2025-07-09

July 9 ¶

Reading for Today:
今日读经：

2 Chronicles 13:1–14:15
历代志下 13:1–14:15
Psalm 81:1-5
诗篇 81:1-5
Proverbs 20:22-23
箴言 20:22-23
Acts 15:22-41
使徒行传 15:22-41

Notes:
注解：

2 Chronicles 13:15 God struck Jeroboam and all Israel. At the time of certain defeat, with 400,000 troops behind and the same number in front, Judah was saved by divine intervention. What God did is unknown, but the army of Israel began to flee (v. 16), and the soldiers of Judah massacred 500,000 of them in an unimaginable blood bath (v. 17).
历代志下 13:15 神击打耶罗波安和以色列众人。 在注定要失败的时候，犹大后有四十万军队，前面也有同样数量的敌军，却因神的介入而得救。神究竟做了什么不为人知，但以色列的军队开始逃跑（16节），犹大的士兵杀了他们五十万，场面极为惨烈（17节）。

2 Chronicles 13:17 Before the battle, Jeroboam outnumbered Abijah two to one (13:3). After the fray, in which the Lord intervened on behalf of Judah, Abijah outnumbered Jeroboam 4 to 3.
历代志下 13:17 战前，耶罗波安的兵力是亚比雅的两倍（13:3）。但这场主为犹大出面的战争后，亚比雅的军队反而超出耶罗波安，形成四比三的优势。

Psalm 81:3 New Moon…full moon. The seventh month of Israel’s year (Tishri; Sept./Oct.) culminated the festival year with a succession of celebrations. The month began with the blowing of the trumpets, continued with the Day of Atonement on the tenth day, and celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles on the fifteenth day when the moon was full. The Feast of Tabernacles praised God for His care in the wilderness wanderings and also pointed to the coming kingdom (Matt. 17:1–4).
诗篇 81:3 初一…望日。 以色列历的第七个月（提斯利月，约为九、十月）是一年节期的高潮，节期密集。这个月以吹角节拉开序幕，第十日是赎罪日，第十五日满月时举行住棚节。住棚节赞美神在旷野的保护，也预表将来天国的到来（参太17:1-4）。

DAY 9: How did a godly king respond to crises?
第九天：一位敬虔的王如何应对危机？

Second Chronicles 14:1–16:14 records the reign of Asa in Judah (ca. 911–870 B.C.). First Kings 15:11 says that Asa did as his forefather David had done—honoring God while building the kingdom (vv. 6–8). Times of peace were used for strengthening. “Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of LORD his God” (v. 2). He removed elements of false worship that had accumulated over the years of Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijah (1 Kin.15:12, 13). Apparently, he did not remove all the high places or, once removed, they reappeared (1 Kin. 15:14; 1 Chr. 15:6). His son Jehoshaphat later had to remove them (2 Chr. 17:6), although not completely (1 Chr. 20:33).This was done in an effort to comply with Deuteronomy 12:2, 3.
历代志下14:1-16:14记载了亚撒王在犹大的统治（约公元前911-870年）。列王纪上15:11说他效法祖先大卫，治理国土时尊崇神（6-8节）。平安时期用于国家的巩固建设。“亚撒行耶和华他神眼中看为善为正的事”（2节）。他除去了所罗门、罗波安、亚比雅年间积存的偶像和邪教之物（参王上15:12,13）。但他显然未能除尽所有邱坛，或是除去之后又复立（王上15:14；代下15:6）。后来他的儿子约沙法再次清除（代下17:6），但也未能彻底（代下20:33）。这些都是为要遵行申命记12:2,3的吩咐。

Asa had an army of 580,000 men “who carried shields and drew bows; all these were mighty men of valor” (v. 8). Yet a major threat developed from Zerah, the Ethiopian, probably on behalf of the Egyptian Pharaoh, who was attempting to regain control as Shishak had during the days of Rehoboam (2 Chr. 12:7, 8), ca. 901–900 B.C. The Ethiopians came against them with “an army of a million men and three hundred chariots” (v. 9).
亚撒有五十八万大能勇士，都拿盾牌拉弓（8节）。然而，大敌来自古实人谢拉，很可能是奉埃及法老旨意，试图像示撒在罗波安年间那样重夺控制权（代下12:7,8，约公元前901-900年）。古实人因此带领一百万大军和三百辆战车来攻打犹大（9节）。

Asa’s appeal to God centered on God’s omnipotence and reputation and is well worth memorizing. “LORD, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us,…O LORD, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!” (v. 11). God’s response was to strike the Ethiopian army and overthrow them. “And they carried away very much spoil” (v. 13). It appears that this great horde was a nomadic people who moved with all their possessions and had set up their camp near Gerar. The spoils of Judah’s victory were immense.
亚撒对神的呼求彰显了对神全能与圣名的信靠，值得铭记：“耶和华啊，惟有你能帮助软弱的，胜过强盛的。耶和华我们的神啊，求你帮助我们……耶和华啊，你是我们的神，不容人胜过你！”（11节）。神回应了他的祷告，攻击并击败了古实大军，“犹大人夺了许多财物”（13节）。看来这是一支随身带着家当迁徙的游牧大军，在基拉耳附近安营。犹大的胜利成果极为丰富。

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