亚撒王击败古实人

14 亚比雅与祖先同眠后,葬在大卫城中,他儿子亚撒继位。亚撒执政期间,国中太平十年。 亚撒做他的上帝耶和华看为好、视为正的事, 拆除外族神明的丘坛和神庙,打碎神柱,砍倒亚舍拉神像, 命令犹大人寻求他们祖先的上帝耶和华,遵行祂的律法和诫命。 他除掉犹大各城邑的丘坛和香坛,那时国中太平。 他还在犹大修筑坚城,那些年国中太平,没有战事,因为耶和华赐他平安。 他对犹大人说:“我们要修筑城邑,在四周建造城墙和望楼,装置大门和门闩。我们仍拥有这片土地,是因为我们寻求我们的上帝耶和华;我们寻求祂,祂就赐我们四境平安。”于是,他们修筑城邑,凡事顺利。 亚撒的军队中有三十万持大盾牌和矛枪的犹大人,二十八万持小盾牌和弓箭的便雅悯人。他们都是英勇的战士。

古实王谢拉率领一百万大军和三百辆战车攻打犹大,到了玛利沙。 10 亚撒出兵迎敌,双方在玛利沙的洗法谷摆开阵势。 11 亚撒呼求他的上帝耶和华说:“耶和华啊,唯有你才能帮助弱小的胜过强大的。我们的上帝耶和华啊,求你帮助我们,因为我们依靠你,奉你的名迎战这大军。耶和华啊,你是我们的上帝,不要让人胜过你。”

12 于是,耶和华使古实人败在亚撒和犹大人面前,古实人溃逃。 13 亚撒率领军队乘胜追击,直追到基拉耳。古实人在耶和华和祂的军兵面前大败,伤亡惨重,一蹶不振。犹大人掳走了许多财物, 14 攻陷了基拉耳四周的城邑,因为这些城里的人都惧怕耶和华。他们洗劫各城,因为城中有大量财物。 15 他们毁坏牲畜的围栏,抢走许多羊和骆驼,然后返回耶路撒冷。

亞撒王擊敗古實人

14 亞比雅與祖先同眠後,葬在大衛城中,他兒子亞撒繼位。亞撒執政期間,國中太平十年。 亞撒做他的上帝耶和華看為好、視為正的事, 拆除外族神明的邱壇和神廟,打碎神柱,砍倒亞舍拉神像, 命令猶大人尋求他們祖先的上帝耶和華,遵行祂的律法和誡命。 他除掉猶大各城邑的邱壇和香壇,那時國中太平。 他還在猶大修築堅城,那些年國中太平,沒有戰事,因為耶和華賜他平安。 他對猶大人說:「我們要修築城邑,在四周建造城牆和望樓,裝置大門和門閂。我們仍擁有這片土地,是因為我們尋求我們的上帝耶和華;我們尋求祂,祂就賜我們四境平安。」於是,他們修築城邑,凡事順利。 亞撒的軍隊中有三十萬持大盾牌和矛槍的猶大人,二十八萬持小盾牌和弓箭的便雅憫人。他們都是英勇的戰士。

古實王謝拉率領一百萬大軍和三百輛戰車攻打猶大,到了瑪利沙。 10 亞撒出兵迎敵,雙方在瑪利沙的洗法谷擺開陣勢。 11 亞撒呼求他的上帝耶和華說:「耶和華啊,唯有你才能幫助弱小的勝過強大的。我們的上帝耶和華啊,求你幫助我們,因為我們依靠你,奉你的名迎戰這大軍。耶和華啊,你是我們的上帝,不要讓人勝過你。」

12 於是,耶和華使古實人敗在亞撒和猶大人面前,古實人潰逃。 13 亞撒率領軍隊乘勝追擊,直追到基拉耳。古實人在耶和華和祂的軍兵面前大敗,傷亡慘重,一蹶不振。猶大人擄走了許多財物, 14 攻陷了基拉耳四周的城邑,因為這些城裡的人都懼怕耶和華。他們洗劫各城,因為城中有大量財物。 15 他們毀壞牲畜的圍欄,搶走許多羊和駱駝,然後返回耶路撒冷。

14 So, Abijah slept with his fathers. And they buried him in the City of David. And Asa, his son, reigned in his place (in whose days the land was quiet for ten years).

And Asa did what was good and right in the Eyes of the LORD his God.

For he took away the altars of the strange, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves,

and commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do according to the Law and the Commandment.

And he took away the high places out of all the cities of Judah, and the images. Therefore, the kingdom was quiet before him.

Also, because the land was at rest, he had built strong cities in Judah. And he had no war in those years. For the LORD had given him rest.

Therefore, he said to Judah, “Because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side, let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers and gates and bars, while the land is before us.” So, they built and prospered.

And of Judah, Asa had an army of three hundred thousand who bore shields and spears, and two hundred eighty thousand of Benjamin who bore shields and drew bows. All these were valiant men.

And Zerah of Ethiopia came out against him with an army of one million, and three hundred chariots, and came to Mareshah.

10 Then Asa went out before him. And they set the battle in formation in the Valley of Zephathah, beside Mareshah.

11 And Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, “LORD, it is nothing with You to help with many or with the powerless! Help us, O LORD our God! For we rest on You! And in Your Name we have come against this multitude! O LORD, You are our God! Do not let man prevail against You!”

12 So, the LORD struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah. And the Ethiopians fled.

13 And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar. And the Ethiopians’ army was overthrown. There was no life in them; for they were destroyed before the LORD and before His host. And they carried away a mighty, great spoil.

14 And they struck all the cities all around Gerar. For the fear of the LORD came upon them. And they plundered all the cities; for there was much plunder in them.

15 Yea, and they struck the tents of cattle and carried away plenty of sheep and camels and returned to Jerusalem.