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A57230 Choice observations and explanations upon the Old Testament containing in them many remarkable matters, either not taken notice of, or mistaken by most, which are additionals to the large annotations made by some of the Assembly of Divines : to which are added some further and larger observations of his upon the whole book of Genesis perused and attested by the Reverend Bishop of Armagh, and Mr. Gataker Pastor of Rederith / by ... John Richardson ... Richardson, John, 1580-1654.; Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652) 1655 (1655) Wing R1385; ESTC R3676 529,737 519

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gate_n gates_n of_o city_n be_v the_o ordinary_a place_n of_o audience_n chapter_n iv_o verse_n 1_o and_o judicature_n deut._n xvii_o 2_o 8._o 2_o sam._n xix_o 8._o prov._n xxxi_o 23._o jer._n xxxviii_o 7._o lam._n v._o 13._o and_o the_o usual_a manner_n of_o prophet_n be_v to_o publish_v their_o prophecy_n in_o the_o gate_n either_o of_o the_o temple_n or_o of_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n jer._n vii_o 2._o and_o xix_o 2._o and_o xxvi_o 10._o and_o sometime_o of_o the_o king_n house_n as_o place_n of_o great_a concourse_n of_o people_n jer._n xvii_o 19_o and_o xxii_o 1_o 2._o lest_o i_o mar_v my_o own_o inheritance_n want_v a_o heir_n verse_n 6_o if_o i_o shall_v have_v but_o one_o child_n by_o she_o or_o have_v many_o she_o be_v young_a and_o poor_a weaken_v my_o own_o inheritance_n in_o divide_v it_o among_o so_o many_o special_o if_o he_o be_v now_o a_o widower_n and_o have_v child_n by_o his_o former_a wife_n a_o man_n pluck_v off_o his_o shoe_n these_o ceremony_n then_o use_v 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fifty_o wherein_o those_o thing_n mention_v ver_fw-la 18_o 19_o 20._o be_v do_v and_o accomplish_v and_o after_o that_o time_n he_o give_v they_o judge_n until_o samuel_n the_o prophet_n and_o after_o that_o time_n he_o give_v they_o king_n and_o thus_o the_o most_o learned_a primate_n of_o all_o ireland_n have_v it_o in_o his_o learned_a annal_n this_o book_n seem_v write_v of_o and_o concern_v the_o judge_n as_o the_o book_n of_o ruth_n concern_v ruth_n and_o long_o after_o their_o time_n as_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v gather_v by_o those_o phrase_n remain_v unto_o this_o day_n and_o the_o like_a ch._n i._n 21_o 26._o and_o vi_o 24._o and_o x._o 4._o and_o xv._o 19_o and_o ch._n xviii_o 30._o must_v needs_o have_v relation_n at_o soon_a to_o the_o captivity_n of_o the_o ark_n in_o the_o day_n of_o samuel_n 1_o sam._n iu_o 17._o psal._n lxxviii_o 60_o 61._o ask_v they_o ask_v the_o lord_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 1_o by_o phineas_n the_o high_a priest_n who_o by_o urim_n and_o thummim_n 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and_o these_o seventy_o be_v such_o as_o in_o the_o time_n of_o all_o his_o reign_n and_o tyranny_n adoni-bezek_a have_v subdue_v he_o be_v bring_v from_o bezek_n to_o jerusalem_n to_o be_v make_v a_o public_a example_n there_o jerusalem_n judah_n have_v take_v jerusalem_n verse_n 8_o slay_v the_o inhabitant_n and_o burn_v the_o city_n i._n e._n that_o part_n of_o it_o which_o belong_v to_o judah_n josh._n xv._o 8._o yet_o so_o as_o the_o jebusite_n still_o dwell_v therein_o with_o the_o child_n of_o judah_n ver_fw-la 63._o even_o till_o david_n time_n 2_o sam._n v._o 6_o 7_o 8._o and_o benjamin_n do_v the_o like_a and_o no_o more_o with_o their_o part_n of_o jerusalem_n judg._n i._n 21._o yet_o both_o have_v little_o hold_v in_o it_o
exod._n xxxii_o 4_o 5._o 2_o chron._n xxxiii_o 17._o hos._n ii_o 16._o the_o other_o nine_o hundred_o shekel_n it_o be_v like_a she_o bestow_v on_o house_n vestment_n and_o other_o necessary_n for_o that_o idolatrous_a service_n a_o house_n of_o god_n so_o great_a be_v the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o jew_n at_o this_o time_n and_o their_o zeal_n great_a in_o their_o idolatry_n ch._n xviii_o 24._o ephod_n this_o ephod_n mention_v again_o verse_n 5_o ch._n xviii_o 14._o as_o likewise_o that_o of_o gideon_n ch._n viii_o 27._o be_v not_o like_o those_o linen_n ephod_n exod._n xxviii_o 40._o 1_o sam._n ii_o 18._o and_o ch._n xxii_o 18._o but_o like_o aaron_n rich_a and_o glorious_a ephod_n exod._n xxviii_o 6_o 34._o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o hos._n iii_o 4._o and_o the_o observation_n on_o 1_o sam._n xxiii_o 9_o teraphim_n or_o theraphim_n a_o word_n of_o the_o plural_a number_n and_o still_o so_o use_v in_o scripture_n signify_v image_n or_o idol_n hos._n iii_o 4._o 1_o sam._n xv._o 23._o but_o of_o what_o kind_n or_o fashion_n it_o be_v uncertain_a some_o conceive_v they_o to_o be_v make_v like_o man_n because_o michal_n put_v one_o of_o they_o in_o david_n bed_n thereby_o to_o deceive_v her_o father_n saul_n messenger_n 1_o sam._n xix_o 13._o some_o take_v they_o to_o be_v household-god_n and_o as_o such_o in_o laban_n house_n and_o family_n gen._n xxxi_o 19_o 34._o some_o to_o be_v such_o as_o they_o use_v to_o consult_v with_o as_o oracle_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o danite_n here_o and_o ch._n xviii_o 14_o 17_o 18_o 20._o and_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n ezek._n xxi_o 21._o and_o in_o zecharies_n time_n zech._n x._o 2._o answer_n likely_a be_v give_v by_o the_o subtlety_n of_o the_o devil_n or_o forgery_n of_o their_o priest_n and_o to_o worker_n with_o familiar_a spirit_n and_o wizard_n they_o be_v join_v in_o josiah_n reformation_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o 24._o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o hos._n iii_o 4._o consecrate_a and_o ver_fw-la 12._o the_o gross_a abuse_n of_o consecration_n as_o in_o jeroboam_n time_n 1_o king_n xiii_o 33._o no_o king_n king_n here_o be_v take_v verse_n 6_o not_o proper_o for_o a_o king_n but_o for_o a_o judge_n such_o as_o the_o thirteen_o judge_n in_o this_o book_n for_o king_n proper_o there_o be_v none_o till_o saul_n reign_n a_o levite_n a_o levite_n bear_v or_o verse_n 7_o breed_v in_o bethlehem_n judah_n or_o sojourn_v there_o as_o a_o stranger_n where_o i_o may_v find_v a_o place_n the_o necessitous_a state_n of_o the_o levite_n verse_n 9_o in_o those_o idolatrous_a time_n ver_fw-la 10_o 11._o danites_n seek_v their_o inheritance_n by_o lot_n be_v set_v down_o chapter_n xviii_o verse_n 1_o josh._n xix_o 40._o but_o they_o get_v it_o not_o all_o through_o their_o own_o sin_n and_o default_n judg._n i._n 34._o and_o their_o tribe_n be_v numerous_a they_o seek_v out_o large_a bound_n and_o more_o commodious_a habitation_n josh._n xix_o 47._o and_o this_o though_o mention_v in_o that_o text_n of_o ishua_n yet_o fall_v out_o after_o his_o death_n and_o the_o death_n of_o those_o elder_n that_o outlive_v he_o likely_a soon_o after_o but_o sure_o before_o the_o day_n of_o samson_n mount_v ephraim_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o josh._n 2._o xxiv_o 1._o ask_v counsel_n these_o danite_n verse_n 5_o be_v superstitious_a idolater_n ascribe_v thus_o much_o to_o this_o levite_n and_o to_o his_o idolatrous_a ephod_n and_o teraphim_n and_o grave_v and_o melt_a image_n ver_fw-la 14_o 17._o laish_n laish_n very_a far_o off_o from_o the_o body_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n verse_n 7_o that_o lie_a next_o to_o simeon_n and_o judah_n in_o the_o south-part_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o this_o under_o mount_n libanon_n by_o asher_n and_o naphtali_n in_o the_o north-bound_n this_o city_n first_o burn_v and_o after_o rebuilt_a by_o these_o danite_n they_o then_o call_v dan_n which_o be_v take_v as_o the_o north-bound_a of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n as_o ch._n xx._n 1._o 1_o sam._n iii_o 20._o 2_o sam._n iii_o 10._o and_o elsewhere_o and_o here_o jeroboam_n do_v set_v up_o one_o of_o his_o golden_a calf_n 1_o king_n xii_o 29._o jonathan_n a_o levite_n the_o great_a grandchild_n of_o moses_n verse_n 30_o though_v bear_v in_o bethlehem-judah_n and_o so_o as_o of_o the_o family_n of_o judah_n ch._n xvii_o 7._o and_o though_o a_o levite_n yet_o take_v and_o use_v as_o a_o priest_n and_o consecrate_v thereunto_o by_o micah_n a_o ephraimitie_n ver_fw-la 1_o 12._o who_o likewise_o have_v consecrate_v one_o of_o his_o own_o son_n to_o become_v his_o priest_n ver_fw-la 5._o and_o this_o jonathan_n force_v to_o seek_v and_o shift_v for_o his_o maintenance_n and_o livelihood_n and_o to_o accept_v of_o one_o so_o poor_a and_o base_a ver_fw-la 10._o all_o this_o bespeak_v the_o sad_a and_o lamentable_a condition_n and_o coufusion_n of_o those_o time_n wherein_o they_o live_v captivity_n of_o the_o land_n this_o idolatry_n of_o the_o danite_n in_o this_o city_n dan_n continue_v until_o the_o day_n of_o the_o captivity_n of_o the_o land_n that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v explain_v ver_fw-la 31._o all_o the_o time_n that_o the_o house_n of_o god_n be_v in_o shiloh_n till_o the_o philistine_n take_v the_o ark_n 1_o sam._n iu_o psalm_n lxxviii_o 60_o 61._o which_o be_v at_o the_o death_n of_o elimine_n a_o concubine_n or_o a_o wife_n a_o concubine_n chapter_n xix_o the_o word_n for_o concubine_n in_o hebrew_n be_v etymologize_v witty_o by_o some_o from_o two_o other_o word_n of_o that_o language_n which_o put_v together_o verse_n 1_o signify_v that_o which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o old_a latin_a inscription_n viro-conjux_a a_o half-wife_n or_o secondary_a wife_n we_o read_v in_o scripture_n of_o concubine_n and_o wife_n various_o of_o many_o wife_n to_o one_o man_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o this_o not_o only_o in_o profane_a and_o evil_a man_n as_o in_o lamech_v gen._n iu._n and_o esau_n and_o other_o but_o also_o in_o good_a and_o godly_a man_n as_o in_o jacob_n david_n and_o other_o and_o among_o these_o many_o wife_n we_o sometime_o find_v a_o kind_n of_o distinction_n of_o they_o into_o two_o sort_n one_o sort_n the_o first_o and_o principal_a and_o absolute_o lawful_a wife_n and_o mistress_n the_o other_o sort_n but_o in_o a_o secondary_a and_o inferior_a degree_n and_o such_o as_o have_v no_o dowry_n nor_o solemn_a rite_n of_o reception_n nor_o rule_v in_o the_o family_n nor_o their_o child_n have_v any_o inheritance_n but_o gift_n and_o portion_n for_o that_o of_o jacobs_n son_n by_o bilhah_n and_o zilpah_n be_v a_o case_n extraordinary_a and_o thus_o we_o find_v with_o abraham_n sarah_n of_o the_o first_o sort_n and_o hagar_n and_o keturah_n of_o the_o second_o with_o jacob_n rachel_n and_o leah_n of_o the_o first_o bilhah_n and_o zilpah_n of_o the_o second_o and_o those_o of_o the_o second_o sort_n be_v sometime_o call_v wife_n and_o sometime_o concubine_n as_o we_o see_v in_o keturah_n gen._n xxv_o 1_o 6._o 1_o chron._n i._n 32._o and_o in_o bilhah_n gen._n xxx_o 4._o and_o xxxv_o 22._o and_o ch._n xxxvii_o 2._o and_o david_n ten_o concubine_n 2_o sam._n xv._o 16._o and_o ch._n xvi_o 22._o and_o ch._n xx._n 3._o be_v call_v his_o wife_n 2_o sam._n xii_o 11._o and_o thus_o concubine_n be_v of_o two_o sort_n some_o be_v wife_n or_o half-wive_n other_o plain_o whore_n and_o harlot_n but_o this_o concubine_n of_o the_o levite_n be_v his_o wife_n and_o he_o her_o lord_n as_o appear_v ver_fw-la 3_o 4_o 5_o 7_o 9_o 26_o 27._o and_o ch._n xx._n 4._o gibeah_n distinct_a from_o gibeah_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n chapter_n xix_o verse_n 12_o josh._n xv._o 57_o and_o from_o gibeon_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n josh._n xviii_o 25._o this_o be_v either_o that_o which_o afterward_o be_v call_v gibeah_n of_o saul_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n 1_o sam._n xi_o 4._o or_o else_o very_a near_o it_o in_o the_o same_o tribe_n and_o not_o far_o from_o jerusalem_n and_o ramah_n ver_fw-la 13_o 14_o 16._o house_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o shilo_n verse_n 18_o and_o so_o ch._n xx._n 18._o this_o be_v near_o mount_n ephraim_n where_o he_o sojourn_v and_o thither_o the_o whole_a camp_n come_v ch._n xxi_o 12._o know_v he_o so_o gen._n verse_n 22_o xix_o 5._o monstrous_a impudent_a wickedness_n a_o modest_a intimation_n of_o a_o most_o immodest_a meaning_n my_o brethren_n men_n in_o nature_n verse_n 23_o tho_o worse_o than_o beast_n in_o their_o lust_n behold_v my_o daughter_n sinful_a this_o verse_n 24_o to_o use_v unlawful_a mean_n though_o to_o a_o good_a end_n we_o may_v not_o do_v evil_a that_o good_a may_v come_v thereof_o rom._n iii_o 8._o not_o harken_v yet_o do_v in_o the_o next_o word_n verse_n 25_o and_o she_o sin_v
advertise_v thou_o balaam_n call_v a_o soothsayer_n chapter_n xxiv_o verse_n 14_o josh._n xiii_o 22._o and_o a_o prophet_n 2_o pet._n ii_o 16._o give_v this_o advertisement_n to_o balak_n which_o seem_v to_o have_v a_o relation_n to_o that_o which_o follow_v in_o the_o residue_n of_o that_o chapter_n yet_o beside_o he_o give_v counsel_n to_o balak_n or_o at_o least_o after_o to_o the_o midianite_n to_o draw_v the_o israelite_n into_o sin_n num._n xxxi_o 16._o which_o come_v so_o to_o pass_v he_o himself_o in_o his_o return_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o sword_n among_o the_o midianite_n num._n xxxi_o 8._o in_o that_o expedition_n wherein_o joshuah_n though_o not_o name_v may_v seem_v to_o be_v the_o general_n and_o phineas_n chief_a of_o the_o priest_n sounding_z trumpets_z in_o that_o war_n wherein_o 12000._o israelite_n not_o have_v one_o man_n slay_v do_v yet_o slay_v five_o king_n of_o midian_a or_o duke_n of_o sihon_n dwell_v in_o the_o country_n as_o it_o be_v josh._n xiii_o 21._o and_o all_o the_o male_n of_o that_o populous_a nation_n save_o such_o as_o escape_v by_o flight_n who_o posterity_n in_o the_o day_n of_o gideon_n come_v to_o prevail_v against_o israel_n judg._n vi_o 1_o 2._o and_o they_o take_v a_o mighty_a prey_n and_o booty_n whereout_o after_o purification_n of_o themselves_o and_o the_o prey_n there_o be_v pay_v a_o tribute_n and_o portion_n to_o the_o priest_n and_o a_o portion_n to_o the_o levite_n and_o a_o voluntary_a oblation_n after_o make_v by_o the_o captain_n to_o the_o lord_n num._n xxxi_o of_o the_o 24000._o chapter_n xxv_o verse_n 9_o that_o die_v in_o the_o plague_n and_o stroke_n of_o god_n vengeance_n the_o 23000._o mention_v 1_o cor._n x._o 8._o likely_a be_v the_o vulgar_a sort_n that_o die_v in_o the_o slaughter_n num._n xxv_o 5._o and_o the_o other_o thousand_o be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o people_n hang_v up_o ver_fw-la 4._o without_o suppose_v any_o pestilence_n at_o that_o time_n or_o if_o by_o plague_n num._n xxv_o 9_o psal_n cvi_o 30._o we_o understand_v the_o pestilence_n then_o most_o probable_o the_o 23000._o die_v of_o it_o and_o the_o other_o thousand_o by_o hang_v and_o slaughter_n 22200._o chapter_n xxvi_o verse_n 14_o in_o this_o last_o number_v of_o the_o people_n in_o the_o plain_n of_o moab_n in_o the_o fourti_v year_n of_o their_o wander_a in_o the_o wilderness_n simeon_n be_v far_o the_o least_o in_o number_n and_o judah_n the_o most_o and_o the_o whole_a number_n of_o fight_a man_n of_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n after_o that_o generation_n die_v in_o the_o wilderness_n upon_o that_o judgement_n numb_a fourteen_o 29_o 35._o and_o upon_o sundry_a other_o judgement_n beside_o be_v now_o 1820._o less_o in_o number_n then_o in_o the_o former_a number_v at_o mount_n sinai_n thirty_o nine_o year_n before_o 23000._o and_o so_o but_o 700_o more_o than_o they_o be_v in_o the_o former_a number_v at_o sinai_n ch._n iii_o verse_n 62_o be_v likely_a not_o altogether_o free_a from_o that_o sin_n and_o punishment_n num._n xiii_o and_o fourteen_o sin_n this_o wilderness_n differ_v from_o zin_n chapter_n xxxiii_o verse_n 11_o ver_fw-la 36._o this_o be_v the_o eight_o station_n of_o the_o israelite_n that_o of_o zin_n the_o thirty_o three_o which_o be_v kadesh_n where_o miriam_n die_v as_o be_v say_v num._n xxxiii_o 11_o 36._o rephidim_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o ch._n verse_n 14_o xxviii_o 8._o abarim_n pluraly_n verse_n 47_o mountain_n be_v a_o continuation_n of_o mountain_n or_o hill_n num._n xxxiii_o 47._o in_o the_o confine_n of_o the_o amorites_n and_o moabite_n whereof_o the_o top_n have_v several_a name_n as_o nebo_n pisgah_n pehor_fw-la but_o mount_v sinai_n be_v none_o of_o they_o be_v far_o enough_o of_o salt_n sea_n is_n not_o that_o lake_n of_o genesareth_n chapter_n xxxiv_o verse_n 3_o but_o only_a that_o dead_a sea_n and_o salt_n sea_n where_o former_o sodom_n and_o gomorrah_n admah_n and_o zeboim_n have_v stand_v deut._n xxix_o 23._o hos._n xi_o 8._o riblah_n riblah_n in_o the_o land_n of_o hamath_n part_n of_o the_o east_n border_n of_o canaan_n near_o the_o north_n quarter_n here_o pharaoh-nechoh_a put_v jehoahaz_n in_o bond_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o 33._o and_o nabuchadnezzar_n put_v king_n zedekiah_n in_o bond_n and_o put_v out_o his_o eye_n 2_o king_n xxv_o 6_o 7._o and_o slay_v the_o high_a priest_n and_o second_o priest_n and_o the_o son_n of_o zedekiah_n and_o other_o prime_a man_n ver_fw-la 18_o 21._o jer._n lii_o 10_o 27._o this_o riblah_n seem_v to_o be_v that_o which_o be_v afterward_o call_v antiochia_n in_o syria_n of_o this_o see_v my_o annotation_n on_o ezek._n xi_o 10_o 11._o chinnereth_n num._n xxxiv_o 11._o deut._n iii_o 17._o josh._n xi_o 2._o and_o xii_o 27._o and_o xix_o 35._o be_v call_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n genezareth_n luke_n v._n 1._o which_o lake_n be_v also_o call_v the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n matth._n iu._n 18._o mark_v i._n 16._o and_o the_o sea_n of_o tiberias_n josh._n xxi_o 1._o and_o absolute_o the_o sea_n matth._n xvii_o 27._o suburb_n the_o suburb_n of_o the_o city_n of_o the_o priest_n chapter_n xxxv_o verse_n 4_o and_o levite_n be_v 1000_o cubit_n from_o the_o city_n on_o every_o side_n and_o so_o 2000_o in_o the_o limit_n and_o utmost_a bound_n and_o border_n of_o each_o quarter_n east_n west_n north_n and_o south_n forty_o eight_o city_n see_v josh._n verse_n 7_o xx._n and_o xxi_o and_o 1_o chron._n 6._o compare_v together_o and_o the_o great_a annotation_n upon_o the_o say_v six_o chapter_n shall_v not_o be_v guilty_a the_o innocent_a man_n verse_n 27_o that_o by_o mere_a accident_n against_o his_o will_n slay_v a_o man_n may_v yet_o as_o it_o seem_v be_v lawful_o slay_v by_o the_o revenger_n of_o blood_n if_o he_o take_v he_o without_o the_o city_n of_o refuge_n which_o the_o more_o show_v the_o wrath_n of_o god_n against_o murder_n only_o to_o the_o family_n israelites_n may_v marry_v wife_n of_o other_o tribe_n chapter_n xxxvi_o verse_n 6_o so_o that_o they_o be_v not_o inheritrix_n of_o land_n num._n xxxvi_o yea_o of_o other_o nation_n if_o they_o be_v proselyte_n and_o not_o of_o those_o nation_n which_o god_n express_o devote_v to_o destruction_n deut._n vii_o 3._o and_o xxi_o 10_o 13._o of_o their_o marriage_n with_o heathen_n and_o mix_v the_o holy_a seed_n see_v ezra_n ix_o and_o x._o ch._n neh._n ix_o 2._o and_o x._o 30._o and_o xiii_o 3._o 23_o 30._o deuteronomie_n deuteronomie_n be_v write_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n not_o 2493._o but_o in_o the_o year_n 2553._o or_o rather_o 2548._o thirty_o eight_o year_n and_o odd_a month_n from_o the_o time_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o book_n of_o number_n and_o about_o 1450_o year_n before_o christ_n time_n it_o contain_v to_o the_o fifteen_o verse_n of_o the_o last_o chapter_n a_o history_n of_o one_o month_n and_o seven_o day_n viz_o from_o month_n eleven_o day_n one_o to_z month_z twelve_z day_n seven_o at_o which_o time_n moses_n die_v as_o have_v be_v former_o gather_v upon_o aaron_n death_n see_v and_o compare_v together_o deut._n i._n 3._o and_o xxxiv_o 8._o and_o josh._n iu_o 19_o in_o which_o short_a time_n the_o book_n be_v write_v by_o moses_n and_o beside_o sundry_a repetition_n and_o explication_n other_o new_a law_n give_v a_o second_o edition_n as_o it_o be_v of_o the_o covenant_n make_v with_o the_o new_a generation_n with_o some_o other_o consequence_n and_o last_o act_n of_o moses_n the_o last_o chapter_n of_o deuteronomie_n be_v write_v after_o moses_n his_o death_n as_o likewise_o the_o conclusion_n of_o the_o book_n of_o jeremy_n be_v write_v after_o his_o death_n jer._n li._n 64._o and_o lii_o 31_o 34._o and_o that_o xxxiv_o chapter_n contain_v one_o month_n more_o of_o the_o israelite_n mourn_v for_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n this_o book_n of_o deuteronomie_n and_o that_o of_o the_o psalm_n be_v of_o chief_a note_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o the_o life_n of_o religion_n the_o spiritual_a power_n of_o worship_n and_o obedience_n in_o the_o inner_a man_n yet_o this_o book_n of_o deuteronomie_n seem_v not_o to_o be_v that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v write_v very_o plain_o upon_o great_a stone_n plaster_v in_o mount_n ebal_n for_o that_o be_v the_o decalogue_n only_o or_o those_o blessing_n and_o curse_n only_o deut._n xxvii_o 2_o 26._o josh._n viii_o 30_o 35._o nor_o seem_v it_o to_o be_v this_o book_n of_o deuteronomie_n only_o that_o be_v to_o be_v copy_v out_o by_o the_o king_n and_z he_o to_o read_v therein_o all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n deut._n xvii_o v._o 18_o 19_o 20._o not_o yet_o seem_v it_o to_o be_v this_o book_n only_o that_o be_v to_o be_v solemn_o read_v by_o the_o priest_n every_o seven_o or_o sabbatical_a year_n in_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n in_o the_o audience_n of_o
all_o the_o people_n chapt._n xxxi_o 9_o 13._o as_o in_o the_o three_o foresay_a particular_n some_o will_v have_v it_o nor_o yet_o be_v it_o this_o book_n only_o or_o that_o song_n only_o deut._n xxxii_o that_o be_v to_o be_v put_v and_o place_v by_o the_o priest_n in_o at_z or_o by_o the_o side_n of_o the_o ark_n of_o the_o covenant_n deut._n xxxi_o 25_o 26._o but_o the_o whole_a book_n of_o the_o law_n the_o five_o book_n of_o moses_n be_v to_o be_v copy_v out_o by_o the_o king_n read_v in_o every_o sabbath-year_n and_o lay_v up_o and_o preserve_v safe_a by_o the_o ark_n of_o the_o testimony_n the_o judicial_a law_n most_o of_o all_o mention_v in_o this_o book_n and_o peculiar_o belong_v to_o the_o country_n and_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v ground_v upon_o a_o equity_n of_o right_a reason_n for_o that_o country_n and_o people_n and_o so_o far_o be_v useful_a to_o all_o other_o the_o ten_o first_o chapter_n be_v mostwhat_a of_o precedent_a passage_n repetition_n of_o what_o thing_n be_v former_o do_v with_o exhortation_n to_o obedience_n intermix_v moses_n yet_o herein_o not_o bind_v himself_o to_o a_o exact_a order_n in_o observation_n of_o the_o time_n and_o place_n these_o be_v a_o inscription_n of_o the_o whole_a book_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 1_o and_o a_o accurate_a description_n of_o the_o place_n where_o moses_n deliver_v and_o do_v what_o in_o this_o book_n be_v contain_v eleven_o the_o eleven_o day_n journey_n end_n either_o at_o kadesh-barneah_a verse_n 2_o or_o compass_v about_o by_o the_o way_n of_o mount_n seir_n and_o kadesh-barneah_a it_o end_v at_o and_o in_o the_o plain_n of_o moab_n both_o which_o ser●●_n to_o show_v how_o soon_o they_o may_v have_v come_v from_o horeb_n or_o sinai_n to_o canaan_n have_v they_o not_o provoke_v god_n by_o their_o sin_n num._n fourteen_o instead_o of_o that_o eleven_o day_n journey_n to_o keep_v they_o wander_v in_o the_o wilderness_n 38._o year_n after_o horeb_n horeb_n and_o mount_n sinai_n be_v take_v for_o the_o same_o exod._n iii_o 1._o see_v on_o that_o text_n deut._n i._n 2_o 6_o 19_o and_o iu_o 10_o 15._o and_o v._o 2._o and_o ix_o 8._o 1_o king_n xix_o 8_o mal._n iu_o 4._o they_o be_v close_a neighbour_n or_o rather_o two_o top_n of_o the_o same_o mount_n the_o israelite_n abide_v almost_o a_o year_n there_o deut._n i._n 6._o exod._n xix_o 1_o num._n x._o 11._o og_n that_o dwell_v at_o ashteroth_n verse_n 4_o be_v slay_v in_o edrei_n another_o of_o his_o royal_a city_n ch._n iii_o 1._o num._n xxi_o 33._o josh._n xiii_o 12_o 31._o and_o xii_o 4._o angry_a god_n anger_n at_o moses_n here_o mention_v verse_n 37_o be_v not_o in_o the_o second_o year_n when_o and_o where_o the_o spy_n be_v send_v from_o kadesh-barnea_a num._n xiii_o and_o fourteen_o but_o in_o the_o fourti_v year_n at_o that_o other_o kadesh_n when_o and_o where_o miriam_n die_v num._n xx._n 1_o 2_o 12._o many_o day_n the_o israelite_n abode_n in_o kadesh_n many_o day_n verse_n 46_o and_o they_o compass_v mount_n seir_n many_o day_n the_o space_n in_o which_o they_o come_v from_o kadesh-barnea_a till_o they_o come_v over_o the_o brook_n zered_a or_o pitch_v in_o the_o valley_n of_o zared_a in_o moab_n be_v their_o thirty_o nine_o station_n be_v thirty_o eight_o year_n which_o be_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o fourti_v year_n of_o their_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n deut._n ii_o 1_o 2_o 3_o 7_o 14._o some_o take_v thirty_o seven_o year_n and_o a_o half_a of_o this_o time_n to_o be_v spend_v at_o kadesh-barnea_a and_o sure_o the_o most_o of_o it_o be_v spend_v there_o and_o the_o lesser_a and_o late_a part_n of_o it_o in_o compass_v mount_n seir_n and_o the_o other_o half_a year_n spend_v in_o come_v from_o mount_n seir_n to_o zered_a see_v deut._n ii_o 7._o distress_n not_o and_o so_o chapter_n two_o verse_n 9_o v._n 19_o the_o israelite_n forbid_v to_o distress_n the_o moabite_n and_o ammonite_n or_o to_o possess_v their_o land_n yet_o what_o sihon_n have_v late_o conquer_v from_o they_o and_o possess_v which_o be_v no_o small_a part_n of_o their_o country_n all_o that_o the_o israelite_n conquer_a sihon_n by_o right_a of_o that_o conquest_n do_v fair_o possess_v josh._n xiii_o 15_o 25._o judg._n xi_o 12_o 27._o giant_n there_o be_v mention_v anakim_v verse_n 11_o emims_n zanzummims_n rephaims_n as_o several_a raze_n of_o gaint_n deut._n ii_o 11_o 20._o and_o ch._n iii_o 11_o 13._o num._n xiii_o 33._o see_v further_o gen._n vi_o 4_o 1_o sam._n xvii_o 4._o and_o 2_o sam._n xxi_o 16_o 22._o mount_v zion_n chapter_n iv_o verse_n 48_o which_o be_v hermon_n called_n by_o the_o sidonian_n syrion_n by_o the_o amorites_n shenir_fw-fr in_o the_o valley_n of_o lebanon_n deut._n iii_o 9_o and_o iu_o 48._o josh._n xi_o 17._o and_o xiii_o 5._o and_o xii_o 5._o 1_o chron._n v._n 23._o and_o mount_v zion_n that_o strong_a hold_n in_o the_o city_n of_o david_n be_v the_o south-part_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o not_o seat_v on_o the_o north-side_n of_o it_o 2_o sam._n v._o 7_o 9_o 1_o king_n viii_o 1._o psal._n ii_o 6._o and_o ix_o 11._o and_o xlviii_o 2._o upon_o which_o text_n see_v the_o annotation_n be_v two_o differ_a mountain_n and_o far_o asunder_o they_o differ_v also_o in_o their_o original_a character_n and_o letter_n the_o former_a be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o late_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o the_o new_a testament_n write_v the_o late_a also_o zion_n rom._n ix_o 33_o 〈◊〉_d xi_o 26._o as_o likewise_o the_o hebrew_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v write_v sidon_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v write_v tyre_n matth._n xi_o 21_o 22._o call_v we_o may_v not_o conceive_v a_o miracle_n in_o moses_n voice_n chapter_n five_o verse_n 1_o as_o some_o do_v on_o this_o place_n my_o commandment_n so_o it_o be_v in_o the_o masoret_n marginal_a read_n verse_n 10_o but_o in_o the_o text_n it_o be_v his_o commandment_n and_o may_v import_v the_o word_n of_o moses_n expound_v the_o sense_n and_o meaning_n of_o god_n word_n that_o go_v next_o before_o seven_o day_n some_o word_n be_v add_v by_o moses_n to_o those_o utter_v by_o god_n on_o mount_n sinai_n verse_n 14_o 15._o exod._n xx._n 10_o 11._o as_o a_o explication_n of_o they_o and_o also_o a_o reason_n be_v give_v of_o the_o four_o commandment_n differ_v altogether_o from_o that_o reason_n in_o exod._n xx._n 11._o which_o reason_n here_o yet_o evince_v not_o that_o therefore_o god_n bring_v the_o israelite_n out_o of_o egypt_n on_o the_o sabbath-day_n but_o the_o put_n of_o wife_n before_o house_n ver_fw-la 21._o contrary_n to_o that_o order_n of_o house_n before_o wife_n in_o exod._n xx._n 17._o confound_v the_o late_a papist_n silly_a shift_n in_o divide_v the_o last_o commandment_n into_o two_o to_o make_v up_o ten_o deut._n iu._n 13._o to_o colour_n thereby_o their_o take_v away_o the_o second_o commandment_n or_o shuffle_n of_o it_o into_o the_o first_o so_o that_o by_o they_o be_v not_o know_v which_o be_v the_o nine_o and_o which_o the_o ten_o commandment_n seven_o nation_n so_o many_o be_v here_o reckon_v chapter_n vii_o verse_n 1_o and_o so_o josh._n iii_o 10._o six_o in_o exod._n xxxiii_o 2._o deut._n xx._n 17._o judg._n iii_o 5._o in_o many_o place_n few_o in_o gen._n xv._o 19_o 20_o 21._o ten_o nation_n be_v reckon_v and_o among_o they_o the_o philistine_n be_v never_o mention_v yet_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o whole_a land_n go_v many_o time_n under_o the_o name_n of_o canaanites_n and_o amorites_n as_o gen._n xxiv_o 3._o and_o ch._n xv._o 16._o utter_o destroy_v they_o such_o be_v god_n command_n verse_n 2_o and_o such_o his_o promise_n of_o assistance_n v._o 16._o see_v exod._n xxxiv_o 11_o 12._o deut._n ix_o 3._o and_o xx._n 16_o 17._o yet_o this_o be_v not_o a_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v in_o one_o year_n or_o in_o ioshuah_n life-time_n josh._n xxiii_o 4_o 5_o 13._o judg._n l._n 9_o 21_o 27_o 29_o 30_o 31_o 33_o 34._o but_o by_o little_a and_o little_a exod._a xxiii_o 29_o 30._o deut._n vii_o 22._o yet_o god_n just_o threaten_v and_o blame_v they_o for_o their_o neglect_n in_o conquer_a and_o expel_v they_o num._n xxxiii_o 55_o 56._o josh._n xxiii_o 13._o judg._n ii_o 3_o 21_o 22_o 23._o and_o he_o never_o give_v they_o the_o possession_n of_o their_o full_a bound_n as_o of_o tyre_n sidon_n and_o of_o all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o philistine_n because_o they_o keep_v not_o for_o their_o part_n the_o condition_n of_o their_o covenant_n with_o he_o judg._n ii_o 20_o 21._o neither_o shall_v thou_o marriage_n forbid_v with_o the_o canaanite_n strict_o verse_n 3_o yea_o also_o forbid_v with_o the_o ammonite_n moabite_n and_o egyptian_n ezra_n ix_o 1_o 2._o
there_o 2_o sam._n vi_o 12_o 17._o whereupon_o zion_n be_v call_v the_o city_n of_o god_n god_n holy_a hill_n the_o northern_a and_o low_a part_n belong_v to_o benjamin_n wherein_o the_o temple_n stand_v on_o mount_n moriah_n 2_o chon_n iii_o 1._o honourable_a thing_n be_v speak_v of_o this_o city_n psal._n lxxxvii_o 2_o 3._o this_o city_n be_v call_v the_o city_n of_o god_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n of_o the_o great_a king_n the_o holy_a place_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o the_o most_o high_a psal._n xlvi_o 4._o and_o xlviii_o 8._o the_o throne_n of_o the_o lord_n jer._n iii_o 17._o jehovah-shammah_a in_o that_o visionarie_a description_n ezek._n xlviii_o 35._o it_o be_v call_v the_o city_n of_o solemnity_n esay_n xxxiii_o 20._o a_o city_n of_o righteousness_n esay_n v._n 26._o a_o city_n of_o truth_n zech._n viii_o 3._o a_o faithful_a city_n esay_n i._n 26._o a_o city_n seek_v out_o and_o not_o forsake_v esay_n lxii_o 12._o the_o wall_n thereof_o be_v call_v salvation_n and_o her_o gate_n praise_v and_o they_o be_v ever_o in_o god_n sight_n esay_n xlix_o 16._o and_o lx._n 18._o hoham_n these_o other_o four_o king_n be_v all_o south_n of_o jerusalem_n chapter_n x_o verse_n 3_o and_o all_o five_o do_v after_o belong_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n lachish_n of_o this_o city_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o micah_n i._n 13._o the_o lord_n say_v the_o lord_n speak_v to_o joshua_n verse_n 8_o sometime_o immediate_o by_o himself_o sometime_o be_v consult_v with_o by_o urim_n and_o thummim_n hailstone_n god_n be_v two_o miracle_n in_o this_o battle_n verse_n 11_o i._n by_o wondrous_a hailstone_n like_o those_o in_o egypt_n exod._n ix_o 18_o 25._o which_o kill_v more_o amorites_n then_o be_v slay_v by_o the_o sword_n brain_v likely_a the_o body_n of_o their_o host_n as_o they_o flee_v where_o they_o be_v thick_a and_o those_o that_o be_v foremost_a in_o the_o flight_n and_o not_o hurt_v the_o pursuer_n who_o be_v intermingle_v yet_o likely_a mostwhat_o in_o the_o rear_n of_o the_o enemy_n ii_o by_o the_o miraculous_a stand_v still_o upon_o joshua_n prayer_n first_o private_o make_v and_o grant_v after_o public_o pronounce_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o israel_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o of_o the_o moon_n and_o with_o they_o of_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o heaven_n about_o a_o whole_a day_n till_o the_o people_n have_v avenge_v themselves_o upon_o their_o enemy_n jasher_n the_o book_n of_o jasher_n record_v the_o miracle_n verse_n 13_o no_o heathen_a history_n be_v so_o ancient_a this_o book_n seem_v to_o be_v carry_v on_o and_o enlarge_v still_o with_o the_o story_n of_o thing_n act_v in_o after-age_n for_o there_o be_v mention_n of_o it_o in_o david_n time_n 2_o sam._n i_o 18._o and_o this_o book_n be_v no_o part_n of_o canonical_a inspire_a scripture_n but_o a_o civil_a chronicle_n or_o annal_n among_o the_o jew_n be_v since_o perish_v as_o divers_a other_o of_o like_a nature_n among_o which_o be_v those_o book_n of_o chronicle_n not_o canonical_a but_o civil_a so_o often_o cite_v in_o our_o two_o book_n of_o the_o king_n no_o day_n that_o day_n in_o hezekiah_n time_n verse_n 14_o be_v in_o some_o thing_n like_o this_o 2_o king_n xx._n 11._o but_o that_o not_o till_o many_o age_n after_o and_o this_o book_n first_o write_v return_v if_o joshua_n here_o resolve_v to_o return_v to_o gilgal_n verse_n 15_o yet_o many_o other_o victory_n in_o the_o southern_a part_n even_o from_o kadesh-barnea_a unto_o gaza_n in_o a_o short_a time_n intervene_v ver_fw-la 16_o 42._o before_o he_o actual_o return_v thither_o ver_fw-la 43._o joshua_n and_o c._n xi_o verse_n 36_o 31._o joshua_n take_v hebron_n or_o kiriath-arba_n and_o debir_n or_o kiriath-seph_a and_o cut_v off_o the_o anakim_v yet_o under_o the_o conduct_n of_o caleb_n this_o be_v perfect_v joshua_n assign_v he_o out_o of_o his_o army_n the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n for_o his_o assistance_n therein_o ch._n fourteen_o 6_o 15._o and_o ch._n xv._o 13_o 19_o which_o thing_n seem_v to_o be_v repeat_v judg._n i._n 10_o 15._o rather_o then_o a_o new_a conquest_n make_v again_o after_o the_o death_n of_o joshua_n goshen_n and_o ch._n xi_o verse_n 41_o 16._o and_o ch._n xv._o 51._o this_o goshen_n in_o canaan_n differ_v from_o that_o in_o egypt_n sand_n hyperbolees_n much_o use_v in_o scripture_n chapter_n xi_o verse_n 4_o so_o gen._n xxii_o 17._o and_o xli_o 49._o judg._n vii_o 12._o and_o ch._n xx._n 16._o 1_o sam._n xiii_o 5._o 2_o sam._n i._n 23._o 1_o king_n i._n 40._o and_o iu_o 20_o 29._o 2_o king_n xix_o 24._o 1_o chron._n xii_o 8._o and_o xvi_o 33._o 2_o chron._n i._n 9_o and_o xxviii_o 9_o job_n xx._n 6._o and_o xxii_o 24._o and_o xl._n 23._o psal._n vi_o 6._o esay_n xxxiv_o 3_o 5_o 7_o 9_o and_o xlviii_o 19_o jer._n iu._n 24._o and_o xv._o 8._o joel._n iii_o 18._o amos_n ii_o 9_o and_o ix_o 13._o john_n xxi_o 25._o a_o long_a time_n after_o the_o battle_n at_o the_o water_n of_o merom_n verse_n 18_o joshua_n do_v make_v war_n a_o long_a time_n with_o all_o those_o 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2_o in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n in_o relation_n partly_o to_o their_o birth_n partly_o to_o the_o prophetical_a blessing_n of_o they_o by_o jacob_n gen._n xlix_o and_o moses_n deut._n xxxiii_o and_o so_o in_o the_o city_n of_o the_o levite_n the_o lot_n cast_v the_o thirteen_o city_n of_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n benjamin_n and_o simeon_n which_o be_v near_a the_o temple_n josh._n xxi_o 9_o 10_o 17._o when_o it_o be_v build_v old_a calebs_n age_n verse_n 7_o when_o he_o be_v send_v among_o the_o spy_n from_o kadesh-barnea_a be_v forty_o at_o this_o division_n of_o the_o land_n eighty_o five_o so_o that_o forty_o five_o year_n intervene_v viz._n 38._o in_o the_o
in_o that_o levite_n time_n judg._n xix_o 10_o 11_o 12._o or_o haply_o at_o that_o time_n have_v never_o get_v any_o hold_n in_o it_o at_o all_o hebron_n of_o this_o city_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 2_o sam._n verse_n 10_o ii_o 1._o caleb_n of_o caleb_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o josh._n verse_n 12_o xv._o 16._o a_o south-land_n or_o dry_a land_n verse_n 15_o kenite_fw-la and_o ch._n iu._n 11._o and_o ch._n v._n 24._o see_v 1_o chron._n ii_o 55._o verse_n 16_o as_o also_o gen._n xv._o 19_o num._n xxiv_o 21._o 1_o sam._n xv._o 6._o and_o see_v my_o observation_n on_o num._n x._o 29._o palm_n trees_n jericho_n of_o this_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o ch._n iii_o 13._o gaza_n judah_n take_v gaza_n verse_n 18_o and_o askelon_n and_o ekron_n and_o lose_v they_o soon_o afterward_o ch._n iii_o 3._o bethel_n of_o this_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o king_n verse_n 22_o xii_o 29._o and_o xxxii_o beths●an_n and_o the_o rest_n in_o this_o verse_n be_v city_n in_o that_o half_a tribe_n of_o manasseh_n that_o lie_v west_n of_o jordan_n verse_n 27_o angel_n the_o angel_n here_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o create_a angel_n chapter_n two_o verse_n 1_o but_o that_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n mal._n iii_o 1._o that_o appear_v to_o moses_n in_o the_o bush_n exod._n iii_o 2._o call_v jehovah_n ver_fw-la 4._o and_o to_o joshua_n josh._n v._o 14._o and_o to_o gideon_n judg._n vi_o 16._o and_o to_o manoah_n and_o his_o wife_n ch._n xiii_o of_o who_o jacob_n speak_v gen._n xlviii_o 24._o and_o of_o who_o god_n speak_v unto_o moses_n exod._n xxiii_o 21_o 22_o 23._o term_v both_o jehovah_n exod._n xiii_o 21._o fourteen_o 10_o 24._o and_o his_o face_n or_o presence_n exod._n xxxiii_o 14_o 15._o and_o a_o angel_n exod._n xxxiii_o 2._o the_o messiah_n act_v vii_o 38._o the_o son_n of_o god_n heb._n i._n 3._o see_v on_o judg._n xiii_o 3._o but_o whether_o this_o history_n fall_v out_o in_o the_o life-time_n of_o joshua_n or_o after_o his_o death_n be_v somewhat_o more_o uncertain_a all_o the_o day_n of_o joshua_n therefore_o the_o angel_n come_v to_o bochim_n verse_n 7_o though_v premise_v be_v after_o the_o death_n of_o joshua_n and_o those_o elder_n mount_v of_o ephraim_n of_o this_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o joshua_n xxiv_o verse_n 9_o 1._o baal_n and_o ashtaroth_n of_o these_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o ch._n verse_n 13._o 16._o viii_o 33._o judge_n this_o chapter_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o summarie_n of_o the_o bulk_n of_o this_o book_n leave_v those_o nation_n ver._n verse_n 23_o 22._o and_o ch._n iii_o 1_o 2_o 4._o see_v the_o observation_n on_o deut._n vii_o 1._o and_o 2._o king_n of_o mesopotamia_n heb._n chapter_n iii_o verse_n 8_o aram-naharaim_a i._n e._n of_o syria_n between_o the_o two_o river_n tigris_n and_o euphrates_n naharaim_n be_v of_o the_o dual_a number_n forty_o year_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o book_n verse_n 11_o palmtree_n jericho_n the_o city_n of_o palmtree_n deut._n xxxiv_o 3._o verse_n 13_o 2_o chron._n xxviii_o 15._o this_o be_v nigh_o jordan_n on_o the_o westside_n of_o it_o and_o gilgal_n in_o the_o east_n border_n of_o jericho_n where_o rahab_n entertain_v and_o hide_v the_o two_o spy_n and_o from_o the_o plain_n of_o moab_n pisga_n and_o shirtim_fw-la which_o be_v over_o against_o jericho_n on_o the_o east-side_n of_o jordan_n the_o israelite_n pass_v over_o here_o the_o israelite_n keep_v the_o passeover_n and_o the_o captain_n of_o the_o lord_n host_n appear_v to_o joshua_n this_o be_v burn_v josh._n vi_o 24._o and_o the_o re-builder_n of_o it_o curse_v ver_fw-la 26._o and_o the_o same_o verify_v in_o hiel_n in_o the_o day_n of_o ahab_n 1_o king_n xvi_o 34._o so_o that_o the_o kenites_n be_v in_o it_o and_o eglon_n possess_v of_o it_o mention_v here_o and_o that_o of_o david_n ill-intreated_n messenger_n reside_v here_o 2_o sam._n x._o 5._o must_v be_v mean_v of_o some_o mean_a building_n or_o fort_n only_o in_o it_o or_o rather_o by_o it_o it_o fall_v by_o lot_n to_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n josh._n xviii_o 21._o here_o be_v a_o college_n of_o the_o son_n of_o the_o prophet_n in_o the_o time_n of_o elias_n and_o eliseus_n and_o the_o water_n heal_v by_o eliseus_n hither_o be_v send_v back_o courteous_o the_o many_o jew_n captive_v by_o pekah_n in_o the_o day_n of_o ahaz_n 2_o chron._n xxviii_o and_o in_o the_o plain_n here_o be_v zedekiah_n take_v by_o nebuchadnezar_n force_n and_o in_o the_o day_n of_o our_o saviour_n he_o do_v herein_o or_o hard_o by_o give_v sight_n to_o blind_a man_n and_o convert_v zacheus_n and_o he_o arise_v reverence_n to_o god_n and_o his_o word_n verse_n 20_o num._n xxiii_o 18_o 2_o king_n xx_o iii_o 2._o 2_o chron._n xxxiv_o 31._o neh._n viii_o 6._o oxe-goad_n miraculous_a be_v the_o victory_n of_o shamgar_n verse_n 31_o slay_v six_o hundred_o philistine_n with_o a_o oxe-goad_n and_o of_o samson_n slay_v one_o thousand_o of_o they_o with_o the_o jawbone_n of_o a_o ass_n ch._n xv._o 15_o 16._o jabin_n this_o jabin_n successor_n to_o that_o jabin_n slay_v by_o joshua_n chapter_n iv_o verse_n 2_o and_o his_o city_n hazor_n burn_v josh._n xi_o 1_o 10_o 11_o 13._o yet_o this_o successor_n or_o son_n reinforce_v himself_o and_o twenty_o year_n oppress_v israel_n and_o be_v destroy_v at_o last_o by_o deborah_n and_o barak_n ver_fw-la 24._o hazor_n a_o city_n in_o naphtali_n and_o upper_a galilee_n east_n from_o rehob_n in_o asher_n and_o in_o former_a time_n head_n of_o the_o neighbour_a kingdom_n i●sh_n xi_o 10._o there_o be_v another_o hazor_n or_o two_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh._n xv._o 23_o 25._o haresh_v of_o the_o gentile_n ver._n 16._o in_o naphtali_n about_o thirty_o mile_n east_n from_o hazor_n near_o the_o south-bottome_n of_o the_o water_n of_o merom_n here_o he_o dwell_v because_o joshua_n have_v burn_v hazor_n josh._n xi_o 11_o 13._o charet_n of_o iron_n much_o use_n of_o these_o in_o war_n verse_n 3_o not_o by_o the_o jew_n but_o by_o their_o enemy_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o ch._n xx._n 2._o and_o on_o 2_o sam._n viii_o 5._o a_o prophetess_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o zeph._n verse_n 4_o iii_o 4._o and_o on_o 1_o sam._n xviii_o 10._o at_o that_o time_n even_o when_o and_o while_o jabin_n oppress_v they_o so_o that_o those_o twenty_o year_n v._o 3._o be_v within_o those_o forty_o year_n of_o deborah_n v._o 31._o ramah_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o hos._n verse_n 5_o v._o 8._o there_o be_v divers_a city_n of_o this_o name_n in_o divers_a tribe_n see_v josh._n xviii_o 25._o and_o xix_o 29_o 36._o 1_o sam._n i._n 1._o those_o in_o benjamin_n ephraim_n and_o judah_n be_v the_o chief_a place_n famous_a by_o deborah_n samuel_n saul_n and_o david_n as_o the_o sacred_a history_n do_v record_v barak_n this_o barak_n verse_n 6_o as_o also_o rahab_n gideon_n jephthah_n samson_n commend_v for_o their_o faith_n heb._n xi_o 31_o 32._o though_o weak_a in_o faith_n and_o not_o without_o their_o many_o fail_n tabor_n in_o the_o south-part_n of_o zebulon_n not_o far_o from_o the_o river_n kishon_n as_o it_o run_v into_o the_o south-bottome_n of_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n of_o tabor_n see_v more_o in_o the_o annotation_n on_o hos._n v._n 1._o of_o a_o woman_n deborah_n verse_n 9_o and_o jael_n zaanaim_n zaanaim_n by_o kedesh_n in_o naphtali_n verse_n 11_o where_n barak_n dwell_v not_o a_o man_n leave_v not_o a_o man_n leave_v in_o the_o field_n to_o make_v any_o resistance_n verse_n 16_o psal._n fourteen_o 3._o and_o liii_o 3._o rom._n iii_o 12._o shamgar_fw-mi of_o he_o chapter_n five_o verse_n 4_o ch._n iii_o 31._o and_o of_o jael_n ch._n iu._n 18._o be_v there_o a_o spear_n 1_n sam_n xiii_o 19_o verse_n 8_o from_o the_o noise_n they_o can_v not_o fetch_v water_n without_o danger_n from_o the_o enemy_n verse_n 11_o out_o of_o hence_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o song_n verse_n 14_o and_o chapter_n deborah_n relate_v how_o the_o several_a tribe_n behave_v themselves_o in_o this_o expedition_n with_o their_o praise_n or_o dispraise_v and_o here_o reuben_n gilead_n and_o dan_n and_o asher_n be_v blame_v and_o meroz_n curse_v and_o jael_n the_o wife_n of_o heber_n be_v bless_v root_n most_o likely_a understand_v of_o deborah_n of_o mount_n ephraim_n the_o firstrise_n and_o mover_n of_o this_o expedition_n though_o some_o extend_v it_o to_o joshua_n and_o other_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o simeon_n amalek_n amalek_n join_v here_o with_o the_o canaanite_n in_o this_o battle_n against_o the_o israelite_n after_o thou_o benjamin_n after_o ephraim_n come_v benjamin_n to_o assist_v in_o this_o war_n out_o of_o machir_n that_o half_a tribe_n of_o manasseh_n that_o dwell_v within_o canaan_n for_o though_o the_o one_o half_a
of_o the_o child_n of_o machir_n have_v their_o inheritance_n in_o gilead_n josh._n xiii_o 31._o which_o be_v here_o blame_v ver_fw-la 17._o yet_o the_o other_o half_a of_o machir_n child_n have_v their_o inheritance_n within_o canaan_n west_n of_o jordan_n josh._n xvii_o 1_o 2._o who_o be_v here_o commend_v barak_n not_o of_o issachar_n verse_n 15_o but_o of_o naphtali_n dwell_v in_o kedesh_n of_o naphtali_n ch._n iu._n 6._o division_n of_o reuben_n divide_v among_o themselves_o touch_v this_o war_n or_o divide_v from_o the_o other_o tribe_n and_o desert_v they_o in_o it_o megiddo_n megiddo_n a_o eminent_a city_n which_o manasseh_n have_v in_o issachar_n verse_n 19_o josh._n xvii_o 11._o not_o far_o from_o jezreel_n and_o the_o river_n kishon_n joshua_n slay_v the_o king_n of_o it_o josh._n xii_o 21._o and_o josiah_n be_v slay_v or_o have_v his_o death_n wound_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o it_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o 29_o 30._o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 34._o taanach_n taanach_n a_o royal_a city_n 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likewise_o call_v ephrathites_n 1_o king_n xi_o 26._o ruth_n the_o subject_a matter_n not_o the_o author_n of_o this_o book_n verse_n 4_o mother_n house_n i_o be_o but_o your_o mother-in-law_n verse_n 8_o moe_n son_n in_o my_o womb_n see_v deut._n xxv_o verse_n 11_o 5_o 6._o and_o unto_o her_o god_n orpha_n idolatrous_a inclination_n verse_n 15_o return_v thou_o asdruball_n josh._n xxiv_o 19_o testify_v against_o i_o as_o a_o witness_n of_o his_o just_a displeasure_n verse_n 21_o and_o my_o sin_n barley-harvest_n part_n of_o our_o march_n and_o april_n leu._n xxiii_o 10_o verse_n 22_o 15_o 16._o let_v i_o glean_v her_o modesty_n notwithstanding_o the_o law_n chapter_n two_o verse_n 7_o leu._n xix_o 9_o 10._o and_o xxiii_o 22._o a_o 20._o ephah_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o exod._n xvi_o 36._o one_o of_o our_o next_o kinsman_n who_o have_v right_a to_o redeem_v verse_n 17_o etc._n etc._n and_o ought_v also_o to_o marry_v the_o widow_n of_o his_o kinsman_n verse_n 20_o be_v dead_a without_o issue_n levit._n xxv_o 25_o 26._o deut._n xxv_o 5_o 6_o 7._o mar._n xii_o 19_o uncover_v his_o foot_n naomi_n well_o know_v the_o piety_n and_o chastity_n of_o boaz_n chapter_n iii_o verse_n 4_o and_o of_o ruth_n and_o confident_o trust_v therein_o spread_v therefore_o thy_o skirt_n receive_v i_o into_o thy_o protection_n by_o take_v i_o to_o be_v thy_o wife_n verse_n 9_o according_a to_o the_o law_n lie_v down_o until_o the_o morning_n boaz_n not_o offend_v with_o this_o manner_n of_o her_o approach_n verse_n 13._o 14._o and_o motion_n not_o be_v know_v boaz_n than_o do_v lie_v alone_o in_o a_o room_n by_o himself_o and_o be_v careful_a to_o avoid_v scandal_n six_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o gen._n xviii_o 6._o verse_n 15_o
a_o miracle_n and_o to_o declare_v to_o all_o that_o they_o be_v gift_v and_o assume_v to_o that_o their_o present_a office_n and_o employment_n naked_a i._n chapter_n xix_o verse_n 24_o e._n strip_v of_o his_o upper_a garment_n or_o military_a habit_n so_o peter_n john_n xxi_o 7._o and_o micah_n chap._n i._n 8._o esay_n chap._n xx._n 2_o 4._o and_o those_o act_n xix_o 16._o slay_v chapter_n xxii_o verse_n 18_o saul_n most_o horrid_a and_o bloody_a act._n ephod_n the_o ephod_n here_o be_v that_o of_o the_o high_a priest_n chapter_n xxiii_o verse_n 9_o wherein_o be_v the_o urim_n and_o thummim_n exod._n xxviii_o 30._o which_o urim_n and_o thummim_n be_v not_o the_o twelve_o precious_a stone_n of_o the_o breastplate_n mention_v v._o 17-21_a or_o the_o word_n of_o urim_n and_o thummim_n engrave_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o those_o twelve_o precious_a stone_n on_o the_o breastplate_n or_o thing_n commit_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o workman_n to_o make_v they_o but_o rather_o give_v by_o god_n to_o moses_n to_o put_v they_o not_o on_o but_o into_o the_o breastplate_n which_o haply_o to_o this_o end_n and_o purpose_n be_v double_v ver_fw-la 16._o so_o to_o have_v they_o hide_v there_o and_o according_o levit._n viii_o 8._o moses_n be_v say_v to_o put_v in_o the_o breastplate_n the_o urim_n and_o the_o thummim_n yet_o what_o thing_n or_o what_o kind_n of_o thing_n they_o be_v appear_v not_o only_o we_o know_v the_o name_n signify_v light_n and_o perfection_n haply_o intimate_v knowledge_n of_o doctrine_n and_o integrity_n of_o life_n and_o conversation_n and_o that_o by_o these_o the_o high_a priest_n extraordinary_o do_v ask_v counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o do_v receive_v answer_n as_o oracle_n from_o he_o so_o we_o see_v the_o precept_n for_o it_o num._n xxvii_o 21._o joshuah_n shall_v stand_v before_o eleazar_n the_o priest_n who_o shall_v ask_v counsel_n for_o he_o after_o the_o judgement_n of_o urim_n before_o the_o lord_n at_o his_o word_n shall_v they_o go_v out_o and_o at_o his_o word_n they_o shall_v come_v in_o both_o he_o i._n e._n joshuah_n and_o all_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n with_o he_o and_o the_o practice_n of_o it_o we_o find_v expect_v earnest_o by_o saul_n 1_o sam._n xxviii_o 6._o though_o the_o same_o it_o may_v seem_v lighty_a slight_v by_o he_o 1_o sam._n fourteen_o 18_o 19_o and_o here_o act_v by_o abiathar_n the_o high_a priest_n for_o david_n david_n hereunto_o adjoin_v his_o request_n unto_o the_o lord_n for_o the_o answer_n ver_fw-la 10_o 11_o 12._o and_o again_o 1_o sam._n xxx_o 7._o and_o not_o unlike_a but_o david_n inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n 2_o sam._n ii_o 1._o and_o chap._n v._n 19_o 23._o and_o xxi_o 1._o and_o possible_o that_o judg._n xx._n 18_o 23_o 27_o 28._o be_v by_o the_o same_o mean_n upon_o the_o same_o ground_n and_o if_o it_o be_v burn_v or_o lose_v at_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o all_o by_o nabuchadnezzar_n yet_o the_o tirshatha_n entertain_v a_o expectation_n of_o the_o restore_n of_o it_o ezra_n ii_o 63._o neh._n vii_o 65._o a_o messinger_n god_n providence_n for_o the_o preservation_n of_o he_o verse_n 27_o unto_o achish_n this_o second_o time_n chapter_n xxvii_o verse_n 2_o upon_o better_a security_n beforehand_o give_v then_o former_o be_v have_v in_o shunem_n in_o shunem_n and_o aphek_n chapter_n xxviii_o verse_n 4_o 1_o sam._n xxix_o 1._o the_o philistine_n pitch_v and_o the_o israelite_n in_o gilboa_n by_o a_o fountain_n which_o be_v in_o jezreel_n all_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o issachar_n josh_n xix_o 18._o this_o be_v david_n spoil_n i._n chapter_n xxx_o verse_n 20_o e._n all_o that_o the_o amalakite_n have_v take_v from_o other_o save_v from_o they_o of_o ziglag_n this_o by_o his_o right_n and_o free_a consent_n and_o gift_n of_o his_o soldier_n he_o make_v use_v of_o to_o gratify_v his_o friend_n and_o engage_v they_o to_o he_o ver_fw-la 26_o 31._o they_o shall_v part_v alike_o they_o both_o alike_o shall_v have_v their_o share_n verse_n 24_o according_a to_o god_n appointment_n num._n xxxi_o 27_o 30._o josh._n xxii_o 8._o though_o not_o both_o equal_a share_n fall_v upon_o it_o saul_n he_o own_o bloody_a butcher_n and_o selfmurderer_n chapter_n xxxi_o verse_n 4_o the_o amalakite_n belie_v himself_o in_o most_o of_o his_o relation_n to_o david_n 2_o sam._n i._o 5_o 10._o in_o hope_n of_o grace_n and_o reward_n from_o david_n but_o in_o issue_n to_o the_o lose_n of_o his_o life_n god_n in_o his_o secret_a justice_n just_o take_v it_o upon_o himself_o that_o he_o slay_v he_o 1_o chron._n x._o 14._o his_o head_n this_o they_o fasten_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o dagon_n verse_n 9_o 1_o chron._n x._o 10._o his_o body_n to_o the_o wall_n of_o bethshan_n or_o bethshean_a and_o his_o armour_n in_o the_o house_n of_o ashteroth_n a_o name_n of_o their_o female_a goddess_n ii_o samuel_n this_o book_n contain_v a_o history_n of_o forty_o year_n from_o the_o death_n of_o king_n saul_n to_o the_o death_n of_o king_n david_n or_o the_o time_n immediate_o precede_v it_o 2_o sam._n v._o 4_o 5._o the_o time_n and_o story_n of_o david_n reign_n crown_n that_o be_v upon_o his_o head_n likely_a not_o so_o wear_v by_o he_o in_o the_o day_n of_o battle_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 10_o 1_o king_n xxii_o 30._o but_o carry_v with_o he_o or_o before_o he_o by_o his_o armourbearer_n verse_n 18_o or_o some_o other_o as_o a_o ensign_n of_o his_o kingly_a honour_n bow_v that_o they_o may_v be_v skilful_a in_o the_o right_a use_n of_o their_o arm_n and_o weapon_n against_o their_o enemy_n in_o this_o time_n of_o need_n of_o the_o bow_n in_o war_n see_v ver_fw-la 22._o and_o the_o annotation_n on_o hos._n i._n 5._o and_o on_o zech._n x._o 4._o how_o be_v the_o mighty_a fall_v repeat_v verse_n 19_o ver_fw-la 25._o and_o 27._o as_o the_o foot_n of_o this_o sad_a song_n and_o elegy_n tell_v it_o not_o in_o gath_n this_o impossible_a not_o to_o be_v tell_v there_o but_o this_o show_v david_n desire_n verse_n 20_o if_o it_o have_v be_v possible_a a_o pathetical_a expression_n not_o much_o unlike_a be_v that_o ver_fw-la 21._o unto_o hebron_n of_o this_o place_n chapter_n two_o verse_n 1_o thus_o once_o for_o all_o hebron_n be_v a_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n and_o mountain_n of_o judah_n josh._n xv._o 54._o call_v also_o mamre_o and_o kiriath-arba_a the_o city_n of_o arba_n the_o father_n of_o anak_n where_o anak_n live_v his_o son_n and_o the_o anakim_v a_o race_n of_o giant_n here_o former_o dwell_v the_o child_n of_o heth_n and_o hittites_n and_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n sojourn_v here_o and_o they_o and_o sarah_n and_o rebekah_n and_o leah_n be_v bury_v here_o in_o the_o cave_n of_o machpelah_n before_o mamre_n the_o same_o be_v hebron_n gen._n xiii_o 18._o and_o xxiii_o 19_o and_o xlix_o 31._o hence_o joseph_n be_v send_v to_o see_v the_o welfare_n of_o his_o brethren_n hither_o the_o spy_n come_v that_o be_v send_v from_o kadesh-barnea_a in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o paran_n to_o search_v the_o land_n hoham_n the_o king_n of_o hebron_n be_v one_o of_o the_o five_o king_n mure_v up_o by_o joshuah_n in_o a_o cave_n and_o after_o slay_v and_o hang_v up_o and_o soon_o after_o the_o city_n take_v and_o another_o king_n thereof_o seem_v then_o to_o be_v slay_v by_o he_o and_o he_o and_o caleb_n slay_v the_o anakim_v that_o dwell_v here_o this_o city_n and_o suburb_n be_v give_v to_o the_o priest_n and_o to_o be_v a_o city_n of_o refuge_n the_o field_n and_o the_o village_n of_o it_o to_o caleb_n the_o son_n of_o jephunne_v the_o kenezite_n that_o good_a spy_n josh._n xx._n 7._o and_o xxi_o ii_o to_o the_o top_n of_o a_o hill_n before_o hebron_n samson_n carry_v the_o gate_n of_o gaza_n to_o they_o in_o hebron_n david_n send_v a_o present_a of_o the_o spoil_n take_v from_o the_o amalakite_n 1_o sam._n xxx_o 31._o hither_o god_n direct_v he_o to_o go_v in_o this_o text._n and_o here_o he_o be_v anoint_v king_n and_o reign_v seven_o year_n and_o six_o month_n and_o here_o he_o have_v six_o son_n bear_v to_o he_o of_o six_o several_a woman_n his_o wife_n here_o abner_n be_v slay_v by_o joab_n and_o mournful_o bury_v by_o david_n hither_o king_n ishbosheths_n head_n be_v bring_v by_o his_o murderer_n bury_v in_o abners_n sepulchre_n and_o they_o hang_v up_o here_o hither_o come_v all_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n to_o make_v david_n king_n over_o all_o israel_n and_o anoint_v he_o here_o and_o absalon_n be_v bear_v here_o pretend_v a_o vow_n to_o be_v perform_v here_o and_o rebel_a against_o his_o father_n make_v himself_o king_n here_o this_o city_n of_o hebron_n be_v build_v seven_o year_n before_o zoan_n in_o egypt_n num._n xiii_o 23._o and_o in_o rehoboam_n reign_n be_v
the_o room_n of_o joab_n 1_o king_n ii_o 34_o 35._o of_o he_o see_v more_o 2_o sam._n xxiii_o 20_o 21_o 22._o this_o benajah_n the_o son_n of_o jehoiada_n of_o kabzeel_n be_v call_v also_o a_o chief_a priest_n or_o principal_a officer_n 1_o chron._n xxvii_o 5._o another_o benajah_n a_o pirathonite_n be_v one_o of_o david_n thirty_o worthy_n 2_o sam._n xxiii_o 30._o and_o other_o benajah_n there_o be_v beside_o that_o be_v priest_n and_o levite_n and_o divers_a of_o the_o captain_n for_o the_o twelve_o month_n be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o david_n worthy_n and_o among_o the_o thirty_o be_v a_o son_n of_o achitophel_n uriah_n the_o hittite_n and_o the_o armourbearer_n of_o joab_n likewise_o although_o my_o house_n rather_o thus_o interrogative_o verse_n 5_o and_o be_v not_o my_o house_n so_o with_o god_n seven_o year_n seven_n year_n of_o famine_n here_o propound_v to_o david_n chapter_n xxiv_o verse_n 13_o and_o three_o year_n 1_o chron._n xxi_o 12._o that_o be_v three_o more_o to_o the_o three_o year_n of_o famine_n for_o the_o gibeonite_n 2_o sam._n xxi_o 1._o to_o which_o three_o so_o late_o pass_v and_o david_n sin_n of_o number_v the_o people_n be_v in_o the_o four_o year_n which_o be_v a_o sabbatical_a year_n a_o new_a addition_n of_o other_o three_o make_v up_o seven_o year_n of_o famine_n yet_o the_o lxx_o read_v three_o in_o 2_o sam._n xxiv_o 13._o of_o famine_n see_v more_o on_o lam._n i._n 11._o and_o ii_o 11_o 12_o 19_o 20._o and_o iu_o 4_o 5_o 8_o 9_o 10._o and_o v._o 10._o ezek._n iu._n 9_o 16._o and_o v._o 16._o i._o king_n the_o book_n of_o king_n do_v most_o pursue_v the_o history_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n during_o the_o continuance_n of_o that_o kingdom_n they_o seem_v to_o be_v write_v after_o their_o day_n 1_o king_n ix_o 13_o 21_o and_o x._o 12._o and_o xii_o 19_o 2_o king_n ii_o 22._o and_o viii_o 22._o and_o x._o 27._o and_o fourteen_o 7._o and_o xvi_o 6._o and_o xvii_o 23_o 34_o 41._o 1_o chron._n iu._n 41_o and_o v._o 26._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 22_o 23._o the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n or_o iii_o contain_v a_o history_n of_o one_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o year_n viz._n of_o solomon_n and_o after_o he_o of_o rehoboam_n abia_n asa_n jehoshaphat_n king_n of_o judah_n jeroboam_n nadab_n baasha_n elah_n zimri_n tibni_n omri_n and_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n act_n of_o solomon_n rehoboam_n and_o abijah_n be_v write_v in_o book_n of_o nathan_n the_o prophet_n of_o shemaiah_n the_o prophet_n of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o ahijah_n the_o shilomite_n of_o the_o vision_n and_o story_n of_o iddo_n the_o seer_n and_o prophet_n 2_o chron._n ix_o 29._o and_o xii_o 15._o and_o xiii_o 22._o which_o be_v lose_v and_o never_o be_v canonical_a scripture_n yet_o those_o of_o solomon_n seem_v to_o some_o to_o be_v write_v by_o nathan_n ahijah_n and_o iddo_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n 2_o chron._n i_o 29._o adonijah_n the_o elder_a son_n than_o live_v chapter_n i_o verse_n 5_o 2_o sam._n iii_o 3_o 4_o chileab_n or_o daniel_n 1_o chron._n iii_o 1._o be_v dead_a as_o absalon_n be_v elder_a when_o he_o former_o seek_v the_o crown_n begin_v with_o a_o courtly_a train_n and_o lifeguard_n as_o absalon_n do_v but_o get_v joab_n and_o abiathar_n to_o join_v with_o he_o in_o seek_v to_o be_v king_n and_o that_o by_o a_o fair_a way_n than_o absalon_n do_v 2_o sam._n xv._o 1_o king_n i._n enrogel_a or_o the_o well_o of_o rogel_n verse_n 9_o this_o be_v nigh_o jerusalem_n east_n and_o by_o south_n see_v josh._n xv._o 7._o 2_o sam._n xvii_o 17._o gihen_n gihen_n be_v a_o mount_n verse_n 33_o and_o a_o rivulet_n close_o on_o the_o westside_n of_o jerusalem_n see_v 2_o chron._n xxxii_o 30._o and_o xxxiii_o 14._o horn_n of_o the_o altar_n and_o so_o chap._n ii_o 28._o verse_n 50_o the_o altar_n whereunto_o adonijah_n and_o joab_n flee_v seem_v to_o be_v not_o any_o at_o jerusalem_n but_o that_o with_o the_o tabernacle_n at_o gibeon_n 2_o chron._n i_o 3_o 6._o forty_o year_n and_o so_o the_o year_n of_o his_o life_n chapter_n two_o verse_n 11_o seventy_o when_o he_o die_v of_o age_n for_o he_o be_v thirty_o when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o sam._n v._o 4._o and_o yet_o jesse_n be_v above_o one_o hundred_o when_o he_o beget_v he_o see_v on_o rahab_n josh._n ii_o and_o we_o read_v not_o of_o any_o king_n of_o judah_n or_o israel_n after_o david_n that_o attain_v to_o his_o age_n only_a vzziah_n and_o manasseh_n come_v very_o near_o it_o i_o will_v not_o say_v thou_o nay_o many_o promise_n of_o god_n and_o man_n verse_n 20_o have_v their_o prouiso_n and_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v conditional_o as_o 1_o sam._n ii_o 30._o ezek._n xxxiii_o 13._o 1_o chron._n xvii_o 9_o and_o chap._n xxviii_o 9_o 2_o chron._n vi_o 16._o psal._n cxxxii_o 12._o 2_o chron._n vii_o 17_o 22._o as_o god_n manifold_a promise_n of_o long_a life_n and_o temporal_a blessing_n and_o deliverance_n and_o many_o the_o like_a and_o so_o for_o threaten_n and_o doom_n judg._n x._o 13._o jonah_n iii_o 4._o see_v my_o observation_n on_o that_o text_n of_o jonah_n abiathar_n abiathar_n the_o four_o from_o eli_n verse_n 35_o of_o the_o race_n of_o ithamar_n the_o young_a brother_n be_v high_a priest_n till_o solomon_n put_v zadok_v in_o his_o room_n be_v indeed_o the_o right_a heir_n of_o the_o right_a line_n of_o eleazar_n and_o phineas_n 1_o chron._n vi_o 3_o etc._n etc._n num._n xxv_o 13._o high_a place_n high_n place_n call_v so_o chapter_n iii_o verse_n 2_o because_o mostwhat_o on_o mountain_n esay_n lvii_o 7._o whence_o name_v bamah_n ezek._n xx._n 28_o 29._o there_o they_o build_v house_n of_o the_o high_a place_n temple_n chapel_n altar_n etc._n etc._n and_o put_v their_o idol_n and_o image_n there_o and_o deck_v all_o with_o tapestry_n and_o garment_n of_o divers_a colour_n they_o make_v priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n and_o there_o they_o sacrifice_v yea_o sometime_o their_o child_n and_o burn_v incense_n 1_o king_n xii_o 31_o 32._o 2_o king_n xvii_o 29_o 32._o ezek._n xvi_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 24_o 25_o 31._o jer._n xix_o 5._o the_o high_a place_n of_o heathen_a idolater_n be_v always_o abominable_a these_o high_a place_n god_n command_v the_o israelite_n to_o destroy_v and_o quite_o pluck_v down_o num._n xxxiii_o 52._o while_o the_o ark_n and_o tabernacle_n be_v part_v one_o from_o the_o other_o and_o both_o from_o shiloh_n and_o remove_v from_o place_n to_o place_n till_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o there_o fix_v and_o settle_v we_o read_v of_o high_a place_n lawful_o resort_v to_o and_o use_v by_o samuel_n 1_o sam._n ix_o 12_o 13_o 14_o 19_o 25._o and_o by_o other_o chap._n x._o 5_o 12_o 13._o and_o not_o much_o unlawful_o by_o these_o here_o 1_o king_n iii_o 2_o 3._o and_o gibeon_n itself_o when_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o altar_n be_v there_o be_v call_v the_o great_a high_a place_n 1_o king_n iii_o 4._o but_o when_o the_o temple_n be_v since_o build_v than_o all_o other_o high_a place_n for_o god_n solemneworship_n and_o ceremonial_a service_n be_v count_v abominable_a and_o in_o this_o sin_n the_o ten_o tribe_n after_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n by_o jeroboam_fw-la continua_o abound_v they_o make_v house_n and_o priest_n of_o high_a place_n in_o mountain_n and_o in_o all_o the_o city_n of_o samaria_n and_o their_o altar_n be_v as_o heap_n in_o the_o furrow_n of_o the_o field_n 1_o king_n xiii_o 32._o hos._n xii_o 11._o yea_o and_o solomon_n himself_o afore_o that_o in_o his_o late_a day_n fearful_o offend_v in_o this_o kind_n 1_o king_n xi_o 7._o 8._o and_o judah_n itself_o fall_v into_o this_o sin_n even_o in_o rehoboam_n reign_v 1_o king_n fourteen_o 23._o and_o in_o aftertime_n they_o build_v high_a place_n to_o baal_n and_o to_o the_o idol_n of_o neighbour_a nation_n 2_o chr._n xxv_o 14._o in_o tophet_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o the_o son_n of_o hinnom_n on_o mount_n olivet_n in_o jerusalem_n in_o all_o the_o city_n of_o judah_n and_o in_o every_o street_n of_o the_o city_n micah_n i._n 5._o 1_o king_n fourteen_o 23._o jer._n vii_o 31._o and_o xix_o 5._o and_o xxxii_o 35._o ezek._n xvi_o 16_o 31._o and_o this_o special_o in_o the_o reign_v of_o ahaz_n joram_n and_o manasseh_n and_o in_o the_o reign_v of_o divers_a good_a king_n of_o judah_n as_o joash_n amatziah_n vzziah_n jotham_n it_o be_v record_v as_o a_o blemish_n in_o they_o that_o they_o do_v not_o take_v away_o the_o high_a place_n but_o the_o people_n sacrifice_v and_o burn_v incense_n in_o they_o of_o good_a asa_n it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o do_v and_o he_o do_v not_o take_v they_o away_o 1_o king_n xv._o 14_o 2_o chron._n xv._o 17._o and_o so_o of_o
in_o the_o ark_n and_o dedication_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o solomon_n sacrifice_n and_o his_o solemn_a prayer_n upon_o his_o brazen_a scaffold_n may_v then_o and_o thereby_o become_v the_o great_a and_o more_o illustrious_a 1_o king_n viii_o 1_o 66._o 2_o chron._n v._o and_o vi_o and_o vii_o chapter_n it_o begin_v the_o seven_o or_o eight_o day_n of_o that_o month_n for_o on_o the_o fifteen_o day_n begin_v the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n and_o in_o relation_n to_o these_o two_o feast_n be_v those_o fourteen_o day_n mention_v 1_o king_n viii_o 65._o 2_o chron._n vii_o ver_fw-la 8_o 9_o and_o on_o the_o twenty_o three_o day_n of_o that_o month_n the_o people_n be_v dismiss_v 2_o chron._n vii_o 10._o the_o eight_o day_n of_o the_o late_a feast_n 1_o king_n viii_o 66._o house_n of_o the_o forest_n of_o lebanon_n this_o be_v build_v in_o jerusalem_n chapter_n vii_o verse_n 2_o see_v ver_fw-la 6_o 7_o 8._o his_o dwell_a house_n and_o throne_n not_o far_o from_o it_o and_o golden_a shield_n in_o it_o 1_o king_n x._o 16_o 17._o and_o there_o seize_v on_o by_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n 2_o chron._n xii_o 9_o 10._o it_o seem_v so_o call_v as_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o abridgement_n of_o that_o famous_a forest_n afar_o off_o from_o jerusalem_n and_o contain_v in_o it_o and_o in_o the_o grove_n and_o garden_n about_o it_o all_o the_o delight_n and_o pleasure_n of_o that_o forest_n in_o solitary_a walk_n sweet_a smell_n music_n of_o bird_n and_o sight_n of_o wilde-beast_n etc._n etc._n see_v my_o annotation_n on_o zech._n xi_o 1._o where_o conceive_v this_o house_n to_o be_v build_v in_o that_o forest_n not_o in_o jerusalem_n upon_o further_a consideration_n i_o think_v good_a to_o retract_v that_o opinion_n here_o two_o thousand_o bath_n bath_n the_o measure_n of_o liquid_a thing_n verse_n 26_o as_o epha_n of_o dry_n both_o of_o the_o same_o capacity_n this_o sea_n have_v ordinary_o put_v into_o it_o two_o thousand_o bath_n or_o five_o hundred_o barrel_n reckon_v eight_o gallon_n to_o the_o bath_n and_o four_o bath_n to_o the_o barrel_n but_o this_o sea_n be_v fill_v up_o to_o the_o brim_n it_o may_v contain_v three_o thousand_o bath_n 2_o chron._n iu_o 5._o or_o seven_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o barrel_n with_o water_n draw_v out_o of_o it_o by_o cock_n or_o otherways_o the_o priest_n wash_v etc._n etc._n ten_o laver_n but_o one_o in_o the_o tabernacle_n verse_n 38_o exod._n xxx_o 18._o here_o be_v ten_o laver_n beside_o the_o sea_n and_o so_o of_o the_o candlestick_n and_o table_n there_o be_v ten_o in_o the_o temple_n to_o one_o in_o the_o tabernacle_n 1_o king_n vii_o 49._o 2_o chron._n iu._n 8._o each_o laver_n contain_v forty_o bath_n bowl_n of_o pure_a gold_n of_o gold_n belong_v to_o the_o altar_n of_o incense_n verse_n 50_o 1_o chron._n xxviii_o 17._o some_o of_o silver_n 1_o chron._n xxviii_o 16._o and_o as_o those_o give_v by_o the_o twelve_o prince_n num._n vii_o 13_o 85._o some_o of_o brass_n for_o the_o brazen_a altar_n exod._n xxxviii_o 3_o num._n iu_o 14._o 1_o king_n vii_o 45._o and_o for_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o temple_n see_v on_o jer._n lii_o 17_o 23._o please_a he_o not_o king_n hiram_n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 12_o though_o displease_v with_o the_o twenty_o city_n give_v he_o by_o solomon_n in_o the_o land_n of_o galilee_n yet_o please_v to_o restore_v they_o to_o he_o in_o love_n 2_o chron._n viii_o 2._o a_o tribute_n of_o bond-service_n these_o hear_v mention_v verse_n 21_o and_o their_o posterity_n seem_v to_o be_v call_v solomon_n servant_n ezra_n ii_o 55_o 58._o neh._n vii_o 57_o 60._o and_o xi_o 3._o gold_n from_o ophir_n so_o gold_n from_o uphaz_n chapter_n x_o verse_n 11_o jer._n x._o 9_o and_o gold_n of_o ophir_n psal._n xlv_o 9_o and_o gold_n of_o uphaz_n dan._n x._o 5._o and_o gold_n of_o sheba_n ps._n lxxii_o 15._o and_o gold_n of_o parvaim_n 2_o chron._n iii_o 6._o and_o these_o be_v take_v for_o the_o fine_a gold_n 1_o king_n x._o 18._o compare_v with_o 2_o chron._n ix_o 17._o job_n xxii_o 24._o but_o whether_o these_o place_n be_v peru_n in_o america_n or_o fez_n in_o africa_n or_o sumatra_n or_o taprobane_n or_o in_o arabia_n or_o elsewhere_o according_a to_o our_o modern_a name_n be_v in_o these_o day_n altogether_o doubtful_a tarshish_n the_o name_n of_o one_o of_o the_o son_n of_o javan_n verse_n 22_o gen._n x._o 4._o who_o posterity_n as_o some_o imagine_v plant_v in_o that_o part_n of_o spain_n where_o a_o city_n and_o region_n adjacent_a thence_o take_v the_o denomination_n of_o tartesus_fw-la and_o tartesia_n afterward_o or_o rather_o as_o other_o conceive_v they_o seat_v themselves_o in_o cilicia_n and_o give_v this_o name_n of_o tarshish_n as_o to_o the_o whole_a region_n so_o special_o to_o the_o chief_a city_n and_o port-town_n there_o afterward_o call_v tarsus_n the_o place_n of_o paul_n birth_n act_v xxi_o 39_o and_o xxii_o 3._o and_o that_o thence_o the_o midland_n sea_n which_o border_v upon_o that_o port_n and_o territory_n be_v call_v tarshish_n and_o the_o ship_n either_o belong_v to_o that_o port_n or_o trade_v to_o and_o fro_o in_o that_o sea_n be_v thence_o call_v ship_n of_o tarshish_n esay_n ii_o 16._o yea_o sometime_o tarshish_n seem_v to_o denote_v the_o arabian_a and_o persian_a gulf_n the_o ocean_n either_o western_a or_o eastern_a ezek._n xxvii_o 12._o or_o any_o great_a sea_n as_o likewise_o pontus_n do_v in_o latin_a and_o ship_n of_o tarshish_n to_o be_v vessel_n of_o great_a bulk_n and_o burden_n fit_a to_o traverse_v and_o traffic_v in_o any_o such_o sea_n 1_o king_n x._o 22._o silver_n to_o be_v in_o jerusalem_n as_o stone_n the_o israelite_n ripe_a for_o rebellion_n verse_n 27_o complain_v so_o much_o of_o their_o oppression_n in_o solomon_n peaceable_a rich_a &_o glorious_a reign_n 1_o king_n x._o 27._o and_o xii_o 4._o 2_o chron._n i._n 15._o and_o viii_o 8_o 9_o love_a many_o strange_a woman_n wise_n solomon_n chapter_n xi_o verse_n 1_o or_o jedidiah_n fall_n be_v wonderful_a yet_o his_o repentance_n not_o to_o be_v doubt_v of_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o book_n of_o ecclesiastes_n in_o 2_o sam._n vii_o 14_o 15._o 1_o chron._n xxii_o 10._o and_o xxviii_o 6._o and_o xvii_o 13_o 14._o 2_o chron._n xi_o 17._o 2._o pet._n i._n 21._o one_o tribe_n not_o one_o whole_a tribe_n verse_n 32_o but_o that_o of_o judah_n only_o do_v stick_v to_o rehoboam_n and_o the_o house_n of_o david_n after_o solomon_n reign_n 1_o king_n xi_o 32_o 36._o and_o xii_o 20._o 2._o king_n xvii_o v._o 18._o yet_o see_v 2_o chr._n xi_o 13_o 17._o and_o hence_o begin_v those_o three_o hundred_o and_o ninty_a day_n in_o ezek._n iu._n 5._o see_v the_o annotation_n there_o rehoboam_n rehoboam_n be_v the_o only_a son_n we_o read_v of_o that_o solomon_n have_v verse_n 43_o for_o all_o his_o shameful_a number_n of_o wife_n and_o concubine_n and_o there_o be_v mention_v make_v only_o of_o two_o of_o his_o daughter_n 1_o king_n iu_o 11_o 15._o set_v down_o in_o that_o chapter_n by_o anticipation_n this_o rehoboam_n be_v say_v to_o be_v young_a and_o tender-hearted_a 2_o chron._n xiii_o 7._o young_a in_o experience_a wisdom_n when_o yet_o at_o that_o time_n he_o be_v forty_o one_o year_n of_o age_n 2_o chron._n xii_o 13._o be_v bear_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o young_a wise_a father_n solomon_n reign_n he_o foolish_o forsake_v the_o counsel_n of_o the_o old_a man_n 1_o king_n xii_o 8_o 13_o 14._o to_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o his_o kingdom_n yet_o afterward_o he_o be_v say_v to_o deal_v wise_o 2_o chron._n xi_o 23._o in_o bethel_n chapter_n xii_o verse_n 29_o and_o the_o other_o put_v he_o in_o dan_n in_o the_o south_n and_o north_n border_n of_o his_o kingdom_n and_o yet_o bethel_n be_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n bethel_n be_v take_v from_o he_o in_o his_o own_o day_n by_o abijah_n 2_o chron._n xiii_o 19_o and_o dan_n be_v smite_v by_o benhadad_n in_o the_o day_n of_o asa_n and_o baasha_n soon_o after_o 1_o king_n xv._o 20._o bethel_n though_o bethel_n be_v sometime_o call_v bethaven_n in_o the_o prophet_n verse_n 32_o as_o hos._n iu._n 15._o and_o v._o 8._o and_o x._o 5_o 15._o and_o aven_n chap._n x._o 8._o as_o mount_n olivet_n of_o mount_n mischa_n be_v call_v mount_n maschith_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o 13._o yet_o be_v there_o bethel_n and_o bethaven_n two_o distinct_a neighbour_a town_n or_o city_n josh._n vii_o 2._o and_o xviii_o 12._o 1_o sam._n xiii_o 5._o and_o chap._n fourteen_o 23._o a_o child_n fulfil_v 2_o king_n xxiii_o 15_o 16_o 17._o samaria_n samaria_n so_o call_v by_o anticipation_n chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 2_o as_o bethel_n gen._n xii_o 8._o and_o sundry_a other_o place_n in_o scripture_n verse_n 32_o not_o that_o they_o have_v
those_o name_n in_o those_o time_n first_o mention_v but_o in_o aftertime_n when_o the_o writer_n of_o those_o history_n live_v 1_o king_n xvi_o 24._o it_o seem_v of_o old_a to_o be_v call_v and_o belong_v to_o shimron-meron_n josh._n xi_o 1_o 5._o and_o xii_o 20._o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 19_o after_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o book_n of_o the_o king_n do_v often_o cite_v the_o book_n of_o the_o chron_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o judah_n as_o 1_o king_n fourteen_o 19_o 20._o xv._o 7._o 23_o 31._o 2_o king_n i._n 18._o and_o viii_o 23._o and_o x._o 34._o not_o mean_v thereby_o our_o canonical_a book_n of_o chron._n for_o they_o be_v not_o then_o write_v before_o but_o after_o the_o book_n of_o king_n and_o therefore_o they_o can_v not_o be_v cite_v before_o they_o have_v a_o be_v but_o mean_v thereby_o civil_a chronicle_n or_o roll_n now_o not_o extant_a like_o those_o ezra_n vi_o 1_o 2._o esther_n vi_o 1._o maachah_n abijah_n mother_n chapter_n xv_o verse_n 2_o and_o her_o father_n have_v both_o of_o they_o two_o differ_v and_o various_a name_n 1_o king_n xv._o 2_o 10._o 2_o chron._n xi_o 20._o and_o xiii_o 2._o his_o marriage_n and_o child_n 2_o chron._n xiii_o 21._o be_v all_o or_o almost_o all_o in_o his_o father_n reign_n save_o only_o in_o the_o matter_n of_o vriah_n in_o this_o sin_n david_n do_v lie_v long_o without_o repentance_n verse_n 5_o 2_o sam._n xii_o 14._o and_o to_o cover_v this_o sin_n he_o make_v uriah_n drink_v and_o after_o murder_v he_o yet_o afterward_o upon_o his_o repentance_n he_o publish_v it_o and_o his_o shame_n and_o sorrow_n for_o it_o in_o the_o li._n psalm_n and_o commit_v it_o to_o the_o chief_a musician_n to_o be_v sing_v public_o in_o the_o congregation_n but_o beside_o this_o there_o be_v many_o other_o sin_n record_v of_o david_n as_o his_o speech_n and_o lie_v to_o jonathan_n 1_o sam._n xx._n 6._o to_o ahimelech_n 1_o sam._n xxi_o 2._o to_o achish_n 1_o sam._n xxvii_o 10._o the_o slowness_n of_o his_o kindness_n to_o mephibosheth_n compare_v together_o 2_o sam._n iu_o 4._o and_o chap._n ix_o 11_o 12._o and_o after_o his_o ill-managing_a of_o it_o 2_o sam._n xvi_o 4._o and_o chap._n ix_o 29._o his_o many_o wife_n and_o concubine_n the_o spare_v of_o his_o son_n ammon_n and_o absolom_n his_o number_v of_o the_o people_n yet_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o upright_a intention_n of_o his_o heart_n and_o his_o singular_a rare_a grace_n gift_n and_o qualification_n be_v the_o rest_n not_o reckon_v and_o this_o praise_n here_o give_v he_o by_o the_o indulgency_n of_o god_n forty_o and_o one_o year_n asa_n reign_v in_o judah_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reign_v of_o eight_o king_n in_o israel_n verse_n 10_o viz._n jeroboham_n nadab_n baasha_n elah_n zimri_n tibni_n omri_n ahab_n 1_o king_n xv._o 9_o and_o xvi_o 29._o and_o xxii_o 41._o in_o which_o time_n the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n be_v change_v into_o three_o several_a stock_n and_o family_n maachah_n maachah_n be_v wife_n to_o rehoboam_n verse_n 13_o mother_n to_o abijah_n and_o grandmother_n to_o asa_n 1_o king_n xv._o 2._o yet_o call_v the_o mother_n of_o asa_n 1_o king_n xv._o 13._o 2_o chron._n xv_o ver_fw-la 16._o and_o as_o mother_n use_v for_o grandmother_n so_o daughter_n for_o grandchild_n 2_o king_n viii_o 26._o brethren_n for_o kinsman_n 2_o king_n x._o 13._o matth._n xiii_o 55_o 56._o and_o many_o like_a phrase_n be_v frequent_a in_o scripture_n see_v gen._n xiii_o 8._o exod._n ii_o 18._o 20_o 21._o dan._n v._o 10_o 11_o 13_o 22._o these_o year_n not_o this_o place_n chapter_n xvii_o verse_n 1_o nor_o chap._n xviii_o 1._o nor_o any_o place_n in_o the_o old_a testament_n do_v show_v that_o the_o drought_n be_v bring_v at_o elias_n his_o prayer_n or_o continue_v three_o year_n and_o six_o month_n but_o saint_n james_n first_o record_v it_o jam._n i._n 17._o four_o barrel_n with_o water_n elijah_n get_v this_o water_n in_o the_o time_n of_o that_o wonderful_a drought_n for_o three_o year_n and_o a_o half_a chapter_n xviii_o verse_n 33_o out_o of_o the_o sea_n mount_v carmel_n join_v to_o the_o sea_n jer_n xlvi_o 18._o the_o brook_n kishon_n at_o the_o foot_n of_o carmel_n be_v dry_v up_o as_o well_o as_o the_o brook_n cherith_n thy_o altar_n former_o erect_v to_o he_o chapter_n xix_o verse_n 10_o think_v not_o so_o warrantable_o see_v ver_fw-la 14._o thy_o prophet_n as_o chap._n xviii_o 4_o 13._o i_o only_o be_o leave_v in_o his_o own_o apprehension_n yet_o be_v there_o then_o a_o flourish_a church_n in_o judah_n anoint_v by_o another_o verse_n 15_o viz._n elisha_n 2_o king_n viii_o 7._o and_o likewise_o jehu_n be_v anoint_v by_o a_o young_a prophet_n at_o the_o command_n of_o elisha_n 2_o king_n ix_o 1._o thirty_o two_o king_n petty_n king_n chapter_n xx_o verse_n 1_o as_o those_o gen._n fourteen_o josh._n xii_o judg._n i._n 7._o aphek_n a_o city_n who_o king_n be_v slay_v by_o joshuah_n verse_n 26_o josh._n xii_o 18._o fall_v by_o lot_n afterward_o to_o the_o tribe_n of_o asher_n josh._n xix_o 30_o 31._o where_o the_o philistine_n pitch_v in_o battle_n against_o israel_n get_v the_o victory_n and_o take_v the_o ark_n of_o god_n 1_o sam._n iu_o 1._o and_o again_o gather_v their_o army_n in_o aphek_n go_v up_o to_o jezreel_n near_o the_o mount_n of_o gilboa_n and_o overthrow_v saul_n and_o his_o host_n 1_o sam._n xxix_o 1_o 11._o and_o chap._n xxx_o and_o here_o the_o syrian_n under_o benhadad_n fight_v against_o ahab_n and_o be_v slay_v even_o one_o hundred_o thousand_o footman_n in_o one_o day_n and_o the_o rest_n flee_v to_o aphek_n into_o the_o city_n and_o there_o a_o wall_n fall_v upon_o twenty_o seven_o thousand_o of_o the_o man_n that_o be_v leave_v 1_o king_n xx._n 26_o 29_o 30._o and_o here_o again_o the_o syrian_n be_v smite_v and_o consume_v by_o joash_n king_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n xiii_o 17._o proclaim_v a_o fast_a chapter_n xxi_o verse_n 9_o it_o seem_v on_o fast-daye_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o try_v and_o execute_v heinous_a offender_n and_o stone_v he_o the_o blood_n of_o his_o son_n be_v mention_v verse_n 13_o 2_o king_n ix_o 26._o which_o be_v in_o samaria_n verse_n 18_o behold_v he_o be_v in_o the_o vineyard_n of_o naboth_n or_o will_v be_v in_o jezreel_n in_o the_o vineyard_n of_o naboth_n in_o samaria_n when_o the_o message_n be_v give_v in_o charge_n to_o elias_n in_o the_o vineyard_n at_o jezreel_n when_o elias_n meet_v he_o even_o thou_o verify_v for_o the_o substance_n in_o himself_o verse_n 19_o in_o his_o wife_n jezebel_n and_o in_o his_o son_n jehoram_n 2_o king_n ix_o 25_o 26._o not_o bring_v the_o evil_n in_o his_o day_n that_o evil_a verse_n 29_o ver_fw-la 21_o 24._o that_o total_o in_o the_o pool_n of_o samaria_n which_o may_v extend_v chapter_n xxii_o verse_n 38_o or_o run_v into_o jezreel_n or_o another_o pool_n of_o that_o name_n be_v there_o or_o the_o armour_n wash_v there_o where_o his_o chief_a armoury_n be_v make_v peace_n make_v peace_n with_o ahab_n verse_n 44_o and_o his_o two_o son_n ahaziah_n and_o jehoram_n 2_o king_n iii_o 6_o 7._o 2_o chron._n xix_o 2._o and_o chap._n xx._n 35_o 36._o and_o be_v reprehend_v just_o therefore_o will_v not_o will_v not_o at_o first_o verse_n 49_o but_o yield_v afterward_o 2_o chron._n xx._n 35_o 36_o 37._o ii_o king_n the_o second_o book_n of_o king_n or_o four_o rather_o contain_v the_o history_n of_o 321_o year_n to_o the_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o head_n of_o jehoiachim_n in_o the_o reign_v of_o 16_o king_n of_o judah_n count_v in_o athaliah_n 12_o king_n of_o israel_n so_o that_o the_o number_n of_o king_n from_o the_o first_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n to_o the_o extirpation_n of_o they_o both_o be_v twenty_o in_o each_o though_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n do_v expire_v in_o hoshea_n by_o shalmanasar_n before_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n do_v expire_v in_o zedekiah_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n the_o space_n of_o one_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o three_o year_n not_o one_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o five_o the_o twenty_o of_o judah_n be_v all_o of_o david_n line_n except_v athaliah_n the_o queen_n the_o twenty_o of_o israel_n be_v of_o ten_o several_a stock_n ahaziah_n joash_n amatziah_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o athaliah_n the_o queen_n all_o succeed_a one_o another_o be_v all_o slay_v amon_n likewise_o and_o his_o son_n josiah_n both_o slay_v and_o ten_o king_n of_o israel_n the_o half_a of_o all_o their_o number_n be_v likewise_o slay_v for_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reign_v of_o ahab_n ahaziah_n jehoram_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o jehoshaphat_n jehoram_n ahaziah_n king_n of_o judah_n take_v this_o as_o follow_v ahab_n reign_v twenty_o two_o year_n 1_o king_n xvi_o
hoshea_n true_o begin_v in_o the_o four_o of_o ahaz_n which_o be_v the_o twenty_o from_o the_o time_n that_o jotham_n begin_v to_o reign_v not_o that_o jotham_n reign_v twenty_o year_n till_o hoshea_n begin_v and_o hoshea_n have_v reign_v nine_o year_n in_o the_o twelve_o of_o ahaz_n and_o these_o first_o nine_o year_n the_o sacred_a story_n pass_v over_o in_o silence_n he_o have_v do_v nothing_o remarkable_a or_o memorable_a in_o they_o his_o late_a nine_a year_n be_v story_v on_o it_o thus_o that_o the_o first_o of_o they_o begin_v in_o the_o twelve_o of_o ahaz_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 1._o that_o in_o the_o three_o of_o they_o which_o be_v the_o last_o of_o ahaz_n hezekiah_n begin_v to_o reign_v 2_o king_n xviii_o 1._o that_o in_o the_o seven_o of_o they_o and_o four_o of_o hezekiah_n shalmanezar_n come_v and_o besiege_v samaria_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 9_o that_o in_o the_o nine_o and_o last_o of_o they_o and_o six_o of_o hezekiah_n shalmanesar_n take_v samaria_n and_o carry_v all_o captive_n into_o assyria_n and_o fina_o extinguish_v that_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 10_o 11._o the_o name_n then_o and_o the_o number_n of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o of_o israel_n in_o this_o ii_o book_n of_o king_n be_v as_o follow_v viz._n of_o judah_n year_n jehoram_fw-la as_o viceroy_n 4_o in_o all_o 12._o imperfect_a joint_a king_n with_o his_o father_n jehoshaphat_n 2_o sole_a king_n after_o his_o father_n death_n 6_o ahaziah_n 1_o imperfect_a athaliah_n 6_o joash_n 40_o amatziah_n 17_o vzziah_n 52_o jotham_n 15_o ahaz_n 14_o hezekiah_n 29_o manasseh_n 55_o amon_n 2_o josiah_n 31_o jehoachaz_n  _fw-fr jehojakim_n 11_o jehoachin_n  _fw-fr zedekiah_n 11_o thence_o to_o jehoiachins_n advancement_n 26_o king_n of_o israel_n year_n ahaziah_n 1_o jehoram_n 11_o jehu_n 28_o jehoahaz_n 15_o joash_n or_o jehoash_n 16_o jeroboam_fw-la 41_o zechariah_n  _fw-fr shallum_n  _fw-fr menachem_n 10_o pekahiah_n 2_o pekah_n 20_o hoshea_n 18_o see_v my_o annotation_n on_o hos._n i._n 1._o if_o thou_o see_v i_o chapter_n two_o verse_n 10_o this_o sign_n be_v of_o god_n appointment_n and_o the_o thing_n do_v on_o the_o east-side_n of_o jordan_n a_o minstrel_n to_o quiet_a chapter_n iii_o verse_n 15_o quicken_v and_o compose_v his_o spirit_n his_o elder_a son_n the_o king_n of_o edom_n elder_a son_n verse_n 27_o take_v by_o the_o king_n of_o moab_n in_o this_o eruption_n see_v amos_n ii_o 1._o and_o the_o annotation_n there_o shunem_n a_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o issachar_n chapter_n iv_o verse_n 8_o josh._n xix_o 18._o and_o have_v in_o the_o same_o tribe_n stand_v from_o it_o jezreel_n towards_o the_o south_n mount_v gilboa_n towards_o the_o southeast_n the_o river_n kishon_n on_o the_o east_n and_o mount_v tabor_n towards_o the_o north-north-east_n in_o the_o confine_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o zebulon_n in_o shunem_n the_o philistine_n pitch_v against_o saul_n in_o gilboa_n 1_o sam._n xxviii_o 4._o here_o be_v bear_v abishag_fw-mi that_o fair_a virgin_n that_o lie_v in_o david_n bosom_n to_o cherish_v he_o as_o a_o wife-nurse_n in_o his_o decrepit_a age_n and_o be_v afterward_o seek_v for_o in_o marriage_n by_o adonijah_n but_o to_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o life_n in_o the_o state-wisdome_n of_o solomon_n 1_o king_n i._o and_o ii_o chapter_n and_o here_o dwell_v this_o great_a and_o good_a woman_n that_o make_v these_o accommodation_n for_o the_o prophet_n elishah_n and_o upon_o his_o prophetical_a promise_n obtain_v a_o son_n and_o have_v he_o miraculous_o raise_v from_o death_n of_o life_n again_o by_o elishah_n come_v from_o mount_n carmel_n hither_o as_o be_v in_o this_o iv_o chapter_n and_o further_o upon_o this_o account_n after_o her_o seven_o year_n absence_n on_o the_o prophet_n direction_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o famine_n to_o ensue_v during_o that_o time_n she_o return_v out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o the_o philistine_n have_v her_o house_n land_n and_o profit_n of_o her_o estate_n restore_v to_o she_o by_o jehoram_n king_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n viii_o gilgal_n of_o this_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o hos._n iu._n 15._o verse_n 38_o twenty_o loaf_n of_o barley_n this_o be_v more_o than_o the_o bread_n of_o his_o first_o fruit_n come_v to_o verse_n 42_o king_n of_o syria_n this_o be_v benhadad_o the_o son_n of_o benhadad_n chapter_n v_n both_o king_n of_o syria_n verse_n 5_o 1_o king_n xv._o 18_o 19_o 20._o and_o xx._n 1._o 34._o 2_o king_n vi_o 24._o and_o viii_o 7._o 2._o chron._n xvi_o 2._o the_o father_n be_v the_o son_n of_o tabrimon_n the_o son_n of_o hezion_n king_n of_o syria_n 1_o king_n xv._o 18._o this_o the_o son_n slay_v ahab_n at_o ramoth-gilead_n 1_o king_n xxii_o 35_o 37._o who_o contrary_a to_o god_n command_n have_v save_v he_o 1_o king_n xx._n 42._o and_o besiege_v samaria_n he_o bring_v it_o to_o that_o extreme_a famine_n 2_o king_n vi_o 24_o 25._o and_o after_o at_o ramoth-gilead_n he_o wound_a jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n 2_o king_n viii_o 28_o 29._o whence_o return_v to_o jezreel_n to_o be_v heal_v of_o his_o wound_n he_o be_v slay_v by_o jehu_n 2_o king_n ix_o 24._o and_o this_o son_n die_v 2_o king_n viii_o 15._o a_o three_o benhadad_n king_n of_o syria_n be_v the_o son_n of_o hazael_n 2_o king_n xiii_o 3_o 24._o benhadad_o signify_v the_o son_n of_o hadad_n and_o hadad_n be_v a_o name_n very_o common_a among_o the_o king_n of_o edom_n or_o idumea_n gen._n xxxvi_o 35._o 1_o chron._n i._n 50._o 1_o king_n xi_o 14_o but_o afterward_o grow_v more_o common_a with_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n insomuch_o as_o benhadad_o may_v seem_v a_o name_n common_a to_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n see_v jer._n xlix_o 27._o amos_n i._n 4._o and_o take_v here_o a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n as_o we_o find_v they_o in_o scripture_n thus_o omit_v chushan-rishathaim_a who_o be_v king_n of_o aram-naharaim_a or_o syria_n between_o the_o two_o river_n that_o be_v tigris_n and_o euphrates_n or_o of_o mesopotamia_n judg._n iii_o 10._o we_o find_v these_o king_n of_o syria_n proper_o so_o call_v whereof_o damascus_n be_v the_o chief_a city_n viz._n hadadezer_n or_o hadarezer_n in_o david_n time_n 2_o sam._n viii_o 5_o 6_o 13._o and_o x._o 6_o 8_o 16._o rezon_n in_o the_o day_n of_o solomon_n 1_o king_n xi_o 23_o 24_o 25._o benhadad_n the_o son_n of_o tabrimon_n the_o son_n of_o hezion_n in_o the_o day_n of_o asa_n 1_o king_n xv._o 18_o 19_o 20._o benhadad_o the_o son_n of_o benhadad_n in_o the_o day_n of_o ahab_n and_o of_o elias_n and_o eliseus_n and_o nahaman_n be_v the_o captain_n of_o his_o host_n 1_o king_n xx._n 1_o 20_o 26_o 32_o 34._o and_o xxii_o 3._o and_o 2_o king_n v._o 1_o 2_o 6_o 7._o and_o chap._n vi_o 8_o 12_o 23_o 24._o and_o chap_n vii_o 4._o 16._o hazael_n in_o the_o day_n of_o joram_n jehu_n jehoahaz_n 1_o king_n xix_o 15._o 2_o king_n viii_o 7_o 8_o 13._o and_o x._o 32._o and_o xii_o 17._o and_o xiii_o 3_o 22._o benhadad_n the_o son_n of_o hazael_n in_o the_o day_n of_o jehoash_n ●_o king_n xiii_o 24_o 25._o rezin_n in_o the_o day_n of_o pekah_n and_o of_o ahaz_n 2_o king_n xvi_o 5._o esay_n vii_o 1._o 16._o and_o viii_o 4._o talent_n see_v my_o observation_n on_o exod._n xxxviii_o 24._o go_v in_o peace_n a_o farewell_n phrase_n verse_n 19_o a_o friendly_a dismission_n with_o little_a or_o no_o relation_n to_o what_o nahaman_n have_v say_v as_o little_o mind_v it_o and_o of_o small_a concernment_n to_o the_o great_a engagement_n that_o then_o lay_v upon_o he_o which_o kind_n of_o answer_n be_v not_o unusual_a the_o leprosy_n yet_o king_n jehoram_n hold_v conference_n with_o gehazi_n afterward_o verse_n 27_o 2_o king_n viii_o 4._o as_o upon_o sundry_a ground_n and_o occasion_n incident_a in_o a_o right_a manner_n well_o he_o may_v be_v come_v down_o chapter_n vi_o verse_n 9_o here_o the_o holy_a penman_n use_v a_o word_n of_o the_o syrian_a language_n dothan_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n verse_n 13_o about_o midway_n between_o samaria_n and_o shechem_n here_o joseph_n find_v his_o brethren_n feed_v their_o flock_n gen._n xxxvii_o 13_o 17._o this_o be_v not_o the_o way_n no_o verse_n 19_o nor_o the_o place_n or_o city_n whereby_o and_o wherein_o to_o effect_v your_o purpose_n come_v no_o more_o not_o these_o band_n verse_n 23_o nor_o in_o this_o manner_n make_v inroad_n or_o lay_v ambush_n nor_o any_o at_o all_o of_o a_o long_a time_n after_o till_o benhadad_n come_v with_o all_o his_o host_n ver_fw-la 24._o a_o cab_n is_n a_o hebrew_n measure_n verse_n 25_o of_o this_o see_v my_o observation_n on_o gen._n xviii_o 6._o of_o dove_n dung_n or_o of_o the_o corn_n find_v in_o the_o crop_n she_o fly_v into_o the_o city_n out_o of_o
9_o jehojakim_n in_o his_o four_o chapter_n xxiv_o verse_n 1_o year_n or_o three_o complete_a and_o 1._o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n daniel_n be_v carry_v captive_a dan._n i._n 1_o 6._o ezekiel_n and_o mordecai_n with_o jehojachin_n ezek._n xl._n 1._o esther_n ii_o 5_o 6._o of_o ezechiel_n see_v the_o argument_n of_o his_o book_n jehojacin_n called_n likewise_o coniah_n verse_n 6_o and_o jechoniah_n 1_o chron._n iii_o 16._o jer._n xxii_o 28_o of_o his_o age_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 9_o he_o be_v carry_v captive_a into_o babylon_n in_o the_o seven_o end_n and_o eight_o year_n begin_v of_o nebuchadnezar_n reign_v ver_fw-la 12._o jer._n lii_o 28._o and_o his_o head_n lift_v up_o again_o in_o the_o thirty_o seven_o year_n of_o his_o captivity_n twelve_o month_n on_o the_o twenty_o five_o and_o twenty_o seven_o day_n and_o first_o year_n of_o evilmerodach_n 2_o king_n xxv_o 27._o jer._n lii_o 31._o zedekiah_n rebel_v zedekiah_n rebel_v in_o his_o six_o year_n verse_n 20_o ezek._n xvii_o 15_o 17._o compare_v with_o ezek._n viii_o 1._o and_o xx._n 1._o the_o second_o priest_n ground_v on_o num._n chapter_n xxv_o verse_n 8_o iii_o 32._o and_o mention_v as_o here_o so_o jer._n lii_o 24._o see_v 2_o king_n xxiii_o 4._o and_o the_o like_a 1_o chron._n v._n 12._o this_o second_o priest_n upon_o any_o extraordinary_a occasion_n and_o occurrent_a restrain_v or_o disable_n the_o high_a priest_n seem_v set_v to_o supply_v his_o place_n to_o riblah_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o num._n xxxiv_o 11._o the_o book_n of_o chronicle_n do_v chief_o pursue_v the_o history_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o yet_o be_v more_o spare_v in_o relate_v the_o sin_n of_o david_n and_o solomon_n these_o be_v not_o those_o chronicle_n often_o cite_v in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n as_o have_v be_v show_v heretofore_o but_o these_o be_v think_v to_o be_v write_v by_o ezra_n 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 22_o 23._o ezra_n i._n 1_o 2_o 3_o and_o that_o after_o the_o return_n from_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n yet_o some_o thing_n be_v insert_v which_o extend_v beyond_o ezra_n time_n as_o that_o 1_o chron._n iii_o 21_o 24._o in_o these_o book_n as_o in_o a_o abridgement_n the_o holy_a penman_n be_v sometime_o short_a and_o obscure_a but_o in_o the_o history_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n full_a and_o exact_a take_v the_o period_n of_o time_n from_o the_o creation_n to_o the_o year_n of_o return_n from_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n and_o so_o these_o book_n contain_v a_o history_n of_o 3458._o year_n the_o first_o book_n 2986._o to_o the_o death_n of_o david_n thus_o genesis_n 2369_o exodus_fw-la 142_o levit_fw-la num._n deut._n 39_o joshuah_n 17._o judge_n 299._o 1_o sam._n 80._o 2_o sam._n 40._o in_o all_o 2986._o the_o second_o book_n 472._o from_o the_o begin_n of_o solomon_n reign_n to_o the_o say_a year_n of_o return_n other_o reckon_v thus_o 3467._o in_o the_o whole_a 2990._o in_o the_o first_o book_n 477._o in_o the_o second_o book_n other_o and_o that_o most_o likely_a 2986._o in_o the_o first_o book_n and_o 466._o in_o the_o second_o book_n viz._n from_o the_o first_o of_o solomon_n to_o the_o seventeen_o of_o jehoshaphat_n 118._o thance_o to_o the_o captivity_n in_o the_o first_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o four_o of_o jehojakim_n 278._o thence_o to_o the_o return_n 70._o in_o all_o 466._o and_o so_o the_o whole_a in_o both_o book_n will_v amount_v to_o 3452._o the_o first_o book_n mention_n occasional_o some_o thing_n long_o after_o david_n death_n as_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n after_o the_o return_v from_o babylon_n chap._n ix_o and_o zerubbabels_n posterity_n long_o after_o that_o chap._n iii_o i._o chronicle_n in_o the_o genealogy_n of_o the_o first_o eight_o chapter_n the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n and_o zebulon_n be_v leave_v out_o edom_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 43_o eight_o king_n in_o edom_n before_o any_o in_o israel_n sister_n of_o david_n zerviah_n bare_a abishai_n joab_n asahel_n abigail_n bare_a amasa_n 2_o sam._n chapter_n two_o verse_n 16_o 17._o xvii_o 25_o caleb_n three_o calebs_n famous_a in_o israel_n first_o the_o son_n of_o hezron_n verse_n 18_o in_o this_o text_n call_v also_o carmi_n and_o chelubai_n chap._n ii_o 9_o and_o iu_o 1._o who_o have_v a_o son_n call_v hur_z and_o this_o hur_z a_o son_n call_v also_o caleb_n chap._n ii_o 9_o 19_o 50._o who_o be_v the_o second_o caleb_n and_o the_o three_o be_v that_o famous_a caleb_n the_o son_n of_o jephunne_v num._n xiii_o 6._o 1_o chron._n iu._n 15._o the_o son_n of_o david_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o sam._n chapter_n iii_o verse_n 1_o 9_o xvi_o 11._o verse_n 17_o salatheil_n hebrew_n shealtiel_n say_v to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o jechoniah_n matth._n i._n 12._o and_o so_o here_o son_n of_o jechoniah_n assir_n that_o be_v strict_o bind_v prisoner_n in_o babylon_n for_o we_o read_v not_o of_o any_o son_n call_v assir_n that_o jechoniah_n have_v yet_o this_o salathiel_n be_v name_v the_o son_n of_o neri_n luke_n iii_o 27._o who_o come_v by_o many_o descent_n of_o another_o line_n that_o be_v of_o nathan_n the_o young_a brother_n of_o solomon_n from_o which_o line_n come_v our_o saviour_n and_o not_o of_o solomon_n line_n and_o though_o jechoniah_n may_v seem_v to_o have_v seed_n and_o son_n more_o out_o of_o jer._n xxii_o 28_o 30._o and_o 1_o chron._n iii_o 17_o 18._o yet_o he_o be_v doom_v childless_a jer._n xxii_o 29_o 30._o because_o neither_o salathiel_n if_o he_o be_v his_o son_n nor_o any_o of_o iechoniah_n race_n zedekiah_n the_o last_o king_n be_v uncle_n to_o jechoniah_n do_v succeed_v he_o in_o the_o regality_n to_o sit_v on_o the_o throne_n of_o david_n though_o in_o a_o kind_n of_o sovereignty_n as_o zerubbabel_n the_o son_n or_o grandchild_n rather_o of_o salathiel_n by_o pedaiah_n do_v succeed_v in_o regard_n of_o which_o succession_n both_o salathiel_n and_o after_o also_o zerubbabel_n may_v be_v call_v son_n see_v ezra_n iii_o 2_o 8._o and_o v._o 2._o neh._n xii_o 1_o hag._n i_o 1_o 12_o 14._o and_o ii_o 3._o 24._o of_o jehojakim_n the_o father_n of_o jechoniah_n it_o be_v likewise_o say_v he_o shall_v have_v none_o to_o sit_v upon_o the_o throne_n of_o david_n that_o be_v for_o any_o time_n worth_n speak_v of_o for_o his_o son_n jechoniah_n reign_v but_o three_o month_n and_o ten_o day_n jer._n xxxvi_o 30._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 9_o son_n of_o zerubbabel_n among_o his_o son_n verse_n 19_o abihud_o and_o rhesa_n be_v not_o mention_v unless_o under_o other_o name_n nor_o else_o where_o find_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o yet_o from_o they_o two_o the_o genealogy_n matth._n i._n 13._o and_o luke_n iii_o 27._o be_v draw_v and_o derive_v which_o make_v some_o suppose_n that_o zerubbabel_n and_o this_o here_o to_o be_v different_a person_n ezra_n ezra_n not_o that_o learned_a scribe_n chapter_n iv_o verse_n 17_o ezra_n vii_o 1._o and_o in_o the_o last_o letter_n of_o this_o hebrew_n name_n there_o be_v a_o difference_n from_o the_o name_n of_o the_o other_o in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n the_o simeonites_n lie_v within_o the_o inheritance_n and_o lot_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n verse_n 41_o josh._n xix_o 9_o be_v not_o carry_v away_o captive_a by_o the_o assyrian_n but_o continue_v in_o their_o estate_n seek_v to_o enlarge_v their_o territory_n as_o be_v here_o mention_v amalekite_n they_o border_v on_o mount_n seir._n verse_n 43_o these_o the_o first_o that_o fight_v against_o israel_n num._n xxiv_o 20._o and_o after_o join_v oft_o with_o other_o enemy_n against_o god_n people_n they_o be_v overthrow_v by_o joshuah_n exod._n xvii_o 13._o saul_n in_o his_o time_n be_v send_v against_o they_o destroy_v many_o but_o spare_v agag_n their_o king_n and_o for_o so_o do_v lose_v his_o own_o kingdom_n 1_o sam._n xv._o and_o chap._n xxviii_o 18._o david_n afterward_o destroy_v more_o of_o they_o 2_o sam_n viii_o 12._o and_o here_o the_o simeonites_n in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n smite_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o amalekite_n that_o be_v escape_v thus_o the_o judgement_n denounce_v against_o they_o exod._n xvii_o 14_o 16._o deut_n xxv_o 17_o 18_o 19_o be_v accomplish_v see_v the_o observation_n on_o esth._n iii_o 1._o king_n of_o assyria_n this_o catalogue_n we_o find_v in_o scripture_n of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n chapter_n v._o verse_n 26_o pull_v or_o phul_n in_o the_o day_n of_o menachem_n so_o here_o and_o 2_o king_n xv_o 19_o tiglath-pilese_a in_o the_o day_n of_o pekah_n and_o achaz_n so_o here_o and_o 2_o king_n xv._o 29._o and_o xvi_o 7_o 10._o jareb_n hos._n v._o 13._o and_o x._o 16._o sargon_n esay_n xx._n 1._o shalmanesar_n call_v shalman_n hos._n x._o 14._o who_o take_v hoshea_n and_o samaria_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 3_o 4._o and_o
3._o ii_o chronicle_n the_o ii_o book_n of_o chronicle_n contain_v the_o history_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n not_o of_o israel_n but_o a_o little_a occasional_o when_o the_o two_o kingdom_n have_v to_o do_v one_o with_o another_o unto_o the_o last_o end_n of_o that_o kingdom_n viz._n from_o the_o first_o of_o solomon_n to_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n mention_v also_o the_o proclamation_n of_o cyrus_n for_o the_o return_v out_o of_o the_o captivity_n contain_v in_o all_o till_o that_o return_n four_o hundred_o sixty_o six_o year_n or_o upward_o some_o say_v four_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o which_o number_n of_o four_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o be_v exact_o complete_a from_o the_o come_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n till_o the_o build_n of_o solomon_n temple_n 1_o king_n vi_o 1._o horseman_n ver._n chapter_n i_o verse_n 14_o 28._o of_o horseman_n and_o solomon_n horse_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o judg._n xx._n 2._o how_o far_o his_o multiply_v of_o horse_n 1_o king_n iu_o 26._o and_o x._o 36._o and_o his_o multiply_v of_o wife_n 1_o king_n xi_o 3._o and_o his_o multiply_v of_o gold_n and_o silver_n 1_o king_n x._o 21_o 27._o 2_o chron._n i._n 15._o and_o chap._n ix_o 27._o may_v square_v with_o or_o swarve_v from_o may_v stand_v or_o fall_v by_o that_o law_n for_o king_n deut._n xvii_o 16_o 17._o be_v a_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v and_o not_o very_o hard_a to_o be_v determine_v threescore_o and_o ten_o thousand_o and_o ver_fw-la chapter_n two_o verse_n 2_o 17_o 18._o solomon_n workman_n in_o lebanon_n be_v 150000._o viz._n 70000._o bearer_n and_o 80000._o hewer_n all_o of_o stranger_n dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n and_o his_o overseer_n of_o they_o be_v 3600._o such_o stranger_n likewise_o and_o so_o each_o of_o they_o be_v over_o forty_o two_o workman_n or_o thereabouts_o and_o three_o hundred_o of_o these_o overseer_n which_o be_v more_o than_o those_o set_v down_o 1_o king_n v._o 16._o may_v be_v extraordinary_a in_o case_n any_o of_o the_o ordinary_n shall_v fail_v by_o sickness_n death_n or_o any_o other_o way_n and_o thus_o the_o ordinary_a overseer_n will_v be_v one_o over_o forty_o five_o workman_n or_o thereabouts_o or_o rather_o those_o three_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o 1_o king_n v._o 16._o be_v israelite_n &_o the_o chief_a of_o solomon_n officer_n add_v to_o the_o other_o three_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o overseer_n and_o set_v partly_o as_o with_o they_o so_o over_o they_o and_o partly_o over_o the_o whole_a work_n and_o so_o each_o overseer_n will_v be_v over_o twenty_o one_o workman_n at_o least_o those_o sixteen_o thousand_o a_o month_n by_o course_n 1_o king_n v._o 13_o 14._o be_v by_o some_o add_v to_o the_o overseer_n and_o so_o there_o will_v be_v one_o overseer_n to_o eight_o workman_n but_o they_o may_v seem_v rather_o to_o be_v the_o better_a sort_n of_o workman_n of_o the_o israelite_n join_v to_o king_n hiram_n workman_n 1_o king_n v._o 6._o those_o officer_n viz._n five_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o 1_o king_n 9_o 23._o seem_v to_o be_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o officer_n that_o be_v over_o solomon_n other_o word_n when_o he_o build_v his_o own_o house_n and_o that_o for_o pharaoh_n daughter_n and_o all_o his_o other_o building_n beside_o the_o temple_n ver_fw-la 15_o 19_o 2_o chron._n viii_o 1_o 6._o these_o bare_a rule_n over_o the_o people_n that_o wrought_v in_o those_o work_n and_o the_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o 2_o chron._n viii_o 10._o seem_v to_o be_v chief_a of_o his_o officer_n that_o bare_a rule_n over_o the_o people_n i._n e._n over_o those_o canaanite_n that_o solomon_n have_v make_v tributary_n ver_fw-la 7_o 8._o to_o rule_v they_o and_o so_o iffer_v from_o the_o former_a five_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o of_o beat_a wheat_n the_o difference_n of_o the_o food_n and_o measure_n of_o they_o verse_n 10_o give_v by_o solomon_n here_o over_z and_o above_o that_o in_o 1_o king_n v._o 11._o may_v stand_v in_o this_o that_o the_o former_a be_v for_o king_n hiram_n court_n and_o household_n and_o this_o here_o for_o his_o workman_n in_o lebanon_n bath_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o gen._n verse_n 13_o xviii_o 6._o of_o huram_fw-la my_o father_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o king_n verse_n 16_o v._o 1._o to_o joppa_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o jonah_n i._n 3._o solomon_n solomon_n have_v divers_a elder_n brethren_n live_v chapter_n iii_o verse_n 1._o 9_o beside_o adoniah_n when_o he_o be_v make_v king_n and_o he_o be_v the_o elder_a son_n of_o the_o four_o by_o bathshuah_n or_o bathshebah_n though_o he_o be_v record_v last_o 2_o sam._n xii_o 24._o 1_o chron._n iii_o 5._o and_o fourteen_o 4_o 2_o sam._n v._o 14._o and_o nathan_n be_v the_o second_o from_o who_o christ_n come_v luke_n iii_o 31._o after_o the_o first_o measure_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o ezek._n verse_n 3_o xl._n 5._o great_a house_n this_o be_v twice_o as_o big_a as_o the_o oracle_n verse_n 5_o and_o four_o time_n as_o big_a as_o the_o porch_n 1_o king_n vi_o 3._o he_o seiled_a or_o cover_v this_o and_o the_o next_o verse_n seem_v to_o relate_v to_o the_o floor_n of_o the_o temple_n 1_o king_n vi_o 15._o the_o wall_n be_v mention_v in_o the_o seven_o verse_n follow_v chamber_n of_o these_o see_v 1_o king_n verse_n 9_o vi_o 5._o 1_o chron._n xxviii_o 11_o 12._o ezek._n xl._n 44_o 45_o 46._o and_o chap._n xli_o 5_o 11._o and_o chap._n xlii_o 1_o 13._o a_o altar_n of_o brass_n that_o altar_n in_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v make_v of_o shittim_n wood_n chapter_n iv_o verse_n 1_o hallow_v with_o board_n and_o over-laid_a with_o brass_n exod._n xxvii_o 1_o 2_o 8._o and_o the_o staff_n of_o it_o likewise_o ver_fw-la 6._o and_o so_o exod._a xxxviii_o 1_o 6_o 7._o and_o again_o it_o be_v cover_v with_o broad_a plate_n make_v of_o the_o censer_n of_o those_o sinner_n num._n xvi_o 38._o this_o altar_n of_o burnt-offering_n in_o the_o temple_n though_o far_o great_a than_o the_o other_o seem_v to_o be_v make_v of_o the_o same_o material_n shittim_n wood_n and_o brass_n of_o the_o altar_n in_o ezekiel_n visionary_a temple_n see_v ezek._n xliii_o 13._o 17._o court_v of_o the_o court_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o 1_o king_n verse_n 9_o vi_o 36._o right_a side_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o king_n verse_n 10_o vii_o 39_o seven_o month_n see_v chap._n chapter_n five_o verse_n 3_o vii_o 8_o 9_o 10._o levite_n priest_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n verse_n 4_o 1_o king_n viii_o 3._o num._n iu._n 15._o unto_o this_o day_n see_v 1_o king_n verse_n 9_o viii_o 8._o 1_o chron._n iu._n 41._o till_o nabuchadnezzar_n or_o nebuzaradan_n burn_v all_o 2_o king_n xxv_o 9_o if_o ezra_n write_v these_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n after_o the_o return_n from_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n than_o this_o phrase_n must_v be_v understand_v as_o a_o proverbial_a speech_n to_o signify_v a_o long_a time_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o deut._n xv._o 17._o neither_o choose_v i_o any_o man_n as_o i_o choose_v david_n chapter_n vi_o verse_n 5_o a_o special_a type_n of_o christ_n and_o in_o who_o seed_n a_o royal_a succession_n be_v to_o continue_v from_o he_o to_o christ._n thou_o do_v well_o the_o purpose_n approve_v verse_n 8_o though_o the_o act_n forbid_v the_o fire_n of_o this_o see_v levit._n chapter_n vii_o verse_n 1_o ix_o 24._o 1_o king_n xviii_o 38._o 1_o chron._n xxi_o 26._o sacrifice_n of_o 22000._o verse_n 5_o ver._n 7._o the_o great_a offer_v that_o we_o do_v read_v of_o those_o 1_o chron._n xxix_o 21._o 2_o chron._n xv._o 11._o and_o chap._n xxix_o 32._o and_o xxx_o 24._o and_o xxxv_o 7_o 8_o 9_o come_v short_a of_o this_o appear_v former_o verse_n 12_o chap._n i._o 7._o this_o be_v the_o second_o time_n 1_o king_n ix_o 2._o my_o wife_n shall_v not_o dwell_v chapter_n viii_o verse_n 11_o solomon_n reverend_a and_o religious_a respect_n to_o the_o place_n where_o the_o ark_n of_o god_n have_v be_v four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o talent_n the_o thirty_o talent_n reckon_v here_o verse_n 18_o more_o than_o those_o 1_o king_n ix_o 28._o seem_v to_o go_v for_o all_o manner_n of_o charge_n of_o the_o navy_n and_o voyage_n four_o thousand_o stall_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o judg._n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 25_o xx._n 2._o forty_o year_n be_v bear_v after_o david_n war_n with_o the_o ammonite_n at_o rabbah_n verse_n 30_o 2_o sam._n xi_o and_o xii_o chapter_n a_o little_a before_o the_o time_n that_o ammon_n deflower_v tamar_n and_o so_o age_a about_o eighteen_o year_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v shechem_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o josh._n chapter_n x_o verse_n 1_o xxiv_o 1._o levite_n left_a cast_v out_o by_o jeroboam_n chapter_n xi_o verse_n 14_o from_o their_o city_n house_n inheritance_n
3._o and_o 2_o chr._n viii_o 14._o and_o chap._n xxiii_o 4_o 5_o 19_o 20._o and_o chap._n xxiv_o 8._o and_o xxvii_o 3._o and_o xxxi_o 14._o and_o xxxv_o 5._o the_o horse-gate_n of_o the_o gate_n of_o jerusalem_n verse_n 15_o or_o of_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o nehemy_n iii_o 1._o gather_v of_o all_o israel_n chapter_n xxiv_o verse_n 5_o so_o much_o of_o israel_n as_o joash_n have_v from_o year_n to_o year_n one_o year_n will_v not_o suffice_v to_o make_v up_o this_o reparation_n hasten_v not_o for_o in_o the_o twenty_o three_o year_n of_o joash_n it_o be_v not_o do_v 2_o king_n xii_o 6._o the_o collection_n of_o moses_n so_o for_o verse_n 6_o 9_o such_o as_o moses_n use_v exod._n xxx_o 12_o 16._o or_o exod._n xxv_o but_o this_o differ_v from_o they_o both_o agree_v only_o in_o this_o as_o moses_n then_o provide_v for_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o the_o service_n of_o it_o by_o those_o collection_n extraordinary_o as_o need_v then_o require_v so_o be_v they_o now_o by_o somewhat_o a_o like_a collection_n to_o provide_v for_o the_o repair_n of_o the_o breach_n of_o the_o temple_n yet_o be_v this_o because_o somewhat_o like_a call_v the_o collection_n of_o moses_n as_o like_o sin_n be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o manasseh_n 2_o king_n xxiv_o 3._o of_o the_o iniquity_n of_o the_o father_n exod._n xxxiv_o 7._o of_o the_o error_n of_o balaam_n and_o gainsaying_n of_o core_n judge_n 11._o and_o the_o sign_n of_o jonas_n matth._n xii_o 39_o be_v use_v in_o a_o like_a sense_n son_n of_o athaliah_n in_o their_o father_n jehorams_fw-mi life-time_n verse_n 7_o before_o they_o be_v take_v and_o slay_v by_o the_o enemy_n if_o son_n here_o be_v take_v proper_o high-priest_n officer_z 2_o king_n xii_o verse_n 11_o 10._o the_o highpriest_n himself_o do_v this_o but_o that_o jehoiada_n be_v this_o highpriest_n be_v not_o express_v day_n by_o day_n i._n e._n time_n after_o time_n so_o oft_o as_o the_o chest_n be_v full_a in_o israel_n the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n verse_n 16_o god_n people_n 2_o chr._n xxix_o 24._o prince_n hypocritical_a flatter_a prince_n see_v ver_fw-la verse_n 17_o 23._o zechariah_n zechariah_n slay_v and_o mention_v matth._n xxiii_o verse_n 20_o 35._o seem_v not_o to_o be_v this_o zechariah_n but_o rather_o the_o prophet_n zechariah_n the_o son_n of_o barachiah_n zech._n i._n 1._o slay_v his_o son_n cruel_a ingratitude_n verse_n 22_o host_n of_o syria_n this_o might_n be_v a_o second_n of_o that_o invasion_n verse_n 23_o 2_o king_n xii_o 17_o 18._o a_o small_a company_n god_n visible_a hand_n in_o it_o verse_n 24_o for_o the_o execute_n of_o his_o judgement_n against_o joash_n ver_fw-la 25._o son_n likely_a more_o slay_v than_o zechariah_n verse_n 25_o or_o take_v indefinite_o for_o one_o as_o gen._n xlvi_o 7._o book_n of_o the_o king_n most_o likely_a some_o civil_a record_n verse_n 27_o amaziah_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reign_v of_o amaziah_n chapter_n xxv_o verse_n 1_o and_o of_o uzziah_n as_o also_o of_o jotham_n and_o of_o ahaz_n 2_o king_n xv._o 32._o and_o xvi_o 1._o and_o of_o their_o concordance_n with_o the_o time_n of_o the_o reign_v of_o the_o king_n of_o isreel_n see_v my_o annotation_n on_o hosea_n i._n 1._o but_o he_o slay_v not_o their_o child_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o this_o text_n verse_n 4_o do_v it_o a_o ironical_a concession_n verse_n 8_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o amos_n iu_o 4_o 5._o top_n of_o the_o rock_n selah_n verse_n 21_o or_o petra_n signify_v a_o rock_n whence_o the_o chief_a city_n in_o arabia_n petraea_n be_v call_v petra_n 2_o king_n fourteen_o 7._o god_n of_o the_o child_n of_o seir_n worse_o then_o that_o of_o ahaz_n chap._n verse_n 14_o xxviii_o 23._o punish_v chap._n xxv_o 20_o 27._o altar_n of_o incense_n this_o the_o highpriest_n may_v do_v chapter_n xxvi_o verse_n 16_o exod._n xxx_o 7._o and_o other_o priest_n also_o luke_n i._n 9_o but_o not_o the_o king_n or_o any_o else_o but_o priest_n the_o chief_a priest_n not_o style_v the_o highpriest_n verse_n 20_o be_v a_o leper_n yet_o bare_a the_o title_n of_o king_n to_o the_o day_n of_o his_o death_n verse_n 21_o ophel_n ophel_n in_o jerusalem_n chapter_n xxvii_o verse_n 3_o over-against_o the_o water-gate_n towards_o the_o east_n where_o the_o nethinim_n dwell_v 2_o chron._n xxxiii_o 14._o neh._n iii_o 26._o and_o xi_o 21._o his_o war_n 2_o king_n xv._o verse_n 7_o 37._o his_o god_n though_o himself_o such_o a_o idolater_n chapter_n xxviii_o verse_n 5_o ver_fw-la 22._o so_o ch_z xxxvi_o 5._o king_n of_o syria_n rezin_n 2_o king_n xvi_o 5._o slay_v slay_v a_o great_a number_n verse_n 6_o captive_a a_o great_a number_n verse_n 8_o fierce_a wrath_n pekah_n soon_o slay_v verse_n 11_o and_o in_o hosheah_n time_n all_o captivate_v and_o the_o kingdom_n extinguish_v esay_n vii_o 16._o the_o first_o day_n for_o chapter_n xxix_o verse_n 17_o 3._o hezekiah_n begin_v reformation_n on_o the_o very_a first_o day_n of_o his_o reign_n or_o rather_o on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o year_n which_o fall_v out_o towards_o the_o late_a end_n of_o the_o first_o year_n of_o ezekiah_n reign_n sixteenth_o day_n so_o that_o passeover_n be_v pass_v and_o not_o keep_v seven_o bullock_n here_o be_v seven_o verse_n 21_o to_o represent_v the_o whole_a body_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o here_o be_v use_v all_o manner_n of_o beast_n fit_a for_o sacrifice_n the_o priest_n kill_v they_o and_o so_o levit._n iu._n 4._o and_o chap._n ix_o 8_o verse_n 24_o 15_o 18._o 2_o chron._n xxix_o 24_o 34._o the_o levite_n do_v flay_v they_o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 11._o and_o in_o some_o extraordinary_a case_n slay_v they_o also_o 2_o chron._n xxix_o 34._o and_o receive_v the_o blood_n 2_o chron._n xxx_o 16_o 17._o the_o priest_n only_o not_o the_o levite_n come_v to_o the_o altar_n to_o lay_v the_o wood_n sprinkle_v the_o blood_n and_o burn_v they_o levit._n l._n 7._o etc._n etc._n and_o chap._n iii_o 2_o 5._o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 14._o the_o song_n psal_n cxxxvi_o verse_n 27_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o ezra_n iii_o 11._o to_o ephraim_n chapter_n xxx_o verse_n 1_o and_o manasseh_n see_v for_o 5_o 11_o 18._o yet_o this_o be_v before_o their_o final_a captivity_n by_o shalmaneser_n 2_o king_n xvii_o in_o the_o second_o month_n for_o verse_n 2_o 1_o 3._o as_o in_o like_a case_n num._n ix_o 11._o king_n of_o assyria_n pull_v verse_n 6_o and_o tiglath_n pilneaser_n 2_o king_n xv._o 19_o 29._o 1_o chron._n v._n 26._o 2_o chron._n xxviii_o 20._o mock_v they_o but_o a_o final_a judgement_n son_n follow_v verse_n 10_o have_v not_o cleanse_v themselves_o yet_o and_n verse_n 18_o it_o seem_v in_o josiah_n time_n all_o do_v not_o eat_v at_o the_o very_a hour_n appoint_v at_o even_o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 14._o yet_o where_o the_o heart_n be_v upright_o god_n merciful_o heal_v such_o offender_n to_o keep_v other_o seven_o day_n the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n see_v herein_o verse_n 23_o and_o by_o god_n approve_v since_o the_o time_n of_o solomon_n and_o the_o division_n of_o the_o two_o kingdom_n verse_n 26_o so_o many_o out_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n come_v not_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o eat_v &_o celebrate_v the_o passeover_n yet_o see_v a_o large_a commendation_n of_o josiah_n passeover_n which_o follow_v after_o this_o chap._n xxxv_o 18_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o 22_o 23._o finish_v present_o after_o the_o foresay_a passeover_n chapter_n xxxi_o verse_n 1_o they_o pull_v down_o idolatry_n yea_o in_o ephraim_n also_o and_o manasseh_n which_o belong_v to_o hoshea_n king_n of_o israel_n three_o month_n or_o feast_v of_o week_n verse_n 7_o of_o pentecost_n which_o be_v call_v the_o feast_n of_o harvest_n and_o the_o seven_o month_n be_v call_v the_o feast_n of_o ingather_v exod._n xxiii_o 16._o host_n of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n though_o that_o king_n sennacherib_n chapter_n xxxiii_o verse_n 11_o and_o his_o host_n be_v so_o slay_v in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o father_n hezekiah_n chap._n xxxii_o 21._o a_o wall_n begin_v by_o his_o father_n chap._n xxxii_o 5._o yet_o unto_o the_o lord_n not_o to_o false_a god_n verse_n 14_o as_o be_v in_o the_o grosser_n kind_n of_o idolatrous_a sacrificer_n verse_n 17_o amon_n amon_n worse_o than_o his_o father_n manasseh_n eight_o year_n be_v then_o sixteen_o year_n old_a chapter_n xxxiv_o verse_n 20_o and_o before_o that_o the_o father_n of_o eliakim_n or_o jehojakim_n verse_n 3_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o 36._o and_o chap._n xxii_o 1._o compare_v together_o twelve_o year_n himself_o be_v then_o twenty_o city_n of_o manasseh_n remanants_n then_o of_o the_o israelite_n verse_n 6_o for_o the_o body_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v former_o carry_v away_o captive_n and_o the_o kingdom_n exterminate_v eighteen_o year_n
this_o reformation_n and_o covenant_n make_v verse_n 8_o and_o passeover_n keep_v chap._n xxxv_o 19_o and_o yet_o from_o this_o or_o rather_o from_o the_o twelve_o year_n above_o mention_v begin_v that_o reckon_n of_o the_o sin_n of_o judah_n ezek._n iu._n 6._o for_o under_o so_o good_a a_o king_n yet_o the_o people_n continue_v obstinate_o wicked_a as_o appear_v in_o jeremie_n who_o begin_v to_o prophesy_v in_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o iosiah_n reign_n jer._n i._n 2._o and_o xxv_o 3._o and_o ch_n iii_o 6._o and_o josiah_n only_o cause_v and_o make_v they_o outward_o to_o obey_v 2_o chron._n xxxiv_o 32_o 33._o the_o house_n the_o house_n of_o the_o priest_n which_o adjoin_v to_o the_o temple_n and_o of_o the_o levite_n which_o adjoin_v to_o the_o court_n levite_n scribe_n 1_n chron._n verse_n 13_o xxiv_o 6._o ezra_n vii_o 6._o 21._o neh._n viii_o 9_o and_o chap._n xii_o 26._o and_o xiii_o 13._o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o 1_o king_n iu_o 3._o more_o full_o thus_o we_o read_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n of_o several_a person_n that_o be_v scribe_n some_o scribes_z of_o king_n or_o their_o secretary_n so_o david_n have_v one_o and_o solomon_n two_o joash_n one_o 2_o king_n xii_o 10._o josiah_n one_o 2_o king_n xxii_o 3._o of_o jonathan_n david_n uncle_n that_o he_o be_v a_o counsellor_n a_o wise_a man_n and_o a_o scribe_n 1_o chron._n xxvii_o 32._o and_o of_o baruch_n that_o he_o be_v jeremies_n scribe_n and_o of_o family_n of_o scribe_n that_o dwell_v at_o jabez_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o jethro_n 1_o chron._n ii_o 55._o but_o why_o so_o call_v or_o what_o their_o office_n be_v whether_o as_o public_a notary_n scrivener_n or_o transcriber_n of_o the_o law_n or_o what_o else_o it_o appear_v not_o here_o in_o iosiah_n time_n we_o find_v that_o in_o his_o business_n of_o repair_v the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v appoint_v of_o the_o levite_n scribe_n and_o in_o nehemiah_n time_n he_o make_v treasurer_n over_o the_o treasury_n in_o the_o lord_n house_n shelemiah_n the_o priest_n and_o zadok_v the_o scribe_n and_o in_o his_o time_n also_o be_v that_o famous_a ezra_n a_o priest_n son_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n serajah_n slay_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o the_o same_o a_o ready_a scribe_n in_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n a_o scribe_n of_o the_o law_n of_o the_o god_n of_o heaven_n of_o the_o word_n of_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o of_o his_o statute_n to_o israel_n and_o the_o same_o a_o public_a reader_n and_o teacher_n of_o the_o law_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n we_o find_v they_o much_o more_o mention_v and_o to_o be_v of_o more_o esteem_n and_o themselves_o affect_v pre-eminence_n and_o precedency_n mark_n xii_o 38_o 39_o here_o they_o be_v often_o join_v with_o the_o chief_a priest_n and_o elder_n and_o often_o with_o the_o pharisee_n they_o pretend_v to_o extraordinary_a holiness_n as_o the_o pharisee_n do_v whence_o be_v that_o matth._n v._o 20._o and_o act_v xxiii_o 9_o they_o be_v of_o the_o pharisee_n part_n against_o the_o sadducee_n yea_o he_o that_o be_v call_v a_o scribe_n mark_v xii_o 28._o the_o same_o be_v call_v a_o pharisee_n and_o a_o lawyer_n matth._n xxii_o 34_o 35._o we_o read_v not_o that_o they_o be_v of_o the_o sect_n of_o the_o sadducee_n or_o essenes_n but_o we_o find_v they_o to_o join_v with_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o question_v to_o pose_v and_o oppose_v our_o saviour_n to_o entangle_v and_o ensnare_v he_o by_o question_n to_o charge_v his_o miracle_n to_o be_v do_v by_o belzebub_n himself_o with_o blasphemy_n to_o apprehend_v and_o bind_v he_o to_o condemn_v he_o in_o the_o council_n to_o deliver_v he_o to_o pilate_n to_o accuse_v he_o before_o herod_n to_o prosecute_v he_o to_o death_n to_o mock_v he_o upon_o the_o crosse._n and_o we_o find_v that_o these_o scribe_n sit_v in_o moses-chair_n matth._n xxiii_o 2._o and_o be_v preacher_n and_o teacher_n of_o the_o people_n mat._n vii_o 29._o and_o xiii_o 52._o and_o likely_a be_v all_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi._n rend_v his_o clothes_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o 2_o king_n xxii_o 8._o verse_n 19_o huldah_n the_o prophetess_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o zeph._n verse_n 22_o iii_o 4._o the_o high_a priest_n hilkiah_n be_v here_o send_v to_o she_o she_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a prophetess_n so_o near_o at_o hand_n put_v the_o holy_a ark_n it_o may_v be_v put_v out_o of_o his_o place_n chapter_n xxxv_o verse_n 3_o in_o the_o day_n of_o his_o wicked_a father_n if_o not_o of_o his_o grandfather_n passeover-offering_n so_o for_o verse_n 8_o 9_o in_o the_o feast_n of_o unleavened_a bread_n for_o the_o seven_o day_n after_o all_o this_o thirteen_o year_n after_o the_o foresay_a passeover_n verse_n 20_o that_o be_v in_o the_o eighteen_o and_o this_o in_o the_o thirty_o one_o and_o last_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n by_o euphrates_n heb._n phrat_n or_o prat_n or_o perath_n the_o four_o river_n in_o eden_n gen._n ii_o 14._o usual_o call_v the_o river_n and_o the_o great_a river_n make_v one_o of_o the_o boundary_n of_o the_o promise_a land_n gen_n xv._o 18._o deut._n 1._o 7_o and_o chap._n xi_o 24._o josh._n i._n 4._o 2._o chron._n ix_o 26._o cut_a by_o cyrus_n into_o several_a channel_n when_o he_o lie_v in_o siege_n before_o babylon_n which_o stand_v upon_o it_o and_o so_o by_o he_o much_o drain_v and_o dry_v jer._n l._n 38._o see_v 1_o chron._n xviii_o 3._o jer._n xiii_o 4._o and_o chap._n li._n 63._o apoc._n ix_o 14._o and_o chap._n xvi_o 12._o see_v on_o dan._n iu._n 30._o megiddo_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o zech._n verse_n 22_o xii_o 11._o to_o carry_v he_o but_o he_o die_v by_o the_o way_n chapter_n xxxvi_o verse_n 6_o jer._n xxii_o 18_o 19_o eight_o year_n old_a when_o he_o he_o be_v eighteen_o when_o himself_o begin_v to_o reign_v verse_n 9_o 2_o king_n xxiv_o 8._o and_o but_o eight_o then_o when_o his_o father_n begin_v to_o reign_v the_o like_a relative_a sense_n may_v that_o speech_n admit_v 2_o king_n xvi_o 2._o no_o remedy_n desperate_n sinner_n procure_v implacable_a wrath_n verse_n 16_o irrevocable_a exterminate_a judgement_n kingdom_n of_o persia_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o book_n of_o ezra_n verse_n 20_o threescore_o and_o ten_o year_n for_o the_o beginning_n of_o these_o verse_n 21_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o dan._n ix_o 2._o rather_o than_o those_o on_o zech._n vii_o 3._o yet_o many_o learned_a be_v of_o the_o late_a opinion_n ezra_n the_o book_n of_o ezra_n contain_v a_o history_n of_o seventy_o year_n viz._n from_o the_o first_o of_o cyrus_n or_o his_o proclamation_n chap._n i._n 1._o to_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la upon_o this_o account_n viz._n cyrus_n seven_o cambyses_n seven_o smerdis_n one_o darius_n hystaspis_n thirty_o six_o xerxes_n twelve_o of_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la seven_o where_o ezra_n end_n or_o premise_v two_o of_o darius_n medus_n before_o cyrus_n it_o come_v to_o seventy_o two_o the_o four_o 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temple_n verse_n 12_o which_o be_v burn_v but_o fifty_o two_o year_n before_o weep_v at_o the_o lay_n of_o the_o foundation_n of_o this_o temple_n either_o at_o the_o remembrance_n of_o the_o wondrous_a glory_n of_o the_o former_a temple_n so_o burn_v and_o consume_v and_o consider_v the_o small_a preparation_n and_o mean_n for_o the_o building_n and_o furnish_v of_o this_o ezra_n i._n 4_o 6_o 68_o 69._o and_o chap._n vi_o 8_o 9_o and_o chap._n vii_o 15_o 22._o and_o chap._n viii_o 25_o 26_o 27._o 33_o 34._o neh._n vii_o 70_o 71_o 72._o in_o comparison_n of_o those_o for_o the_o former_a temple_n hag._n ii_o 3._o in_o which_o case_n god_n comfort_v they_o hag._n ii_o 7_o 9_o zech._n iu._n 6_o 10._o and_o viii_o 6_o 9_o mal._n iii_o 1._o or_o else_o see_v these_o foundation-stone_n not_o so_o goodly_a and_o precious_a as_o those_o be_v know_v to_o be_v that_o be_v in_o solomon_n temple_n 1_o king_n vii_o 9_o 10._o for_o as_o for_o the_o largeness_n and_o compass_n of_o the_o 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verse_n 12_o 13._o and_o 16._o they_o only_o go_v about_o to_o build_v the_o temple_n the_o river_n so_o chap._n v._o 6._o jordan_n verse_n 16_o or_o rather_o euphrates_n ver_fw-la 17._o and_o 20._o from_o persia_n it_o be_v beyond_o the_o river_n work_v of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n though_o their_o letter_n verse_n 24_o and_o the_o king_n answer_v mention_v only_o the_o city_n yet_o they_o extend_v it_o here_o to_o the_o house_n of_o god_n zechariah_n he_n be_v call_v the_o son_n chapter_n five_o verse_n 1_o of_o iddo_n and_o zerubbabel_n the_o son_n of_o shealtiel_n ver_fw-la 2._o and_o they_o be_v indeed_o their_o grandchild_n zech._n i._n 1._o 1_o chron._n iii_o 17_o 18_o 19_o tatnai_n he_n verse_n 6_o and_o shethar-boznai_a deal_n more_o fair_o and_o true_o with_o the_o jew_n in_o their_o letter_n to_o darius_n than_o rehum_n and_o shimsai_n do_v in_o they_o to_o artaxerxes_n chap._n iu._n 12_o 16._o and_o they_o make_v mention_v only_o of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o not_o of_o the_o city_n until_o now_o butler_n hinder_v and_o inhibit_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n verse_n 16_o chap._n iu_o 21_o 22._o in_o babylon_n or_o concern_v babylon_n chapter_n vi_o verse_n 1_o achmetha_n called_n by_o heathen_a author_n ecbatana_n signify_v a_o summer_n seat_n for_o cool_a refresh_n verse_n 2_o in_o which_o city_n the_o king_n of_o media_n keep_v their_o court_n in_o the_o summer_n season_n threescore_o cubit_n cubit_n likely_a be_v take_v here_o for_o common_a cubit_n half_a the_o length_n of_o sacred_a cubit_n verse_n 3_o which_o sacred_a cubit_n be_v unknown_a to_o heathen_a and_o the_o number_n of_o they_o may_v be_v reckon_v from_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o foundation_n to_o the_o top_n on_o the_o outside_n and_o from_o the_o outside_n of_o the_o temple_n include_v the_o thickness_n of_o the_o wall_n and_o of_o the_o chamber_n adjoin_v and_o so_o this_o temple_n will_v be_v less_o than_o solomon_n 1_o king_n vi_o 2._o 2_o chron._n iii_o 3._o according_a to_o 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family_n must_v not_o kill_v it_o themselves_o as_o they_o do_v in_o egypt_n but_o god_n minister_n priest_n and_o levite_n must_v do_v it_o 2._o chron._n xxx_o 15_o 16_o 17._o separate_a themselves_o unto_o they_o heathen_a proselyte_n verse_n 21_o king_n of_o assyria_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 2_o chron._n xxi_o 2._o verse_n 22_o artaxerxes_n chapter_n vii_o verse_n 1_o longimanus_fw-la ezra_n see_v the_o observation_n touch_v he_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o his_o book_n azariah_n six_o generation_n here_o omit_v verse_n 3_o 1_o chron._n vi_o ver_fw-la 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o and_o three_o generation_n omit_v between_o jeroam_n and_o pashur_n 1_o chron._n ix_o 12._o compare_v with_o neh._n xi_o 12._o and_o so_o three_o generation_n be_v omit_v between_o joram_n and_o ozias_n matth._n i._n 8_o and_o all_o do_v for_o brevity_n sake_n conceive_v those_o omission_n to_o be_v thing_n evident_o know_v or_o not_o so_o material_a to_o be_v there_o insert_v king_n grant_v ezra_n 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the_o former_a decree_n can_v not_o be_v reverse_v nor_o this_o new_a one_o be_v seal_v with_o the_o king_n seal_n see_v ch._n i._n 19_o three_o month_n two_o month_n and_o ten_o day_n after_o hamans_n decree_n verse_n 9_o chap._n iii_o 12._o the_o lot_n be_v cast_v in_o the_o first_o month_n and_o twelve_o year_n of_o ahasuerus_n chap._n iii_o 7._o and_o the_o decree_n issue_v out_o the_o thirteen_o day_n of_o that_o month_n ver_fw-la 12._o and_o do_v stretch_v even_o to_o the_o jew_n in_o jury_n ver_fw-la 6_o 8_o 13._o and_o the_o execution_n of_o it_o be_v to_o be_v on_o the_o thirteen_o day_n of_o adar_n the_o twelve_o month_n follow_v but_o the_o edict_n on_o their_o behalf_n issue_v forth_o on_o the_o twenty_o three_o day_n of_o the_o three_o month_n sivan_n i._n e._n two_o month_n and_o ten_o day_n after_o hamans_n bloody_a edict_n sivan_n whereunto_o our_o may_n most_o answer_v and_o unto_o the_o jew_n who_o it_o so_o much_o concern_v crown_n of_o gold_n see_v chap._n verse_n 15_o vi_o 8._o become_v jew_n proselyte_n verse_n 17_o turn_v to_o their_o religion_n as_o seek_v their_o hurt_n asdruball_n assault_v they_o chapter_n ix_o verse_n 2_o so_o as_o they_o be_v on_o the_o defensive_a part_n and_o stand_v for_o their_o life_n chap._n viii_o 11._o and_o chap._n ix_o 16._o smite_v all_o their_o enemy_n wonder_v that_o they_o dare_v rise_v against_o the_o jew_n verse_n 5_o consider_v the_o mind_n and_o power_n of_o the_o king_n and_o queen_n and_o mordecai_n for_o they_o see_v ver_fw-la 3._o in_o shushan_n these_o likely_a of_o hamans_n faction_n verse_n 6_o eager_a set_v to_o revenge_v his_o death_n and_o downfall_n to_o do_v tomorrow_o it_o may_v be_v necessity_n to_o preserve_v the_o life_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o shushan_n verse_n 13_o against_o such_o as_o may_v seek_v a_o opportunity_n hereafter_o to_o revenge_v the_o blood_n of_o haman_n his_o son_n and_o other_o that_o be_v slay_v may_v move_v she_o to_o this_o petition_n so_o to_o rid_v their_o hand_n 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deliverance_n and_o ordain_v the_o feast_n ver_fw-la xxiii_o 29._o and_o herein_o the_o power_n of_o the_o church_n be_v see_v in_o ordain_v set_v annual_a feast_n ver_fw-la 27._o 29_o 31._o and_o so_o for_o fast_n zech._n vii_o purim_fw-la i._n e._n lot_n verse_n 26_o of_o lot_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o jonah_n i._n 7._o the_o matter_n of_o the_o fasting_n verse_n 31_o and_o their_o cry_n the_o occasion_n that_o be_v give_v of_o their_o fasting_n and_o cry_n by_o which_o they_o obtain_v such_o a_o blessing_n some_o take_v this_o as_o a_o part_n of_o the_o ordinance_n and_o decree_n to_o fast_o on_o the_o thirteen_o day_n and_o allege_v for_o it_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o this_o day_n in_o the_o book_n some_o public_a record_n verse_n 32_o a_o tribute_n we_o read_v of_o a_o release_n chapter_n x_o verse_n 1_o chap._n ii_o 18._o whether_o the_o jew_n by_o mordecai_n mean_n be_v release_v of_o this_o tribute_n the_o scripture_n express_v not_o job_n the_o book_n of_o job_n be_v a_o true_a history_n accompany_v full_o with_o all_o the_o circumstance_n of_o a_o true_a history_n from_o first_o to_o last_o and_o attest_v ezek._n fourteen_o 14._o and_o jam._n v._n 11._o this_o book_n be_v write_v in_o the_o judgement_n of_o some_o in_o prose_n to_o chap._n iii_o v._n 3._o in_o verse_n thence_o to_o chap._n xlii_o ver_fw-la 6._o and_o then_o again_o conclude_v in_o prose_n thence_o to_o the_o end_n job_n live_v most_o likely_a when_o the_o israelite_n be_v in_o egypt_n his_o age_n be_v one_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n after_o his_o affliction_n be_v end_v and_o he_o have_v seven_o son_n and_o three_o daughter_n and_o be_v the_o great_a of_o all_o the_o man_n of_o the_o east_n before_o his_o affliction_n begin_v job_n xlii_o 16._o and_o i._o ver_fw-la 2_o 3._o job_n patience_n be_v wonderful_a and_o so_o high_o commend_v by_o the_o holy_a ghost_n jam._n v._o 11._o his_o impatience_n too_o much_o accuse_v as_o by_o his_o friend_n then_o so_o by_o some_o other_o now_o not_o weigh_v the_o burden_n of_o his_o affliction_n outward_a and_o inward_a from_o heaven_n earth_n and_o hell_n and_o withal_o his_o fair_a clear_n of_o god_n and_o his_o justice_n and_o his_o full_a acknowledgement_n of_o his_o own_o sinfulness_n though_o not_o of_o that_o hypocrisy_n wherewith_o his_o friend_n do_v false_o charge_v he_o chap._n vii_o 20_o 21._o and_o ix_o 2_o 3._o 14_o 15_o 20_o 21._o and_o xiii_o 26._o and_o fourteen_o 17._o and_o xxvii_o 5_o 6._o and_o xxxi_o 6._o 33_o 35_o 36_o 37._o and_o xxiii_o 10._o and_o xiii_o 15._o and_o ix_o 12._o job_n three_o friend_n most_o likely_a be_v of_o the_o posterity_n of_o abraham_n viz._n eliphaz_n and_o zophar_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o esau_n gen._n xxxvi_o 11_o 40._o bildad_o of_o abraham_n race_n by_o ketura_n gen._n xxv_o 2._o 1_o chron._n i._n 32._o and_o elihu_n the_o four_o of_o the_o race_n of_o nahor_n abraham_n brother_n gen._n xxii_o 21._o eliphaz_n bildad_n and_o zophar_n speak_v in_o order_n one_o after_o another_o eliphaz_n and_o bildad_n thrice_o zophar_n twice_o to_o every_o one_o of_o which_o job_n answer_n be_v annex_v and_o interpose_v elihu_n speak_v after_o they_o cease_v without_o any_o answer_n make_v by_o job_n to_o he_o jehovah_n speak_v last_o of_o all_o and_o order_v all_o uz_n uz_n in_o idumea_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 1_o or_o arabia_n border_v upon_o it_o so_o call_v from_o uz_n the_o son_n of_o dishan_n of_o the_o lineage_n of_o seir_n gen._n xxxvi_o 28._o of_o this_o we_o read_v lam._n iu._n 21._o jer._n xxv_o 20._o or_o in_o that_o part_n of_o arabia_n the_o desert_n near_o to_o chaldea_n where_o job_n have_v such_o bad_a neighbour_n the_o chaldean_n on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o the_o sabean_o on_o the_o other_o chap._n i._n 15._o 17._o we_o read_v of_o king_n of_o the_o land_n of_o uz_n jer._n xxv_o 20._o and_o of_o uz_n the_o grandchild_n of_o shem_n gen._n x._o 22_o 23._o and_o of_o we_o the_o son_n of_o nahor_n abraham_n brother_n gen._n xxii_o 21._o three_o thousand_o camel_n when_o god_n bless_v his_o latter_a end_n verse_n 3_o he_o have_v six_o thousand_o camel_n chap._n xlii_o 12._o a_o wondrous_a number_n for_o one_o man_n they_o be_v numerous_a and_o of_o much_o use_n in_o the_o eastern_a country_n fifty_o thousand_o take_v from_o the_o hagarite_n 1_o chron._n v._n 20_o 21._o the_o midianite_n use_v very_o great_a multitude_n of_o they_o in_o war_n and_o put_v ornament_n and_o chain_n of_o gold_n about_o their_o neck_n judg._n vii_o 12._o and_o chap._n viii_o 21_o 26._o some_o of_o they_o be_v swift_a all_o for_o burden_n with_o bunch_n on_o their_o back_n fit_a for_o that_o purpose_n but_o not_o fit_a to_o go_v through_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o needle_n david_n himself_o have_v a_o special_a officer_n only_o over_o his_o camel_n 1_o chron._n xxvii_o 30._o east_n whither_o abraham_n send_v his_o son_n gen._n xxv_o 6._o and_o sanctify_v they_o send_v to_o they_o verse_n 5_o require_v they_o to_o fit_v and_o prepare_v themselves_o by_o all_o mean_n in_o a_o holy_a manner_n to_o come_v and_o join_v with_o he_o in_o offer_v a_o sacrifice_n for_o they_o and_o their_o sin_n see_v num._n x_o 1._o 18._o exod._n xix_o 10._o josh._n iii_o 5._o and_o chap._n vii_o 13._o 2_o chron._n xxix_o 5._o continualy_fw-fr on_o those_o day_n when_o their_o feast_n be_v go_v about_o the_o son_n of_o god_n the_o good_a angel_n verse_n 6_o job_n xxxviii_o 7._o to_o present_v themselves_o see_v 1_o king_n xxii_o 19_o this_o be_v speak_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n as_o rom._n iii_o 5._o among_o they_o not_o that_o satan_n come_v into_o heaven_n the_o similitude_n be_v take_v from_o earthly_a king_n escape_v
property_n and_o qualification_n stand_v in_o awe_n and_o sin_n not_o ephes._n iu_o 26._o verse_n 4_o be_v anrgy_n and_o sin_v not_o and_o that_o sense_n the_o word_n here_o use_v will_v bear_v david_n speak_v thus_o to_o his_o friend_n let_v not_o your_o indignation_n and_o just_a resentment_n of_o these_o scandal_n and_o confusion_n in_o my_o suffering_n proceed_v to_o a_o sinful_a murmur_a against_o god_n but_o consider_v of_o it_o wise_o in_o your_o most_o retire_a thought_n and_o be_v silent_a content_v and_o quiet_a into_o thy_o house_n chapter_n five_o verse_n 7_o so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o david_n towards_o thy_o holy_a temple_n and_o so_o david_n psal._n xxvii_o 4._o and_o xxix_o 9_o and_o lxv_o 4._o and_o lxviii_o 29._o and_o cxxxviii_o 2._o and_o yet_o in_o david_n day_n the_o temple_n be_v not_o build_v he_o mind_v that_o which_o after_o his_o day_n he_o know_v present_o shall_v be_v and_o mean_a time_n he_o style_v the_o ark_n or_o tabernacle_n by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o temple_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o exod._n xxxiii_o 7._o rebuke_v i_o not_o psal._n chapter_n vi_o verse_n 1_o xxxviii_o 1._o heal_v i_o david_n be_v in_o some_o soar_n sickness_n at_o this_o time_n verse_n 2_o bed_n to_o swim_v see_v the_o observation_n on_o josh._n xi_o 4._o verse_n 6_o if_o i_o have_v do_v this_o whereof_o cush_n saul_n courtier_n or_o favourite_n chapter_n vii_o verse_n 3_o one_o of_o his_o tribe_n do_v false_o accuse_v i_o return_v thou_o on_o high_a to_o ascend_v verse_n 7_o and_o set_v thyself_o on_o thy_o high_a tribunal_n and_o judgement-seat_n 1_o king_n x._o 19_o and_o this_o to_o judge_v for_o i_o and_o against_o cush_n as_o it_o follow_v in_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o psalm_n out_o of_o the_o mouth_n this_n be_v allude_v to_o mat._n chapter_n viii_o verse_n 2_o xxi_o 16._o what_o be_v man_n this_n verse_n 4_o and_o ver_fw-la 5_o 6._o be_v apply_v to_o christ_n by_o the_o apostle_n heb._n ii_o 6_o 9_o 1_o cor._n xv._o 27._o ephes._n i._n 22._o so_o take_v in_o both_o christ_n the_o head_n and_o mankind_n special_o the_o faithful_a as_o member_n show_v thereby_o that_o mystica_o and_o prophetica_o in_o these_o word_n be_v intimate_v the_o humiliation_n and_o exaltation_n of_o the_o man_n christ_n jesus_n o_o thou_o enemy_n a_o kind_n of_o scoff_n and_o derision_n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 6_o whereby_o david_n upbraid_v he_o for_o his_o bloody_a design_n and_o threat_n know_v thy_o name_n will_v know-worth_n experimentaly_a verse_n 10_o practica_o verse_n 20._o in_o all_o their_o heart_n and_o soul_n in_o themselves_o as_o the_o phrase_n of_o scripture_n be_v josh._n xxiii_o 14._o 1_o sam._n vi_o 9_o heb._n x._o 34._o of_o this_o knowledge_n be_v that_o john_n xvii_o 3._o and_o 1_o john_n ii_o 3_o 4_o 5._o and_o chap._n iii_o 19_o 24._o and_o chap._n iu._n 6_o 7_o 8_o 13._o and_o chap._n v._n 2._o 18_o 19_o 20._o noëtical_a speculative_a knowledge_n swim_v only_o in_o the_o brain_n and_o not_o sink_v into_o the_o heart_n be_v none_o of_o this_o knowledge_n till_o thou_o find_v none_o rid_v the_o world_n of_o they_o chapter_n x_o verse_n 15_o and_o their_o sin_n at_o once_o flee_v a_o bird_n 1_n sam_n chapter_n xi_o verse_n 1_o xxvi_o 19_o if_o the_o foundation_n in_o church_n and_o kingdom_n verse_n 3_o what_o can_v he_o help_v but_o suffer_v in_o such_o a_o general_a ruin_n the_o fool_n psal._n chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 1_o x._o 4._o and_o liii_o 1._o the_o three_o first_o verse_n of_o this_o psalm_n be_v by_o saint_n paul_n apply_v to_o all_o mankind_n in_o general_n in_o the_o state_n of_o the_o fall_n and_o natural_a corruption_n rom._n iii_o 10_o 11_o 12._o usury_n of_o this_o see_v exod._n chapter_n xv_o verse_n 5_o xxii_o 25._o levit._fw-la xxv_o 36_o 37._o deut._n xxiii_o 19_o 20._o neh._n v._o 17._o levit._fw-la xxviii_o 8._o and_o the_o annotation_n on_o ezek._n xviii_o 8._o and_o xxii_o 12_o 13._o mat._n xxv_o 27._o that_o hasten_v or_o give_v gift_n to_o another_o god_n chapter_n xvi_o verse_n 4_o see_v ezek._n xvi_o 33_o 34._o the_o true_a god_n need_v they_o not_o ver_fw-la 2._o but_o false_a god_n do_v which_o gift_n do_v redound_v in_o the_o end_n to_o the_o damage_n and_o sorrow_n of_o the_o giver_n their_o drink-offering_n of_o blood_n their_o offering_n and_o sacrifice_n of_o man_n blood_n the_o drink-offering_n to_o the_o true_a god_n be_v of_o wine_n according_a to_o his_o law_n num._n xv._o 5._o but_o idolater_n in_o stead_n thereof_o do_v many_o time_n offer_v man_n blood_n paul_n readiness_n to_o be_v offer_v phil._n ii_o 17._o 2_o tim._n iu._n 6._o import_v no_o more_o than_o his_o willingness_n to_o die_v and_o spend_v his_o blood_n for_o christ_n cause_n and_o the_o good_a of_o his_o church_n and_o people_n their_o name_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o josh._n xxiii_o 7._o i_o have_v set_v the_o lord_n act_n ii_o 25_o 31._o verse_n 8_o and_o xiii_o 35_o 37._o david_n speak_v here_o of_o himself_o in_o this_o regard_n as_o have_v christ_n in_o his_o loin_n in_o a_o prophetical_a spirit_n relate_v to_o christ._n right_a hand_n psal._n cix_o 31._o &_o cx_o 5._o &_o cxxi_o 5._o not_o be_v move_v psal._n cxviii_o 6._o cxxxv_o 1._o rom._n viii_o 31_o etc._n etc._n my_o glory_n my_o tongue_n verse_n 9_o act_n ii_o 26._o psal._n xxx_o 12._o and_o lvii_o 8._o and_o cviii_o 2._o gen._n xlix_o 6._o my_o flesh_n also_o as_o rom._n viii_o 19_o 21._o my_o soul_n in_o hell_n a_o prophecy_n of_o christ_n resurrection_n verse_n 10_o david_n speak_v here_o in_o the_o person_n of_o christ._n soul_n sometime_o be_v take_v proper_o sometime_o improper_o for_o the_o whole_a person_n of_o man_n gen._n fourteen_o 12._o act_v xxvii_o 37._o sometime_o for_o the_o life_n of_o the_o person_n sometime_o for_o the_o body_n gen._n xvii_o 21._o sometime_o for_o the_o dead_a carcase_n levit._n xix_o 28._o and_o xxi_o 1_o 2._o num._n vi_o 6._o and_o v._o 2_o 9_o 10._o hag._n ii_o 14._o and_o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v also_o here_o my_o soul_n i._n e._n myself_o hell_n the_o hebrew_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o the_o grave_n psal._n cxli_o 7._o and_o lxxxvi_o 13._o and_o xxx_o 13._o and_o lv._o 15._o gen._n xxxvii_o 35._o and_o xlii_o 3._o 1_o king_n ii_o 6_o 9_o num._n xvi_o 30._o jonah_n ii_o 1_o 2._o not_o for_o a_o place_n of_o soul_n under_o the_o earth_n see_v doctor_n rainolds_n praelect_a 81._o &_o 82._o upon_o the_o apocryphal_a book_n and_o robert_n parker_n upon_o christ_n descent_n into_o hell_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v take_v for_o death_n or_o the_o state_n of_o the_o dead_a for_o the_o place_n invisible_a for_o the_o grave_n in_o relation_n to_o the_o body_n act_v ii_o 27._o and_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o soul_n for_o heaven_n to_o the_o godly_a soul_n as_o in_o our_o creed_n and_o for_o hell_n to_o the_o soul_n ungodly_a and_o so_o most_o usualy_a christ_n soul_n do_v not_o descend_v to_o the_o low_a part_n or_o that_o imaginary_a place_n of_o limbus_n patrum_fw-la this_o place_n here_o mean_v be_v a_o place_n of_o punishment_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v mention_v as_o a_o mercy_n that_o christ_n be_v thence_o deliver_v christ_n soul_n be_v not_o therefore_o there_o in_o triumph_n the_o scope_n of_o the_o apostle_n in_o cite_v this_o place_n be_v not_o to_o deal_v about_o the_o deliverance_n of_o christ_n soul_n out_o of_o hell_n but_o punctualy_a of_o christ_n resurrection_n they_o infer_v nothing_o else_o out_o of_o this_o text._n but_o resurrection_n be_v proper_o of_o the_o body_n not_o of_o the_o soul_n gehenna_n be_v sometime_o take_v for_o the_o grave_a and_o most-time_n further_o for_o hell_n itself_o the_o true_a meaning_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o article_n of_o christ_n descent_n into_o hell_n as_o the_o latin_n very_o improper_o translate_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d seem_v to_o be_v thus_o render_v rather_o he_o go_v into_o the_o place_n of_o invisible_a soul_n and_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o christ_n soul_n for_o his_o body_n remain_v in_o the_o grave_a and_o his_o soul_n in_o that_o interim_n to_o pass_v to_o the_o place_n of_o soul_n to_o heaven_n or_o paradise_n as_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o godly_a do_v and_o his_o principaly_n as_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o wicked_a go_v to_o hell_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o a_o general_a name_n do_v certain_o and_o evident_o signify_v both_o place_n and_o thus_o the_o article_n go_v on_o methodica_o without_o any_o tautology_n that_o after_o christ_n death_n his_o body_n be_v bury_v in_o the_o grave_a his_o soul_n go_v to_o the_o place_n of_o bless_a soul_n and_o the_o three_o day_n both_o soul_n and_o body_n be_v
for_o this_o david_n befool_v and_o bebeast_n himself_o psal._n lxxiii_o 10_o 22._o study_v great_n student_n verse_n 2_o to_o be_v witty_o wicked_a lip_n it_o blister_v out_o at_o their_o tongue_n end_n through_o wisdom_n chap._n iii_o 13_o 19_o verse_n 3_o be_v strong_a chap._n xxi_o 22._o verse_n 5_o war_n chap._n xx._n 18._o verse_n 6_o and_o chap._n xv._o 22._o and_o chap._n xi_o 14._o too_o high_a chap._n fourteen_o 6._o verse_n 7_o and_o chap._n viii_o verse_n 9_o and_o chap._n ix_o 1._o yet_o the_o high_a and_o save_v wisdom_n be_v too_o high_a for_o the_o wise_a natural_a man_n 1_o cor._n two_o 14._o open_v not_o he_o be_v two_o fool_n if_o he_o do_v devise_v be_v a_o artist_n at_o any_o evil_n verse_n 8_o the_o thought_n chap._n fourteen_o 22._o verse_n 9_o and_o chap._n vi_o 18._o and_o chap._n xii_o 5._o and_o chap._n xv._o 26._o esay_n lix_n 7._o jer._n iu._n 14._o if_o thou_o faint_v gen._n xlix_o 23_o 24._o verse_n 10_o man_n have_v no_o trial_n of_o his_o strength_n till_o he_o be_v in_o trouble_n if_o thou_o forbear_v psal._n lxxxii_o 4._o verse_n 11_o esay_n lviii_o 6_o 7._o it_o be_v in_o thy_o power_n to_o deliver_v such_o innocent_a person_n mark_v iii_o 4._o job_n xxix_o 17._o and_o xxxi_o 8_o 9_o if_o thou_o say_v sin_n be_v not_o to_o seek_v for_o excuse_n verse_n 12_o but_o they_o avail_v not_o with_o god_n psal._n xi_o 4._o job_n xxxiv_o 22._o jer._n xvii_o 9_o 10._o when_o thou_o have_v find_v it_o experimental_a knowledge_n be_v the_o only_a true_a knowledge_n verse_n 14_o heb._n x._o 34._o josh._n xxiii_o 14._o a_o literal_a notion_n of_o the_o brain_n come_v short_a of_o it_o a_o reward_n psal_n xix_o 10_o 11._o and_o cxix_o 103._o chap._n xxiii_o 18._o fall_v into_o trouble_n verse_n 16_o it_o be_v not_o here_o mean_v of_o fall_v into_o sin_n micah_n vii_o 8._o and_o rise_v job_n v._n 19_o psal._n xxxiv_o 19_o 20._o and_o xxxvii_o 24._o and_o xci_o 3._o james_n i._o 2._o the_o wicked_a fall_n as_o nahum_n i._n 9_o into_o a_o only_a evil_n ezek._n vii_o 5._o esther_n vi_o 13._o job_n v._n 12._o amos_n viii_o 14._o jer._n xxv_o 27._o esay_n xxiv_o 20._o rejoice_v not_o chap._n xvii_o 5._o verse_n 17_o job_n xxxi_o 29._o psal._n xxxv_o 12_o 16._o obad._n 12._o 2_o sam._n i._n 11_o 12._o matth._n v._o 44._o rom._n xii_o 19_o thy_o enemy_n but_o only_a so_o far_o as_o god_n glory_n be_v concern_v in_o it_o and_o still_o pity_v his_o person_n psal._n lviii_o 10._o from_o he_o to_o thou_o verse_n 18_o no_o reward_v the_o pain_n of_o loss_n verse_n 20_o and_o sure_o the_o tear_n of_o hell_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o bewail_v the_o loss_n of_o heaven_n fear_v who_o will_v not_o fear_v thou_o o_o king_n of_o nation_n verse_n 21_o jer._n x._o 7._o and_o the_o king_n must_v be_v fear_v 1_o pet._n ii_o 1●_n rom._n xiii_o 3._o under_o god_n act_v iu_o 19_o sudden_o when_o it_o come_v though_o delay_v awhile_o verse_n 22_o have_v zimri_n peace_n that_o slay_v his_o master_n of_o they_o both_o that_o fear_v not_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o king_n these_o thing_n also_o belong_v to_o the_o wise_a concern_v wise_n man_n to_o look_v unto_o verse_n 23_o not_o that_o the_o sentence_n follow_v be_v take_v out_o of_o wise_a man_n book_n or_o saying_n after_o solomon_n and_o before_o the_o time_n of_o ezechiah_n not_o good_a very_o bad_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o like_a be_v chap._n x._o 2._o and_o chap._n xx._n 23._o psal._n v._n 5._o 1_o cor._n xvi_o 22._o exod._n xx._n 7._o respect_n of_o person_n chap._n xviii_o 5._o chap._n xxviii_o 21._o levi._n xix_o 25._o deut._n i._n 17._o and_o xvi_o 19_o thou_o be_v righteous_a chap._n xvii_o 15._o verse_n 24_o esay_n v._n 23._o exod._n xxiii_o 7._o that_o rebuke_n he_o job_n xxix_o 11_o 17._o verse_n 25_o a_o good_a blessing_n of_o every_o good_a man_n kiss_v gen._n xli_o 40._o verse_n 26_o shall_v do_v he_o honour_n psal._n two_o 11._o afterward_o build_v thy_o house_n first_n be_v sure_a of_o the_o mean_n how_o to_o compass_v it_o verse_n 27_o luke_n fourteen_o 28_o 33._o do_v thing_n of_o necessity_n first_o after_o of_o accommodation_n without_o cause_n without_o a_o call_n verse_n 28_o or_o against_o thy_o own_o conscience_n deceive_v not_o to_o bolster_v out_o a_o bad_a cause_n or_o outface_v a_o good_a or_o ot_fw-mi entice_v another_o to_o suborn_v he_o to_o be_v a_o false_a witness_n say_v not_o chap._n xx._n 22._o verse_n 29_o rom._n xii_o 17._o 1_o thes._n v._o 15._o 1_o pet._n iii_o 9_o matth._n v._o 39_o rom._n xii_o 17._o this_o be_v to_o wring_v the_o sword_n out_o of_o god_n have_v rom._n xii_o 19_o slothful_a see_v on_o chap._n vi_o 6._o verse_n 30_o receive_v instruction_n a_o bee_n can_v suck_v honey_n out_o of_o a_o flower_n verse_n 32_o which_o a_o fly_n can_v a_o spiritual_a man_n can_v extract_v good_a out_o of_o other_o man_n fault_n and_o folly_n can_v gather_v grape_n of_o thorn_n and_o fig_n of_o thistle_n the_o worse_a other_o be_v the_o better_a we_o shall_v be_v save_v ourselves_o from_o a_o untoward_a generation_n and_o redeem_v the_o time_n because_o the_o day_n be_v evil_a yet_o a_o little_a sleep_n little_n verse_n 33_o and_o yet_o sleep_v plutaly_a in_o the_o original_a a_o little_a he_o ask_v but_o a_o little_a will_v not_o serve_v his_o turn_n thus_o he_o personate_v the_o sluggard_n speak_v poverty_n the_o beggar_n shall_v catch_v he_o by_o the_o back_n verse_n 34_o swift_o and_o irresistible_o these_o here_o begin_v a_o new_a collection_n of_o proverb_n chapter_n xxv_o verse_n 1_o long_v after_o solomon_n time_n which_o some_o choice_a man_n of_o king_n hezekiah_n likely_a by_o his_o appointment_n copy_v out_o of_o some_o of_o solomon_n writing_n then_o extant_a or_o out_o of_o public_a record_n register_n and_o commentary_n wherein_o for_o their_o worth_n and_o wisdom_n they_o be_v insert_v and_o in_o these_o solomon_n mostwhat_a intreat_v of_o high_a matter_n of_o state_n business_n of_o regal_a and_o civil_a administration_n to_o conceal_v such_o as_o be_v verse_n 2_o the_o union_n of_o three_o person_n into_o one_o nature_n and_o of_o two_o nature_n into_o one_o person_n his_o wonderful_a decree_n and_o the_o no_o less_o wonderful_a execution_n of_o they_o etc._n etc._n rom._n xi_o 33._o deut._n xxix_o 29._o to_o search_v out_o chap._n xvi_o 10._o job_n xxix_o 16._o 1_o king_n iii_o 24_o 27._o unsearchable_a verse_n 3_o as_o the_o two_o former_a jer._n xxxi_o 37._o profundum_fw-la sine_fw-la fundo_fw-la jer._n xvii_o 9_o 1_o king_n iu._n 29._o much_o more_o unsearchable_a be_v the_o deep_a and_o hide_a way_n of_o god_n rom._n xi_o 33_o 34._o we_o must_v adore_v they_o when_o we_o can_v comprehend_v they_o neither_o must_v the_o subject_n think_v to_o attain_v to_o the_o depth_n of_o all_o the_o secret_a reason_n and_o do_n of_o a_o king_n even_o when_o he_o be_v upright_o and_o do_v his_o duty_n wicked_a from_o chap._n xx._n 8._o verse_n 5_o evil_a counsellor_n about_o a_o king_n be_v great_a mean_n of_o much_o mischief_n as_o human_a doeg_n rehoboam'_v young_a counsellor_n psal._n ci._n 4._o put_v not_o forth_o this_o be_v for_o modesty_n verse_n 6_o and_o against_o ambition_n which_o use_v to_o ride_v without_o rain_n wait_v rather_o on_o god_n pleasure_n and_o leisure_n for_o thy_o promotion_n psal._n lxxv_o 5_o 8._o better_o it_o be_v luke_n fourteen_o 10._o verse_n 7_o hasty_o hastie_n man_n never_o want_v woe_n verse_n 8_o eccles._n v._n 2._o chap._n xxix_o 20._o he_o soon_o shoot_v his_o fool_n bolt_n debate_v thy_o cause_n matth._n v._n 25._o verse_n 9_o and_o xviii_o 15._o discover_v not_o special_o out_o of_o a_o revengeful_a mind_n no_o nor_o thy_o friend_n secret_a all_o wise_a man_n will_v abhor_v such_o a_o one_o as_o not_o to_o be_v trust_v but_o to_o be_v deem_v as_o a_o tale_n bearer_n or_o backbiter_n rather_o fit_o speak_v chap._n xv._o 23._o verse_n 11_o esay_n l._n 4._o job_n vi_o 25._o eccles._n xii_o 10._o as_o apple_n of_o gold_n put_v in_o case_n of_o silver_n cutwork_n with_o curious_a inlaying_n and_o interlacing_n a_o wise_a reprover_n chap._n ix_o 9_o verse_n 12_o touch_v some_o never_o so_o gentle_o yet_o like_o the_o nettle_n it_o will_v sting_v you_o exod._n ii_o 14._o prov._n xiii_o 18._o but_o a_o obedient_a ear_n deserve_v such_o earing_n of_o gold_n as_o diamond_n in_o a_o diadem_n as_o well_o as_o the_o wise_a reprover_n that_o right_o order_n and_o circumstantiate_n his_o word_n messenger_n verse_n 25._o verse_n 13_o and_o chap._n xiii_o 17._o his_o speed_n and_o trustiness_n revive_v and_o refresh_v the_o longing_n and_o languish_v mind_n of_o they_o that_o send_v he_o job_n xxxiii_o 23._o of_o a_o false_a gift_n as_o the_o
by_o jeremiah_n and_o be_v after_o execute_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o zedekeih_n when_o the_o messenger_n of_o those_o neighbour_a king_n verse_n 3._o come_v to_o zedekiah_n to_o congratulate_v he_o in_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o reign_n or_o to_o solicit_v he_o to_o rebel_v against_o nabuchadnezzar_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n chap._n xxviii_o 1_o 10._o or_o otherwise_o jehojakim_n in_o chap._n xxvii_o v._o 1._o must_v by_o error_n of_o the_o scribe_n be_v creep_v in_o for_o zedekiah_n mention_v again_o v._o 12._o which_o thing_n in_o all_o copy_n may_v not_o be_v admit_v he_o shall_v be_v call_v the_o lord_n our_o righteousness_n chap._n xxiii_o 6._o she_o shall_v be_v call_v the_o lord_n our_o righteousness_n chap._n xxxiii_o 16._o the_o lord_n be_v our_o righteousness_n jehojakim_n be_v make_v king_n by_o pharaoh_n necho_n and_o pay_v to_o he_o the_o tribute_n impose_v 2_o king_n xxiii_o 31_o 32_o 34_o 35._o slay_v uriah_n the_o prophet_n jer._n xxvi_o 20_o 23._o and_o in_o the_o three_o or_o four_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o first_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n he_o be_v conquer_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n as_o jeremy_n foretell_v chap._n xxv_o 1_o 11._o and_o he_o serve_v he_o three_o year_n 2_o king_n xxiv_o 1._o in_o which_o time_n he_o burn_v the_o book_n write_v by_o baruc_n from_o the_o mouth_n of_o jeremy_n chap._n xxxvi_o after_o rebel_n against_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o at_o last_o after_o that_o 2_o king_n xxiv_o 2._o he_o be_v take_v by_o he_o and_o bind_v in_o fetter_n to_o be_v carry_v to_o babylon_n 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 6._o but_o die_v by_o the_o way_n his_o dead_a body_n be_v cast_v out_o and_o he_o bury_v with_o the_o burial_n of_o a_o ass_n as_o jeremy_n foretell_v chap._n xxii_o 18_o 19_o and_o xxxvi_o 30._o and_o so_o he_o sleep_v with_o his_o father_n 2_o king_n xxiv_o 6._o zedekiah_n see_v with_o his_o eye_n the_o eye_n of_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n but_o not_o babylon_n itself_o where_o yet_o he_o shall_v die_v in_o captivity_n have_v his_o eye_n put_v out_o by_o nabuchadnezzar_n at_o ribla_n jer._n xxxii_o 4_o 5._o and_o lii_o 10_o 11._o ezek._n xii_o v._o 13._o and_o xvii_o 16._o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o zedekiahs_n captivity_n and_o nineteenth_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n nebuzaradan_n come_v in_o the_o five_o month_n seven_o day_n unto_o jerusalem_n and_o after_o two_o day_n preparation_n and_o take_v order_n about_o it_o on_o the_o ten_o day_n burn_v the_o temple_n king_n house_n and_o all_o the_o great_a man_n house_n or_o begin_v to_o burn_v they_o on_o the_o seven_o day_n which_o fire_n continue_v burn_v and_o come_v to_o its_o height_n or_o end_n on_o the_o ten_o day_n jer._n lii_o 12._o 2_o king_n xxv_o 8._o jew_n carry_v capive_n into_o babylon_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n in_o his_o i._o year_n and_o three_o or_o four_o month_n of_o jehojakim_n daniel_n and_o his_o three_o companion_n and_o other_o and_o part_n of_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o temple_n jer._n xxv_o 1._o dan._n i._n 1_o 6._o vii_o year_n and_o eleven_o and_o last_o of_o jehojacin_n 3023._o person_n and_o it_o seem_v more_o vessel_n of_o the_o temple_n jer._n lii_o 28._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 7._o viii_o year_n with_o jehojakim_n man_n of_o might_n and_o apt_a for_o war_n 10000_o out_o of_o all_o jerusalem_n and_o 1000_o smyth_n and_o more_o vessel_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o cut_v they_o in_o piece_n 2_o king_n xxiv_o 13_o 14_o 16._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 10._o and_o at_o that_o time_n mordecai_n ester_n ii_o 5_o 6._o and_o ezekiel_n who_o call_v it_o his_o deportation_n ezek_n xxxiii_o 21._o and_o xl._n 1._o xviii_o and_o xix_o year_n and_o last_o of_o zedekiah_n he_o carry_v away_o zedekiah_n and_o 832._o person_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o temple_n great_a and_o small_a and_o by_o nebuzaradan_n the_o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n burn_v the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o temple_n break_v down_o the_o wall_n slay_v serajah_n the_o high_a priest_n and_o the_o second_o priest_n and_o twelve_o other_o principal_a man_n and_o sixty_o other_o bring_v to_o he_o to_o ribla_fw-mi by_o nebuzaradan_n jer._n lii_o 11_o 29._o 2_o king_n xxv_o 8_o 21._o 2_o chron._n xxxvi_o 17_o 18_o 19_o xxiii_o year_n and_o five_o of_o zedekiah_n captivity_n by_o the_o aforesaid_a nebuzaradan_n 745._o jer._n lii_o 30._o this_o be_v after_o the_o murder_n of_o gedaliah_n their_o number_n at_o their_o return_n out_o of_o the_o captivity_n be_v far_o great_a ezra_n ii_o 64_o 65._o neh._n vii_o 66_o 67._o leopard_n or_o rather_o a_o ounse_n chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 23_o or_o catamountain_n i_o be_o weary_a with_o repent_v god_n repent_v chapter_n xv_o verse_n 6_o see_v gen._n vi_o 6_o 7._o and_o in_o many_o other_o place_n but_o this_o be_v not_o proper_o repentance_n such_o as_o be_v in_o man_n man_n repent_v with_o trouble_n of_o mind_n and_o conscience_n for_o some_o fault_n or_o out_o of_o fickleness_n or_o through_o some_o oversight_n or_o impotence_n in_o which_o respect_v god_n can_v repent_v num._n xxiii_o 19_o 1_o sam._n xv._o 29._o mal._n iii_o 6._o james_n i._n 17._o but_o he_o be_v say_v to_o repent_v improper_o and_o so_o this_o and_o other_o humane_a passion_n in_o some_o semblance_n be_v ascribe_v to_o he_o improper_o for_o our_o better_a apprehension_n and_o thus_o god_n be_v say_v to_o repent_v when_o he_o do_v as_o man_n use_v to_o do_v when_o they_o repent_v 1_o sam._n xxv_o 33_o 34._o when_o he_o undo_v what_o he_o have_v do_v before_o revoke_v a_o doom_n that_o he_o have_v pass_v before_o stay_v the_o execution_n of_o a_o sentence_n that_o former_o he_o have_v denounce_v withhold_v the_o punishment_n denounce_v against_o sin_n when_o the_o person_n repent_v of_o the_o evil_a of_o sin_n so_o judg._n x_o 13._o 15_o 16._o 1_o king_n xxi_o 21_o 27_o 29._o jonah_n i●i_n 10._o jer._n xviii_o 8_o 10._o and_o xlii_o 10._o psal._n cvi_o 45._o the_o end_n be_v thus_o accomplish_v for_o which_o the_o doom_n be_v denounce_v without_o which_o repentance_n in_o man_n god_n will_v not_o repent_v of_o his_o purpose_a punishment_n esay_n fourteen_o 24_o 27._o jer._n iu._n 28._o zech._n viii_o 14._o thus_o repentance_n in_o man_n produce_v this_o kind_n of_o repentance_n in_o god_n man_n repent_v change_v his_o mind_n will_n and_o act_v but_o god_n repent_v will_v this_o change_n in_o man_n alter_v the_o act_n his_o mind_n and_o purpose_n abide_v still_o the_o same_o jer._n xx._n 16._o shallum_n this_n seem_v to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o jehoachaz_n chapter_n xxii_o verse_n 11_o and_o johanan_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o 30._o 1_o chron._n iii_o 15._o and_o that_o shallum_n name_v 1_o chron._n iii_o 15._o seem_v to_o be_v another_o from_o this_o shallum_n as_o be_v reckon_v distinct_o the_o four_o son_n of_o josiah_n and_o haply_o die_v before_o his_o father_n josiah_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o 31._o branch_v be_v take_v for_o the_o messiah_n and_o so_o chapter_n xxiii_o verse_n 5_o chap._n xxxiii_o 15._o and_o zech._n iii_o 8._o and_o vi_o 12._o esay_n iu._n 2._o xi_o 1._o yet_o that_o king_n esay_n xxxii_o 12._o and_o xxxiii_o 17._o seem_v proper_o and_o immediate_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o ezekiah_n of_o christ_n only_o typical_o and_o that_o esay_n viii_o 18._o and_o xlix_o 1._o and_o chap._n lxi_o 1._o of_o esay_n partly_o but_o of_o christ_n principaly_fw-fr as_o likewise_o that_o esay_n xlix_o 1._o and_o that_o esay_n viii_o 8._o of_o esay_n literaly_a of_o christ_n figurative_o heb._n ii_o 14._o and_o again_o esay_n xlii_o 1._o of_o christ_n principaly_a of_o cyrus_n typical_o that_o esay_n xli_o 2._o of_o cyrus_n only_o many_o speech_n of_o the_o prophet_n concern_v themselves_o and_o other_o who_o be_v type_n of_o christ_n be_v in_o the_o new_a testament_n apply_v to_o christ_n be_v one_o way_n and_o in_o one_o manner_n verify_v of_o they_o and_o another_o way_n and_o in_o another_o manner_n also_o many_o time_n fulfil_v in_o he_o and_o so_o those_o word_n 2_o sam._n vii_o 14._o compare_v with_o 1_o chron._n xxii_o 10._o and_o heb._n i._n 5._o and_o those_o heb._n ii_o 13._o yea_o in_o diverse_a prophecy_n some_o particular_n agree_v to_o the_o type_n and_o not_o to_o the_o truth_n as_o psal._n xxii_o 6._o and_o xl._n 12._o some_o to_o the_o truth_n and_o not_o to_o the_o type_n as_o psal._n xvi_o 10._o with_o act_n ii_o 29._o and_o xiii_o 36_o 37._o or_o to_o the_o type_n in_o one_o sense_n to_o the_o truth_n in_o another_o so_o in_o those_o psalm_n wherein_o david_n be_v a_o type_n of_o christ_n as_o psal._n ii_o and_o xvi_o and_o xxii_o and_o those_o in_o which_o solomon_n as_o psal._n xlv_o and_o lxxii_o christ_n be_v call_v the_o branch_n because_o spring_v up_o
as_o a_o bud_n or_o sprout_v from_o the_o root_n of_o jesse_n esay_n xi_o 1_o 10._o and_o so_o from_o david_n apoc._n v._n 5._o and_o xxii_o 16._o psal._n cxxxii_o 11_o 17._o act_n xiii_o 23_o 32._o call_v the_o righteous_a branch_n in_o this_o text_n and_o chap._n xxxiii_o 15._o spring_v from_o a_o wither_a stock_n and_o stump_n &_o sprout_v at_o first_o in_o a_o mean_a and_o despicable_a manner_n esay_n xxxiii_o 2_o 3_o 4._o yet_o after_o branch_a out_o beautiful_o retain_v its_o verdure_n perpetualy_a spread_a and_o grow_v flower_a and_o flourish_v to_o all_o eternity_n dan._n two_o 44_o 45._o a_o man_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o esay_n ii_o chapter_n xxx_o verse_n 6_o 9_o uncle_n son_n son_n omit_v in_o the_o original_a chapter_n xxxii_o verse_n 12_o haply_o for_o brevity_n fake_v as_o well_o know_v to_o be_v supply_v out_o of_o verse_n 7._o precede_v as_o likewise_o the_o word_n sister_n seem_v to_o be_v omit_v 2_o sam._n xxi_o 8._o and_o the_o word_n brother_n verse_n 19_o of_o that_o chapter_n funeral_n burn_n chapter_n xxxiv_o among_o the_o heathen_a be_v of_o the_o dead_a body_n but_o among_o the_o jew_n not_o of_o the_o body_n but_o of_o sweet_a odour_n and_o divers_a kind_n of_o spice_n prepare_v by_o the_o art_n of_o the_o apothecary_n burn_v in_o the_o tomb_n where_o the_o embalm_v body_n be_v to_o lie_v 2_o chr._n xvi_o 14._o this_o be_v deny_v to_o the_o wicked_a king_n jehoram_n 2_o chron._n xxi_o 19_o yet_o grant_v here_o to_o zedekiah_n in_o babylon_n and_o that_o burn_v of_o the_o flesh_n of_o saul_n and_o his_o son_n 1_o sam._n xxxi_o 12._o be_v a_o case_n extraordinary_a and_o as_o their_o present_a condition_n and_o that_o exigent_n seem_v to_o require_v when_o they_o cut_v the_o calf_n in_o twain_o chapter_n xxxiv_o verse_n 18_o etc._n etc._n the_o manner_n of_o make_v covenant_n whence_o the_o hebrew_n phrase_n be_v to_o cut_v a_o covenant_n that_o be_v from_o the_o right_n of_o cut_v a_o beast_n in_o twain_o sometime_o for_o sacrifice_n sometime_o for_o feast_v and_o the_o covenanter_n pass_v through_o between_o the_o part_n of_o it_o imply_v it_o seem_v and_o that_o by_o way_n of_o execration_n themselves_o to_o be_v alike_o cut_v in_o sunder_o in_o case_n of_o violate_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o covenant_n matth._n 24._o 51._o though_o some_o make_v the_o cut_v to_o relate_v to_o the_o strict_a and_o exact_a cut_v out_o of_o article_n agree_v upon_o for_o mutual_a performance_n by_o both_o party_n gen_n xv._o 9_o 10_o 17._o deut._n xxix_o 12._o of_o covenant_n see_v more_o between_o man_n and_o man_n and_o between_o god_n and_o man_n gen._n ix_o 9_o 17._o gen._n xxi_o 27_o 32._o and_o chap._n xxvi_o 28_o 31._o and_o chap._n xxxi_o 44_o 55._o exod._n xxiv_o 4_o 8._o deut._n v._n 2_o 3._o whence_o the_o two_o table_n be_v call_v the_o table_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o the_o ark_n the_o ark_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o the_o tabernacle_n the_o tabernacle_n of_o the_o covenant_n the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n the_o book_n of_o the_o covenant_n josh._n xxiv_o 24_o 25_o 26_o 27._o neh._n ix_o 38._o 1_o sam._n xviii_o 3_o 4._o and_o xxiii_o 18_o 1_o king_n v._n 12._o and_o xx._n 34._o 2_o king_n xi_o 17._o and_o xxiii_o 3._o ezra_n x._o 3._o esay_n lix_n 21._o jer._n l._n 5._o and_o god_n promise_v to_o make_v a_o new_a covenant_n with_o his_o people_n jer._n xxxi_o 31_o 32_o 33_o 34._o cite_v heb._n viii_o 8_o 9_o which_o yet_o be_v not_o simple_o new_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o substance_n of_o it_o for_o the_o main_a matter_n and_o substance_n of_o the_o former_a covenant_n be_v there_o verse_n 33._o and_o gen._n xvii_o 7._o deut._n xxvi_o 17_o 18._o and_o xxix_o 13._o and_o both_o covenant_n ratify_v by_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o messiah_n but_o as_o love_n be_v call_v a_o new_a commandment_n john_n xiii_o 34._o so_o this_o a_o new_a covenant_n in_o that_o it_o be_v ratify_v by_o the_o death_n of_o our_o saviour_n exhibit_v in_o that_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o gospel_n be_v now_o more_o full_o and_o clear_o reveal_v in_o that_o this_o run_v whole_o upon_o the_o spiritual_a and_o celestial_a blessing_n in_o that_o the_o ceremonial_n be_v remove_v and_o the_o more_o spiritual_a service_n substitute_v for_o it_o in_o that_o it_o be_v more_o generaly_a dilate_a and_o enlarge_v to_o all_o nation_n in_o that_o a_o large_a measure_n of_o spiritual_a gift_n and_o efficacy_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v now_o vouchsafe_v in_o that_o the_o continuance_n of_o it_o without_o change_n be_v to_o be_v to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n have_v swear_v by_o himself_o have_v no_o great_a to_o swear_v by_o chapter_n li_n verse_n 14_o heb._n vi_o 13._o so_o gen._n xxii_o 16._o jer._n xxii_o 5._o amos_n vi_o 8._o by_o his_o soul_n so_o be_v the_o hebrew_n in_o this_o text_n and_o chap._n li._n 14._o by_o the_o excellency_n of_o jacob_n amos_n viii_o 7._o by_o his_o holiness_n amos_n iu._n 2._o and_o again_o the_o form_n of_o his_o oath_n be_v thus_o express_v as_o i_o live_v heb._n i._o live_v so_o jer._n xxii_o 24._o and_o xlvi_o 18._o ezek._n v._n 11._o and_o i_o live_v for_o ever_o deut._n xxxii_o 40._o so_o man_n use_v to_o swear_v the_o lord_n live_v jer._n iu._n 2._o and_o v._o 2._o as_o the_o lord_n live_v that_o make_v we_o this_o soul_n jer._n xxxviii_o 16._o god_n oath_n shall_v undoubted_o be_v fulfil_v psal._n cx_o 4._o and_o cxxxii_o 11._o heb._n vi_o 17_o 18._o of_o oath_n see_v more_o in_o the_o annotation_n on_o hos._n iu._n 15._o and_o gen._n xxiv_o 3._o carry_v away_o captive_a chapter_n lii_o verse_n 28_o five_o captivity_n into_o babylon_n be_v mention_v in_o scripture_n lamentation_n these_o be_v not_o those_o of_o jeremy_n for_o josiah_n 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 25._o no_o more_o than_o those_o be_v for_o he_o ezek._n xix_o 1_o 14._o which_o indeed_o be_v command_v to_o be_v take_v up_o by_o ezekiel_n for_o jehoachaz_n and_o jehojakim_n but_o these_o be_v write_v by_o jeremy_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n after_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v burn_v and_o destroy_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n lament_v here_o those_o more_o than_o lamentable_a misery_n as_o the_o whole_a matter_n and_o content_n of_o this_o book_n do_v declare_v and_o particular_o that_o very_a passage_n itself_o chap._n iu._n 20._o which_o be_v appliable_a proper_o to_o king_n zedekiah_n and_o not_o to_o king_n josiah_n the_o lxx_o and_o jerome_n do_v express_v this_o very_a time_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o book_n itself_o these_o lamentation_n be_v full_a of_o pathetical_a expression_n and_o for_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o matter_n and_o the_o help_v of_o memory_n the_o first_o second_o and_o four_o chapter_n do_v contain_v twenty_o two_o verse_n apiece_o according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o hebrew_n alphabet_n and_o do_v begin_v each_o verse_n with_o one_o of_o they_o in_o their_o order_n methodica_o and_o chap._n iii_o contain_v 66._o verse_n treble_a the_o former_a number_n and_o begin_v each_o three_o of_o they_o with_o one_o letter_n of_o the_o hebrew_n alphabet_n in_o the_o order_n methodica_o the_o last_o chapter_n only_o be_v without_o this_o art_n many_o sign_n of_o lamentation_n be_v express_v here_o which_o from_o hence_o and_o other_o scripture_n may_v more_o full_o be_v gather_v thus_o sigh_v mourn_a mournful_a song_n weep_v howl_a fast_v change_v of_o the_o garment_n mourn_a woman_n jer._n ix_o 17._o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 25._o amos_n v._n 16._o rend_v of_o the_o clothes_n wear_v black_a and_z sack_z cloth_n sit_v on_o the_o ground_n and_o keep_v silence_n lie_v prostrate_a upon_o the_o ground_n sitting_z lie_a cover_a roll_a wallow_v in_o ash_n in_o dust_n and_o ash_n cast_v up_o dust_n ash_n earth_n upon_o they_o and_o their_o head_n spread_v and_o wring_v the_o hand_n lay_v the_o hand_n upon_o the_o head_n smite_v with_o the_o hand_n stamp_v with_o the_o foot_n hang_v down_o the_o head_n uncover_v the_o head_n and_o bare_a and_o again_o in_o some_o age_n the_o cover_n the_o head_n cover_v head_n and_o face_n too_o as_o our_o close_a mourner_n cover_v the_o upper_a lip_n barefoot_a shave_v the_o head_n and_o beard_n make_v baldness_n pluck_v off_o the_o hair_n beat_v the_o breast_n print_v mark_n upon_o the_o flesh_n tear_v it_o cut_v it_o among_o other_o place_n see_v these_o viz._n lam._n ii_o 10._o and_o iii_o 16._o leu._n x._o 6._o and_o xiii_o 45._o and_o xix_o 27_o 28._o and_o xxi_o 5_o 10._o deut._n fourteen_o 1._o josh._n vii_o 6._o 1_o sam._n iu._n 12._o 2_o sam._n i._n 2._o and_o xiii_o 19_o and_o fourteen_o 2._o and_o xv._o 30_o 32._o and_o xix_o 4._o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o
esay_n xxx_o 4._o a_o prime_a city_n in_o egypt_n take_v likely_a its_o name_n from_o tahpenes_n queen_n of_o egypt_n 1_o king_n xi_o 19_o 20._o seat_v not_o far_o from_o pelusium_n whence_o term_v by_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n daphnae_n pelusiacae_n see_v jer._n ii_o 16._o here_o j●remy_n be_v chap._n xliii_o 8._o ezek._n xlviii_o 8_o 22._o in_o this_o visionary_a description_n the_o portion_n or_o holy_a oblation_n of_o land_n for_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o sanctuary_n for_o the_o levite_n for_o the_o city_n and_o suburb_n for_o the_o prince_n be_v all_o at_o most_o not_o great_a or_o biger_n than_o the_o several_a portion_n for_o each_o of_o the_o other_o tribe_n and_o therefore_o in_o that_o draught_n of_o i_o set_v forth_o by_o my_o learned_a and_o industrious_a friend_n master_n thomas_n fuller_n in_o his_o pisgah-sight_n of_o palestine_n v._o book_n page_n 189._o i_o desire_v to_o be_v right_o so_o understand_v and_o no_o otherwise_o the_o say_a draught_n be_v represent_v there_o in_o a_o far_o large_a proportion_n but_o the_o only_a reason_n be_v that_o so_o there_o may_v be_v room_n enough_o for_o the_o set_n down_o of_o the_o several_a situation_n and_o limit_n among_o themselves_o of_o the_o priest_n portion_n and_o of_o the_o sanctuary_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o it_o and_o of_o the_o levite_n portion_n by_o themselves_o and_o of_o the_o city_n jerusalem_n and_o suburb_n of_o it_o by_o themselves_o and_o of_o the_o prince_n portion_n lie_v and_z guarding_z as_o it_o be_v all_o the_o former_a at_o both_o end_n east_n and_o west_n the_o true_a quantity_n of_o all_o this_o in_o relation_n to_o the_o other_o tribe_n be_v no_o other_o than_o i_o have_v former_o express_v daniel_n daniel_n be_v carry_v captive_a in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o the_o three_o or_o four_o of_o jehojakim_n dan._n i._n 1_o 6._o and_o at_o this_o time_n begin_v the_o babylonian_a monarchy_n and_o the_o jew_n subjection_n or_o captivity_n which_o last_v seventy_o year_n daniel_n live_v and_o young_a be_v so_o famous_a for_o prayer_n and_o piety_n that_o in_o the_o thirteen_o or_o fourteen_o year_n of_o his_o captivity_n he_o be_v match_v with_o noah_n and_o job_n ezek._n fourteen_o 14._o and_o in_o the_o eighteen_o or_o nineteenth_o year_n he_o be_v hold_v such_o a_o unparalleled_a pattern_n for_o wisdom_n that_o the_o king_n of_o tyre_n who_o think_v himself_o so_o wise_a above_o other_o be_v taunt_v in_o these_o word_n behold_v thou_o be_v wise_a than_o daniel_n ezek._n xxviii_o 2._o his_o book_n begin_v with_o his_o own_o captivity_n reach_v to_o our_o saviour_n time_n dan._n ix_o 25._o and_o end_v a_o while_n after_o with_o the_o final_a destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o roman_n dan._n ix_o 27._o daniel_n prophecy_n stretch_v not_o beyond_o daniel_n own_o people_n the_o jew_n some_o reckon_v the_o time_n thus_o seventy_o year_n in_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n or_o subjection_n to_o babylon_n seventy_o year_n seven_o time_n or_o seven_o week_n of_o year_n that_o be_v four_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o year_n thence_o to_o our_o saviour_n death_n and_o forty_o thence_o to_o jerusalem_n destruction_n and_o the_o end_n of_o the_o jew_n commonwealth_n in_o all_o six_o hundred_o year_n but_o other_o rather_o upon_o more_o likely_a ground_n extend_v the_o number_n of_o year_n to_o a_o great_a sum_n his_o book_n be_v historical_a in_o the_o first_o six_o chapter_n prophetical_a in_o the_o rest_n the_o language_n of_o it_o be_v chaldee_n from_o chap._n ii_o v._n 4_o to_o chap._n viii_o a_o little_a arabic_a be_v intermix_v in_o the_o six_o chapter_n because_o as_o some_o conceive_v the_o matter_n contain_v in_o those_o chapter_n mostwhat_o concern_v the_o chaldean_n and_o be_v thing_n know_v to_o they_o or_o at_o least_o such_o as_o no_o danger_n by_o the_o knowledge_n of_o they_o accrue_v to_o the_o jew_n in_o all_o the_o rest_n before_z and_o after_o it_o be_v hebrew_n the_o church_n dialect_n and_o treasure_n and_o yet_o here_o be_v sometime_o some_o kind_n of_o concealment_n from_o the_o hebrew_n themselves_o in_o the_o dark_a vision_n chap._n viii_o 26._o and_o chap._n xii_o 4._o the_o chapter_n in_o daniel_n fall_v within_o the_o reign_v of_o several_a king_n thus_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n in_o his_o i._o year_n chapter_n i._n v._o year_n chap._n ii_o vi_o year_n most_o likely_a chap._n iii_o xxxv_o year_n chap._n iu._n belshazzar_n in_o his_o i._o year_n chap_n vii_o iii_o year_n chap._n viii_o last_o year_n chap._n v._n darius_n in_o his_o first_o year_n chapter_n vi_o and_o ix_o cyrus_n in_o his_o three_o year_n first_o month_n chapter_n x._o and_o xi_o and_o xii_o so_o that_o in_o the_o order_n of_o the_o chapter_n there_o be_v this_o transposition_n that_o the_o seven_o and_o eight_o chapter_n as_o now_o they_o stand_v number_v and_o place_v in_o order_n of_o time_n go_v before_o the_o five_o and_o six_o chapter_n and_o for_o the_o matter_n of_o some_o chapter_n those_o prophetical_a dream_n and_o vision_n chap._n ii_o and_o iu_o and_o vii_o and_o viii_o and_o xi_o seem_v mostwhat_o to_o expound_v one_o another_o fall_v so_o oft_o upon_o the_o same_o matter_n less_o or_o more_o and_o go_v over_o they_o or_o some_o of_o they_o still_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o the_o babylonian_a be_v the_o golden_a head_n chap._n ii_o the_o tree_n chap._n iu._n the_o lion_n chap._n vii_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_a be_v the_o breast_n and_o arm_n of_o silver_n chap._n ii_o the_o bear_n chap._n vii_o the_o ram_n chap._n viii_o and_o chap._n x._o 1_o 13_o 20._o and_o chap._n xi_o 1_o 2._o the_o grecian_a alexander_n be_v the_o belly_n and_o thigh_n of_o brass_n chap._n ii_o the_o leopard_n chap._n vii_o the_o he-goat_n chap._n viii_o and_o chap._n x._o 20._o and_o chap._n xi_o 3_o 4._o the_o grecian_a divide_v chief_o into_o the_o seleucide_n and_o lagide_a be_v the_o leg_n of_o iron_n and_o foot_n part_n of_o iron_n and_o part_n of_o clay_n chap._n ii_o the_o four_o beast_n chap._n vii_o and_o the_o king_n of_o the_o north_n and_o of_o the_o south_n chap._n xi_o daniel_n have_v his_o suit_n deny_v by_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o eunuch_n make_v his_o address_n to_o his_o steward_n and_o prevail_v chap._n i._n 10_o 11._o that_o second_o year_n dan._n ii_o 1._o be_v not_o of_o cyrus_n the_o last_o word_n of_o the_o former_a chapter_n but_o of_o nabuchadnezzar_n nor_o of_o his_o reign_n or_o monarchy_n either_o but_o in_o his_o reign_n as_o the_o hebrew_n distinction_n in_o the_o context_n seem_v to_o import_v namely_o the_o second_o year_n after_o the_o three_o year_n of_o daniel_n education_n be_v pass_v and_o he_o bring_v in_o to_o stand_v before_o the_o king_n which_o fall_v in_o with_o the_o five_o year_n of_o nebuchadnezar_n reign_v and_o daniel_n captivity_n and_o with_o the_o eight_o or_o nine_o of_o jehojakim_n in_o the_o second_o year_n in_o nebuchadnezar_n reign_v nabuchadnezzar_n have_v this_o dream_n and_o daniel_n be_v then_o seek_v for_o to_o be_v slay_v with_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o wiseman_n and_o magician_n that_o huge_a image_n of_o gold_n though_o hollow_a within_o as_o the_o two_o brazen_a pillar_n be_v jer._n lii_o 21._o which_o be_v set_v up_o to_o be_v worship_v dan._n iii_o seem_v to_o be_v soon_o after_o the_o former_a dream_n and_o before_o jehojacin_n captivity_n be_v daniel_n three_o companion_n only_o new_o advance_v be_v accuse_v and_o no_o other_o jew_n for_o not_o worship_v it_o and_o commit_v such_o gross_a and_o open_a idolatry_n that_o dream_n and_o vsion_n of_o the_o great_a tree_n chap._n iu._n be_v when_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v at_o rest_n after_o all_o his_o victory_n chap._n iu._n 4._o and_o flourish_v in_o his_o palace_n after_o his_o conquest_n of_o egypt_n which_o be_v in_o the_o twenty_o seven_o year_n of_o jehojacin_n captivity_n ezek._n xxix_o 17_o 20._o seem_v to_o be_v some_o thirty_o year_n after_o the_o former_a dream_n chap._n ii_o and_o in_o the_o thirty_o five_o year_n of_o nebuchadnezar_n own_o reign_n and_o daniel_n captivity_n a_o year_n after_o this_o dream_n he_o fall_v mad_a chap._n iu._n 29._o and_o continue_v so_o seven_o year_n verse_n 16_o 25_o 3._o even_o so_o long_o as_o solomon_n temple_n be_v in_o building_n which_o he_o destroy_v and_o about_o two_o year_n after_o his_o restore_n to_o his_o wit_n and_o kingdom_n v._o 26_o 34_o 36._o in_o the_o forty_o four_o or_o forty_o five_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o thirty_o seven_o of_o jehojacin_n captivity_n he_o die_v jer._n lii_o 31._o evilmerodach_n the_o son_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n advance_v jehojacin_n 2_o king_n xxv_o 27_o 30._o jer._n lii_o 31_o 34._o belshazzar_n the_o grandchild_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n be_v the_o