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who_o answer_v he_o that_o he_o will_v no_o far_o urge_v he_o yet_o withal_o he_o foreprophecied_n unto_o he_o that_o god_n will_v not_o suffer_v this_o his_o innovation_n to_o rest_v unpunished_a anon_o after_o amasias_n not_o able_a to_o keep_v a_o moderation_n amid_o his_o affluence_n and_o prosperity_n but_o wax_v more_o insolent_a against_o almighty_a god_n by_o who_o he_o possess_v the_o blessing_n he_o enjoy_v in_o the_o height_n of_o his_o pride_n write_v to_o joas_n king_n of_o israel_n command_v he_o to_o yield_v he_o homage_n according_a as_o in_o time_n past_o the_o israelite_n be_v subject_a to_o david_n and_o solomon_n threaten_v he_o that_o if_o he_o refuse_v to_o do_v he_o service_n he_o will_v enforce_v he_o to_o decide_v the_o controversy_n by_o arm_n to_o who_o the_o israelite_n reply_v thus_o king_n joas_n to_o king_n amasias_n there_o be_v in_o the_o mountain_n of_o libanus_n a_o cypress_n tree_n of_o great_a height_n to_o who_o a_o little_a thistle_n write_v 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canaan_n 11._o hedio_fw-la &_o rufâ—â—â—us_fw-la cap._n 11._o according_a as_o joshua_n have_v set_v the_o bound_n thereof_o jeroboam_n encourage_v by_o his_o prophecy_n lead_v forth_o his_o army_n against_o the_o syrian_n 〈◊〉_d the_o enlargement_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o spoil_v all_o their_o country_n according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o jonas_n and_o since_o i_o have_v promise_v to_o give_v a_o exact_a history_n in_o write_v of_o all_o those_o thing_n that_o happen_v in_o our_o nation_n g_o g_o methinks_v it_o will_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o declare_v that_o which_o i_o have_v find_v write_v of_o this_o prophet_n in_o our_o hebrew_a chronicle_n this_o man_n be_v command_v by_o god_n to_o repair_v unto_o the_o kingdom_n h_o h_o of_o ninus_n 944._o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 31â—â—_n before_o christ_n nativity_n 944._o and_o proclaim_v that_o which_o shall_v happen_v to_o the_o city_n of_o niniveh_n namely_o that_o the_o government_n thereof_o shall_v be_v 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defray_v out_o of_o my_o coffer_n i_o have_v also_o send_v back_o those_o vessel_n which_o nabuchodonosor_n take_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n and_o have_v deliver_v they_o to_o the_o treasurer_n mithridates_n and_o to_o zerobabel_n the_o prince_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o be_v convey_v to_o jerusâ—lem_n and_o restore_v to_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n the_o number_n whereof_o i_o have_v hereunder_o subscribe_v fifty_o laver_n of_o gold_n and_o four_o hundred_o of_o silver_n fifty_o pot_n of_o gold_n and_o four_o hundred_o of_o silver_n fifty_o golden_a sieve_n and_o five_o hundred_o of_o silver_n thirty_o ewer_n of_o gold_n and_o three_o hundred_o of_o silver_n thirty_o great_a viol_n of_o gold_n and_o two_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o of_o silver_n and_o beside_o all_o these_o one_o thousand_o other_o great_a vessel_n we_o grant_v also_o unto_o the_o jew_n the_o same_o revenue_n which_o their_o predecessor_n have_v enjoy_v and_o we_o do_v allow_v they_o 205200_o darchme_n for_o the_o 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of_o those_o that_o return_v from_o the_o captivity_n into_o jerusalem_n be_v forty_o two_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o sixty_o two_o m_o m_o chap._n ii_o the_o jew_n begin_v to_o build_v the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n but_o after_o the_o death_n of_o cyrus_n the_o samaritan_n and_o other_o neighbour_a nation_n write_v to_o king_n cambyses_n his_o son_n to_o cause_v he_o to_o put_v a_o stop_n to_o the_o work_n while_o according_a to_o the_o king_n order_n 2._o hedio_fw-la &_o ruffinus_n chap._n 2._o the_o jew_n lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o be_v very_o busy_a about_o the_o build_n thereof_o 11._o esd_v 4._o 2._o ad_fw-la 11._o the_o nation_n that_o border_v upon_o they_o and_o especial_o the_o chutheans_n who_o salmanazar_n king_n of_o assyria_n send_v from_o persia_n and_o media_n temple_n the_o samaritan_n inhibit_v the_o jew_n from_o build_v the_o temple_n to_o inhabit_v in_o samaria_n at_o such_o time_n as_o he_o carry_v away_o the_o n_o n_o people_n of_o 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