Boks Temuan2 Chronicles 16:1--18:34
Konteks16:1 In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. 1 16:2 Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace and sent it to King Ben Hadad of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message: 16:3 “I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. 2 See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land.” 3 16:4 Ben Hadad accepted King Asa’s offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. 4 They conquered 5 Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, 6 and all the storage cities of Naphtali. 16:5 When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying 7 Ramah and abandoned the project. 8 16:6 King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. 9 He used the materials to build up 10 Geba and Mizpah.
16:7 At that time Hanani the prophet 11 visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. 16:8 Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the Lord, he handed them over to you! 16:9 Certainly 12 the Lord watches the whole earth carefully 13 and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. 14 You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war. 16:10 Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. 15 Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time.
16:11 The events of Asa’s reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 16 16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. 17 Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. 18 16:13 Asa passed away 19 in the forty-first year of his reign. 16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. 20 They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. 21
17:1 His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel. 22 17:2 He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons 23 throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.
17:3 The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor 24 David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. 25 He did not seek the Baals, 17:4 but instead sought the God of his ancestors 26 and obeyed 27 his commands, unlike the Israelites. 28 17:5 The Lord made his kingdom secure; 29 all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he became very wealthy and greatly respected. 30 17:6 He was committed to following the Lord; 31 he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah.
17:7 In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah. 17:8 They were accompanied by the Levites Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah, and by the priests Elishama and Jehoram. 17:9 They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the scroll of the law of the Lord. They traveled to all the cities of Judah and taught the people.
17:10 The Lord put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah; 32 they did not make war with Jehoshaphat. 17:11 Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat tribute, including a load of silver. The Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
17:12 Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah. 17:13 He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem. 33 17:14 These were their divisions by families:
There were a thousand officers from Judah. 34 Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors, 17:15 Jehochanan the commander led 280,000, 17:16 and Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered to serve the Lord, led 200,000 skilled warriors.
17:17 From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields, 17:18 and Jehozabad led 180,000 trained warriors.
17:19 These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.
18:1 Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made an alliance by marriage with Ahab, 18:2 and after several years 35 went down to visit 36 Ahab in Samaria. 37 Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle to honor Jehoshaphat and those who came with him. 38 He persuaded him to join in an attack 39 against Ramoth Gilead. 18:3 King Ahab of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, “I will support you; my army is at your disposal and will support you in battle.” 40 18:4 Then Jehoshaphat added, 41 “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” 42 18:5 So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” 43 They said, “Attack! God 44 will hand it over to the king.” 18:6 But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?” 18:7 The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. 45 But I despise 46 him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always 47 disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. 48 Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!” 18:8 The king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”
18:9 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at 49 the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them. 18:10 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed!’” 18:11 All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king!” 18:12 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. 50 Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success!” 51 18:13 But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what my God tells me to say!”
18:14 Micaiah 52 came before the king and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you.” 53 18:15 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in 54 the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?” 18:16 Micaiah 55 replied, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’” 18:17 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?” 18:18 Micaiah 56 said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left. 18:19 The Lord said, ‘Who will deceive King Ahab of Israel, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?’ One said this and another that. 18:20 Then a spirit 57 stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’ 18:21 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord 58 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 59 Go out and do as you have proposed.’ 18:22 So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.” 18:23 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?” 18:24 Micaiah replied, “Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.” 18:25 Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son. 18:26 Say, ‘This is what the king says: “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water 60 until I return safely.”’” 18:27 Micaiah said, “If you really do return safely, then the Lord has not spoken through me!” Then he added, “Take note, 61 all you people.”
18:28 The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead. 18:29 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter 62 the battle; but you wear your royal attire.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and they entered the battle. 18:30 Now the king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high ranking officers; 63 fight only the king of Israel!” 18:31 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “He must be the king of Israel!” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. The Lord helped him; God lured them away from him. 18:32 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him. 18:33 Now an archer shot an arrow at random 64 and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king 65 ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, 66 for I am wounded.” 18:34 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening as the sun was setting.
[16:1] 1 tn Heb “and he built up Ramah so as to not permit going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.”
[16:3] 2 tn Heb “[May there be] a covenant between me and you [as there was] between my father and your father.”
[16:3] 3 tn Heb “so he will go up from upon me.”
[16:4] 3 tn Heb “and Ben Hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of the armies which belonged to him against the cities of Israel.”
[16:4] 4 tn Heb “They struck down.”
[16:4] 5 sn In the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 15:20, this city’s name appears as Abel Beth Maacah. These appear to be variant names for the same place.
[16:5] 5 tn Heb “and he caused his work to cease.”
[16:6] 5 tn Heb “and King Asa took all Judah and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its wood which Baasha had built.”
[16:6] 6 tn Heb “and he built with them.”
[16:9] 8 tn Heb “the eyes of the
[16:9] 9 tn Heb “to strengthen himself with their heart, [the one] complete toward him.”
[16:10] 8 tn Heb “and Asa was angry at the seer, and he put him [in] the house of stocks, because of his rage with him over this.”
[16:11] 9 tn Heb “Look, the events of Asa, the former and the latter, look, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Judah and Israel.”
[16:12] 10 tn Heb “became sick in his feet.”
[16:12] 11 tn Heb “unto upwards [i.e., very severe [was] his sickness, and even in his sickness he did not seek the
[16:13] 11 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers, and he died.”
[16:14] 12 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[16:14] 13 tn Heb “and they burned for him a large fire, very great.”
[17:1] 13 tn Heb “and strengthened himself over Israel.”
[17:2] 14 tn Or perhaps, “governors.”
[17:3] 16 tn Heb “for he walked in the ways of David his father [in] the beginning [times].”
[17:4] 18 tn Heb “and not like the behavior of Israel.”
[17:5] 17 tn Heb “established the kingdom in his hand.”
[17:5] 18 tn Heb “and he had wealth and honor in abundance.”
[17:6] 18 tn Heb “and his heart was high in the ways of the
[17:10] 19 tn Heb “and the terror of the
[17:13] 20 tn Heb “and many supplies were his in the cities of Judah, and men of war, warriors of skill in Jerusalem.”
[17:14] 21 tn Or perhaps “from Judah, commanders of the thousands.”
[18:2] 22 tn Heb “at the end of years.”
[18:2] 23 tn The word “visit” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[18:2] 24 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
[18:2] 25 tn Heb “and Ahab slaughtered for him sheep and cattle in abundance, and for the people who were with him.”
[18:3] 23 tn Heb “Like me, like you; and like your people, my people; and with you in battle.”
[18:4] 24 tn Heb “and Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel.”
[18:4] 25 tn Heb “the word of the
[18:5] 25 tn Heb “Should we go against Ramoth Gilead for war or should I refrain?”
[18:5] 26 tn Though Jehoshaphat had requested an oracle from “the
[18:7] 26 tn Heb “to seek the
[18:7] 28 tn Heb “all his days.”
[18:7] 29 tn The words “his name is” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[18:9] 27 tn Heb “at,” which in this case probably means “near.”
[18:12] 28 tn Heb “the words of the prophets are [with] one mouth good for the king.”
[18:12] 29 tn Heb “let your words be like one of them and speak good.”
[18:14] 29 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation both for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[18:14] 30 sn One does not expect Micaiah, having just vowed to speak only what the
[18:15] 30 tn Or “swear an oath by.”
[18:16] 31 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[18:18] 32 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[18:20] 33 tn Heb “the spirit.” The significance of the article prefixed to רוּחַ (ruakh) is uncertain, but it could contain a clue as to this spirit’s identity, especially when interpreted in light of verse 23. It is certainly possible, and probably even likely, that the article is used in a generic or dramatic sense and should be translated, “a spirit.” In the latter case it would show that this spirit was vivid and definite in the mind of Micaiah the storyteller. However, if one insists that the article indicates a well-known or universally known spirit, the following context provides a likely referent. Verse 23 tells how Zedekiah slapped Micaiah in the face and then asked sarcastically, “Which way did the spirit from the
[18:21] 34 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
[18:21] 35 tn The Hebrew text has two imperfects connected by וְגַם (vÿgam). These verbs could be translated as specific futures, “you will deceive and also you will prevail,” in which case the
[18:26] 35 tn Heb “the bread of affliction and the water of affliction.”
[18:29] 37 tn The Hebrew verbal forms could be imperatives (“Disguise yourself and enter”), but this would make no sense in light of the immediately following context. The forms are better interpreted as infinitives absolute functioning as cohortatives (see IBHS 594 §35.5.2a). Some prefer to emend the forms to imperfects.
[18:30] 38 tn Heb “small or great.”
[18:33] 39 tn Heb “now a man drew a bow in his innocence” (i.e., with no specific target in mind, or at least without realizing his target was the king of Israel).
[18:33] 40 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
