旧约 - 士师记(Judges)第10章

After the time of Abimelech a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
He led Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.
He was followed by Jair of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.
He had thirty sons, who rode thirty donkeys. They controlled thirty towns in Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth Jair.
When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon.
Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the LORD and no longer served him,
he became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites,
who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was in great distress.
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, "We have sinned against you, forsaking our God and serving the Baals."
The LORD replied, "When the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines,
the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you and you cried to me for help, did I not save you from their hands?
But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!"
But the Israelites said to the LORD, "We have sinned. Do with us whatever you think best, but please rescue us now."
Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel's misery no longer.
When the Ammonites were called to arms and camped in Gilead, the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.
The leaders of the people of Gilead said to each other, "Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all those living in Gilead."
士师记第十章   第 10 章 

  士 10:1-5> 短短几节经文中,介绍了两位士师…… 

  10:1-5 从这五节经文中,我们看到两位士师,共治理以色列人四十五年。对他们的生平,除了在任的时间以外,只知其中的一位有三十个儿子,骑三十匹驴驹。在你一生之中,有什么是你为神所做的,有什么是没有价值的呢?你一生过去后,别人对你的纪念,是否只在于你有多少财产,或是你活了多少年呢? 

  士 10:6> 这里所指的都是些什么假神? 

  10:6 诸巴力与亚斯她录都是假神(参 2:11-15 与 3:7 的注释)。亚兰人与西顿人的神非常相似。摩押人与亚扪人的神是基抹与摩洛。非利士人的神是大衮、亚施她录、亚舍拉与巴力西卜。 

  士 10:9-10> 日子一好过就离弃神,难道以色列人注定要受苦吗?我们对神的态度与他们的也差不多吧…… 

  10:9-10 以色列人又受到外族多年的压迫,才离弃他们的罪,求神帮助( 4:1-3 ; 6:1-7 )。请注意他们到达计穷力竭之时,才不再指望异教之神来帮助,转而仰望真正能帮助他们的独一真神。 

  神是不是你的最后倚靠?我们常受到许多冤枉痛苦,全因为不早早地求告神,直到用尽其他方法以后才求祂。与其等事态变得不可收拾,不如首先求告神。祂有你所需要的聪明与能力,足以解决一切困难。 

  士 10:11-16> 你有没有处于反叛时期的儿女?你可由此体验被拒绝的滋味…… 

  10:11-16 这几节说明以色列人偏离神极远,要顺服祂真的很难。在凡事顺利时人们常常会忘记神。尽管神常常被祂自己的百姓弃绝,但在他们悔改呼求的时候,祂从来没有不去拯救。我们行事正像以色列人,将神放在日常事务以外,而不放在生活中心。父母在儿女悖逆的时候,怎样感到被弃绝,我们不理或忽略神的时候,祂也会更加感到被弃绝(参撒上 8:4-9 ; 10:17-19 ;约 12:44-50 )。我们应当竭力保持与神亲近,别再自行其是,以为审判不会来临。 

  士 10:17-18> 亚扪人的来历颇为不光彩…… 

  10:17-18 亚扪人的势力,在以色列人的士师时代已达到高峰。罗得的女儿用酒把父亲灌醉后,与他乱伦怀孕生下亚扪,这孩子的后裔就是亚扪人(参创 19:30-38 )。亚扪位于耶路撒冷以东的约旦河对面。在他们以南有摩押地,那是罗得酒醉以后,另一个女儿与他乱伦所生之子摩押的后裔。摩押常与亚扪结盟。要打败这两族,是项艰巨的任务。──《灵修版圣经注释》