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in_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n because_o jeroboam_n and_o his_o son_n have_v cast_v they_o off_o from_o execute_v the_o priest_n office_n with_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n be_v also_o to_o be_v reckon_v that_o of_o simeon_n who_o possession_n be_v within_o the_o inheritance_n of_o judah_n 19.9_o josh_n 19.9_o for_o which_o that_o part_n of_o the_o division_n that_o fall_v to_o it_o be_v too_o much_o part_v also_o of_o the_o danite_n have_v its_o seat_n within_o that_o of_o judah_n for_o it_o appear_v that_o they_o have_v some_o town_n in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n which_o former_o have_v be_v assign_v to_o the_o child_n of_o judah_n who_o as_o have_v be_v observe_v have_v so_o large_a a_o country_n at_o first_o assign_v to_o they_o rather_o to_o protect_v and_o defend_v than_o sole_o to_o possess_v it_o all_o these_o still_o remain_v the_o subject_n of_o rehoboam_n though_o ten_o tribe_n be_v say_v to_o have_v revolt_v the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n be_v attribute_v to_o jeroboam_n for_o that_o dan_fw-mi the_o chief_a city_n be_v within_o his_o dominion_n and_o because_o the_o tribe_n of_o manasseh_n be_v separate_v and_o divide_v into_o two_o part_n may_v be_v reckon_v for_o two_o tribe_n the_o kingdom_n thus_o divide_v the_o northern_a part_n fall_v off_o but_o the_o southern_a continue_a in_o obedience_n to_o the_o son_n of_o solomon_n who_o successor_n henceforth_o be_v call_v king_n of_o judah_n as_o those_o of_o jeroboam_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o yet_o this_o distinction_n be_v not_o always_o observe_v jehosaphat_n be_v call_v king_n of_o israel_n 28.19_o 2_o chron._n 31.2_o &_o 28.19_o and_o also_o ahaz_n though_o we_o know_v they_o be_v both_o king_n of_o judah_n of_o that_o division_n only_o 2._o rehoboam_n purpose_v to_o make_v war_n upon_o the_o tribe_n but_o 12.14_o 1_o king_n 12.14_o admonish_v by_o god_n give_v over_o the_o enterprise_n of_o invade_v they_o with_o 180000_o man_n although_o there_o be_v continual_a war_n betwixt_o the_o two_o 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m._n 3043._o some_o think_v she_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o tame_a which_o may_v be_v marry_v to_o this_o uriel_n and_o adopt_v by_o absalon_n who_o seem_v to_o have_v leave_v no_o issue_n he_o imitate_v the_o impiety_n of_o his_o father_n his_o heart_n not_o be_v perfect_a before_o the_o lord_n his_o god_n and_o yet_o god_n remember_v the_o covenant_n make_v with_o david_n bring_v he_o by_o a_o fatherly_a correction_n into_o order_n and_o acknowledgement_n of_o his_o sovereignty_n 15._o 1_o king_n 15._o he_o also_o war_v with_o jeroboam_n all_o his_o day_n who_o come_v up_o against_o he_o with_o 800000_o man_n he_o join_v battle_n with_o he_o have_v but_o half_o so_o many_o and_o yet_o trust_v in_o god_n obtain_v victory_n and_o kill_v 500000_o israelite_n the_o great_a number_n we_o read_v to_o have_v fall_v in_o one_o battle_n he_o take_v from_o he_o bethel_n jeskanah_n and_o ephraim_n with_o their_o town_n neither_o do_v jeroboam_n recover_v his_o strength_n in_o his_o time_n abijah_n wax_v mighty_a marry_v fourteen_o wife_n beget_v two_o and_o twenty_o son_n and_o fifteen_o daughter_n yet_o he_o reign_v but_o three_o year_n 3046._o asa_n a._n m._n 3046._o 4._o asa_n his_o son_n succeed_v he_o in_o the_o 20_o year_n of_o jeroboam_n end_v chap._n 1_o king_n 15._o &_o 2_o chron._n 14.15_o 16._o chap._n and_o do_v that_o which_o be_v righteous_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n he_o reform_v what_o be_v amiss_o command_v his_o subject_n to_o seek_v the_o god_n of_o their_o father_n in_o his_o time_n the_o land_n have_v rest_v ten_o year_n in_o his_o 11_o year_n according_a to_o josephus_n come_v zerach_n the_o aethiopian_a against_o he_o with_o 1000000_o man_n of_o cashaeans_n inhabit_v arabia_n where_o also_o zerach_n his_o aethiopia_n be_v only_o to_o be_v find_v and_o labaean_n beside_o 300_o chariot_n to_o those_o he_o oppose_v himself_o with_o 300000_o of_o judah_n and_o 280000_o of_o benjamin_n and_o call_v upon_o his_o god_n obtain_v the_o victory_n which_o he_o prosecute_v and_o get_v much_o booty_n returnnig_v to_o jerusalem_n he_o be_v so_o wrought_v upon_o by_o the_o word_n of_o azariah_n the_o prophet_n the_o son_n of_o oded_a as_o together_o with_o his_o own_o subject_n and_o other_o that_o fall_v to_o he_o in_o abundance_n out_o of_o israel_n he_o sacrifice_v to_o and_o make_v a_o covenant_n with_o god_n then_o proceed_v in_o the_o reformation_n of_o his_o kingdom_n he_o remove_v maaca_n his_o grandmother_n from_o her_o dignity_n because_o she_o be_v the_o patroness_n of_o idolatry_n baasa_n now_o who_o reign_v in_o israel_n provoke_v with_o the_o revolt_n of_o his_o subject_n and_o jealous_a of_o the_o grow_a power_n of_o asa_n come_v up_o against_o he_o and_o build_v rama_fw-mi in_o the_o 36_o year_n from_o the_o division_n lest_o any_o shall_v go_v in_o or_o out_o to_o he_o asa_n to_o divert_v he_o hire_v benhadad_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n to_o invade_v israel_n this_o benhadad_a be_v the_o son_n of_o tabrimmon_n and_o grandson_n to_o hezrin_n or_o rezin_n the_o first_o king_n of_o damascus_n and_o from_o he_o the_o surname_n of_o hadad_n descend_v upon_o his_o posterity_n he_o smite_v jion_n dan_fw-mi bethmaach_n all_o civeroth_n with_o the_o land_n of_o napthali_n and_o constrain_v baasa_n to_o leave_v off_o building_n ramah_n asa_n then_o destroy_v ramah_n and_o with_o the_o stone_n thereof_o build_v seba_n and_o mizpah_n but_o be_v check_v by_o god_n for_o not_o trust_v in_o he_o but_o put_v his_o confidence_n in_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n and_o war_n for_o this_o be_v denounce_v to_o be_v upon_o he_o all_o his_o day_n hereat_o he_o grow_v angry_a with_o the_o seer_n that_o bring_v the_o message_n and_o oppress_v some_o of_o his_o people_n and_o for_o this_o be_v punish_v with_o the_o gout_n in_o his_o late_a day_n for_o a_o remedy_n to_o which_o he_o have_v recourse_n to_o the_o physician_n and_o not_o to_o god_n so_o he_o die_v in_o the_o 41_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n jehosaphat_n jehosaphat_n 5._o jehosaphat_n succeed_v he_o to_o a_o good_a father_n a_o better_a son_n 3087._o 1_o king_n 22._o a._n m._n 3087._o in_o his_o three_o year_n he_o send_v the_o levite_n throughout_o the_o city_n to_o teach_v the_o people_n have_v remove_v the_o sodomite_n out_o of_o the_o land_n he_o marry_v his_o son_n jehoram_n to_o athaliah_n the_o daughter_n of_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o in_o his_o 18_o year_n make_v he_o vice-king_n this_o affinity_n draw_v he_o down_o with_o ahab_n to_o fight_v against_o ramoth-gilead_n where_o ahab_n receive_v his_o death_n wound_n and_o he_o escape_v narrow_o with_o his_o life_n for_o join_v himself_o with_o this_o wicked_a king_n he_o be_v sore_o chide_v by_o jehu_n the_o prophet_n the_o son_n of_o hanani_n which_o so_o affect_v he_o as_o he_o reform_v his_o subject_n chap._n 2_o
chron._n 19_o 20_o 21._o chap._n travel_v himself_o from_o beersheba_n unto_o mount_n ephraim_n to_o accomplish_v it_o he_o also_o constitute_v judge_n to_o who_o he_o give_v a_o pious_a and_o strict_a charge_n after_o this_o the_o moabite_n ammonite_n and_o a_o great_a multitude_n of_o other_o invade_v he_o against_o which_o he_o first_o strive_v by_o prayer_n to_o god_n and_o thereby_o obtain_v victory_n his_o enemy_n be_v so_o strike_v with_o madness_n that_o they_o fall_v upon_o and_o slaughter_a one_o another_o afterward_o intend_v to_o send_v ship_n for_o gold_n to_o ophir_n because_o he_o join_v with_o wicked_a ahaziah_n king_n of_o israel_n the_o lord_n spoil_v the_o work_n and_o the_o ship_n be_v break_v at_o esion-gebe_a some_o think_v he_o make_v his_o son_n partner_n in_o the_o kingdom_n itself_o have_v former_o be_v but_o his_o vicegerent_n a_o year_n or_o two_o before_o he_o die_v he_o reign_v 25_o year_n or_o rather_o 24_o with_o some_o odd_a month_n joram_n joram_n 6._o 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