝，投入戰鬥——徹底擊潰了敵人，並因勝利之賞獲得了豐富的金銀與牲畜擄物——都取自這支遊牧部族的帳棚。
英文原文
11-13. Asa cried unto the Lord his God--Strong in the confidence that the power of God was able to give the victory equally with few as with many, the pious king marched with a comparatively small force to encounter the formidable host of marauders at his southern frontier. Committing his cause to God, he engaged in the conflict--completely routed the enemy, and succeeded in obtaining, as the reward of his victory, a rich booty in treasure and cattle from the tents of this pastoral horde.
2Ch 14:1-5.
亞撒除滅偶像。
1. 他的日子，國中太平十年——這段長久的平安，是澤瑪利音（Zemaraim）大戰持續的影響（參
1Ki 15:11-14）。