历代志下 14
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亚比雅卒其子亚撒继位
14 亚比雅与他列祖同睡，葬在大卫城里。他儿子亚撒接续他做王。亚撒年间，国中太平十年。 2 亚撒行耶和华他神眼中看为善为正的事， 3 除掉外邦神的坛和丘坛，打碎柱像，砍下木偶， 4 吩咐犹大人寻求耶和华他们列祖的神，遵行他的律法、诫命， 5 又在犹大各城邑除掉丘坛和日像，那时国享太平。 6 又在犹大建造了几座坚固城。国中太平数年，没有战争，因为耶和华赐他平安。 7 他对犹大人说：“我们要建造这些城邑，四围筑墙，盖楼、安门做闩。地还属我们，是因寻求耶和华我们的神；我们既寻求他，他就赐我们四境平安。”于是建造城邑，诸事亨通。 8 亚撒的军兵，出自犹大拿盾牌拿枪的三十万人，出自便雅悯拿盾牌拉弓的二十八万人，这都是大能的勇士。
古实王谢拉攻犹大见败
9 有古实王谢拉率领军兵一百万、战车三百辆，出来攻击犹大人，到了玛利沙。 10 于是亚撒出去与他迎敌，就在玛利沙的洗法谷彼此摆阵。 11 亚撒呼求耶和华他的神，说：“耶和华啊，唯有你能帮助软弱的胜过强盛的。耶和华我们的神啊，求你帮助我们，因为我们仰赖你，奉你的名来攻击这大军。耶和华啊，你是我们的神，不要容人胜过你。” 12 于是耶和华使古实人败在亚撒和犹大人面前，古实人就逃跑了。 13 亚撒和跟随他的军兵追赶他们，直到基拉耳。古实人被杀的甚多，不能再强盛，因为败在耶和华与他军兵面前。犹大人就夺了许多财物。 14 又打破基拉耳四围的城邑，耶和华使其中的人都甚恐惧。犹大人又将所有的城掳掠一空，因其中的财物甚多。 15 又毁坏了群畜的圈，夺取许多的羊和骆驼，就回耶路撒冷去了。
2 Chronicles 14
Common English Bible
14 Abijah lay down with his ancestors and was buried in David’s City. His son Asa succeeded him as king.
Asa rules Judah
[a] In Asa’s time, the land had peace for ten years. 2 [b] Asa did what was right and good in the Lord his God’s eyes. 3 He removed the foreign altars and shrines, smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the sacred poles,[c] 4 and urged Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, by doing what the Instruction and the commandments required. 5 He also removed the shrines and incense altars from all the cities of Judah so that the kingdom was at peace under him. 6 When the land was at peace, he built fortified cities in Judah; there was no war in those years because the Lord had given him rest.
7 “Let’s build up these cities,” Asa told Judah. “We’ll surround them with walls, towers, gates, and crossbars while the land is still ours, because we sought the Lord our God and he sought us[d] and surrounded us with rest.” As a result, the people successfully completed their building projects.
Judah defeats Cush
8 Asa had an army of three hundred thousand Judeans armed with body-sized shields and spears and another two hundred eighty thousand from Benjamin armed with small shields and bows. All were brave warriors. 9 Zerah the Cushite marched against him with an army of one million men and three hundred chariots. When he got as far as Mareshah, 10 Asa marched against him, setting up for battle in a valley north[e] of Mareshah.
11 Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God, “Lord, only you can help the weak against the powerful.[f] Help us, Lord our God, because we rely on you and we have marched against this multitude in your name. You are the Lord our God. Don’t let a mere human stand against you!”
12 So the Lord struck the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled. 13 Asa and his troops chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell until there were no survivors. They were completely crushed by the Lord and his army, who carried off a huge amount of loot, 14 and attacked all the cities surrounding Gerar who were terrified of the Lord. They plundered all these cities as well because there was a great amount of loot in them. 15 They also attacked the herdsmen’s camps, taking many sheep and camels before returning to Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 14:1 13:23 in Heb
- 2 Chronicles 14:2 14:1 in Heb
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 Heb asherim, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah; cf 1 Kgs 15:13
- 2 Chronicles 14:7 LXX; MT lacks and and repeats we sought.
- 2 Chronicles 14:10 LXX; MT an otherwise unknown Zephathah Valley
- 2 Chronicles 14:11 Heb uncertain; or it is not with you to help between the many and the powerless.
2 Chronicles 14
King James Version
14 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God:
3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
4 And commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
6 And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the Lord had given him rest.
7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11 And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.
12 So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the Lord, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
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