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列王記Ⅰ 20
Japanese Living Bible
列王記Ⅰ 20
Japanese Living Bible
シリヤとイスラエルの戦い
20 シリヤ（アラム）の王ベン・ハダデ二世は全軍を率い、三十二の同盟国の戦車や騎兵の大軍とともに、イスラエルの首都サマリヤを包囲しました。 2-3 王はサマリヤの町に使者を立て、イスラエルのアハブ王にこう伝えました。「あなたの金銀は私のものだ。あなたの美しい妻たちも、器量よしの子どもたちも。」 4 アハブは、「王よ。仰せのとおり、私が持っているものはみなあなたのものです」と答えました。
5-6 やがてベン・ハダデ王の使者が再び来て、別のことづけを伝えました。「金銀、妻子をもらうだけではすまない。明日の今ごろ、私の家臣を差し向ける。宮殿とあなたの家来の家とを家捜しし、欲しいものを手当たりしだい持ち帰ることにする。」
7 そこで、アハブは相談役の長老たちを呼び、窮状を訴えました。「あの男が何をしようとしているか、ぜひとも知ってくれ。私は彼の要求どおり妻子や金銀を与えると言ったのに、図に乗って難題を吹っかけてきた。」
8 「これ以上、要求を聞かないでください」と、彼らは言いました。 9 そこでアハブは、ベン・ハダデがよこした使者に言いました。「王にお伝え願いたい。『初めにあなたが要求なさったものはすべて差し上げます。ですが、このたびのことはできません』と。」使者はベン・ハダデのもとへ帰って報告しました。
10 するとシリヤの王は、またことづけを送ってきました。「もし私が、サマリヤを一つかみのちりに変えてしまわなかったら、どうか神々が、私がおまえにしようとしている以上のことを、私にしてくださるように。」
11 イスラエルの王は答えました。「あまり大きなことを言うものではない。」
12 このアハブ王の返事がベン・ハダデをはじめ同盟軍の王たちに届いた時、彼らはテントの中で酒をくみ交わしていました。そこでベン・ハダデは、「何をこしゃくな。よし、攻撃の準備だ！」と、将校たちに命じました。
13 そのころ、一人の預言者がアハブ王に会いに来て、主のことばを伝えました。「主は言われます。『あの敵の大軍を見たか。わたしは今日、敵をあなたの手に渡そう。そうすれば、いかにあなたでも、わたしこそ神であると思い知るだろう。』」
14 王が、「どのようにして、そうなるのか」と尋ねると、預言者は、「『外国人部隊によって』と、主は言っておられます」と答えました。
「こちらから攻撃をしかけるのか。」
「そうです。」
15 そこで王は、二百三十二人の外国人部隊と、七千人のイスラエル軍を召集しました。 16 真昼ごろ、アハブ王の先頭部隊はサマリヤを出陣しました。そのころ、ベン・ハダデ王と三十二人の同盟軍の王はまだ酒を飲んでいました。
17 外国人部隊を見た彼らの斥候は、「少数の敵が攻めて来ます」と報告しました。 18 ベン・ハダデ王は、「休戦のために来たにしろ、戦うために来たにしろ、生け捕りにしてしまえ」と命じました。
19 そのころには、すでにアハブ王の全軍が攻撃に加わり、 20 手当たりしだいにシリヤ兵を殺したので、シリヤ軍はパニック状態に陥り、いっせいに逃げ出しました。イスラエル軍は追撃し、ベン・ハダデ王と少数の者だけが馬で逃げ延びました。 21 こうして、イスラエル軍はシリヤ軍の大半を虐殺し、おびただしい数の馬と戦車を分捕ったのです。
22 そののち、あの預言者がアハブ王に近づいて来て、「シリヤ王の二度目の襲来に備えなさい」と忠告しました。
23 実際、大敗北のあと、ベン・ハダデ王の家臣たちは王にこう進言していたのです。「イスラエルの神は山の神だから、今回は負けたのです。平地なら難なく勝てます。 24 今度だけは、連合軍の王の代わりに、将軍たちを指揮官に任命してください。 25 失った分の兵力を補充し、以前と同じ数の馬と戦車と兵をわれわれにお任せください。彼らと平地で戦い、必ずや勝利を収めてごらんに入れます。」王は、彼らの進言を受け入れました。
26 翌年、ベン・ハダデはシリヤ軍を動員し、再びイスラエルと戦うためにアフェクに向けて進軍しました。 27 イスラエル側も全軍を集め、装備を固めて戦場に向かいました。しかし、アフェクを埋め尽くしているシリヤの大軍に比べて、イスラエル軍は二つの小さなやぎの群れのようにしか見えませんでした。 28 その時、一人の神の人（預言者）がイスラエルの王に近づき、主のことばを伝えました。「シリヤ人が、『イスラエルの神は山の神で、平地の神ではない』と言うので、わたしはあなたを助けて、この大軍を負かそう。そうすればあなたも、わたしこそ神だと認めるようになるだろう。」
29 両軍は、陣を敷いたまま向かい合っていましたが、七日目に戦いが始まりました。最初の日に、イスラエル軍はシリヤ軍の歩兵十万を殺しました。 30 生き残った者は、アフェクの城壁の裏に逃げました。ところが、城壁がくずれ落ちて、さらに二万七千人が死にました。ベン・ハダデは町の中に逃げ込み、ある家の奥に隠れました。
31 家臣が王に申し出ました。「王よ。イスラエルの王はたいそうあわれみ深いと聞いております。それで、私たちが荒布をまとい、首になわをかけて、イスラエルの王のもとに行くのを許してください。あなたの命乞いをしたいのです。」
32 こうして、彼らはイスラエルの王のもとに行き、「アハブ王のしもべであるベン・ハダデが、『どうか、いのちだけはお助けください』と申しております」と懇願しました。イスラエルの王は、「そうか、彼はまだ生きていたのか。彼は私の兄弟だ」と答えました。 33 使者はそのことばに望みを託して、「おことばのとおりでございます。ベン・ハダデはあなた様の兄弟です」とあいづちを打ちました。イスラエルの王は、「彼を連れて来なさい」と言いました。ベン・ハダデが到着すると、なんと、アハブは彼を自分の戦車に招き入れたのです。 34 ベン・ハダデはすっかり感激して、「私の父があなたの父上から奪い取った町々をお返しします。父がサマリヤにしたように、あなたもダマスコに市場を開いてください」と言いました。こうして協定が成立しました。
アハブに対する叱責
35 一方、主の命令によって、ある預言者が仲間の預言者に、「あなたの剣で私を切ってくれ」と言いました。しかし、その人は拒みました。 36 そこで、その預言者は言いました。「あなたは主のことばに従わなかったので、ここを出るとすぐライオンに食い殺される。」はたして、その人が出て行くと、ライオンに襲われて死にました。 37 それから、その預言者はまた別の人に、「あなたの剣で私を切ってくれ」と頼みました。すると、その人は彼に切りつけて傷を負わせました。
38 それからその預言者は、目に包帯を巻き、だれだかわからないようにしたまま、道ばたでアハブ王を待っていました。 39 王が通りかかると、預言者は王を呼び止めました。「王よ。私が戦場にいると、ある人が捕虜を連れて来て、『こいつを見張っていてくれ。逃がしたら、いのちはないぞ。 40 それでも助かりたければ、銀一タラント出せ！』と言ったのです。ところが、私がほかのことに気を奪われている間に、その捕虜がいなくなりました。」すると王は、「それはおまえの責任だ、銀一タラントを支払え」と言いました。
41 この時、彼が包帯をはずしたので、王は、彼が預言者だとわかりました。 42 預言者は言いました。「主はこう仰せになります。『わたしが滅ぼそうとした者を助けたので、あなたは彼の代わりに殺される。あなたの民は彼の民の代わりに滅びる。』」
43 王はたちまち不きげんになり、腹を立ててサマリヤに帰って行きました。
1 Kings 20
New International Version
1 Kings 20
New International Version
Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria
20 Now Ben-Hadad(A) king of Aram mustered his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he went up and besieged Samaria(B) and attacked it. 2 He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, saying, “This is what Ben-Hadad says: 3 ‘Your silver and gold are mine, and the best of your wives and children are mine.’”
4 The king of Israel answered, “Just as you say, my lord the king. I and all I have are yours.”
5 The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben-Hadad says: ‘I sent to demand your silver and gold, your wives and your children. 6 But about this time tomorrow I am going to send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will seize everything you value and carry it away.’”
7 The king of Israel summoned all the elders(C) of the land and said to them, “See how this man is looking for trouble!(D) When he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, I did not refuse him.”
8 The elders and the people all answered, “Don’t listen to him or agree to his demands.”
9 So he replied to Ben-Hadad’s messengers, “Tell my lord the king, ‘Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.’” They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad.
10 Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust(E) remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful.”
11 The king of Israel answered, “Tell him: ‘One who puts on his armor should not boast(F) like one who takes it off.’”
12 Ben-Hadad heard this message while he and the kings were drinking(G) in their tents,[a] and he ordered his men: “Prepare to attack.” So they prepared to attack the city.
Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad
13 Meanwhile a prophet(H) came to Ahab king of Israel and announced, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and then you will know(I) that I am the Lord.’”
14 “But who will do this?” asked Ahab.
The prophet replied, “This is what the Lord says: ‘The junior officers under the provincial commanders will do it.’”
“And who will start(J) the battle?” he asked.
The prophet answered, “You will.”
15 So Ahab summoned the 232 junior officers under the provincial commanders. Then he assembled the rest of the Israelites, 7,000 in all. 16 They set out at noon while Ben-Hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.(K) 17 The junior officers under the provincial commanders went out first.
Now Ben-Hadad had dispatched scouts, who reported, “Men are advancing from Samaria.”
18 He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
19 The junior officers under the provincial commanders marched out of the city with the army behind them 20 and each one struck down his opponent. At that, the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-Hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with some of his horsemen. 21 The king of Israel advanced and overpowered the horses and chariots and inflicted heavy losses on the Arameans.
22 Afterward, the prophet(L) came to the king of Israel and said, “Strengthen your position and see what must be done, because next spring(M) the king of Aram will attack you again.”
23 Meanwhile, the officials of the king of Aram advised him, “Their gods are gods(N) of the hills. That is why they were too strong for us. But if we fight them on the plains, surely we will be stronger than they. 24 Do this: Remove all the kings from their commands and replace them with other officers. 25 You must also raise an army like the one you lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight Israel on the plains. Then surely we will be stronger than they.” He agreed with them and acted accordingly.
26 The next spring(O) Ben-Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek(P) to fight against Israel. 27 When the Israelites were also mustered and given provisions, they marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.(Q)
28 The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Because the Arameans think the Lord is a god of the hills and not a god(R) of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know(S) that I am the Lord.’”
29 For seven days they camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle was joined. The Israelites inflicted a hundred thousand casualties on the Aramean foot soldiers in one day. 30 The rest of them escaped to the city of Aphek,(T) where the wall collapsed(U) on twenty-seven thousand of them. And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid(V) in an inner room.
31 His officials said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of Israel are merciful.(W) Let us go to the king of Israel with sackcloth(X) around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
32 Wearing sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says: ‘Please let me live.’”
The king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
33 The men took this as a good sign and were quick to pick up his word. “Yes, your brother Ben-Hadad!” they said.
“Go and get him,” the king said. When Ben-Hadad came out, Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
34 “I will return the cities(Y) my father took from your father,” Ben-Hadad(Z) offered. “You may set up your own market areas(AA) in Damascus,(AB) as my father did in Samaria.”
Ahab said, “On the basis of a treaty(AC) I will set you free.” So he made a treaty with him, and let him go.
A Prophet Condemns Ahab
35 By the word of the Lord one of the company of the prophets(AD) said to his companion, “Strike me with your weapon,” but he refused.(AE)
36 So the prophet said, “Because you have not obeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion(AF) will kill you.” And after the man went away, a lion found him and killed him.
37 The prophet found another man and said, “Strike me, please.” So the man struck him and wounded him. 38 Then the prophet went and stood by the road waiting for the king. He disguised himself with his headband down over his eyes. 39 As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him, “Your servant went into the thick of the battle, and someone came to me with a captive and said, ‘Guard this man. If he is missing, it will be your life for his life,(AG) or you must pay a talent[b] of silver.’ 40 While your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.”
“That is your sentence,”(AH) the king of Israel said. “You have pronounced it yourself.”
41 Then the prophet quickly removed the headband from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. 42 He said to the king, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You(AI) have set free a man I had determined should die.[c](AJ) Therefore it is your life for his life,(AK) your people for his people.’” 43 Sullen and angry,(AL) the king of Israel went to his palace in Samaria.
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 20:12 Or in Sukkoth; also in verse 16
- 1 Kings 20:39 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
- 1 Kings 20:42 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
1 Kings 20
King James Version
1 Kings 20
King James Version
20 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
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