point_n and_o circumstance_n easy_o to_o be_v gather_v and_o understand_v deut._n xi_o 26_o 30._o and_o xxvii_o 12_o 26_o this_o be_v do_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o their_o come_n over_o jordan_n josh._n viii_o 32_o 35._o when_o and_o where_o be_v read_v likewise_o all_o the_o word_n of_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n before_o all_o the_o congregation_n of_o israel_n with_o ship_n ship_n beside_o the_o ark_n of_o noah_n chapter_n xxviii_o verse_n 68_o be_v first_o mentione_n in_o jacob_n blessing_n of_o zebulun_n gen._n xlix_o 13._o and_o in_o moses_n his_o threaten_v the_o israelite_n in_o this_o place_n not_o give_v god_n hand_n in_o give_v and_o work_v of_o grace_n chapter_n xxix_o verse_n 4_o see_v ch._n xxx_o 6._o jer._n xxiv_o 7._o and_o xxxi_o 33._o and_o xxxii_o 39_o ezek._n xi_o 19_o 20._o and_o ch._n xxxvi_o 26_o 27._o heb._n viii_o 10_o 11._o john_n vi_o 44_o 45_o 65_o phil._n i_o 29._o and_o ii_o 13._o ephes._n ii_o 8._o 2._o tim._n ii_o 25._o and_o he_o give_v grace_n to_o the_o remnant_n which_o be_v according_a to_o the_o election_n of_o grace_n matth._n xi_o 25._o and_o xiii_o 11._o mark_v iu_o 11_o 12_o john_n xii_o 39_o rom._n xi_o 7._o ephes._n i._n 5._o 2_o chron._n xxx_o 12._o mount_v this_o mount_n hor_n chapter_n xxxii_o verse_n 50_o where_n aaron_n die_v num._n xx._n 25_o 26._o be_v south_n of_o judea_n and_o mount_v hor_n on_o the_o north-bound_n of_o judea_n num._n xxxiv_o 7._o be_v far_o differ_v and_o distant_a mountain_n king_n in_o jeshurum_fw-la moses_n king_n in_o jeshurum_n chapter_n xxxiii_o verse_n 5_o 25._o in_o bless_v the_o twelve_o tribe_n do_v omit_v simeon_n if_o we_o account_v he_o not_o include_v in_o judah_n as_o his_o lot_n in_o the_o division_n of_o canaan_n fall_v within_o the_o lot_n and_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o their_o expedition_n against_o their_o enemy_n in_o conquer_a their_o own_o share_n be_v joint_a and_o undertake_v together_o josh._n xviii_o and_o xix_o judg._n i_o 3._o dwell_v between_o his_o shoulder_n that_o be_v verse_n 12_o in_o jerusalem_n for_o though_o the_o southern_a and_o superior_a part_n of_o jerusalem_n where_o mount_n zion_n be_v and_o which_o be_v call_v the_o city_n of_o david_n do_v belong_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n yet_o the_o northern_a and_o inferior_a part_n of_o it_o where_o mount_n moriah_n be_v whereon_o the_o temple_n be_v build_v belong_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n the_o huge_a deep_a valley_n of_o mello_n between_o the_o two_o mountain_n be_v fill_v up_o and_o level_v by_o solomon_n so_o that_o thence_o afterward_o zion_n and_o moriah_n may_v be_v call_v two_o top_n of_o one_o mountain_n zion_n the_o high_a top_n and_o moriah_n the_o low_a die_v the_o time_n of_o moses_n his_o death_n be_v in_o the_o fourti_v year_n chapter_n xxxiv_o verse_n 5_o twelve_o month_n seven_o day_n of_o their_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n and_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o his_o age_n see_v upon_o aaron_n death_n num._n xxxiii_o 38._o no_o man_n know_v the_o reason_n of_o conceal_v the_o place_n of_o the_o burial_n of_o moses_n verse_n 6_o and_o michael_n the_o archangel_n his_o contend_v with_o the_o devil_n and_o dispute_v about_o the_o body_n of_o moses_n jude_n ver_fw-la 9_o be_v not_o reveal_v in_o the_o scripture_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n and_o this_o dispute_n may_v be_v lest_o the_o israelite_n know_v it_o may_v carry_v it_o with_o they_o as_o josephs_n bone_n into_o canaan_n into_o which_o god_n have_v say_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o enter_v or_o rather_o that_o the_o people_n may_v not_o idolise_v it_o joshua_n the_o book_n of_o joshua_n be_v not_o probable_o write_v by_o he_o though_o of_o and_o concern_v he_o for_o beside_o some_o thing_n contain_v in_o it_o which_o be_v deem_v by_o some_o to_o be_v do_v after_o his_o death_n as_o that_o concern_v caleb_n and_o his_o daughter_n achsah_n ch._n xv._o 16_o 19_o and_o most_o sure_o the_o conquer_a of_o leshem_n or_o laish_n by_o the_o danite_n ch._n xix_o 47._o judg._n xviii_o 7._o 29._o and_o those_o thing_n record_v ch._n xxiv_o 29_o 33._o some_o other_o thing_n seem_v to_o plead_v that_o it_o be_v write_v by_o some_o prophet_n long_o after_o his_o death_n whence_o that_o phrase_n remain_v unto_o this_o day_n be_v so_o frequent_o use_v ch._n iu._n 9_o and_o ch._n vi_o 25._o and_o vii_o 26._o and_o viii_o 29_o and_o ix_o 27._o and_o x._o 27._o and_o xiii_o 13._o and_o fourteen_o 14._o and_o xv._o 63._o and_o the_o book_n of_o jasher_n be_v name_v ch._n x._o 13._o which_o seem_v write_v at_o soon_a in_o david_n time_n as_o record_v a_o act_n of_o he_o 2_o sam._n i_o 18._o unless_o we_o say_v this_o book_n of_o jasher_n in_o ioshua_n time_n to_o be_v continue_v on_o and_o enlarge_v in_o aftertime_n by_o add_v and_o insert_v memorable_a act_n in_o after-age_n and_o so_o in_o david_n time_n and_o further_o the_o mountain_n of_o judah_n and_o the_o mountain_n of_o israel_n be_v mention_v josh._n xi_o 21._o which_o many_o possible_o seem_v to_o intimate_v the_o book_n to_o be_v write_v after_o the_o division_n of_o the_o nation_n into_o the_o two_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n joshua_n be_v the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n num._n xiii_o 8._o 1_o chron._n vii_o 27._o and_o he_o live_v one_o hundred_o &_o ten_o year_n ch._n xxiv_o 29._o and_o be_v six_o full_a year_n in_o conquer_a the_o land_n and_o in_o the_o seven_o fall_v to_o the_o divide_v of_o it_o by_o lot_n as_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o the_o age_n of_o caleb_n josh._n fourteen_o 7_o 10._o and_o divers_a year_n joshua_n live_v and_o govern_v after_o that_o time_n but_o how_o many_o it_o do_v not_o appear_v out_o of_o this_o book_n yet_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o other_o place_n to_o be_v ten_o year_n more_o and_o so_o this_o book_n to_o contain_v a_o history_n of_o seventeen_o year_n from_o the_o beginning_n of_o his_o government_n to_o his_o death_n the_o truth_n of_o this_o account_n stand_v upon_o this_o computation_n from_o the_o come_n out_o of_o egypt_n to_o the_o four_o of_o solomon_n be_v four_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o year_n 1_o king_n vi_o 1._o which_o be_v make_v up_o thus_o forty_o year_n in_o the_o wilderness_n seventeen_o of_o joshua_n two_o hundred_o ninety_o nine_o of_o the_o judge_n count_v in_o the_o twenty_o of_o samson_n as_o coincident_a and_o concur_v with_o the_o first_o twenty_o year_n of_o eli_n twenty_o year_n more_o of_o eli_n twenty_o of_o samuel_n forty_o of_o saul_n forty_o of_o david_n four_o of_o solomon_n in_o all_o 480._o within_o three_o day_n this_o edict_n and_o proclamation_n of_o three_o day_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 2_o for_o preparation_n to_o pass_v over_o jordan_n set_v down_o here_o do_v begin_v and_o commence_v after_o the_o history_n of_o the_o two_o spy_n and_o their_o return_n to_o joshua_n which_o history_n yet_o be_v record_v after_o in_o the_o chapter_n follow_v and_o thereupon_o the_o mention_n of_o the_o say_v three_o day_n be_v take_v up_o again_o the_o second_o time_n ch._n iii_o 2._o when_o new_a direction_n be_v give_v for_o their_o passage_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o rahab_n rahab_n chapter_n two_o verse_n 1_o a_o harlot_n because_o at_o least_o she_o have_v be_v so_o though_o now_o a_o believe_a convert_n ver_fw-la 9_o 10_o 11._o heb._n xi_o 31._o james_n ii_o 25._o she_o have_v her_o house_n on_o the_o wall_n of_o jericho_n ver_fw-la 15._o which_o fall_v not_o when_o the_o rest_n of_o wall_n fall_v ch._n vi_o 20_o 22._o in_o frame_v her_o excuse_n for_o the_o spy_n sake_n she_o betray_v her_o infirmity_n in_o make_v equivocation_n or_o untruth_n rather_o ver_fw-la 4_o 5._o in_o transact_v with_o the_o spy_n some_o speech_n seem_v to_o pass_v between_o they_o after_o they_o be_v let_v down_o the_o wall_n ver_fw-la 18._o in_o plead_v for_o her_o family_n she_o make_v no_o mention_n of_o a_o husband_n ver_fw-la 13._o and_o ch._n vi_o 23._o she_o be_v after_o marry_v to_o salmon_n elder_a son_n of_o nahshon_n which_o nahshon_n be_v great-grand-childe_n to_o hezron_n or_o esrom_n that_o go_v down_o with_o jacob_n into_o egppt_v gen._n xlvi_o 12._o and_o be_v prince_n of_o judah_n at_o the_o number_n of_o the_o people_n num._n i._n 7._o at_o the_o marshal_n of_o the_o camp_n num._n ii_o 3._o at_o the_o dedication_n of_o the_o altar_n num._n vii_o 12._o and_o at_o the_o set_n forward_o in_o their_o journey_n num._n x._o 14._o but_o die_v in_o the_o wilderness_n num._n fourteen_o 29._o this_o marriage_n of_o rahab_n to_o salmon_n now_o prince_n of_o judah_n be_v not_o record_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n but_o mention_v matth._n i._n 5._o in_o the_o genealogy_n of_o our_o saviour_n wherein_o as_o rachab_n so_o thamar_n ruth_n
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 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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
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 serâ—â—_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 northern_a king_n in_o canaan_n about_o six_o year_n as_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o ch._n fourteen_o 6_o 15._o arnon_n arnon_n the_o river_n chapter_n xii_o verse_n 1_o arise_v not_o far_o from_o the_o head-spring_n of_o the_o river_n jabbok_n and_o both_o from_o rocky_a mountain_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o east_n part_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o gad._n it_o run_v southward_o and_o fall_v into_o the_o north-east_n corner_n of_o the_o dead_a sea_n it_o be_v the_o border_n between_o sihon_n or_o reuben_n on_o the_o west_n and_o ammon_n on_o the_o east_n and_o between_o sihon_n or_o reuben_n on_o the_o north_n and_o moab_n on_o the_o south_n jabbok_n jabbok_n the_o river_n verse_n 2_o arise_v as_o arnon_n but_o run_v north_n a_o little_a and_o after_o turn_v his_o stream_n west_n and_o fall_v into_o jordan_n a_o little_a below_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n it_o divide_v the_o land_n of_o gilead_n between_o sihon_n and_o og_n and_o afterward_o between_o gad_n on_o the_o south_n and_o half_a manasseh_n on_o the_o north._n remain_v yet_o the_o land_n both_o conquer_a chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 1_o and_o unconquered_a be_v to_o be_v divide_v by_o lot_n among_o the_o nine_o tribe_n and_o a_o half_a so_o josh._n xxiii_o 4_o 5._o begin_v at_o gilgal_n ch._n fourteen_o 6._o and_o ch._n xv._o and_o ch._n xvi_o and_o ch._n xvii_o resume_v and_o perfect_v at_o shiloh_n ch._n xviii_o and_o xix_o but_o we_o never_o read_v that_o they_o do_v conquer_v the_o whole_a land_n and_o all_o their_o several_a share_n and_o lot_n through_o their_o own_o default_n and_o breach_n of_o covenant_n with_o god_n by_o disobedience_n chapt._n xxiii_o 13._o aroer_n the_o city_n aroer_n be_v near_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o river_n arnon_n verse_n 16_o and_o in_o the_o confine_n between_o the_o reubenites_n and_o gadites_n as_o also_o heshbon_n dibon_n and_o ataroth_n which_o be_v border_a city_n be_v say_v to_o belong_v to_o they_o both_o sometime_o to_o the_o one_o sometime_o to_o the_o other_o to_o reuben_n josh._n xiii_o 16_o 17._o num._n xxxii_o 37._o to_o gad_n josh._n xxi_o 39_o num._n xxxii_o 34._o 1_o chron._n vi_o 81._o distribute_v the_o whole_a country_n chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 1_o seem_v to_o be_v divide_v into_o so_o many_o part_n as_o there_o be_v tribe_n to_o possess_v they_o yet_o so_o as_o that_o the_o bound_n of_o every_o part_n or_o province_n be_v not_o so_o precise_o limit_v before_o the_o tribe_n have_v draw_v the_o lot_n but_o that_o afterward_o they_o may_v be_v enlarge_v or_o lessen_v according_a to_o the_o greatness_n or_o smallness_n of_o the_o number_n that_o belong_v to_o it_o num._n xxvi_o 53_o 56._o and_o chap._n xxxiii_o 54._o which_o last_v point_n of_o division_n be_v leave_v to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n joshua_n and_o the_o elder_n who_o god_n have_v appoint_v to_o divide_v it_o ver_fw-la 1._o and_o ch._n xvii_o 14_o 18._o by_o lot_n lot_n fall_v out_o providentia_o to_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 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
call_v harosheth_n of_o the_o gentile_n judg._n iu._n 2._o as_o lie_v in_o that_o tribe_n of_o naphtali_n thirteen_o thirteen_o city_n with_o their_o suburb_n in_o title_n and_o dominion_n give_v to_o the_o priest_n josh._n chapter_n xxi_o verse_n 19_o xxi_o 4._o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o 1_o chron._n vi_o 59_o though_o one_o of_o they_o at_o that_o time_n be_v too_o much_o for_o their_o present_a use_n and_o habitation_n we_o read_v but_o of_o three_o of_o they_o in_o number_n about_o fifty_o year_n before_o this_o time_n call_v the_o two_o tribe_n and_o a_o half_a dismiss_v chapter_n xxii_o verse_n 1_o likely_a at_o the_o end_n of_o six_o or_o seven_o year_n before_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n and_o stay_v not_o fourteen_o year_n till_o after_o the_o division_n which_o division_n may_v yet_o possible_o be_v make_v soon_o than_o so_o josh._n xx._n 11._o divide_v this_o divide_v the_o spoil_n with_o their_o brethren_n verse_n 8_o those_o that_o stay_v at_o home_n beyond_o jordan_n seem_v to_o relate_v to_o that_o num._n xxxi_o 27._o and_o david_n seem_v hereupon_o to_o revive_v and_o enact_v that_o law_n of_o like_a division_n 1_o saem_n xxx_o 24_o 25._o mention_v of_o the_o name_n the_o not_o name_v of_o idol_n be_v mention_v chapter_n xxiii_o verse_n 7_o as_o here_o so_o exod._n xxiii_o 13._o deut._n xii_o 3._o psal._n xvi_o 4._o and_o a_o like_a ephes._n v._n 3._o yet_o the_o thing_n in_o itself_o be_v not_o simple_o and_o absolute_o unlawful_a shechem_n shechem_n be_v a_o city_n in_o mount_n ephraim_n chapter_n xxiv_o verse_n 1_o josh._n xx._n 7._o north-north-east_n from_o shiloh_n and_o bethel_n and_o close_o by_o mount_n gerizim_n and_o ebal_n judg._n ix_o 7._o here_o abraham_n and_o jacob_n have_v sojourn_v and_o jacob_n two_o son_n simeon_n and_o levi_n young_a man_n upon_o dinah_n ravishment_n murder_v the_o citizen_n gen._n xxxiv_o here_o after_o gideon_n death_n the_o citizen_n worship_v baal-berith_a and_o rebel_v with_o abimelech_n and_o be_v after_o punish_v and_o spoil_v by_o he_o judg._n ix_o this_o city_n in_o ioshua_n time_n be_v make_v a_o city_n of_o refuge_n and_o give_v to_o the_o kohathite-levite_n josh._n xxi_o 21._o and_o here_o joshua_n make_v a_o covenant_n with_o all_o the_o people_n to_o serve_v the_o lord_n chap._n xxiv_o ver_fw-la 25._o the_o mount_n ephraim_n whereon_o the_o city_n stand_v be_v famous_a for_o burial_n here_o they_o bury_v josephs_n bone_n in_o shechem_n in_o a_o parcel_n of_o ground_n which_o jacob_n buy_v of_o the_o child_n of_o hamor_n or_o emor_n josh._n xxiv_o 32._o act_n vii_o 16._o gen._n xxxiii_o 19_o here_o be_v great_a joshua_n himself_o a_o ephraimite_n bury_v in_o his_o inheritance_n in_o timnath-scrah_a or_o here_o be_v which_o be_v in_o mount_n ephraim_n on_o the_o north-side_n of_o the_o hill_n goash_fw-mi josh._n xxiv_o 30._o judg._n ii_o 9_o and_o here_o be_v the_o highpriest_n eleazar_n bury_v in_o a_o hill_n that_o pertain_v to_o phineas_n his_o son_n which_o be_v give_v he_o in_o mount_n ephraim_n josh._n xxiv_o 33._o here_o deborah_n dwell_v judg._n iu._n 5._o and_o tola_n the_o judge_n ch_n x._o 1._o hither_o come_v rehoboam_n to_o be_v make_v king_n but_o jeroboam_n be_v there_o make_v king_n in_o his_o stead_n who_o build_v or_o fortify_v the_o city_n and_o dwell_v there_o 1_o king_n xii_o 1_o 20_o 25._o judge_n the_o book_n of_o judge_n contain_v a_o history_n not_o of_o four_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n but_o of_o two_o hundred_o ninty_a and_o nine_o year_n so_o count_v the_o year_n of_o the_o vi_o oppressor_n within_o the_o year_n and_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n as_o i_o have_v show_v they_o necessary_o must_v upon_o rahabs_n marriage_n with_o prince_n salmon_n josh._n ii_o and_o so_o expound_v the_o text_n follow_v according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o time_n thus_o that_o the_o land_n have_v rest_n by_o othniel_n in_o the_o fourti_v year_n after_o it_o be_v first_o settle_v in_o rest_n by_o joshua_n at_o his_o death_n judg._n iii_o 11._o not_o after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n and_o again_o have_v rest_n by_o ehud_n in_o the_o eighti_v year_n after_o the_o former_a rest_n by_o othniel_n ch._n iii_o 30._o and_o again_o have_v rest_n by_o deborah_n in_o the_o fourti_v year_n after_o the_o former_a rest_n by_o ehud_n ch._n v._o 31._o and_o again_o have_v rest_n by_o gideon_n in_o the_o fourti_v year_n after_o the_o former_a rest_n by_o deborah_n ch._n viii_o 28._o these_o make_v up_o two_o hundred_o year_n and_o then_o follow_v three_o of_o abimelech_n twenty_o three_o of_o tolah_n twenty_o two_o of_o jair_a six_o of_o jephthah_n seven_o of_o ibzan_n ten_o of_o elon_n eight_o of_o abdon_n twenty_o of_o samson_n which_o make_v np_v the_o other_o ninty_a nine_o year_n in_o all_o two_o hund_v ninty_a nine_o the_o text_n judg._n iu._n 3_o 4._o seem_v to_o accord_v with_o rhis_n reckon_n and_o to_o account_v jabins_n oppression_n within_o the_o year_n of_o deborah_n but_o yet_o count_v beside_o these_o the_o time_n of_o the_o vi_o oppressor_n distinct_o over_o and_o above_o which_o amount_v to_o one_o hundred_o and_o eleven_o year_n and_o be_v according_a to_o the_o seem_a letter_n of_o the_o text_n and_o then_o forty_o year_n of_o eli_n be_v add_v thereunto_o the_o sum_n arise_v to_o those_o 450._o year_n mention_v by_o paul_n act_v xiii_o 20._o but_o read_v the_o word_n of_o saint_n paul_n as_o in_o order_n they_o stand_v there_o in_o the_o original_a and_o after_o these_o thing_n about_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n he_o give_v they_o judge_n until_o samuel_n the_o prophet_n we_o may_v rather_o conceive_v the_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n to_o comprehend_v all_o the_o time_n from_o the_o choose_n of_o the_o father_n till_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n by_o joshua_n it_o be_v four_o hundred_o fifty_o two_o from_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n and_o four_o hundred_o forty_o seven_o from_o the_o rejection_n of_o ishmael_n both_o way_n about_o four_o hundred_o and_o 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 make_v answer_v num._n xxvii_o 21._o both_o which_o be_v on_o or_o in_o the_o breastplate_n and_o the_o breastplate_n be_v annex_v to_o the_o ephod_n exod._n xxviii_o 28_o 30._o and_o thirty-nine_o 21._o which_o make_v david_n call_v for_o the_o ephod_n and_o high_a priest_n thereby_o to_o inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n 1_o sam._n xxiii_o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o and_o ch._n xxviii_o 6._o so_o ezra_n ii_o 63._o see_v more_o on_o 1_o sam._n xxiii_o 9_o bezek_n bezek_n a_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n verse_n 4_o not_o far_o from_o jerusalem_n lie_v from_o it_o south-west_n and_o midway_n between_o 〈◊〉_d and_o bethlehem_n adoni-bezek_n verse_n 5_o of_o he_o see_v on_o josh._n x._o 1._o say_a verse_n 7_o seventy_o king_n his_o seventy_o king_n subdue_v and_o mangle_v by_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v very_o petty_a king_n of_o province_n or_o city_n if_o not_o such_o prince_n as_o be_v now_o in_o germany_n where_o all_o the_o brethren_n of_o a_o prince_n be_v call_v prince_n likewise_o 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
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 in_o buy_v verse_n 7_o and_o bargain_v of_o land_n in_o reedeem_v and_o change_v have_v some_o resemblance_n to_o that_o law_n deut._n xxv_o 8_o 9_o but_o with_o diverse_a difference_n see_v psal._n lx._n 8._o the_o ceremony_n that_o respect_v the_o person_n of_o ruth_n be_v here_o not_o mention_v but_o may_v seem_v either_o omit_v or_o else_o transact_v with_o much_o alteration_n from_o the_o first_o institution_n as_o those_o time_n now_o be_v the_o two_o book_n of_o samuel_n be_v think_v to_o be_v write_v by_o samuel_n nathan_n and_o gad_n one_o after_o another_o 1_o chron._n xxix_o 29._o yet_o some_o passage_n in_o they_o may_v seem_v to_o intimate_v the_o write_n of_o they_o to_o have_v be_v of_o a_o late_a time_n as_o 1_o sam._n v._o 5._o and_o xxvii_o 6._o and_o xxx_o 25._o 2._o sam._n vi_o 8_o and_o xviii_o 8._o they_o may_v better_o be_v call_v the_o i._o and_o ii_o book_n of_o king_n the_o i._o contain_v all_o the_o history_n of_o king_n saul_n samuel_n die_v 1_o sam._n xxv_o and_o the_o ii_o the_o history_n of_o king_n ishbosheth_n short_o and_o of_o king_n david_n at_o large_a and_o so_o do_v the_o lxx_o and_o many_o other_o style_v they_o i._o samuel_n this_o first_o book_n contain_v a_o history_n of_o eighty_o year_n viz_o forty_o in_o the_o time_n of_o heli_n ch._n iv_o 18._o in_o the_o four_o first_o chapter_n and_o forty_o in_o the_o time_n of_o samuel_n and_o king_n saul_n in_o the_o rest_n if_o samuel_n time_n be_v reckon_v in_o with_o that_o of_o saul_n or_o rather_o thus_o forty_o to_o eli_n whereof_o the_o former_a half_n run_v up_o in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o samson_n and_o the_o late_a half_n or_o twenty_o begin_v with_o this_o book_n after_o the_o death_n of_o samson_n and_o the_o end_n of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o then_o follow_v twenty_o year_n of_o samuel_n government_n alone_o and_o after_o that_o forty_o year_n of_o king_n saul_n act_v xiii_o 21._o in_o the_o former_a part_n whereof_o samuel_n also_o live_v and_o partly_o judge_v with_o he_o as_o appear_v in_o the_o xiii_o xv._o &_o xvi_o &_o xix_o chater_n of_o this_o book_n though_o he_o withdraw_v from_o saul_n in_o his_o last_o day_n 1_o sam._n xv._o 35._o and_o die_v ch_z xxv_o and_o in_o regard_n whereof_o they_o be_v name_v as_o joint_a partner_n in_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o government_n 1_o sam._n xi_o 7._o still_o in_o the_o whole_a eighty_o year_n a_o ephrathite_n as_o the_o jew_n be_v call_v cretes_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 1_o and_o arabian_n parthian_n mede_n elamites_n etc._n etc._n because_o bear_v and_o breed_v up_o in_o those_o country_n act_n ii_o 9_o 10_o 11._o for_o though_o bear_v or_o at_o least_o dwell_v in_o mount_n ephraim_n in_o ramah_n yet_o be_v elkanah_n and_o so_o samuel_n his_o son_n of_o the_o posterity_n of_o izhar_n the_o son_n of_o kohath_n the_o son_n of_o levi_n 1_o chron._n vi_o 33_o 38._o eli_n eli_n or_o heli_n verse_n 3_o be_v by_o unknown_a descent_n of_o the_o posterity_n not_o of_o eleazar_n the_o elder_a but_o of_o ithamar_n the_o young_a son_n of_o aaron_n the_o son_n of_o amram_n the_o son_n of_o kohath_n the_o son_n of_o levi._n eli_n be_v extraordinary_o both_o high_a priest_n and_o judge_n and_o a_o good_a and_o famous_a man_n though_o faulty_a and_o infamous_a in_o his_o child_n and_o therefore_o more_o grievous_o punish_v for_o their_o flagitious_a wickedness_n than_o samuel_n for_o his_o son_n lesser_a fault_n see_v the_o sin_n of_o the_o son_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n joshua_n ezra_n x._o 18._o from_o eli_n descend_v phinehas_n his_o son_n ahitub_n his_o son_n 1_o sam._n iu_o 19_o 21._o compare_v with_o chap._n fourteen_o 3._o ahimelech_n his_o son_n slay_v by_o saul_n his_fw-la brother_n be_v ahijah_n 1_n sam_n fourteen_o 3._o and_o xxii_o 9_o 11._o abiathar_n his_o son_n in_o david_n time_n 1_o sam._n xxii_o 20._o 1_o king_n i._n 7._o this_o abiathar_n be_v name_v high_a priest_n by_o our_o saviour_n mark_v ii_o 26._o when_o david_n do_v eat_v the_o shewbread_n because_o abiathar_n then_o be_v with_o his_o father_n ahimelech_n join_v in_o that_o action_n of_o give_v the_o bread_n to_o david_n instant_o succeed_v in_o his_o father_n room_n and_o priesthood_n be_v therein_o more_o eminent_a than_o his_o father_n and_o continue_v therein_o with_o david_n in_o his_o persecution_n by_o saul_n and_o in_o all_o the_o time_n of_o his_o reign_n afterward_o and_o thus_o have_v we_o no_o need_n in_o that_o whole_a history_n of_o ahimelech_n and_o abiathar_n father_n and_o son_n to_o make_v they_o binomii_n to_o be_v both_o know_v by_o both_o those_o name_n and_o both_o indifferent_o call_v by_o either_o yet_o see_v the_o great_a annotation_n on_o 1_o chron._n xviii_o 16._o this_o abiather_n be_v thrust_v out_o of_o the_o high_a priesthood_n by_o solomon_n 1_o king_n ii_o 26_o 27._o and_o the_o son_n of_o abiathar_n be_v ahimelech_n and_o jonathan_n 2_o sam._n viii_o 17._o and_o xv._o 27._o this_o ahimelech_n and_o not_o his_o grandfather_n of_o the_o same_o name_n be_v he_o that_o be_v usua_o join_v with_o zadok_n in_o david_n reign_n and_o both_o than_o be_v name_v priest_n 2_o sam._n viii_o 17._o 1._o chron._n xxiv_o 31._o i._n e._n priest_n of_o the_o second_o rank_n or_o next_o the_o high_a priest_n who_o then_o be_v abiathar_n such_o a_o second_o priest_n we_o read_v of_o 2_o king_n xxv_o 18._o jer._n lii_o 24._o who_o upon_o any_o extraordinary_a occurrent_a restrain_v or_o disable_n the_o high_a priest_n be_v to_o supply_v his_o place_n this_o jonathan_n the_o son_n of_o abiathar_n be_v employ_v with_o ahimaaz_n the_o son_n of_o zadok_n as_o newes-bearer_n to_o david_n in_o his_o flight_n from_o absolom_n 2_o sam._n xv._o 27_o 28._o and_o xvii_o 17._o of_o zadok_n see_v 2_o sam._n viii_o 17._o temple_n so_o be_v the_o tabernacle_n here_o call_v verse_n 9_o and_o so_o chap._n iii_o 3._o 2_o sam._n xxii_o 7._o psal._n xxvii_o 6._o and_o so_o again_o the_o temple_n be_v call_v a_o tabernacle_n lam._n ii_o 6._o samuel_n we_o read_v not_o that_o he_o be_v high_a priest_n verse_n 20_o or_o ever_o so_o call_v but_o a_o extraordinary_a prophet_n and_o judge_n a_o nazarite_n ver_fw-la 11._o a_o sacrificer_n though_o a_o levite_n only_o and_o most_o likely_a of_o the_o posterity_n of_o that_o korah_n num._n xvi_o 32._o and_o of_o the_o race_n of_o izhar_n the_o son_n of_o kohath_n the_o son_n of_o levi_n as_o be_v former_o say_v 1_o chron._n vi_o a_o rare_a and_o worthy_a person_n the_o door_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o hang_n of_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o court_n chapter_n iii_o verse_n 15_o exod_n xxvii_o 16._o ark_n the_o ark_n so_o precious_a in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n chapter_n iv_o verse_n 3_o and_o of_o the_o israelite_n and_o that_o worthy_o psal_n lxxviii_o 61._o and_o cxxxii_o 8._o 1._o sam._n iu._n 20._o be_v carry_v about_o the_o wall_n of_o jericho_n and_o then_o return_v into_o the_o tabernacle_n be_v in_o the_o tabernacle_n in_o shiloh_n it_o be_v take_v thence_o and_o never_o come_v into_o the_o tabernacle_n again_o and_o be_v carry_v to_o eben-eze_a a_o place_n ominous_a then_o but_o a_o monument_n of_o god_n help_v soon_o after_o into_o the_o camp_n 1_o sam._n iu_o 1_o 3_o 4_o 5._o and_o v._o 1._o that_o it_o may_v save_v they_o out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o enemy_n the_o philistine_n as_o we_o read_v the_o philistine_n themselves_z in_o the_o day_n of_o david_n bring_v their_o image_n into_o their_o camp_n 2_o same_o v._o 21._o 1_o chron._n fourteen_o 12._o the_o ark_n be_v take_v there_o by_o the_o philistine_n they_o carry_v it_o about_o to_o ashdod_n into_o
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
from_o those_o ezra_n ii_o 68_o 69._o and_o be_v make_v at_o another_o time_n verse_n 70_o long_v after_o the_o other_o namely_o when_o nehemie_n gather_v the_o noble_n and_o ruler_n together_o ver_fw-la 5._o seven_o month_n begin_v with_o the_o autumnal_a equinoctial_a and_o be_v at_o first_o the_o first_o month_n but_o change_v exod._n xii_o 1_o 2._o the_o jew_n be_v then_o in_o their_o city_n gather_v themselves_o to_o jerusalem_n ver_fw-la 5._o and_o chap._n viii_o 1_o 2._o seven_o month_n see_v more_o of_o this_o in_o the_o annotation_n on_o 1_o king_n viii_o chapter_n viii_o 2._o and_o the_o observation_n on_o leu._n xxiii_o ver_fw-la 24._o this_o be_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o nehemiah_n government_n verse_n 2_o also_o jeshuah_n here_n be_v thirteen_o in_o several_a place_n at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o ezra_n verse_n 7_o reading_z and_o expound_v the_o law_n to_o the_o people_n ver_fw-la 12._o weep_v as_o weep_v at_o prayer_n ezra_n x._o 1._o so_o here_o weep_v at_o preach_v ver_fw-la 11._o second_o day_n of_o this_o seven_o month_n verse_n 13_o feast_n on_o the_o fifteen_o day_n verse_n 14_o for_o seven_o day_n together_o of_o this_o feast_n see_v levit._n xxiii_o 34._o deut._n xvi_o 13._o roof_n of_o his_o house_n that_o be_v flat_a and_o most_o likely_o lead_v verse_n 16_o so_o deut._n xxii_o 8._o 2_o sam._n xi_o 2._o jer._n xix_o 13._o and_o xxxii_o 29._o matth._n x._o 27._o 2_o king_n xxiii_o 12._o zeph._n i._n 5._o do_v so_o make_v such_o booth_n verse_n 17_o and_o have_v a_o holy_a convocation_n not_o only_o on_o the_o first_o and_o last_o day_n as_o the_o law_n require_v but_o on_o every_o of_o the_o seven_o day_n ver_fw-la 18._o eight_o day_n which_o likewise_o be_v enjoin_v by_o the_o law_n verse_n 18_o levit._n xxiii_o 36._o twenty_o and_o four_o day_n the_o second_o day_n after_o the_o feast_n of_o tabernacle_n be_v end_v chapter_n ix_o verse_n 1_o separate_v themselves_o they_o have_v not_o yet_o full_o perform_v what_o they_o have_v solemn_o covenant_v verse_n 2_o ezra_n x._o 3._o or_o soon_o fall_v into_o that_o sin_n again_o chap._n xiii_o 23_o 24._o and_o be_v also_o under_o the_o guilt_n of_o the_o breach_n of_o that_o commandment_n deut._n xxiii_o 3._o hereupon_o they_o make_v a_o ample_a confession_n of_o sin_n of_o their_o father_n and_o their_o own_o in_o this_o chapter_n and_o solemn_o renew_v their_o covenant_n with_o god_n for_o amendment_n in_o the_o next_o chapter_n one_o four_o part_n which_o be_v three_o hour_n verse_n 3_o viz._n those_o from_o our_o nine_o to_o twelve_o in_o read_v and_o expound_v another_o four_o part_n from_o twelve_o to_o three_o in_o prayer_n confess_v and_o worship_v all_o the_o time_n between_o the_o morning_n and_o evening_n sacrifice_v spend_v in_o those_o two_o jeshua_n here_n be_v eight_o verse_n 4_o in_o eight_o several_a place_n preach_v to_o eight_o several_a congregation_n bread_n water_n 1_n cor._n verse_n 15_o x._o 2_o 3_o 4._o spiritual_a blessing_n also_o in_o they_o appoint_a a_o captain_n this_n explain_v that_o verse_n 17_o num._n fourteen_o 4._o seraiah_n chap._n chapter_n x_o verse_n 2_o xi_o 11._o the_o person_n that_o seal_v the_o covenant_n be_v set_v down_o priest_n twenty_o two_o levites_n seventeen_o chief_a of_o the_o people_n forty_o four_o do_v it_o in_o the_o name_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n enter_v into_o a_o curse_n as_o by_o covenant_n verse_n 29_o and_o seal_v and_o oath_n so_o by_o a_o execration_n they_o bind_v themselves_o see_v judg._n xxi_o 18._o to_o observe_v the_o matter_n of_o the_o covenant_n set_v forth_o afterward_o in_o seven_o main_a branch_n three_o part_n of_o a_o shekel_n a_o new_a ordinance_n for_o this_o time_n and_o present_a necessity_n verse_n 32_o year_n by_o year_n as_o so_o bind_v by_o the_o law_n verse_n 35_o shall_v be_v with_o the_o levites_n see_v num._n verse_n 38_o xviii_o 26_o 27_o 28_o 29._o take_v tithe_n or_o rather_o give_v tithe_n lot_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o jonah_n i._n chapter_n xi_o verse_n 1_o 7._o this_o also_o be_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o nehemiah_n government_n to_o dwell_v chap._n vii_o 4_o the_o inhabitant_n few_o therefore_o here_o be_v care_n take_v to_o increase_v the_o number_n and_o by_o lot_n to_o take_v one_o out_o of_o ten_o beside_o volunteer_n solomon_n servant_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o king_n ix_o 21._o verse_n 3_o at_o jerusalem_n dwell_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n after_o the_o return_n be_v recrode_v here_o verse_n 4_o and_o 1_o chron._n ix_o but_o with_o much_o variation_n and_o many_o more_o be_v record_v in_o that_o of_o 1_o chr._n ix_o as_o intend_v there_o all_o promiscuous_o both_o such_o as_o be_v choose_v by_o lot_n and_o also_o volunteer_n and_o moreover_o there_o be_v mention_v make_v of_o ephraimite_n menaschites_n zerachites_n and_o other_o which_o be_v not_o once_o name_v here_o and_o also_o the_o account_n be_v take_v likely_a at_o another_o time_n after_o the_o first_o record_n in_o nehemie_n chap._n vii_o 5_o etc._n etc._n ophel_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 2_o chron._n xxvii_o 3._o verse_n 21_o over_o the_o business_n these_o for_o the_o inward_a business_n of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n verse_n 22_o to_o assist_v it_o in_o execute_v their_o function_n there_o as_o those_o levite_n ver_fw-la 16._o have_v the_o oversight_n of_o the_o outward_a business_n of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n 1_o chron._n ix_o 15_o 16._o and_o chap._n xxvi_o 29._o the_o king_n commandment_n as_o former_o verse_n 23_o ezra_n vi_o 8_o 9_o and_o ezra_n vii_o 2_o 24._o so_o here_o by_o the_o king_n grant_v to_o nehemiah_n village_n from_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n verse_n 25_o he_o proceed_v now_o to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o other_o city_n village_n and_o place_n and_o first_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n ver_fw-la 25_o 30._o then_o in_o benjamin_n ver_fw-la 31_o 36._o and_o of_o the_o levites_n city_n verse_n 36_o and_o suburb_n be_v give_v to_o the_o levite_n in_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n for_o the_o necessary_a use_n of_o instruct_v and_o teach_v the_o people_n priest_n the_o chief_a of_o they_o chapter_n xii_o ver_fw-la 7._o that_o come_v up_o with_o zerubbabel_n and_o be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o jeshua_n verse_n 1_o in_o number_n twenty_o two_o many_o of_o these_o priest_n be_v not_o mention_v in_o that_o catalogue_n ezra_n ii_o 36_o 39_o and_o might_n well_o be_v there_o leave_v out_o without_o blame_n the_o levites_n the_o chief_a of_o they_o in_o the_o foresay_a time_n verse_n 8_o in_o number_n eight_o ver_fw-la 8_o 9_o jeshua_n catalogue_n or_o series_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n from_o jeshua_n or_o joshua_n to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o persian_a empire_n verse_n 10_o from_o cyrus_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a in_o six_o generation_n ver_fw-la 10_o 11._o of_o these_o eliashib_n be_v ally_v to_o tobia_n and_o joiada_n to_o sanballet_n both_o alient_n and_o enemy_n to_o the_o jew_n chap._n xiii_o 4_o 5_o 28_o 29._o and_o jaddua_n the_o last_o of_o they_o have_v his_o name_n insert_v here_o by_o some_o prophet_n after_o the_o day_n of_o ezra_n and_o nehemiah_n too_o special_o if_o nehemiah_n be_v the_o man_n that_o come_v up_o with_o zerubbabel_n as_o have_v be_v say_v in_o the_o observation_n upon_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o book_n see_v they_o day_n of_o jojakim_n the_o son_n of_o jeshua_n verse_n 12_o as_o former_o in_o his_o father_n day_n so_o here_o in_o his_o day_n the_o prime_a priest_n that_o be_v head_n of_o family_n those_o in_o his_o father_n time_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v now_o dead_a be_v set_v down_o in_o number_n twenty_o from_o ver_fw-la 12._o to_o 21._o these_o relate_v to_o those_o ver_fw-la 1_o 7._o yet_o the_o number_n of_o the_o course_n of_o the_o priest_n appoint_v by_o david_n be_v twenty_o four_o 1_o chron._n xxiv_o 7_o 18._o that_o the_o number_n of_o the_o priest_n be_v now_o but_o few_o that_o place_n ezra_n viii_o 15._o do_v import_n the_o levites_n the_o chief_a father_n of_o they_o verse_n 22_o in_o the_o time_n here_o mention_v record_v and_o so_o to_o be_v find_v register_v by_o name_n in_o the_o public_a record_n so_o as_o they_o need_v not_o here_o to_o be_v set_v down_o again_o also_o the_o priest_n they_o likewise_o so_o record_v and_o so_o not_o needful_a to_o be_v here_o recite_v darius_n darius_n codomannus_n the_o last_o persian_a emperor_n conquer_v by_o alexander_n the_o great_a in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n 1_n chron._n ix_o 14_o 15_o 16._o seem_v to_o be_v relate_v to_o in_o these_o word_n verse_n 23_o for_o these_o levite_n in_o the_o time_n of_o these_o high_a priest_n porter_n see_v 1_o chron._n xxvi_o and_o chap._n ix_o verse_n 25_o nehemiah_n it_o seem_v hereby_o that_o joshuah_n the_o high_a priest_n be_v
34_o 35_o 36._o and_o chap._n xxiii_o 16_o 22._o james_n v._o 12._o see_v on_o matth._n xxiii_o 16_o 22._o and_o again_o though_o this_o manner_n of_o speech_n the_o lord_n live_v may_v be_v take_v in_o a_o way_n of_o a_o strange_a asseveration_n only_o thus_o as_o sure_o as_o the_o lord_n live_v as_o likewise_o that_o gen._n xlii_o 15._o 1_o sam._n i._n 26._o and_o xxv_o 26._o yet_o it_o go_v often_o in_o scripture_n under_o the_o notion_n and_o name_n of_o a_o oath_n as_o 1_o sam._n xix_o 6._o jer._n v._o 2._o and_o chap._n xii_o 16._o and_o be_v here_o forbid_a because_o god_n will_v not_o have_v his_o name_n once_o in_o the_o mouth_n of_o idolater_n as_o not_o endure_v to_o be_v join_v with_o idol_n 2_o cor._n vi_o 15._o zeph._n i._n 5._o ezek._n xx._n 39_o of_o oath_n see_v more_o in_o page_n 10_o 52_o 74._o and_o upon_o jer._n li._n 14._o and_o of_o the_o manner_n and_o ceremony_n in_o swear_v see_v gen._n xxiv_o 2._o and_o xlvii_o 29._o and_o fourteen_o 22._o exod._n vi_o 8._o exod._n xx._n 5_o 15_o 23._o dan._n xii_o 7._o apoc._n x._o 5_o 6._o and_o there_o be_v divers_a rite_n and_o gesture_n for_o it_o in_o divers_a country_n in_o all_o age_n as_o the_o rain_n chapter_n vi_o verse_n 3_o as_o the_o late_a and_o former_a rain_v in_o due_a season_n be_v mention_v levit._n xxvi_o 4._o deut._n xxviii_o 12._o ezek._n xxxiv_o 26._o the_o first_o or_o former_a rain_n and_o the_o late_a rain_n be_v mention_v deut._n xi_o 14._o jer._n v._o 24._o so_o call_v in_o relation_n to_o their_o husbandry_n and_o the_o order_n thereof_o the_o former_a rain_n be_v in_o their_o seed_v time_n in_o the_o eight_o month_n part_n of_o our_o october_n and_o november_n requisite_a for_o the_o bring_n up_o of_o their_o seed_n and_o thereupon_o be_v call_v the_o seed_n rain_n esay_n xxx_o 23._o and_o that_o month_n be_v call_v bull_n from_o the_o abundance_n of_o rain_n and_o great_a shower_n then_o requisite_a and_o fall_a as_o make_v a_o deluge_n jer._n iii_o 3._o and_o this_o former_a rain_n be_v call_v yoreh_n or_o moreh_n from_o a_o word_n that_o signify_v to_o pour_v down_o the_o late_a rain_n be_v in_o the_o first_o month_n joel_n ii_o 23._o part_n of_o our_o march_n and_o april_n for_o the_o fill_n of_o the_o corn_n then_o in_o the_o ear_n and_o the_o fit_v of_o it_o for_o harvest_n whence_o this_o month_n be_v call_v abib_fw-la exod._n xiii_o 4._o which_o signify_v the_o stalk_n with_o the_o ear_n of_o corn_n their_o harvest-time_n for_o corn_n be_v common_o within_o the_o compass_n of_o two_o month_n half_a abib_fw-la or_o nisan_fw-la all_o jair_a or_o zif_n and_o half_a sivan_n and_o hereupon_o be_v those_o two_o offering_n of_o corn_n in_o the_o sheaf_n and_o of_o two_o loaf_n enjoin_v at_o the_o beginning_n and_o end_n of_o harvest_n levit._n xxiii_o 10_o 21._o num._n xxviii_o 26._o deut._n xvi_o 9_o 10._o see_v my_o annotation_n on_o zech._n x._o 1._o bread_n of_o mourner_n banquet_n at_o burial_n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 4_o as_o well_o as_o bridal_n as_o of_o mirth_n the_o one_o so_o of_o consolation_n against_o mourning_n the_o other_o see_v prov._n xxxi_o 6_o 7._o jer._n xvi_o 7._o ezek._n xxiv_o 17._o matth._n ix_o 23._o memphiâ—_n verse_n 6_o in_o the_o original_a moph_n and_o thence_o with_o the_o greek_n and_o latin_n memphis_n in_o esay_n and_o jermie_n name_v moph_n jer._n xliv_o 1._o and_o xlvi_o 14_o 19_o likely_a now_o that_o grand_a cairo_n the_o great_a city_n see_n esay_n xix_o 13._o ezek._n xxx_o 13._o chap._n ix_o 7._o and_o chap_n x._o 3_o 4._o do_v show_v the_o miserable_a state_n and_o condition_n of_o thing_n in_o those_o time_n be_v true_a liberality_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o church_n of_o israel_n in_o egypt_n chapter_n xi_o verse_n 1_o and_o true_a mystica_o of_o the_o head_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ._n whereupon_o the_o apostle_n do_v allude_v to_o this_o place_n and_o allege_v it_o matth._n ii_o 15._o jacob_n weep_v chapter_n xii_o verse_n 4_o in_o wrestle_v and_o make_v supplication_n to_o the_o angel_n though_o his_o weep_n be_v not_o record_v by_o moses_n the_o name_n for_o lion_n in_o hebrew_n be_v very_o many_o chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 8_o and_o distinguish_v in_o scripture_n according_a to_o their_o age_n and_o quality_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o job_n iv_o 10_o the_o like_a be_v true_a for_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o name_n of_o gold_n see_v the_o annotatton_n on_o job_n xxviii_o 15_o 19_o i_o do_v know_v thou_o own_o thou_o as_o psal._n i._o ult_n verse_n 5_o exod._n iii_o 7._o deut._n xxxiv_o 10._o psal._n xxxi_o 7._o and_o xxxvii_o 18._o and_o cxlii_o 4._o matth._n vii_o 23._o rom._n vii_o 15._o as_o for_o that_o place_n act_v xxiii_o 5._o most_o likely_a it_o be_v that_o paul_n do_v not_o know_v ananias_n to_o be_v high_a priest_n he_o be_v so_o long_o absent_a from_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o high_a priest_n be_v so_o often_o change_v in_o those_o time_n joel_n joel_n preach_v to_o judah_n and_o by_o the_o matter_n and_o argument_n of_o his_o book_n as_o well_o as_o by_o the_o rank_n wherein_o we_o find_v he_o place_v he_o seem_v to_o prophesy_v when_o hosea_n do_v in_o the_o day_n of_o king_n uzziah_n yet_o some_o assign_v to_o he_o a_o late_a time_n upon_o those_o passage_n chap._n iii_o 1_o 9_o he_o declare_v a_o dreadful_a judgement_n of_o famine_n bring_v upon_o they_o by_o a_o drought_n and_o vermin_n exhort_v to_o true_a mourn_a fast_v and_o repent_v with_o promise_n thereupon_o of_o abundant_a blessing_n temporal_a and_o spiritual_a upon_o themselves_o and_o of_o god_n dreadful_a judgement_n and_o revenge_n upon_o their_o enemy_n the_o army_n and_o camp_n describe_v chap._n ii_o be_v not_o of_o the_o assyrian_n or_o babylonian_n but_o of_o those_o vermin_n god_n host_n name_v chap._n i._n 4._o the_o valley_n of_o jehoshaphat_n be_v not_o the_o place_n for_o the_o general_n judgement_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o world_n at_o christ_n second_o come_v but_o serve_v only_o to_o note_v out_o thus_o much_o that_o god_n judgement_n upon_o the_o enemy_n of_o his_o church_n shall_v be_v visible_o in_o her_o sight_n and_o before_o her_o eye_n as_o the_o valley_n of_o jehoshaphat_n be_v nigh_o the_o wall_n and_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o jerusalem_n weep_v between_o the_o porch_n and_o the_o altar_n the_o porch_n of_o the_o temple_n chapter_n two_o verse_n 17_o and_o the_o altar_n of_o burnt-offering_a in_o the_o priest_n court_n or_o inner_a court_n where_o they_o stand_v to_o minister_v and_o officiate_v see_v ezra_n x._o 1._o and_o 1_o macc._n vii_o 38._o vision_n by_o they_o god_n of_o old_a do_v speak_v to_o man_n verse_n 28_o and_o reveal_v his_o will_n unto_o he_o job_n xxxiii_o 15._o particular_o to_o his_o prophet_n num._n xii_o 6._o hos._n xii_o 10._o ezek._n vii_o 26._o so_o to_o abraham_n to_o jacob_n to_o samuel_n 1_o sam._n iii_o 1_o 15._o to_o esay_n ezekiel_n and_o other_o whence_o judea_n be_v call_v the_o valley_n of_o vision_n esay_n xxii_o 1._o and_o so_o to_o daniel_n to_o peter_n act_v x._o 19_o and_o to_o paul_n act_n xvi_o 9_o and_o xviii_o 9_o 2_o cor._n xii_o 1._o yea_o to_o balaam_n num._n xxiv_o 4._o and_o to_o nabuchadnezzar_n dan._n ii_o 28._o see_v my_o annotation_n on_o ezek._n i._n 1._o this_o whole_a text_n and_o so_o on_o to_o the_o end_n of_o this_o chapter_n be_v cite_v by_o saint_n peter_n act_v ii_o 16_o 21._o and_o apply_v to_o his_o present_a time_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o gospel_n the_o time_n immediate_o precede_v the_o destruction_n of_o the_o jewish_a polity_n their_o city_n and_o temple_n as_o be_v fulfil_v and_o complete_v then_o and_o there_o he_o show_v that_o both_o this_o effusion_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o likewise_o those_o wonder_n show_v in_o heaven_n and_o in_o earth_n so_o particular_o mention_v have_v their_o accomplishment_n before_o that_o terrible_a day_n of_o their_o destruction_n by_o vespasian_n and_o titus_n about_o forty_o year_n after_o their_o crucify_a of_o our_o saviour_n which_o say_v great_a and_o terrible_a 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aaron_z aaron_n chapter_n xx_o verse_n 28_o who_o name_n may_v seem_v to_o signify_v a_o ark_n or_o chest_n die_v seven_o month_n and_o seven_o day_n before_o moses_n at_o mount_n hor_n the_o place_n call_v mosera_n deut._n x_o 6._o in_o the_o thirty_o four_o station_n for_o aaron_n die_v in_o the_o fourti_v year_n five_o month_n first_o day_n num._n xxxiii_o 38._o and_o that_o compare_v with_o the_o month_n mourn_v for_o moses_n deut._n xxxiv_o 8._o and_o three_o day_n preparation_n to_o pass_v over_o jordan_n josh._n i._n 1._o and_o ch._n iii_o 2._o and_o their_o come_n out_o of_o jordan_n on_o the_o first_o month_n ten_o day_n josh._n iu_o 19_o do_v show_n that_o moses_n die_v in_o the_o twelve_o month_n seven_o day_n and_o so_o seven_o month_n and_o seven_o day_n after_o aaron_n in_o which_o short_a interval_n of_o time_n many_o and_o mighty_a thing_n be_v do_v and_o achieve_v as_o among_o other_o thing_n sihon_n and_o og_n and_o their_o kingdom_n conquer_v the_o midianite_n almost_o destroy_v among_o who_o balaam_n be_v slay_v josh._n xiii_o 22._o and_o the_o book_n of_o deuteronomie_n write_v num._n xxi_o and_o xxxi_o deut._n i._n 1_o 3._o fiery_a serpent_n only_o in_o the_o late_a part_n of_o the_o fourti_v year_n chapter_n xxi_o verse_n 6_o after_o aaron_n death_n heshbon_fw-fr heshbon_n a_o chief_a city_n in_o moab_n verse_n 26_o afterward_o of_o sihon_n king_n of_o the_o amorites_n deut._n i._n 4._o afterward_o of_o gad_n and_o out_o of_o that_o tribe_n give_v to_o the_o merarite_n josh._n xiii_o 26._o and_o xxi_o 38_o 39_o 40._o 1_o chron._n vi_o 80_o 81._o afterward_o recover_v by_o the_o moabite_n and_o waste_v by_o shalmanesar_n esay_n xv._o 4._o and_o xvi_o 8_o 9_o and_o after_o by_o the_o babylonian_n jer._n xlviii_o 45._o there_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v another_o heshbon_n of_o the_o ammonite_n jer._n xlix_o 2_o 3._o and_o one_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o reuben_n num._n xxxii_o 37._o josh._n xiii_o 15_o 17._o heshbon_n signify_v devise_n and_o a_o allusion_n be_v make_v to_o the_o name_n jer._n xlviii_o 2._o in_o the_o judgement_n there_o denounce_v against_o it_o like_v to_o this_o be_v english_a there_o be_v mischief_n devise_v against_o the_o devise_n the_o name_n of_o a_o town_n with_o we_o balak_n balak_n need_v not_o to_o have_v hire_v balaam_n chapter_n xxii_o verse_n 2_o and_o fear_v israel_n num._n xxii_o and_o xxiii_o and_o xxiv_o if_o he_o have_v know_v the_o prohibition_n of_o god_n to_o israel_n deut._n ii_o 9_o which_o they_o obey_v judg._n ii_o 15_o 17_o 18_o 25._o 2_o chron._n xx._n 10._o yet_o that_o part_n which_o be_v great_a of_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n which_o sihon_n have_v late_o conquer_v from_o vehab_n king_n of_o moab_n as_o tremelius_fw-la translate_v num._n xxi_o 26._o the_o israelite_n conquer_a sihon_n in_o that_o right_n possess_v it_o num._n xxxiii_o 49._o deut._n i._n 5._o and_o xxxiv_o 1_o 5_o 6_o 8._o and_o it_o be_v give_v to_o the_o reubenites_n and_o gadite_n josh._n xiii_o unicorn_n so_n deut._n chapter_n xxiii_o verse_n 22_o xxxiii_o 17._o job_n thirty-nine_o 9_o 10._o psal._n xxii_o 21._o and_o xxix_o 6._o and_o xcii_o 10._o esay_n xxxiv_o 7._o yet_o the_o translation_n of_o the_o word_n be_v doubt_v of_o or_o at_o least_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o beast_n such_o as_o the_o pencil_n of_o our_o painter_n do_v portray_v out_o unto_o we_o because_o no_o such_o beast_n be_v know_v or_o see_v by_o any_o man_n and_o the_o unicorn_n horn_n so_o deem_v be_v of_o some_o strange_a fish_n not_o of_o any_o know_a beast_n some_o learned_a render_v the_o word_n bufale_n or_o buff_n or_o else_o the_o wild_a ox_n call_v by_o the_o latin_n urus_fw-la eminent_a for_o bigness_n strength_n horn_n and_o untamable_a fierceness_n
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
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
he_o a_o free_a collection_n verse_n 16_o and_o what_o he_o can_v get_v and_o gather_v by_o it_o not_o lawful_a to_o impose_v artaxerxes_n give_v ezra_n the_o priest_n a_o grant_n and_o power_n for_o a_o immunity_n of_o the_o clergy_n verse_n 24_o and_o for_o set_v and_o appoint_v civil_a magistrate_n and_o judge_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o chron._n xxvi_o 29._o male_n in_o all_o chapter_n viii_o verse_n 14_o 1496._o ahava_n a_o river_n verse_n 15_o ver_fw-la 21_o 31._o a_o few_o day_n journey_n distant_a from_o babylon_n in_o the_o way_n to_o jerusalem_n ver_fw-la 15_o 17_o 21._o 31._o levi_n levites_n hear_v distinguish_v from_o the_o priest_n verse_n 17_o chap._n vii_o 7._o casiphia_n not_o very_o far_o from_o ahava_n verse_n 17_o but_o far_a enough_o from_o the_o caspian_a sea_n nethinim_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o josh._n verse_n 20_o ix_o 23._o a_o fast_n a_o good_a pattern_n here_o verse_n 21_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o joel_n i._n 14._o and_o on_o jonah_n iii_o 5._o talent_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o exod._n xxxviii_o 24._o verse_n 26_o fine_a copper_n precious_a as_o gold_n rare_a this_o verse_n 27_o and_o so_o but_o two_o of_o they_o in_o the_o chamber_n divers_n of_o the_o chamber_n on_o the_o side_n or_o wall_n of_o the_o temple_n verse_n 29_o be_v for_o treasury_n to_o keep_v the_o holy_a treasure_n appertain_v to_o the_o temple_n and_o service_n of_o god_n their_o daughter_n of_o marriage_n with_o heathen_n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 2_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o num._n xxxvi_o 6._o yea_o more_o it_o may_v seem_v they_o put_v away_o their_o own_o wife_n to_o take_v these_o mal._n ii_o 11._o 13._o weep_v weep_n in_o prayer_n chapter_n x_o verse_n 1_o twice_o here_o so_o 2_o king_n xx._n 3._o and_o xxii_o 19_o num._n xxv_o 6._o judg._n xx._n 23_o 26._o and_o xxi_o 2._o 1_o sam._n i._n 10._o and_o vii_o 6._o 2_o king_n xx._n 3._o heb._n v._n 7._o psal._n vi_o 8._o and_o thirty-nine_o 12._o a_o covenant_n covenant_n much_o use_v between_o god_n and_o his_o people_n verse_n 3_o gen._n vi_o 18._o and_o xv._o 18._o and_o xvii_o 2._o deut._n v._n 2._o josh._n xxiv_o 24._o 2_o king_n xi_o 17._o and_o xxiii_o 3._o 2_o chron._n xv._o 12._o and_o xxix_o 10._o neh._n ix_o 38._o esay_n lix_n 21._o and_o such_o as_o be_v bear_v of_o they_o if_o the_o mother_n continue_a heathen_n and_o do_v not_o turn_v proselyte_n their_o child_n be_v not_o to_o be_v repute_v as_o freeborn_a son_n in_o the_o number_n of_o god_n people_n yet_o the_o father_n be_v to_o have_v a_o fatherly_a care_n of_o they_o for_o maintenance_n and_o education_n forfeit_v according_a to_o that_o power_n give_v to_o ezra_n chap._n vii_o 26._o verse_n 8_o separate_v by_o excommunication_n as_o john_n ix_o 22_o 34._o or_o by_o banishment_n chap._n vii_o 26._o nine_o month_n twenty_o day_n therefore_o the_o proclamation_n verse_n 9_o ver_fw-la 7_o 8_o be_v on_o the_o nine_o month_n seventeen_o day_n about_o the_o begin_n of_o our_o december_n of_o one_o day_n or_o two_o but_o of_o three_o month_n verse_n 13_o ver_fw-la 16_o 17._o our_o ruler_n of_o all_o the_o congregation_n such_o as_o deut._n xvii_o 9_o verse_n 14_o in_o semblance_n whereof_o in_o after_o age_n they_o build_v their_o sanedrin_n and_o great_a council_n examine_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o word_n beside_o all_o ordinary_a form_n of_o grammar_n verse_n 16_o and_o the_o like_a be_v again_o psal._n x._o 15._o son_n of_o jeshua_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n race_n which_o haply_o make_v the_o high_a priest_n absent_a himself_o in_o this_o action_n verse_n 18_o ver_fw-la 15._o all_o these_o seventeen_o priest_n verse_n 44_o of_o the_o levite_n singer_n and_o porter_n ten_o of_o all_o other_o tribe_n eighty_o six_o in_o all_o one_o hundred_o and_o thirteen_o as_o the_o great_a annotation_n count_v they_o nehemiah_n the_o book_n of_o nehemiah_n be_v the_o last_o book_n and_o history_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n mention_v matter_n after_o malachi_n it_o contain_v a_o history_n of_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o reckon_v from_o the_o twenty_o of_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la when_v nehemiah_n begin_v chap._n ii_o 1._o to_o the_o day_n of_o jaddua_n two_o year_n before_o the_o period_n of_o the_o persian_a empire_n chap._n xii_o 11_o 22._o some_o make_v it_o about_o fifty_o five_o reckon_v so_o from_o the_o twenty_o of_o artaxerxes_n mnemon_n to_o the_o period_n of_o the_o persian_a empire_n the_o two_o main_a and_o differ_a reckon_n then_o of_o the_o year_n of_o the_o two_o book_n of_o ezra_n and_o nehemie_n joint_o consider_v stand_v thus_o reckon_v as_o some_o do_v to_o ezra_n one_o hundred_o forty_o six_o and_o to_o nehemie_n fifty_o five_o the_o sum_n of_o both_o come_v to_o two_o hundred_o and_o one_o but_o rather_o reckon_v to_o ezra_n seventy_o two_o and_o to_o nehemie_n one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o the_o sum_n of_o both_o do_v arise_v to_o one_o hundred_o ninety_o two_o thus_o the_o difference_n between_o these_o two_o reckon_n of_o both_o book_n joint_o amount_v to_o nine_o year_n if_o this_o nehemiah_n be_v the_o same_o that_o come_v up_o with_o zerubbabel_n and_o jeshua_n mention_v ezra_n ii_o 2._o neh._n vii_o 7._o and_o write_v this_o book_n then_o nehemiah_n must_v needs_o be_v a_o very_a old_a man_n and_o that_o passage_n ch_z xii_o 10_o 11._o mention_v jaddua_n the_o high_a priest_n must_v needs_o be_v insert_v by_o some_o other_o prophet_n since_o his_o day_n and_o much_o more_o since_o the_o day_n of_o ezra_n for_o jaddua_n live_v till_o the_o day_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a and_o meet_v he_o come_v into_o jerusalem_n which_o be_v the_o very_a last_o historical_a passage_n and_o record_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n for_o psalm_n xliv_o and_o lxxiv_o conceive_a by_o some_o to_o be_v pen_v in_o the_o day_n of_o antiochus_n epiphanes_n carry_v no_o sure_a ground_n for_o such_o a_o after-date_n and_o sure_o so_o many_o year_n as_o include_v the_o whole_a continuance_n of_o the_o persian_a empire_n and_o more_o do_v far_o pass_v the_o date_n of_o one_o man_n life_n in_o that_o age_n of_o the_o world_n yet_o that_o nehemiah_n may_v well_o reach_v to_o the_o 32._o year_n of_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la which_o be_v the_o last_o passage_n of_o this_o book_n set_v that_o of_o jaddua_n aside_o however_o many_o make_v this_o nehemiah_n this_o famous_a governor_n to_o be_v another_o nehemiah_n of_o young_a and_o late_a year_n than_o he_o ezra_n ii_o 2._o this_o nehemiah_n come_v to_o his_o government_n when_o eliashib_n the_o grandchild_n of_o jeshua_n or_o joshua_n or_o jehoshua_n be_v high_a priest_n chap._n iii_o 1._o and_o xii_o 10._o the_o whole_a time_n of_o his_o government_n be_v set_v down_o chap._n ii_o 1._o and_o chap._n v._n 14._o and_o chap._n xiii_o 6._o the_o first_o time_n be_v twelve_o year_n and_o the_o twelve_o first_o chapter_n of_o his_o book_n mention_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v do_v by_o he_o in_o the_o first_o year_n only_o of_o those_o twelve_o the_o second_o time_n of_o his_o government_n be_v contain_v in_o the_o last_o chapter_n and_o the_o beginning_n and_o durance_n of_o it_o be_v uncertain_a yet_o long_o it_o be_v as_o may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o chap._n xiii_o 28._o see_v the_o observation_n on_o that_o text._n and_o it_o be_v the_o first_o particle_n may_v seem_v to_o join_v this_o book_n to_o that_o of_o ezra_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 1_o and_o some_o translatour_n give_v this_o book_n the_o title_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o esdras_n as_o suppose_v ezra_n to_o be_v the_o sacred_a penman_n of_o both_o though_o nehemiah_n be_v bring_v in_o usualy_a speak_v in_o his_o own_o person_n chisleu_n about_o our_o november_n shushan_n shushan_n signify_v a_o lily_n in_o the_o greek_a a_o fountain_n or_o well_o in_o that_o country_n language_n the_o chief_a city_n in_o persia_n the_o winter_n mansion_n of_o the_o persian_a monarch_n see_v ezra_n vi_o 2._o esther_n i._n 2._o dan._n viii_o 2._o the_o wall_n ever_o since_o the_o ruin_n make_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n verse_n 3_o nisan_fw-la which_o be_v the_o hebrew_n abib_fw-la chapter_n two_o verse_n 1_o about_o our_o march_n the_o vernal_a equinoctial_a artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la thirteen_o year_n after_o ezra_n chap._n vii_o 7._o i_o take_v up_o his_o waiting-course_n be_v then_o come_v four_o month_n after_o hanani_n his_o come_n chap._n i._n 1_o 2._o pray_v nehemiah_n his_o prayer_n verse_n 4_o by_o ejaculation_n like_o that_o of_o moses_n exod._n fourteen_o 15._o and_o special_o his_o zeal_n in_o the_o build_n chap._n iu._n 16_o 17_o 23._o and_o v._o 11._o and_o his_o speed_n chap._n vi_o 15._o and_o his_o courage_n against_o all_o opposition_n chap._n iu._n and_o chap._n vi_o and_o his_o care_n for_o the_o needy_a
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 of_o all_o their_o enemy_n 75000_o it_o argue_v a_o great_a height_n of_o malice_n against_o the_o jew_n verse_n 16_o that_o haman_n ten_o son_n and_o other_o in_o shushan_n even_o on_o a_o second_o day_n and_o so_o many_o in_o all_o the_o king_n province_n dare_v so_o assault_v the_o jew_n that_o in_o their_o own_o defence_n they_o kill_v in_o all_o seventy_o five_o thousand_o eight_o hundred_o likely_a most_o amalekite_n consider_v the_o king_n edict_n for_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o power_n of_o the_o queen_n and_o mordecai_n with_o the_o king_n as_o have_v be_v say_v yet_o the_o jew_n lay_v not_o their_o hand_n on_o the_o prey_n and_o spoil_v though_o grant_v to_o they_o by_o the_o king_n chap._n viii_o 11._o chap._n ix_o 10_o 15_o 16._o to_o show_n they_o do_v it_o not_o for_o covetousness_n but_o to_o preserve_v their_o own_o life_n mordecai_n write_v some_o extend_v this_o to_o the_o whole_a book_n verse_n 20_o but_o more_o likely_a it_o relate_v to_o the_o point_n of_o 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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
due_a order_n without_o any_o other_o letter_n or_o verse_n interpose_v cease_v from_o anger_n upon_o unjust_a cause_n verse_n 8_o in_o a_o unjust_a manner_n and_o measure_n ephes._n iu._n 31._o yet_o in_o itself_o lawful_a ephes._n iu._n 26._o mark_v iii_o 5._o a_o little_a prov._n xv._o verse_n 16_o 16._o and_o xvi_o 8._o and_o x._o 22._o eccl._n ix_o 7._o i_o have_v be_v young_a this_o be_v david_n experience_n in_o his_o time_n verse_n 25_o it_o follow_v not_o to_o be_v so_o in_o all_o age_n to_o bring_v to_o remembrance_n that_o he_o may_v remember_v god_n chastisement_n upon_o he_o for_o his_o sin_n chapter_n xxxviii_o or_o that_o god_n may_v remember_v he_o to_o help_v and_o deliver_v he_o out_o of_o it_o lest_o otherwise_o a_o like_a argument_n or_o expression_n god_n use_v verse_n 16_o deut._n xxxii_o 27._o to_o jeduthun_n or_o for_o he_o chapter_n thirty-nine_o and_o his_o posterity_n 1_o chron._n xxv_o 3._o so_o psal._n lxxvii_o title_n even_o from_o good_a not_o much_o 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sinne-offering_a heb_fw-mi sinne._n put_v often_o in_o the_o law_n for_o the_o sinne-offering_a so_o levit._n iu._n 3._o 24._o exod._n xxix_o 14._o in_o which_o sense_n christ_n be_v call_v sin_n 2_o cor._n v._o 21._o then_o say_v i_o verse_n 7_o lo_o i_o come_v when_o thou_o have_v so_o fit_v i_o mark_v x._o 32_o 33_o 34._o in_o the_o volume_n for_o scroll_n roll_v up_o jer._n xxxvi_o 2._o ezek._n ii_o 9_o the_o volume_n of_o the_o law_n and_o scripture_n luke_n xxiv_o 27_o 44._o john_n v._n 39_o of_o the_o book_n sepher_n or_o book_n generaly_a signify_v any_o writing_n court-rools_a etc._n etc._n deut._n xxiv_o 1._o 2_o king_n v._n 5_o 6._o jer._n xxxii_o 11._o it_o be_v write_v of_o i_o so_n christ_n himself_o say_v matth._n xxvi_o 24_o john_n five_o 46._o see_v luke_n xxiv_o 44_o 46._o act_n xiii_o 29._o i_o delight_v luke_n xxii_o 15._o heb._n x._o 10._o to_o do_v thy_o will_n heb._n x._o 10._o john_n vi_o 38._o luke_n xxii_o 42._o in_o all_o thing_n to_o be_v perform_v by_o i_o 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god_n the_o beginning_n of_o their_o song_n verse_n 26_o or_o part_n of_o their_o praise_n from_o the_o fountain_n of_o israel_n you_o that_o flow_v from_o that_o fountain_n be_v of_o that_o progeny_n esay_n xlviii_o 2._o deut._n xxxiii_o 28._o deut._n v._n 15_o 18._o there_o be_v both_o those_o near_a verse_n 27_o and_o those_o a_o far_o off_o meet_a and_o join_v in_o this_o praise_n of_o god_n see_v psal._n lx._n 9_o little_a benjamin_n the_o young_a son_n of_o jacob_n and_o least_o tribe_n since_o their_o fatal_a blow_n judg._n xx._n and_o contest_v most_o for_o saul_n house_n against_o david_n yet_o he_o hear_v one_o if_o not_o first_o among_o they_o and_o all_o the_o rest_n likewiseâ—joyne_v ruler_n of_o the_o enemy_n or_o rather_o of_o the_o benjamite_n but_o no_o way_n of_o the_o other_o tribe_n thy_o god_n he_n petition_n for_o strength_n and_o growth_n of_o blessing_n verse_n 28_o as_o god_n have_v former_o begin_v to_o work_v for_o they_o have_v command_v so_n deut._n 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the_o messiah_n and_o he_o propesi_v also_o in_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o his_o book_n against_o other_o nation_n the_o enemy_n and_o oppressor_n of_o god_n people_n against_o egypt_n the_o philistine_n moab_n the_o ammonity_n edom_n damascus_n kedar_n hazor_n elam_n and_o foretell_v chief_o the_o utter_a ruin_n of_o babylon_n and_o the_o empire_n by_o cyrus_n the_o mede_n and_o persian_n his_o chapter_n as_o they_o now_o stand_v number_v and_o place_v in_o the_o hebrew_n text_n and_o in_o our_o english_a translation_n if_o they_o be_v rank_v according_a to_o the_o course_n and_o history_n of_o the_o time_n and_o the_o thing_n do_v in_o they_o after_o the_o first_o twenty_o chapter_n will_v follow_v in_o this_o ensue_a order_n keep_v the_o number_n of_o the_o chapter_n that_o we_o now_o have_v 20._o 22._o 23._o 47._o 26._o 25._o 36._o 1_o 8._o 45._o 46._o 36._o 9_o 32._o 35._o 27._o 24._o 49._o v._o 34_o 39_o 29._o 30._o 31._o 28._o 51._o v._o 59_o 64._o 21._o 32._o 33._o 34._o 37._o 38._o 39_o 40._o 41._o 42._o 43._o 44._o 48._o 49._o 50._o 51._o v._o 1_o 59_o 52._o thus_o much_o vary_v from_o the_o order_n wherein_o we_o have_v they_o the_o lxx_o also_o marshal_v they_o in_o another_o rank_n and_o order_n much_o differ_v from_o the_o hebrew_n text._n and_o as_o chapter_n here_o be_v thus_o displace_v so_o also_o in_o daniel_n partly_o and_o the_o hebrew_n text_n seem_v sometime_o not_o so_o right_o to_o divide_v the_o chapter_n as_o esay_n lxiv_o and_o in_o our_o english_a bibles_n chapter_n sometime_o be_v not_o so_o fit_o and_o exact_o divide_v as_o esay_n 4._o 1._o and_o 26._o 20._o and_o 52._o 13._o 14._o 15._o and_o in_o other_o book_n no_o nor_o verse_n neither_o as_o esay_n 53._o 9_o 10._o and_o 58._o 9_o and_o 59_o 15._o the_o end_n of_o his_o book_n chap._n 52._o 31_o 34._o be_v write_v by_o some_o prophet_n after_o jeremy_n death_n but_o when_o and_o where_o he_o die_v be_v not_o record_v in_o the_o thirteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n then_o jeremy_n be_v call_v from_o be_v ordinary_a priest_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 2_o to_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a prophet_n captive_n there_o be_v captive_n under_o jehojakim_n verse_n 3_o and_o under_o jeconiah_n but_o this_o be_v the_o last_o and_o great_a of_o jerusalem_n itself_o when_o both_o city_n and_o temple_n be_v sack_v and_o burn_v and_o the_o kingdom_n destroy_v in_o the_o day_n of_o zedekiah_n in_o the_o five_o month_n this_o might_n end_n the_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n reign_n chap._n lii_o 12_o then_o when_o god_n first_o call_v he_o verse_n 4_o as_o thus_o the_o time_n so_o now_o follow_v in_o this_o chapter_n the_o manner_n of_o his_o call_v and_o such_o general_a instruction_n as_o god_n be_v please_v then_o to_o give_v he_o concern_v his_o carriage_n in_o it_o and_o discharge_v of_o it_o i_o sanctify_v thou_o design_v thou_o to_o be_v a_o prophet_n verse_n 5_o to_o which_o office_n i_o do_v now_o call_v thou_o so_o gal._n i._n 15._o see_v the_o like_a use_n of_o the_o word_n esay_n xiii_o 3._o this_o stretch_v not_o to_o inward_a sanctification_n as_o that_o of_o john_n baptist_n do_v luke_n i._n 15._o nation_n both_o jew_n and_o other_o nation_n also_o verse_n 10._o chap._n xxv_o 15_o etc._n etc._n and_o chap._n xliii_o and_o xlvi_o and_o xlvii_o and_o xlviii_o and_o xlix_o and_o l._n and_o li._n i_o can_v speak_v not_o dumb_a verse_n 6_o as_o zacharie_n luke_n i._n 20_o 22._o or_o slow_a and_o stammer_n as_o moses_n exod._n iu_o 10_o 14._o but_o that_o he_o can_v not_o deliver_v such_o a_o message_n in_o that_o manner_n as_o be_v fit_v consider_v his_o childhood_n and_o weakness_n want_v that_o gravity_n etc._n etc._n put_v forth_o his_o hand_n in_o a_o vision_n verse_n 9_o to_o root_n out_o by_o publish_v my_o word_n verse_n 10_o in_o threaten_n and_o in_o promise_n which_o shall_v as_o certain_o be_v perform_v as_o if_o the_o prophet_n himself_o have_v act_v they_o chap._n xviii_o 7_o 8_o 9_o a_o foolish_a application_n be_v make_v of_o these_o word_n to_o the_o pope_n pretend_a power_n over_o kingdom_n come_v unto_o i_o seem_o at_o the_o same_o time_n with_o the_o former_a verse_n 11_o what_o see_v thou_o see_v the_o like_a amos_n vii_o 8._o and_o viii_o 2._o zech._n iu._n 2._o and_o v._o 1._o i_o see_v in_o a_o vision_n almond_n tree_n that_o do_v bud_n and_o blossom_n the_o early_a of_o any_o hasten_v my_o word_n to_o perform_v it_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o verse_n 12_o 33_o 35._o and_o chap._n xxiv_o 2._o a_o seethe_a pot_n resemble_v jerusalem_n verse_n 13_o kingdom_n of_o the_o north_n babylonian_n verse_n 15_o and_o their_o assistant_n gird_v up_o thy_o loin_n address_v thyself_o manful_o to_o thy_o employment_n verse_n
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 iâ—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
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