列王紀上15:1-8

 

15:1 尼八的兒子耶羅波安王十八年，亞比央登基作猶大王，
15:2 在耶路撒冷作王三年。他母親名叫瑪迦，是押沙龍的女兒。
15:3 亞比央行他父親在他以前所行的一切惡，他的心不像他祖大衛的心，誠誠實實地順服耶和華─他的上帝。
15:4 然而耶和華─他的上帝因大衛的緣故，仍使他在耶路撒冷有燈光，叫他兒子接續他作王，堅立耶路撒冷。
15:5 因為大衛除了赫人烏利亞那件事，都是行耶和華眼中看為正的事，一生沒有違背耶和華一切所吩咐的。
15:6 羅波安在世的日子常與耶羅波安爭戰。
15:7 亞比央其餘的事，凡他所行的，都寫在猶大列王記上。亞比央常與耶羅波安爭戰。
15:8 亞比央與他列祖同睡，葬在大衛的城裡。他兒子亞撒接續他作王。

 

 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah, ² and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.

³ He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been. ⁴ Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong. ⁵ For David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep any of the Lord’s commands all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.

⁶ There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam throughout Abijah’s lifetime. ⁷ As for the other events of Abijah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. ⁸ And Abijah rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.

 

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     雖然後來猶大的王沒有像大衛一般敬畏上帝，但是上帝並沒有忘記祂與大衛所立的約！正如經文所說：「然而耶和華─他的上帝因大衛的緣故，仍使他在耶路撒冷有燈光，叫他兒子接續他作王，堅立耶路撒冷。」

 

    為什麼會這樣呢？亞比央登基作猶大王，在耶路撒冷作王三年。他母親名叫瑪迦，是押沙龍的女兒。亞比央行他父親在他以前所行的一切惡，他的心不像他祖大衛的心，誠誠實實地順服耶和華─他的上帝。所以，上帝為大衛的緣故，使猶大支派仍然支持大衛家為王。

 

    也因為這樣，「亞比央與他列祖同睡，葬在大衛的城裡。他兒子亞撒接續他作王。」