历代志下 25
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亚玛谢作犹大王(A)
25 亚玛谢登基的时候是二十五岁，他在耶路撒冷作王二十九年。他的母亲名叫约耶但，是耶路撒冷人。 2 亚玛谢行耶和华看为正的事，只是心不专一。 3 他巩固了王位以后，就把击杀他父王的臣仆杀了。 4 他却没有处死他们的儿子，因为照着摩西律法书上所记，耶和华曾吩咐：“不可因儿子的罪处死父亲，也不可因父亲的罪处死儿子；各人要因自己的罪被处死。”
出兵攻打以东(B)
5 亚玛谢召集了犹大人，按着他们的家族为全犹大和便雅悯人，设立千夫长和百夫长，又数点他们的数目，从二十岁起，能出去打仗，能拿枪持盾的精兵，共有三十万。 6 又用了三千四百公斤银子，从以色列中雇了十万英勇的战士。 7 有一位神人来见亚玛谢，说：“王啊，请不要领以色列的军队和你同去，因为耶和华不和以色列人，不和任何以法莲的子孙同在。 8 即使你一定要去，奋勇争战， 神也会使你在敌人面前覆灭，因为 神有能力帮助人，也有能力使人覆灭。” 9 亚玛谢问神人：“我给以色列雇佣兵的那三千四百公斤银子怎么办呢？”神人回答：“耶和华能把比这更多赐给你。” 10 于是亚玛谢把那从以法莲来的雇佣兵解散了，遣送他们回家；因此他们非常恼怒犹大人，就气冲冲地回家去了。
11 亚玛谢鼓起勇气，率领他的人民到盐谷去，击杀了一万西珥人。 12 犹大人又生擒了一万人，带到一处崖顶，从崖顶把他们拋下去，使他们都摔得肢离破碎。 13 但亚玛谢打发回去、不许和他一同作战的雇佣兵，竟侵入犹大各城，从撒玛利亚直到伯．和仑，击杀了三千人，又掠去了很多财物。
亚玛谢拜偶像受责备(C)
14 亚玛谢击败了以东人回来的时候，把西珥人的神像也带回来，立为自己的神，在它们面前叩拜，又向它们烧香。 15 因此，耶和华向亚玛谢发怒，于是差派一位先知去见他，对他说：“这民族的神不能拯救自己的人民脱离你的手，你为甚么还寻求它们呢？” 16 先知向王讲话的时候，王对他说：“我们立了你作王的谋士吗？住口吧！你要挨打吗？”先知就住口，可是又说：“我知道 神已定意消灭你，因为你作了这事，又不听从我的劝戒。”
17 犹大王亚玛谢和群臣商议以后，就派人去见耶户的孙子、约哈斯的儿子、以色列王约阿施，说：“来吧，我们在战场上相见吧！” 18 以色列王约阿施派人去见犹大王亚玛谢，说：“黎巴嫩的蒺藜派人去见黎巴嫩的香柏树，说：‘把你的女儿给我的儿子作妻子吧！’后来有一只黎巴嫩的野兽从那里经过，把蒺藜践踏了。 19 你心里说你击败了以东人，你就心里骄傲，以这事夸口。现在你留在家里吧，为甚么要惹祸，使犹大和你一同覆亡呢？”
亚玛谢战败逃走(D)
20 亚玛谢却不听从；这原是出于 神，好把他们交在约阿施手里，因为他们寻求以东的神。 21 于是以色列王约阿施上来，在犹大的伯．示麦，和犹大王亚玛谢相会于战场上。 22 犹大人在以色列人面前被击败，各自逃回家去了。 23 以色列王约阿施在伯．示麦捉住了约哈斯的孙子、约阿施的儿子、犹大王亚玛谢，把他带到耶路撒冷，又拆毁耶路撒冷的城墙，从以法莲门直到角门，共两百公尺。 24 又把俄别．以东负责看守神殿里的一切金银和一切器皿，以及王宫里的宝物都掠去，又掳走人质，然后回撒玛利亚去了。
亚玛谢在拉吉被弒(E)
25 以色列王约哈斯的儿子约阿施死后，犹大王约阿施的儿子亚玛谢还活了十五年。 26 亚玛谢其余的事迹，一生的始末，不是都记在犹大和以色列诸王记上吗？ 27 自从亚玛谢离弃耶和华以后，在耶路撒冷有人要谋害他；他就逃到拉吉去。谋害他的人派人追到拉吉，在那里把他杀死。 28 然后用马把他的尸体运回来，埋葬在大卫城（按照《马索拉文本》的大部分抄本，“大卫”作“犹大”；现参照其他抄本和各古译本翻译；参王下14:20）里，和他的列祖一起。
2 Chronicles 25
Contemporary English Version
King Amaziah of Judah
(2 Kings 14.1-6)
25 Amaziah was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled 29 years from Jerusalem, the hometown of his mother Jehoaddin.[a]
2 Even though Amaziah obeyed the Lord by doing right, he refused to be completely faithful. 3 For example, as soon as he had control of Judah, he arrested and killed the officers who had murdered his father. 4 (A) But the children of those officers were not killed; the Lord had commanded in the Law of Moses that only the people who sinned were to be punished.[b]
Edom Is Defeated
(2 Kings 14.7)
5 Amaziah sent a message to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and called together all the men who were 20 years old and older. Three hundred thousand men went to Jerusalem, all of them ready for battle and able to fight with spears and shields. Amaziah grouped these soldiers according to their clans and put them under the command of his army officers. 6 Amaziah also paid about 3.4 tons of silver to hire 100,000 soldiers from Israel.
7 One of God's prophets said, “Your Majesty, don't let these Israelite soldiers march into battle with you. The Lord has refused to help anyone from the northern kingdom of Israel, 8 and so he will let your enemies defeat you, even if you fight hard. He is the one who brings both victory and defeat.”
9 Amaziah replied, “What am I supposed to do about all the silver I paid those troops?”
“The Lord will give you back even more than you paid,” the prophet answered.
10 Amaziah ordered the troops from Israel to go home, but when they left, they were furious with the people of Judah.
11 After Amaziah got his courage back, he led his troops to Salt Valley, where he killed 10,000 Edomite soldiers in battle. 12 He captured 10,000 more soldiers and dragged them to the top of a high cliff. Then he pushed them over the side, and they all were killed on the rocks below.
13 Meanwhile, the Israelite troops that Amaziah had sent home, raided the towns in Judah between Samaria and Beth-Horon. They killed 3,000 people and carried off their possessions.
14 After Amaziah had defeated the Edomite army, he returned to Jerusalem. He took with him the idols of the Edomite gods and set them up. Then he bowed down and offered them sacrifices. 15 This made the Lord very angry, and he sent a prophet to ask Amaziah, “Why would you worship these foreign gods that couldn't even save their own people from your attack?”
16 But before the prophet finished speaking, Amaziah interrupted and said, “You're not one of my advisors! Don't say another word, or I'll have you killed.”
The prophet stopped. But then he added, “First you sinned and now you've ignored my warning. It's clear that God has decided to punish you!”
Israel Defeats Judah
(2 Kings 14.8-14)
17 King Amaziah of Judah talked with his officials, then sent a message to King Jehoash[c] of Israel: “Come out and face me in battle!”
18 Jehoash sent back a reply that said:
Once upon a time, a small thornbush in Lebanon arranged the marriage between his son and the daughter of a large cedar tree. But a wild animal came along and trampled the small bush.
19 Amaziah, you think you're so powerful because you defeated Edom. But stay at home and do your celebrating. If you cause any trouble, both you and your kingdom of Judah will be destroyed.
20 God made Amaziah stubborn because he was planning to punish him for worshiping the Edomite gods. Amaziah refused to listen to Jehoash's warning, 21 so Jehoash led his army to the town of Beth-Shemesh in Judah to attack Amaziah and his troops. 22 During the battle, Judah's army was crushed. Every soldier from Judah ran back home, 23 and Jehoash captured Amaziah.
Jehoash took Amaziah with him when he went to attack Jerusalem. Jehoash broke down the city wall from Ephraim Gate to Corner Gate, a section nearly 200 meters long. 24 He carried away the gold, the silver, and all the valuable furnishings from God's temple where the descendants of Obed-Edom stood guard. He robbed the king's treasury, took hostages, then returned to Samaria.
Amaziah Is Killed
(2 Kings 14.15-20)
25 Amaziah lived 15 years after Jehoash died. 26 Everything else Amaziah did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
27 As soon as Amaziah started disobeying the Lord, some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah. He was able to escape to the town of Lachish, but another group of people caught him and killed him there. 28 His body was taken to Jerusalem on horseback and buried beside his ancestors.
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