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2Ch 16:1-14.
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2Ch 16:1-14.
ASA, BY A LEAGUE WITH THE SYRIANS, DIVERTS BAASHA FROM BUILDING RAMAH.
1-6. In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha . . . came up against Judah--Baasha had died several years before this date
(1Ki 15:33),
and the best biblical critics are agreed in considering this date to be calculated from the separation of the kingdoms, and coincident with the sixteenth year of Asa's reign. This mode of reckoning was, in all likelihood, generally followed in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel, the public annals of the time
(2Ch 16:11),
the source from which the inspired historian drew his account.
Baasha . . . built Ramah--that is, fortified it. The blessing of God which manifestly rested at this time on the kingdom of Judah, the signal victory of Asa, the freedom and purity of religious worship, and the fame of the late national covenant, were regarded with great interest throughout Israel, and attracted a constantly increasing number of emigrants to Judah. Baasha, alarmed at this movement, determined to stem the tide; and as the high road to and from Jerusalem passed by Ramah, he made that frontier town, about six miles north of Asa's capital, a military station, where the vigilance of his sentinels would effectually prevent all passage across the boundary of the kingdom (see on
1Ki 15:16-22;
also
Jer 41:9).
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4. 便哈達……差遣元帥……他們就攻打……亞伯瑪音——「水之草場」，據推測位於約旦河最上游湖泊附近的沼澤平原上。另外兩座城也在巴勒斯坦北區。其敘利亞盟友這些出乎意料的敵對行動，打斷了巴沙在拉瑪的築城工程；而巴沙不久之後去世，使他無法恢復此工。
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4. Ben-hadad . . . sent the captains of his armies . . . and they smote . . . Abelmaim--"The meadow of waters," supposed to have been situated on the marshy plain near the uppermost lake of the Jordan. The other two towns were also in the northern district of Palestine. These unexpected hostilities of his Syrian ally interrupted Baasha's fortifications at Ramah, and his death, happening soon after, prevented his resuming them.
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7-10. 先見哈拿尼來見亞撒……說——他的目的是向王指出他近期與便哈迪結盟之錯。先知指出，挪用聖殿寶庫來雇用敘利亞傭兵，表明了對上帝的不信賴——以王的經歷而言，這是難辭其咎的。他又說，因著這信心的欠缺，亞撒喪失了戰勝巴沙與便哈迪聯軍的機會，其輝煌程度將超過勝過古實人那一役。那樣的勝利本可消滅他們的軍隊，使他們日後再無力騷擾；而他那愚昧屬世的政策——如此不合上帝代理人身分——濫用聖殿寶庫、敗壞以色列王盟友的忠誠，卻挑起了一方的貪婪、加深了另一方的敵意，使自己再度陷入麻煩
（1Ki 15:32）。 這番責備一針見血，因其真實與公正，本應刺透並刺痛亞撒這樣的人的心。但他的驕傲因這位誠實的王者之諍諫者的直言而被冒犯，在一陣激烈的慚怒中，他下令將哈拿尼下在監裏。
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7-10. Hanani the seer came to Asa . . . and said--His object was to show the king his error in forming his recent league with Ben-hadad. The prophet represented the appropriation of the temple treasures to purchase the services of the Syrian mercenaries, as indicating a distrust in God most blameable with the king's experience. He added, that in consequence of this want of faith, Asa had lost the opportunity of gaining a victory over the united forces of Baasha and Ben-hadad, more splendid than that obtained over the Ethiopians. Such a victory, by destroying their armies, would have deprived them of all power to molest him in the future; whereas by his foolish and worldly policy, so unworthy of God's vicegerent, to misapply the temple treasures and corrupt the fidelity of an ally of the king of Israel, he had tempted the cupidity of the one, and increased the hostility of the other, and rendered himself liable to renewed troubles
(1Ki 15:32).
This rebuke was pungent and, from its truth and justness, ought to have penetrated and afflicted the heart of such a man as Asa. But his pride was offended at the freedom taken by the honest reprover of royalty, and in a burst of passionate resentment, he ordered Hanani to be thrown into prison.
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10. 亞撒在那時虐待一些百姓——這虐待的形式或程度並無記載。他虐待他們的原因，大概與哈拿尼所犯的同樣的罪——他們對他與便哈迪結盟的行為強烈表示不滿，也可能是因他虐待耶和華的僕人。
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10. Asa oppressed some of the people the same time--The form or degree of this oppression is not recorded. The cause of his oppressing them was probably due to the same offense as that of Hanani--a strong expression of their dissatisfaction with his conduct in leaguing with Ben-hadad, or it may have been his maltreatment of the Lord's servant.
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12. 亞撒……腳上有病——大概是痛風。
他的病卻極重——更恰當地說「向上蔓延」於全身，這證明病情猛烈而危險。
他在病中沒有求耶和華，只求醫生——很可能是埃及的醫生，他們在外邦朝廷中素享盛名，並聲稱能以咒語、法術與玄術驅病。亞撒的過失在於信靠這樣的醫生，卻忽略了求告上帝的幫助與賜福。最好最聖潔的人也曾一時陷入罪中，但藉悔改重新興起；亞撒既被稱為好人
（2Ch 15:17）， 可以推想他也恢復了較好的心境。
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12. Asa . . . was diseased in his feet--probably the gout.
yet his disease was exceeding great--better, "moved upwards" in his body, which proves the violent and dangerous type of the malady.
yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians--most probably Egyptian physicians, who were anciently in high repute at foreign courts, and who pretended to expel diseases by charms, incantations, and mystic arts. Asa's fault consisted in his trusting to such physicians, while he neglected to supplicate the aid and blessing of God. The best and holiest men have been betrayed for a time into sins, but through repentance have risen again; and as Asa is pronounced a good man
(2Ch 15:17),
it may be presumed that he also was restored to a better state of mind.
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14. 葬他在自己的墳墓裏——耶路撒冷附近的墳墓是在岩壁側面開鑿而成的。一個洞穴可容納數個墳墓。
使他躺在床上……充滿各樣的香料——顯然為他舉行了隆重的公葬，以表達對他敬虔品格與愛國施政的尊敬與感恩。但「床」是指他躺臥供人瞻仰的御榻、那些香料用以中和屍體的難聞氣味，還是指一種以大量香料處理的防腐，則無法斷定。
他們為他焚燒許多的物件——按一些人的意見，是為焚化香料。按另一些人，那是一座用以火化屍體的宏大火堆——這是當時及此後很久在希伯來人中盛行的習俗，王室若不行此禮，便被視為極大的恥辱
（2Ch 21:19； 1Sa 31:12； Jer 34:5； Am 6:10）。
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14. they buried him in his own sepulchres--The tombs in the neighborhood of Jerusalem were excavated in the side of a rock. One cave contained several tombs or sepulchres.
laid him in the bed . . . filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices--It is evident that a sumptuous public funeral was given him as a tribute of respect and gratitude for his pious character and patriotic government. But whether "the bed" means a state couch on which he lay exposed to public view, the odoriferous perfumes being designed to neutralize the offensive smell of the corpse, or whether it refers to an embalmment, in which aromatic spices were always used in great profusion, it is impossible to say.
they made a very great burning for him--according to some, for consuming the spices. According to others, it was a magnificent pile for the cremation of the corpse--a usage which was at that time, and long after, prevalent among the Hebrews, and the omission of which in the case of royal personages was reckoned a great indignity
(2Ch 21:19; 1Sa 31:12; Jer 34:5; Am 6:10).
2Ch 16:1-14.
亞撒與亞蘭人結盟，迫使巴沙停止建造拉瑪。
1-6. 亞撒三十六年，巴沙……上來攻擊猶大——巴沙在此日期之前數年已經去世
（1Ki 15:33）， 因此最優秀的聖經學者一致認為這日期是從王國分裂之時算起，與亞撒作王第十六年吻合。這種計算法很可能在《猶大與以色列諸王記》——當時的官方年鑑，也是這位受默示的史家取材的來源——中普遍沿用
（2Ch 16:11）。
巴沙……修築拉瑪——即將之設防。此時明顯臨到猶大國的上帝賜福、亞撒顯著的勝利、敬拜的自由與純潔，以及近期全民立約的盛名，在以色列全地備受矚目，吸引越來越多的人遷徙到猶大。巴沙對此深感不安，決意遏制這股潮流；由於往來耶路撒冷的要道經過拉瑪，他便將這座距亞撒京城以北約六哩的邊城闢為軍事據點，哨兵的嚴密監視將有效杜絕一切越界通行（參
1Ki 15:16-22； 另參
Jer 41:9）。