歷代志下20:31-37

 

20:31 約沙法作猶大王，登基的時候年三十五歲，在耶路撒冷作王二十五年。他母親名叫阿蘇巴，乃示利希的女兒。
20:32 約沙法效法他父亞撒所行的，不偏左右，行耶和華眼中看為正的事。
20:33 只是邱壇還沒有廢去，百姓也沒有立定心意歸向他們列祖的上帝。
20:34 約沙法其餘的事，自始至終都寫在哈拿尼的兒子耶戶的書上，也載入以色列諸王記上。
20:35 此後，猶大王約沙法與以色列王亞哈謝交好；亞哈謝行惡太甚。
20:36 二王合夥造船要往他施去，遂在以旬．迦別造船。
20:37 那時瑪利沙人、多大瓦的兒子以利以謝向約沙法預言說：「因你與亞哈謝交好，耶和華必破壞你所造的。」後來那船果然破壞，不能往他施去了。

 

³¹ So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. ³² He followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. ³³ The high places, however, were not removed, and the people still had not set their hearts on the God of their ancestors.

³⁴ The other events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, from beginning to end, are written in the annals of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel.

³⁵ Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, whose ways were wicked. ³⁶ He agreed with him to construct a fleet of trading ships.^[f] After these were built at Ezion Geber, ³⁷ Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made.” The ships were wrecked and were not able to set sail to trade.^[g]

 

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    約沙法王雖然經歷了上帝奇妙的作為，也有其失敗的地方，就是和以色列王和好，這事是上帝所不喜悅的事情！

 

    這也警告我們，不要再小事上忽略上帝的心意，因為上帝希望我們信靠祂，並且要遠離惡事！

 

    因此，我們要常常到主寶座前親近上帝，並將祂的話藏在心中，以免得罪祂！