Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	aaron_n	bear_v	israel_n	30	3	6.5620	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34874	The history of the Old Testament methodiz'd according to the order and series of time wherein the several things therein mentioned were transacted ... to which is annex'd a Short history of the Jewish affairs from the end of the Old Testament to the birth of our Saviour : and a map also added of Canaan and the adjacent countries ... / by Samuel Cradock ...	Cradock, Samuel, 1621?-1706.	1683 (1683)	Wing C6750; ESTC R11566	1,349,257	877

jacob_n rejoice_v at_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o wagon_n sect._n 43._o jacob_n go_v into_o egypt_n his_o joy_n to_o see_v his_o son_n joseph_n sect._n 44._o joseph_n bring_v five_o of_o his_o brethren_n to_o pharaoh_n obtain_v goshen_n for_o his_o brethren_n introduce_v his_o father_n sect._n 45._o joseph_n prudent_a administration_n in_o the_o severe_a famine_n he_o be_v send_v for_o by_o his_o father_n sect._n 46._o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n blessed_v jacob_n gift_n to_o joseph_n sect._n 47._o jacob_n bless_v his_o son_n in_o order_n his_o death_n sect._n 48._o the_o mourning_n for_o and_o burial_n of_o jacob._n joseph_n death_n sect._n 49._o the_o history_n of_o job_n sect._n 50._o levi_n and_o amram_n die_v sect._n 51._o israel_n increase_v taskmaster_n appoint_v sect._n 52._o aaron_n birth_n sect._n 53._o the_o midwife_n command_v to_o destroy_v the_o male-children_n sect._n 54._o moses_n bear_v he_o be_v take_v up_o and_o educate_v by_o pharaoh_n daughter_n sect._n 55._o moses_n after_o forty_o year_n leave_v the_o court_n and_o fly_v into_o midian_a sect._n 56._o moses_n marriage_n his_o two_o son_n sect._n 57_o caleb_n birth_n sect._n 58._o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o moses_n commission_n he_o to_o deliver_v israel_n enable_v he_o to_o work_v miracle_n sect._n 59_o moses_n confirm_v and_o encourage_v command_v to_o go_v to_o pharaoh_n sect._n 60._o moses_n stop_v in_o his_o journey_n his_o son_n circumcise_v sect._n 61._o aaron_n meet_v moses_n they_o declare_v their_o commission_n to_o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n sect._n 62._o they_o go_v to_o pharaoh_n the_o oppression_n of_o the_o israelite_n increase_v sect._n 63._o moses_n and_o aaron_n go_v again_o to_o pharaoh_n the_o magician_n call_v in_o sect._n 64._o the_o ten_o plague_n chap._n iu._n from_o the_o israelite_n departure_n out_o of_o egypt_n to_o the_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o solomon_n temple_n sect._n 1_o the_o israelite_n depart_v out_o of_o egypt_n sect._n 2._o the_o paschal_n lamb_n and_o passover_n appoint_v sect._n 3_o the_o lord_n conduct_n the_o israelite_n by_o a_o pillar_n of_o cloud_n and_o fire_n joseph_n bone_n carry_v with_o they_o sect._n 4._o they_o encamp_v at_o pihahiroth_n pass_v through_o the_o red-sea_n the_o egyptian_n drown_v sect._n 5._o moses_n song_n miriam_n a_o prophetess_n sect._n 6._o the_o people_n march_v through_o shur_n murmur_n for_o want_n of_o water_n sect._n 7._o the_o twelve_o well_n and_o seventy_o palm-tree_n sect._n 8._o they_o turn_v from_o elim_n to_o the_o red-sea_n sect._n 9_o the_o people_n murmur_n quail_n give_v for_o one_o meal_n manna_n fall_v sect._n 10._o water_n gush_v out_o of_o the_o rock_n sect._n 11._o moses_n pray_v joshua_n fight_v amalek_n the_o altar_n call_v jehova-nissi_a sect._n 12._o jethro_n story_n defer_v to_o sect._n 51._o sect._n 13._o moses_n call_v up_o to_o the_o top_n of_o mount_n sinai_n the_o terrible_a sight_n sect._n 14._o the_o promulgation_n of_o the_o law_n sect._n 15._o the_o people_n in_o fear_n moses_n encourage_v they_o sect._n 16._o similitude_n of_o god_n forbid_v the_o material_n for_o altar_n sect._n 17._o the_o judicial_a or_o political_a law_n sect._n 18._o the_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n promise_v to_o guide_v they_o the_o bound_n of_o canaan_n sect._n 19_o moses_n erect_v a_o altar_n and_o twelve_o pillar_n sect._n 20._o moses_n continue_v in_o the_o mount_n forty_o day_n and_o forty_o night_n sect._n 21._o direction_n concern_v the_o tabernacle_n and_o all_o its_o utensil_n and_o appurtenance_n sect._n 22._o the_o golden_a calf_n sect._n 23._o moses_n come_v down_o break_v the_o table_n god_n anger_n moses_n intercede_v for_o the_o people_n and_o see_v the_o glory_n of_o god_n sect._n 24._o two_o new_a table_n of_o stone_n sect._n 25._o god_n renew_v the_o covenant_n upon_o moses_n prayer_n moses_n face_n shine_v sect._n 26._o the_o sabbath_n anew_o enjoin_v contribution_n to_o the_o tabernacle_n sect._n 27._o bezaleel_n and_o aholihab_n appoint_v chief_a workman_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n sect._n 28._o the_o tabernacle_n finish_v be_v set_v up_o be_v fill_v with_o god_n glory_n sect._n 29._o law_n give_v concern_v the_o several_a sort_n of_o sacrifice_n sect._n 30._o aaron_z and_o his_o son_n consecrate_v sect._n 31._o aaron_n enter_v upon_o his_o office_n fire_n from_o the_o lord_n sect._n 32._o nadab_n and_o abihu_n slay_v by_o fire_n from_o heaven_n sect._n 33._o of_o clean_a and_o unclean_a creature_n sect._n 34._o woman_n separation_n sect._n 35._o law_n concern_v leprosy_n sect._n 36._o ceremonial_a uncleanness_n in_o man_n sect._n 37._o the_o passover_n celebrate_v sect._n 38._o several_a sort_n of_o law_n give_v sect._n 39_o blasphemy_n punish_v in_o the_o son_n of_o shelomith_n the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n sect._n 40._o divers_a other_o law_n give_v sect._n 41._o promise_n and_o threaten_n more_o law_n give_v concern_v divers_a matter_n sect._n 42._o the_o book_n of_o number_n sect._n 43._o the_o encamp_a of_o the_o tribe_n sect._n 44._o the_o levite_n charge_n sect._n 45._o the_o levite_n consecrate_v sect._n 46._o the_o offering_n of_o the_o prince_n sect._n 47._o law_n concern_v jealousy_n sect._n 48._o concern_v nazarites_n sect._n 49._o the_o solemn_a blessing_n sect._n 50._o the_o silver_n trumpet_n sect._n 51._o jethro_n story_n and_o advice_n sect._n 52._o the_o camp_n of_o israel_n march_v jethro_n leave_v they_o sect._n 53._o upon_o the_o move_n of_o the_o ark_n moses_n pronounce_v the_o blessing_n sect._n 54._o the_o people_n murmur_v at_o taberah_n sect._n 55._o quail_n give_v for_o the_o space_n of_o a_o month_n a_o plague_n follow_v sect._n 56._o miriams_n leprosy_n sect._n 57_o spy_n search_v the_o land_n sect._n 58._o their_o different_a report_n sect._n 59_o the_o ten_o spy_n smite_v sect._n 60._o israel_n defeat_v by_o the_o amalekite_n and_o canaanite_n sect._n 61._o the_o nineti_v psalm_n compose_v sect._n 62._o some_o law_n explain_v sect._n 63._o the_o rebellion_n of_o corah_n dathan_n and_o abiram_n sect._n 64._o aaron_n red_a blossom_a sect._n 65._o the_o work_n and_o portion_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n sect._n 66._o water_n of_o purification_n sect._n 67._o miriams_n death_n sect._n 68_o they_o murmur_v at_o kadesh_n for_o want_v of_o water_n moses_n strike_v the_o rock_n in_o anger_n be_v doom_v not_o to_o enter_v into_o canaan_n sect._n 69._o the_o king_n of_o edom_n refuse_v they_o passage_n sect._n 70._o aaron_z dies_z and_o be_v bury_v upon_o mount_n hor._n sect._n 71._o arad_n the_o canaanite_n vanquish_v sect._n 72._o the_o brazen_a serpent_n sect._n 73._o several_a station_n of_o the_o israelite_n sect._n 74._o the_o miraculous_a well_o sect._n 75._o sihon_n slay_v sect._n 76._o og_n total_o subdue_v sect._n 77._o the_o encamp_a at_o abel-shittim_a sect._n 78._o balaam_n send_v for_o to_o curse_v the_o israelite_n his_o ass_n speak_v sect._n 79._o balaam_n attempt_v to_o curse_n israel_n sect._n 80._o the_o idolatry_n and_o whoredom_n of_o the_o israelite_n at_o mount_n peor_n sect._n 81._o midian_a conquer_a sect._n 82._o moses_n and_o eleazar_n number_v the_o people_n sect._n 83._o zelophehad_n daughter_n sect._n 84._o joshua_n appoint_a successor_n sect._n 85._o a_o repetition_n of_o the_o law_n of_o sacrifice_v sect._n 86._o law_n concern_v vow_n sect._n 87._o the_o reubenites_n and_o gadites_n desire_v a_o possession_n on_o that_o side_n jordan_n sect._n 88_o the_o journal_n of_o israel_n travel_n sect._n 89._o the_o limit_n of_o canaan_n sect._n 90._o the_o levite_n city_n sect._n 91._o order_n concern_v the_o marriage_n of_o zelophehad_n daughter_n sect._n 92._o the_o book_n of_o deuteronomy_n contain_v moses_n die_v speech_n to_o israel_n sect._n 93._o moses_n death_n israel_n mourning_n for_o he_o sect._n 94._o joshua_n begin_v his_o government_n sect._n 95._o they_o come_v near_o unto_o and_o pass_v the_o river_n jordan_n sect._n 96._o circumcision_n enjoin_v they_o sect._n 97._o the_o first_o passover_n in_o canaan_n manna_n cease_v sect._n 98._o jericho_n take_v burn_a and_o curse_a sect._n 99_o the_o israelite_n defeat_v at_o ai._n sect._n 100_o joshua_n march_v against_o ai._n sect._n 101._o a_o monument_n of_o stone_n and_o a_o altar_n erect_v and_o blessing_n and_o curse_n pronounce_v at_o mount_n gerizim_n and_o mount_v ebal_n sect._n 102._o the_o league_n with_o the_o gibeonite_n sect._n 103._o adonizedek_n and_o his_o ally_n besiege_v gibeon_n their_o discomfiture_n prodigious_a hailstone_n the_o sun_n and_o moon_n stand_v still_o at_o the_o prayer_n of_o joshua_n sect._n 104._o several_a king_n vanquish_v and_o their_o city_n take_v sect._n 105._o the_o rise_n of_o the_o sabbatical_a year_n sect._n 106._o joshua_n war_n with_o the_o northern_a king_n his_o victory_n over_o they_o sect._n 107._o joshua_n rest_n from_o war_n sect._n 108._o joshua_n divide_v the_o land_n sect._n 109._o joshua_n and_o the_o elder_n proceed_v to_o divide_v the_o land_n ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n complain_v sect._n 110._o

caleb_n request_n to_o joshua_n hebron_n give_v to_o he_o othniel_n marriage_n sect._n 111._o seven_o tribe_n desire_v a_o stop_n may_v be_v put_v to_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n sect._n 112._o the_o first_o sabbatical_a year_n sect._n 113._o a_o solemn_a feast_n of_o tabernacle_n keep_v sect._n 114._o the_o camp_n and_o tabernacle_n remove_v to_o shiloh_n sect._n 115._o the_o seven_o tribe_n reprove_v their_o lot_n sect._n 116._o joshua_n inheritance_n sect._n 117._o city_n set_v apart_o for_o the_o levite_n sect._n 118._o israel_n possession_n of_o canaan_n sect._n 119._o the_o reubenites_n and_o gadites_n commend_v and_o blessed_v their_o altar_n ed._n sect._n 120._o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n call_v together_o by_o joshua_n his_o speech_n to_o they_o sect._n 121._o the_o tabernacle_n remove_v to_o sechem_n joshua_n exhortation_n to_o the_o israelite_n joseph_n bone_n solemn_o inter_v joshua_n and_o eleazar_n death_n sect._n 122._o the_o book_n of_o judge_n sect._n 123._o bezek_n take_v adonibezek_n usage_n sect._n 124._o the_o settlement_n of_o the_o kenites_n sect._n 125._o hormah_n and_o other_o city_n take_v sect._n 126._o bethel_n take_v luz_n build_v the_o canaanite_n remain_v sect._n 127._o a_o angel_n appear_v to_o they_o in_o a_o humane_a shape_n and_o reprove_v they_o the_o people_n weep_v sect._n 128._o micah_n idolatry_n his_o priest_n sect._n 129._o the_o danite_n carry_v away_o micah_n idol_n laish_n take_v sect._n 130._o the_o wickedness_n of_o gibeah_n the_o levite_n concubine_n sect._n 131._o a_o convention_n at_o mizpeh_n the_o war_n against_o benjamin_n sect._n 132._o six_o hundred_o benjamite_n in_o rimmon_n the_o virgin_n surprise_v at_o shiloh_n sect._n 133._o israel_n for_o their_o sin_n give_v up_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o cushan_n king_n of_o mesopotamia_n othniel_n deliver_v they_o his_o conquest_n of_o cushan_n and_o death_n sect._n 134._o ehud_n kill_v eglon._n shamgar_n deliver_v the_o people_n from_o the_o philistine_n sect._n 135._o the_o history_n of_o ruth_n sect._n 136._o jabin_n oppress_v israel_n deborah_n and_o barak_n sisera_n slay_v sect._n 137._o deborahs_n song_n sect._n 138._o the_o midianite_n oppress_v israel_n gideon_n vision_n he_o throw_v down_o baal_n altar_n the_o fleece_n dry_a and_o wet_a sect._n 139._o gigeon_n army_n diminish_v the_o dream_n of_o the_o barley_n cake_n he_o destroy_v the_o midianite_n slay_v their_o king_n ephramite_n expostulate_v with_o he_o sect._n 140._o the_o people_n offer_n gideon_n to_o make_v he_o king_n his_o ephod_n and_o death_n sect._n 141._o baal-berith_a abimelech_n tyranny_n his_o death_n at_o thebez_n sect._n 142._o tola_n government_n and_o death_n sect._n 143._o jair_a the_o gileadite_n sect._n 144._o ammon_n invade_v israel_n jeptha_n victory_n and_o vow_n sect._n 145._o jeptha_n subdue_v the_o ephraimite_n his_o death_n sect._n 146._o ibzan_n judge_n israel_n manoah_n vision_n samson_n bear_v sect._n 147._o elon_n and_o abdon_n sect._n 148._o samson_n marry_v a_o philistine_n honey_n in_o the_o lion_n carcase_n samson_n riddle_n he_o burn_v the_o philistine_n corn._n slay_v many_o of_o they_o sect._n 149._o break_v the_o bond_n with_o which_o he_o be_v bind_v en_fw-fr hakkore_n sect._n 150._o samson_n take_v with_o dalilah_n his_o lock_n cut_v and_o eye_n put_v out_o he_o pull_v down_o dagons_n house_n and_z dies_z sect._n 151._o eli_n judge_n israel_n hannah_n prayer_n samuel_n bear_v sect._n 152._o hannah_n song_n samuel_n leave_v with_o eli._n sect._n 153._o the_o wickedness_n of_o eli_n son_n a_o prophet_n come_v to_o eli._n sect._n 154._o samuel_n call_v he_o denounce_v judgement_n against_o elimine_n sect._n 155._o the_o philistine_n invade_v israel_n the_o ark_n of_o god_n take_v hophni_n and_o phinehas_n slay_v eli_n death_n sect._n 156._o the_o ark_n carry_v in_o triumph_n dagon_n break_v the_o philistine_n plague_v the_o beshemite_v smite_v sect._n 157._o the_o ark_n at_o kirjath-jearim_a the_o meeting_n at_o mizpeh_n the_o philistine_n overcome_v sect._n 158._o samuel_n make_v judg._n his_o circuit_n he_o build_v a_o altar_n sect._n 159._o samuel_n son_n very_o wicked_a the_o people_n desire_v a_o king_n sect._n 160._o kish_n send_v his_o son_n saul_n to_o seek_v his_o ass_n samuel_n meet_v he_o saul_n prophecy_n sect._n 161._o saul_n take_v by_o lot_n the_o manner_n of_o the_o kingdom_n sect._n 162._o nahash_n besieges_fw-fr jabesh-gilead_n he_o require_v to_o put_v out_o their_o right_a eye_n the_o place_n relieve_v by_o saul_n and_o the_o kingdom_n renew_v sect._n 163._o samuel_n show_v the_o people_n their_o sin_n in_o ask_v a_o king_n extraordinary_a thunder_n sect._n 164._o saul_n raise_v force_n to_o go_v against_o the_o philistine_n he_o sacrifice_v samuel_n declare_v his_o rejection_n of_o god_n sect._n 165._o the_o passage_n at_o michmash_n saul_n and_o his_o armour-bearer_n take_v a_o fort_n of_o the_o philistine_n the_o confusion_n of_o the_o philistine_n army_n thereupon_o jonathan_n eat_v honey_n saul_n son_n sect._n 166._o saul_n send_v to_o destroy_v amalek_n he_o spare_v agag_n and_o the_o best_a cattle_n agag_n slay_v by_o samuel_n sect._n 167._o samuel_n send_v to_o jesse_n the_o bethlemite_n jesse_n son_n pass_v before_o he_o david_n take_v and_o anoint_a sect._n 168._o saul_n frenzy_n david_n play_v on_o his_o harp_n to_o he_o sect._n 169._o david_n leave_v the_o court._n the_o philistine_n invade_v israel_n bring_v a_o giant_n with_o they_o david_n visit_v his_o brethren_n he_o slay_v goliath_n jonathan_n entire_o love_v he_o and_o make_v a_o covenant_n of_o friendship_n with_o he_o david_n be_v high_o applaud_v sect._n 170._o saul_n hatred_n of_o and_o design_n against_o he_o david_n escape_v to_o ramah_n sect._n 171._o david_n fly_v to_o jonathan_n who_o intercede_v with_o his_o father_n for_o he_o jonathan_n and_o david_n renew_v their_o covenant_n sect._n 172._o david_n fly_v to_o nob._n he_o eat_v of_o the_o shewbread_n give_v he_o by_o ahimelech_n and_o take_v goliah_n sword_n his_o several_a removal_n doeg_n malice_n eighty_o five_o priest_n slay_v by_o he_o david_n interview_n with_o saul_n samuel_n death_n nabal_n churlishness_n michal_n be_v give_v to_o phalti_fw-la david_n marry_v abigal_n he_o fly_v to_o hachilah_n thence_o to_o achish_n achish_n go_v against_o israel_n dismiss_v he_o saul_n and_o the_o witch_n of_o endor_n david_n defeat_v the_o amalekite_n saul_n and_o his_o son_n slay_v sect._n 173._o mephibosheth_n fall_n sect._n 174._o david_n have_v news_n of_o saul_n death_n he_o mourn_v the_o amalekite_n slay_v sect._n 175._o david_n funeral_n elegy_n for_o saul_n and_o jonathan_n sect._n 176._o david_n go_v to_o hebron_n be_v there_o anoint_v sect._n 177._o abner_n make_v ishbosheth_n king_n sect._n 178._o david_n marry_v the_o king_n of_o geshur_n daughter_n sect._n 179._o war_n between_o david_n and_o ishbosheth_n abner_n challenge_n to_o joab_n that_o twelve_o of_o a_o side_n may_v fight_v asahel_n slay_v sect._n 180._o the_o war_n continue_v david_n six_o son_n sect._n 181._o abner_n strong_o uphold_v ishbosheth_n side_n and_o joab_n david_n michal_n return_v to_o david_n abner_n treacherous_o slay_v by_o joab_n sect._n 182._o baanah_n and_o rechab_n murder_n ishbosheth_n sect._n 183._o david_n make_v king_n of_o israel_n a_o list_n of_o the_o tribe_n sect._n 184._o david_n take_v zion_n hiram_n embassy_n to_o he_o sect._n 185._o the_o philistine_n encamp_v at_o rephaim_n their_o defeat_n sect._n 186._o the_o ark_n remove_v vzzah_n slay_v obed-edom_n blessed_v david_n remove_v the_o ark_n to_o zion_n and_o dance_v before_o it_o michal_n scoff_v sect._n 187._o levites_n appoint_v to_o attend_v the_o ark._n a_o psalm_n appoint_v by_o david_n to_o be_v sing_v sect._n 188._o david_n design_n to_o build_v a_o temple_n nathan_n message_n from_o the_o lord_n to_o he_o about_o it_o sect._n 189._o david_n several_a war_n with_o the_o border_a enemy_n his_o great_a officer_n sect._n 190._o david_n kindness_n to_o mephibosheth_n his_o order_n to_o ziba_n sect._n 191._o david_n embassy_n to_o nahash_n king_n of_o ammon_n the_o base_a usage_n of_o his_o ambassador_n the_o ammonite_n and_o syrian_n vanquish_v sect._n 192._o rabbah_n besiege_v david_n adultery_n vriah_n slay_v sect._n 193._o rabbah_n take_v david_n assume_v the_o crown_n his_o severe_a usage_n of_o the_o conquer_a sect._n 194._o david_n repentance_n his_o child_n die_v solomon_n bear_v sect._n 195._o ammon_n ravish_v tamar_n absalon_n murder_v he_o sect._n 196._o the_o woman_n of_o tekoa_n absalom_n return_n sect._n 197._o absalom_n conspiracy_n sect._n 198._o david_n fly_v several_a remarkable_n during_o his_o absence_n from_o jerusalem_n sect._n 199._o a_o famine_n saul_n son_n be_v hang_v sect._n 200._o war_n with_o the_o philistine_n four_o giant_n sect._n 201._o david_n triumphant_a song_n sect._n 202._o david_n prophecy_n sect._n 203._o david_n worthy_n sect._n 204._o david_n militia_n sect._n 205._o the_o people_n number_v of_o three_o judgement_n propound_v david_n choose_v the_o plague_n

araunah_n floor_n sect._n 206._o david_n receive_v the_o pattern_n of_o the_o temple_n make_v great_a preparation_n for_o the_o build_n of_o it_o sect._n 207._o officer_n appoint_v for_o the_o temple_n sect._n 208._o rehoboam_n bear_v to_o solomon_n sect._n 209._o abishag_fw-mi bring_v to_o david_n sect._n 210._o adonijah_n aspire_v to_o the_o crown_n solomon_n anoint_v adonijah_n submission_n sect._n 211._o david_n charge_n to_o solomon_n sect._n 212._o david_n farewell_o exhortation_n to_o the_o people_n his_o prayer_n solomon_n prosperity_n sect._n 213._o david_n last_o word_n to_o solomon_n his_o death_n sect._n 214._o the_o book_n of_o the_o psalm_n sect._n 215._o solomon_n upon_o the_o throne_n adonijah_n slay_v joab_n slay_v shimei_n oath_n not_o to_o pass_v over_o kidron_n sect._n 216._o hadad_n the_o edomite_n return_v sect._n 217._o solomon_n marriage_n with_o pharaoh_n daughter_n sect._n 218._o solomon_n settle_v in_o the_o kingdom_n god_n appear_v to_o he_o in_o a_o dream_n and_o ask_v he_o what_o he_o shall_v give_v he_o and_o solomon_n choose_v wisdom_n sect._n 219._o solomon_n judgement_n on_o the_o two_o harlot_n sect._n 220._o hiram_n embassy_n to_o solomon_n a_o league_n between_o they_o sect._n 221._o solomon_n levy_n for_o the_o temple_n sect._n 222._o shimei_n put_v to_o death_n chap._n v._o the_o five_o age_n from_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o it_o and_o captivity_n of_o judah_n sect._n 1_o the_o temple_n describe_v with_o all_o its_o part_n the_o temple-officer_n sect._n 2._o the_o temple_n finish_v solomon_n solemn_a dedication_n of_o it_o sect._n 3_o the_o lord_n appear_v to_o solomon_n again_o in_o a_o dream_n sect._n 4._o solomon_n palace_n his_o stately_a throne_n the_o house_n of_o lebanon_n his_o golden_a target_n and_o shield_n sect._n 5._o gezer_n take_v by_o pharaoh_n and_o give_v to_o his_o daughter_n solomon_n wife_n sect._n 6._o hiram_n dislike_v the_o city_n which_o solomon_n offer_v he_o sect._n 7._o solomon_n remove_v his_o queen_n to_o the_o house_n build_v for_o she_o the_o song_n of_o solomon_n sect._n 8._o solomon_n navy_n sect._n 9_o solomon_n other_o building_n sect._n 10._o hamath_n take_v by_o solomon_n force_n sect._n 11._o solomon_n care_n in_o matter_n of_o religion_n sect._n 12._o solomon_n greatness_n splendour_n and_o glory_n sect._n 13._o solomon_n wisdom_n his_o proverb_n sect._n 14._o the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n come_v to_o hear_v his_o wisdom_n sect._n 15._o solomon_n many_o wife_n and_o defection_n from_o god_n ahijah_n the_o prophet_n send_v to_o he_o with_o a_o sad_a message_n sect._n 16._o solomon_n write_v his_o ecclesiaste_n sect._n 17._o solomon_n adversary_n ahijah_n send_v to_o jeroboam_n to_o acquaint_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v king_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n sect._n 18._o solomon_n die_v sect._n 19_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n king_n of_o judah_n 1._o rehoboam_n be_v petition_v for_o ease_n of_o tax_n ten_o tribe_n revolt_n his_o building_n and_o wife_n shishak_n king_n of_o egypt_n plunder_v the_o temple_n 2._o abijah_n reign_v p._n 505._o his_o army_n and_o speech_n to_o jeroboam_n israel_n rout_v 3._o asa_n reign_v pag._n 509._o his_o grandmother_n grove_n zerah_n invade_v he_o and_o be_v subdue_v asa_n league_n with_o benhadad_n and_o death_n 4._o jehoshaphat_n reign_v p._n 515._o remove_v all_o high_a place_n use_v for_o false_a go_n his_o reformation_n his_o greatness_n and_o riches_n his_o affinity_n with_o ahab_n he_o go_v to_o samaria_n jehu_n the_o prophet_n reprove_v he_o his_o care_n of_o the_o kingdom_n his_o fleet_n break_v his_o victory_n and_o death_n 5._o jehoram_n succeed_v p._n 525._o his_o idolatry_n slay_v his_o six_o brethren_n elijah_n letter_n to_o he_o edom_n revolt_v libnah_n revolt_v philistine_n invade_v he_o his_o sad_a end_n 6._o ahaziah_n p._n 529._o his_o wickedness_n be_v slay_v by_o jehu_n 7._o athaliah_n p._n 532._o her_o idolatry_n and_o cruelty_n 8._o joash_n p._n 533_o he_o be_v set_v up_o by_o jehoiada_n athaliah_n slay_v baal_n house_n pull_v down_o jehoiada_n good_a instruction_n of_o he_o collection_n for_o the_o temple_n jehoiada_fw-la dies_fw-la joash_n idolatry_n zachariah_n stone_v the_o syrian_n vanquish_v he_o his_o death_n 9_o amaziah_n p._n 541._o he_o begin_v well_o his_o war_n with_o edom_n and_o victory_n his_o idolatry_n joash_n king_n of_o israel_n defeat_v he_o amaziah_n slay_v 10._o vzziah_n p._n 546._o his_o coronation_n he_o recover_v elath_n conquer_v the_o philistine_n his_o herd_n and_o husbandry_n isaiah_n prophecy_n also_o joel_n vzziah_n pride_n leprosy_n and_o death_n 11._o jotham_n p._n 554._o he_o subdue_v the_o ammonite_n micah_n prophecy_n jotham_n die_v 12._o ahaz_n p._n 555._o his_o wickedness_n syria_n and_o israel_n invade_v he_o isaiah_n send_v to_o he_o jerusalem_n siege_n raise_v ahaz_n forsake_v the_o lord_n his_o calamity_n his_o league_n with_o assyria_n and_o death_n 13._o hezekiah_n p._n 563._o his_o goodness_n and_o reformation_n he_o shake_v off_o the_o assyrian_a yoke_n jerusalem_n besiege_v rabshakeh_n blasphemy_n hezekiah_n prayer_n isaiah_n message_n to_o he_o hezekiah_n sickness_n his_o thanksgiving_n the_o assyrian_n destroy_v ambassador_n from_o babylon_n come_v to_o he_o manasses_n bear_v nahum_n prophecy_n hezekiah_n die_v 14._o manasses_n p._n 595._o his_o great_a idolatry_n he_o be_v take_v captive_a short_o after_o be_v restore_v his_o reformation_n habakkuk_n prophecy_n manasseh_n die_v 15._o amon_n p._n 600._o his_o idolatry_n and_o death_n 16._o josiah_n p._n 601._o his_o piety_n jeremiah_n prophecy_n the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n find_v huldah_fw-mi the_o prophetess_n josiah_n throw_v down_o idolatry_n he_o go_v to_o bethel_n and_o other_o place_n his_o solemn_a passover_n his_o death_n great_o lament_v zephany_n prophecy_n 17._o shallum_n or_o jehoahaz_n pag._n 611._o his_o idolatry_n jeremy_n admonition_n to_o he_o pharaoh_n necho_n carry_v he_o away_o 18._o jehoiakim_n p._n 612._o his_o idolatry_n and_o oppression_n jeremy_n exhort_v he_o to_o repentance_n vriah_n prophecy_n jeremy_n bond_n and_o yoke_n baruch_n roll_n nabuchadnezzar_n conquer_v the_o egyptian_n jehoiakim_n take_v prisoner_n daniel_n and_o other_o carry_v to_o babylon_n jehoiakim_n burn_v the_o roll_n nabuchadnezzar_n return_v home_o his_o dream_n of_o the_o great_a image_n make_v of_o four_o metal_n jehoiakim_n revolt_v the_o golden_a image_n set_v up_o by_o nabuchadnezzar_n to_o be_v worship_v jehoiakim_n die_v 19_o jehoiakin_o p._n 617._o his_o captivity_n cyrus_n bear_v 20._o zedekiah_n reign_v p._n 618._o his_o wickedness_n jeremy_n prophecy_n several_a ambassador_n come_v to_o zedekiah_n hananiah_n a_o false_a prophet_n jeremy_n letter_n to_o the_o captive_n in_o babylon_n shemaiah_n a_o false_a prophet_n inveigh_v against_o he_o jeremy_n prophecy_v his_o death_n ezekel_n first_o vision_n jerusalem_n besiege_v his_o other_o vision_n his_o type_n zedekiah_n revolt_v judea_n be_v invade_v ezekiel_n wife_n die_v for_o who_o he_o be_v command_v not_o to_o mourn_v jeremy_n imprison_v jerusalem_n siege_n raise_v the_o egyptian_n be_v overthrow_v and_o the_o siege_n renew_v jeremy_n put_v into_o the_o dungeon_n ezekiel_n prophecy_v again_o jerusalem_n take_v the_o temple_n burn_v the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n come_v to_o a_o end_n king_n of_o israel_n 1._o jeroboam_n choose_v by_o the_o ten_o tribe_n he_o fortify_v shechem_n set_v up_o the_o golden_a calf_n a_o prophet_n send_v to_o he_o who_o declare_v against_o his_o altar_n his_o hand_n wither_v the_o prophet_n be_v seduce_v a_o lion_n slay_v he_o jeroboam_n son_n fall_v sick_a and_o die_v his_o own_o death_n 2._o nadab_n a_o evil_a king_n slay_v by_o baasha_n p._n 508._o 3._o baasha_n reign_v p._n 509._o he_o do_v evil_a he_o build_v ramah_n jehu_n message_n to_o he_o baasha_n die_v 4._o elah_n reign_v two_o year_n p._n 511._o zimri_n slay_v he_o 5._o zimri_n burn_v p._n 511._o 6._o omri_n make_v king_n his_o idolatry_n and_o burial_n p._n 512._o 7._o ahab_n p._n 512._o he_o marry_v jezabel_n jericho_n rebuilt_a obadiah_n hide_v the_o prophet_n elijah_n miracle_n elisha_n call_v benhadad_o conquer_v a_o prophet_n reprove_v ahab_n naboth_n vineyard_n elijah_n meet_v ahab_n ahab_n slay_v at_o ramoth-gilead_n moab_n revolt_v 8._o ahaziah_n p._n 543._o his_o fall_n his_o message_n to_o baalzebub_n elijah_n bring_v down_o fire_n upon_o two_o company_n of_o fifty_o he_o die_v 9_o jehoram_fw-la p._n 545._o he_o maintain_v the_o golden_a calf_n elijah_n translation_n elisha_n take_v up_o his_o mantle_n elisha_n miracle_n the_o moabite_n destroy_v one_o another_o the_o king_n of_o edom_n sacrifice_n his_o son_n elisha_n work_v more_o miracle_n a_o sore_a famine_n in_o samaria_n it_o be_v miraculous_a relief_n the_o shunamite_n return_v benhadad_o send_v to_o elisha_n hazael_n stifle_v benhadad_o jehoram_n recover_v ramoth-gilead_n jehu_n anoint_v joram_n slay_v ahaziah_n slay_v jezabel_n death_n 10._o jehu_n make_v king_n p._n 585._o the_o slaughter_n of_o ahab_n offspring_n

whereby_o god_n be_v call_v upon_o as_o a_o witness_n shall_v be_v between_o the_o party_n and_o if_o the_o keeper_n do_v swear_v that_o he_o have_v not_o put_v his_o hand_n to_o his_o neighbour_n good_n neither_o know_v what_o be_v become_v of_o they_o then_o the_o owner_n must_v rest_v satisfy_v with_o that_o oath_n and_o he_o to_o who_o the_o cattle_n be_v entrust_v shall_v not_o make_v they_o good_a but_o if_o they_o be_v steal_v from_o he_o through_o his_o own_o negligence_n he_o shall_v make_v they_o good_a to_o the_o owner_n and_o if_o any_o of_o they_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n he_o may_v bring_v some_o part_n of_o they_o to_o witness_v it_o be_v so_o and_o then_o he_o shall_v not_o make_v they_o good_a v._o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o 20._o if_o a_o man_n borrow_v aught_o of_o his_o neighbour_n and_o it_o be_v hurt_v or_o die_v the_o owner_n thereof_o be_v not_o with_o it_o he_o shall_v sure_o make_v it_o good_a and_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o law_n seem_v to_o be_v to_o make_v they_o the_o more_o circumspect_o careful_a of_o thing_n borrow_v but_o if_o the_o owner_n thereof_o be_v with_o it_o as_o sometime_o the_o beast_n and_o its_o owner_n may_v be_v hire_v together_o and_o the_o owner_n be_v by_o may_v see_v that_o the_o mischief_n which_o happen_v can_v not_o be_v prevent_v he_o shall_v not_o make_v it_o good_a if_o it_o be_v hire_v it_o come_v for_o its_o hire_n that_o be_v if_o it_o be_v not_o borrow_v gratis_o but_o hire_v he_o that_o hire_v it_o shall_v be_v free_a pay_v the_o condition_a hire_n vers_fw-la 14_o 15._o 21._o if_o a_o man_n entice_v a_o maid_n who_o be_v not_o betroth_v and_o lie_v with_o she_o he_o shall_v sure_o endow_v she_o that_o be_v he_o shall_v give_v she_o such_o a_o dower_n or_o sum_n of_o money_n as_o be_v use_v to_o be_v give_v with_o maid_n of_o her_o condition_n and_o so_o shall_v marry_v she_o but_o if_o her_o father_n utter_o refuse_v to_o give_v she_o unto_o he_o in_o marriage_n he_o shall_v pay_v she_o so_o much_o as_o may_v serve_v to_o marry_v she_o to_o another_o of_o a_o suitable_a condition_n to_o she_o vers_fw-la 16_o 17._o further_o the_o lord_n give_v they_o these_o subsequent_a law_n 22._o thou_o shall_v not_o suffer_v a_o witch_n or_o sorceress_n 18.10_o sorceress_n the_o devil_n craft_n most_o prevail_v with_o woman_n weakness_n in_o that_o kind_n though_o he_o prevail_v with_o some_o man_n also_o deut._n 18.10_o to_o live_v the_o same_o be_v decree_v concern_v man_n that_o have_v familiar_a spirit_n leu._n 20.27_o viz._n that_o they_o shall_v be_v stone_v vers_fw-la 18._o 23._o whosoever_o lie_v with_o a_o beast_n shall_v be_v sure_o put_v to_o death_n and_o the_o beast_n also_o be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n leu._n 20.15_o vers_fw-la 19_o 24._o he_o that_o sacrifice_v to_o any_o god_n save_v to_o the_o lord_n the_o god_n of_o israel_n the_o only_a true_a god_n shall_v be_v destroy_v as_o a_o person_n execrable_a and_o accurse_a vers_fw-la 20._o 25._o you_o shall_v neither_o vex_v a_o stranger_n nor_o oppress_v he_o for_o you_o yourselves_o be_v stranger_n in_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n leu._n 19.33_o vers_fw-la 21._o 26._o you_o shall_v not_o afflict_v any_o widow_n or_o fatherless_a child_n if_o thou_o afflict_v they_o in_o any_o wise_a and_o they_o cry_v unto_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o will_v sure_o hear_v their_o cry_n and_o my_o wrath_n shall_v wax_v hot_a and_o i_o will_v kill_v you_o with_o the_o sword_n and_o your_o wife_n shall_v be_v widow_n and_o your_o child_n fatherless_a vers_fw-la 22_o 23_o 24._o 27._o if_o thou_o lend_v money_n to_o any_o of_o my_o people_n 23.10_o people_n unto_o stranger_n they_o may_v lend_v upon_o usury_n deut._n 23.10_o that_o be_v poor_a by_o thou_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v to_o he_o as_o a_o usurer_n nor_o a_o exact_v creditor_n neither_o shall_v thou_o lay_v upon_o he_o usury_n usury_n usury_n the_o word_n be_v nesheck_v which_o signify_v a_o bite_a usury_n that_o be_v a_o bite_a consume_a usury_n to_o such_o as_o these_o our_o saviour_n command_v we_o to_o lend_v free_o not_o expect_v so_o much_o as_o the_o principal_a if_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o pay_v much_o less_o the_o use_n see_v luke_n 6.34_o 35._o vers_fw-la 25._o 28._o if_o thou_o take_v such_o of_o thy_o neighbour_n garment_n and_o coverlid_n to_o pledge_v which_o he_o use_v to_o lie_v in_o by_o night_n and_o which_o he_o need_v to_o cover_v he_o thou_o shall_v restore_v they_o to_o he_o before_o the_o sun_n go_v down_o for_o if_o he_o cry_v unto_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o be_o gracious_a i_o will_v hear_v he_o so_o that_o this_o prohibition_n seem_v to_o forbid_v in_o effect_n the_o take_v any_o such_o thing_n to_o pawn_v 24.12_o pawn_v see_v deut._n 24.12_o for_o it_o be_v in_o vain_a to_o take_v such_o a_o thing_n for_o a_o pawn_n in_o the_o morning_n which_o without_o pay_v the_o money_n must_v be_v restore_v ere_o night_n vers_fw-la 26_o 27._o 29._o thou_o shall_v not_o revile_v the_o god_n 23.5_o god_n psal_n 28.16_o i_o have_v say_v you_o be_v god_n but_o you_o shall_v die_v like_o man_n see_v act_n 23.5_o that_o be_v those_o that_o fit_a in_o the_o place_n of_o judgement_n nor_o curse_v the_o ruler_n of_o thy_o people_n vers_fw-la 28._o 30._o thou_o shall_v not_o delay_v to_o offer_v the_o first_o of_o thy_o ripe_a fruit_n and_o of_o thy_o liquor_n that_o be_v thy_o oil_n and_o wine_n unto_o the_o lord_n for_o it_o be_v fit_a that_o he_o that_o give_v all_o shall_v be_v acknowledge_v as_o lord_n of_o all_o by_o have_v this_o tribute_n pay_v unto_o he_o and_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v present_v first_o to_o procure_v his_o blessing_n upon_o the_o rest_n and_o the_o first-born_a of_o thy_o son_n thou_o shall_v give_v to_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n or_o redeem_v he_o with_o five_o shekel_n of_o silver_n which_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o the_o priest_n my_o servant_n numb_a 18.16_o the_o like_a shall_v thou_o do_v with_o the_o first-born_a of_o thy_o bullock_n and_o thy_o sheep_n seven_o day_n shall_v they_o be_v with_o their_o dam_n on_o the_o eight_o day_n 22.27_o day_n leu._n 22.27_o thou_o may_v present_v they_o unto_o me._n thus_o the_o law_n prescribe_v yet_o doubtless_o when_o they_o see_v cause_n they_o may_v keep_v they_o something_o long_a so_o that_o they_o do_v not_o delay_v to_o bring_v they_o out_o of_o a_o unwillingness_n to_o give_v they_o to_o the_o lord_n vers_n 29_o 30._o 31._o you_o shall_v be_v a_o holy_a people_n unto_o i_o say_v the_o lord_n you_o shall_v not_o eat_v any_o flesh_n that_o be_v tear_v of_o beast_n in_o the_o field_n but_o you_o shall_v cast_v it_o to_o dog_n this_o be_v enjoin_v they_o to_o teach_v they_o not_o only_o to_o abhor_v to_o eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o beast_n thus_o kill_v but_o to_o abhor_v all_o rapine_n and_o cruelty_n as_o sin_n most_o odious_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n vers_fw-la 31._o 32._o thou_o shall_v not_o raise_v nor_o ready_o receive_v 23._o exod._n ch._n 23._o nor_o malicious_o spread_v a_o false_a report_n against_o thy_o neighbour_n nor_o join_v nor_o combine_v with_o the_o wicked_a to_o be_v a_o unrighteous_a witness_n and_o so_o to_o carry_v on_o their_o wicked_a design_n and_o enterprise_n thou_o shall_v not_o follow_v the_o multitude_n to_o do_v evil_a neither_o shall_v thou_o so_o speak_v in_o a_o cause_n as_o to_o decline_v after_o the_o mighty_a many_o mighty_a rabbim_n signify_v the_o mighty_a as_o well_o as_o the_o many_o to_o wrest_v judgement_n neither_o shall_v thou_o countenance_v a_o poor_a man_n in_o his_o cause_n any_o further_a than_o the_o merit_n and_o desert_n of_o it_o require_v for_o right_o be_v to_o be_v regard_v in_o judgement_n and_o not_o either_o poverty_n or_o riches_n thou_o shall_v not_o wrest_v nor_o overthrow_v the_o right_n of_o the_o poor_a in_o his_o suit_n thou_o shall_v not_o strive_v against_o the_o evidence_n of_o truth_n to_o condemn_v the_o poor_a in_o a_o just_a cause_n or_o acquit_v he_o when_o his_o cause_n be_v bad_a and_o unjust_a keep_v thyself_o far_o 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due_o maintain_v and_o understand_v what_o eleazar_n and_o ithamar_n have_v do_v he_o chide_v they_o for_o their_o fail_v therein_o but_o aaron_n extenuate_v his_o own_o and_o his_o son_n fault_n as_o occasion_v through_o grief_n and_o the_o pressure_n of_o those_o doleful_a thing_n that_o have_v befall_v they_o intimate_v that_o if_o they_o have_v then_o eat_v of_o the_o sin-offering_a it_o will_v not_o have_v be_v acceptable_a to_o the_o lord_n for_o that_o great_a heaviness_n and_o sorrow_n they_o be_v now_o under_o make_v they_o unfit_a to_o eat_v those_o holy_a thing_n as_o the_o lord_n require_v who_o will_v have_v they_o eat_v with_o joyfulness_n in_o his_o presence_n see_v deut._n 12.7_o and_o moses_n allow_v their_o excuse_n and_o so_o pass_v the_o matter_n by_o levit._fw-la ch._n 10._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n xxxiii_o hitherto_o we_o have_v see_v the_o law_n that_o concern_v the_o sanctification_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o rite_n and_o ceremony_n of_o the_o sacrifice_n 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with_o eat_v or_o touch_v 52.11_o touch_v as_o a_o moral_a admonition_n that_o they_o ought_v to_o refrain_v from_o all_o fellowship_n in_o evil_n see_v isa_n 52.11_o any_o unclean_a thing_n but_o must_v walk_v as_o a_o holy_a people_n of_o the_o most_o holy_a god_n the_o law_n concern_v creature_n which_o be_v to_o be_v account_v clean_a 10.15_o clean_a no_o doubt_n but_o this_o distinction_n of_o clean_a and_o unclean_a beast_n be_v by_o revelation_n make_v know_v to_o the_o father_n from_o the_o first_o whence_o that_o direction_n be_v give_v to_o noah_n immediate_o before_o the_o flood_n gen._n 7.2_o but_o this_o seem_v only_o in_o respect_n of_o sacrifice_n for_o as_o to_o eat_v or_o not_o eat_v it_o seem_v they_o have_v no_o distinction_n then_o of_o clean_a and_o unclean_a beast_n gen._n 9.3_o every_o move_a thing_n that_o live_v shall_v be_v meat_n for_o you_o even_o as_o the_o green_a herb_n have_v i_o give_v you_o all_o thing_n but_o now_o by_o this_o law_n the_o israelite_n be_v forbid_v the_o eat_n of_o divers_a meat_n both_o flesh_n and_o fowl_n and_o fish_n as_o unclean_a and_o that_o possible_o to_o inure_v this_o stubborn_a people_n to_o a_o absolute_a dependence_n on_o god_n word_n and_o will_n in_o all_o thing_n as_o also_o to_o restrain_v they_o from_o that_o which_o be_v usual_o eat_v among_o the_o gentile_n and_o to_o mind_v they_o of_o the_o difference_n god_n have_v put_v between_o they_o and_o all_o other_o nation_n and_o the_o special_a purity_n he_o require_v of_o they_o above_o all_o other_o people_n see_v levit._n 20.25_o 26._o and_o therefore_o the_o apostle_n reckon_v this_o among_o the_o the_o legal_a shadow_n act_n 2.16_o 17._o let_v no_o man_n judge_v you_o in_o meat_n or_o drink_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v a_o shadow_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v but_o the_o body_n be_v of_o christ_n see_v also_o act_v 10.15_o or_o unclean_a as_o to_o food_n may_v be_v reduce_v to_o these_o three_o head_n first_o concern_v fourfooted-beast_n those_o be_v to_o be_v account_v clean_o

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to_o this_o faction_n who_o life_n moses_n have_v save_v the_o day_n before_o by_o pray_v to_o the_o lord_n for_o they_o murmur_v against_o he_o and_o aaron_n and_o peremptory_o tell_v they_o that_o they_o have_v kill_v the_o lord_n people_n moses_n and_o aaron_n be_v thus_o injurious_o charge_v look_v up_o to_o god_n as_o have_v no_o other_o refuge_n or_o shelter_n to_o fly_v unto_o and_o immediate_o behold_v the_o cloud_n descend_v upon_o the_o tabernacle_n as_o a_o sign_n of_o the_o approach_n and_o actual_a manifestation_n of_o the_o glorious_a presence_n of_o god_n and_o that_o he_o intend_v to_o speak_v something_o unto_o they_o moses_n and_o aaron_n present_v themselves_o before_o the_o lord_n the_o lord_n bid_v they_o get_v they_o up_o present_o from_o among_o this_o rebellious_a company_n that_o he_o may_v consume_v they_o in_o a_o moment_n but_o they_o fall_v

on_o their_o face_n and_o intercee_v with_o the_o lord_n for_o they_o god_n by_o his_o spirit_n inform_v moses_n that_o he_o have_v send_v a_o plague_n among_o they_o and_o direct_v he_o what_o course_n to_o take_v for_o the_o stop_n of_o it_o hereupon_o he_o call_v to_o aaron_n to_o take_v his_o censer_n and_o to_o put_v fire_n into_o it_o from_o off_o the_o altar_n and_o to_o put_v incense_n thereon_o and_o to_o run_v quick_o and_o make_v atonement_n for_o the_o people_n and_o to_o stand_v between_o the_o live_n and_o the_o dead_a inspiration_n dead_a incense_n be_v only_o to_o be_v offer_v upon_o the_o altar_n of_o incense_n in_o the_o tabernacle_n but_o this_o be_v do_v upon_o a_o extraordinary_a occasion_n and_o by_o a_o extraordinary_a warrant_n of_o divine_a inspiration_n for_o he_o tell_v he_o wrath_n be_v go_v out_o from_o the_o lord_n the_o plague_n be_v begin_v and_o aaron_n do_v as_o moses_n command_v he_o yet_o the_o plague_n run_v so_o swift_o among_o the_o people_n 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to_o return_v again_o to_o the_o red-sea_n and_o declare_v that_o not_o one_o of_o that_o generation_n save_o caleb_n and_o joshua_n shall_v enter_v into_o canaan_n then_o they_o come_v to_o rimmon-parez_a and_o from_o thence_o to_o libnah_n call_v laban_n deut._n 1.1_o and_o then_o to_o rissah_n then_o to_o kehelatha_n thence_o to_o mount_v shapher_n thence_o to_o haradah_n and_o pitch_v in_o makheloth_n signify_v assembly_n so_o call_v as_o some_o think_v because_o of_o the_o mutinous_a assembly_n of_o corah_n dathan_n and_o abiram_n in_o that_o place_n thence_o to_o tahath_n and_o pitch_v at_o tarah_n thence_o to_o mithcah_n and_o pitch_v at_o hashmonah_n and_o encamp_v at_o maseroth_n and_o then_o come_v to_o bene-jaakan_a and_o encamp_v at_o hor-gidgad_a from_o thence_o to_o jothathah_n a_o land_n of_o river_n of_o water_n deut._n 10.7_o here_o the_o rock_n rephidim-water_n as_o it_o seem_v stop_v its_o course_n pisgah-sight_n course_n see_v dr._n fuller_n pisgah-sight_n god_n suspend_v miracle_n when_o he_o afford_v mean_n and_o as_o it_o be_v probable_a the_o israelite_n drink_v of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o country_n till_o they_o come_v to_o kadesh_n then_o they_o encamp_v at_o ebronah_n from_o thence_o they_o march_v to_o eziongaber_n a_o place_n by_o the_o red-sea_n where_o be_v a_o harbour_n for_o ship_n in_o edom_n land_n 1_o king_n 9.26_o from_o thence_o to_o kadesh_n in_o the_o wilderness_n of_o zin_n here_o miriam_n die_v the_o people_n in_o this_o place_n want_v water_n murmur_v again_o and_o have_v water_n again_o give_v they_o out_o of_o a_o rock_n here_o god_n be_v very_o angry_a with_o moses_n and_o aaron_n for_o their_o unbelief_n and_o here_o they_o have_v the_o sentence_n of_o death_n pass_v on_o they_o though_o reprieve_v for_o a_o time_n and_o render_v uncapable_a of_o enter_v into_o canaan_n they_o come_v hither_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o 40th_o year_n and_o hence_o they_o send_v to_o crave_v a_o passage_n through_o edom_n land_n 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take_v it_o in_o the_o pursuit_n when_v the_o king_n thereof_o with_o many_o of_o his_o people_n flee_v to_o save_v his_o life_n they_o kill_v ten_o thousand_o man_n they_o also_o take_v their_o king_n adonibezek_n and_o cut_v off_o his_o thumb_n and_o his_o great_a toe_n have_v as_o it_o seem_v when_o they_o take_v the_o city_n find_v some_o of_o those_o poor_a captive_a king_n that_o have_v be_v thus_o inhumane_o use_v by_o he_o or_o else_o have_v hear_v of_o the_o tyranny_n he_o have_v exercise_v upon_o they_o in_o that_o kind_n and_o therefore_o think_v fit_a according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o retaliation_n exod._n 21.24_o to_o serve_v he_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n adonibezek_n can_v not_o but_o acknowledge_v the_o justice_n of_o god_n upon_o he_o herein_o for_o say_v he_o threescore_o and_o ten_o king_n trunci_fw-la king_n reguli_fw-la diversarum_fw-la urbium_fw-la ante_fw-la ninum_fw-la testae_fw-la justino_n cuique_fw-la rex_fw-la terminis_fw-la civitatis_fw-la suae_fw-la 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come_v to_o bethshan_n take_v and_o carry_v away_o their_o dead_a body_n and_o bring_v they_o to_o jabesh_n and_o burn_v they_o there_o that_o be_v burn_v the_o flesh_n of_o they_o which_o have_v hang_v some_o day_n in_o the_o sun_n be_v putrify_v and_o stink_a and_o so_o can_v not_o be_v embalm_v and_o the_o flesh_n be_v burn_v from_o the_o bone_n they_o gather_v up_o their_o bone_n and_o solemn_o bury_v they_o under_o a_o tree_n in_o jabesh_n and_o there_o they_o continue_v till_o towards_o the_o end_n of_o david_n reign_n when_o he_o take_v they_o up_o and_o bury_v they_o in_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o kish_n the_o father_n of_o saul_n 2_o sam._n 21.12_o 14._o then_o the_o man_n of_o jabesh-gilead_n to_o express_v their_o sorrow_n for_o the_o death_n of_o saul_n and_o his_o son_n and_o that_o they_o may_v implore_v mercy_n from_o god_n in_o behalf_n of_o the_o whole_a land_n which_o be_v now_o in_o a_o very_a sad_a condition_n they_o afflict_v themselves_o with_o fast_v for_o seven_o day_n together_o only_o take_v still_o at_o night_n some_o small_a refreshment_n 1_o sam._n ch._n 31._o whole_a chapter_n sect_n clxxiii_o mephibosheth_n the_o son_n of_o jonathan_n be_v five_o year_n old_a at_o this_o time_n upon_o the_o dismal_a tiding_n of_o these_o disaster_n his_o nurse_n catch_v he_o up_o and_o fly_v away_o with_o he_o in_o that_o great_a fright_n and_o consternation_n she_o let_v he_o fall_v out_o of_o her_o arm_n and_o he_o become_v lame_a of_o his_o foot_n ever_o after_o 2_o sam._n 4.4_o sect_n clxxiv_o we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o second_o book_n of_o samuel_n samuel_n the_o second_o book_n of_o samuel_n so_o call_v because_o it_o contain_v the_o history_n of_o david_n reign_n who_o be_v choose_v of_o god_n to_o succeed_v saul_n in_o the_o kingdom_n and_o anoint_v thereunto_o by_o samuel_n and_o because_o it_o relate_v how_o those_o thing_n which_o samuel_n promise_v unto_o he_o from_o god_n be_v real_o make_v good_a unto_o he_o it_o contain_v a_o 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1_o sam._n 31.11_o 12_o 13._o hereupon_o he_o send_v messenger_n to_o they_o to_o thank_v they_o for_o the_o kindness_n they_o have_v show_v to_o saul_n desire_v the_o lord_n to_o recompense_v it_o unto_o they_o and_o to_o manifest_v his_o mercy_n and_o faithfulness_n to_o they_o for_o it_o and_o he_o be_v now_o anoint_a king_n over_o judah_n will_v not_o have_v they_o entertain_v any_o thought_n of_o jealousy_n as_o if_o he_o will_v bear_v they_o any_o spleen_n or_o ill_a will_n for_o their_o kindness_n show_v to_o saul_n but_o to_o believe_v that_o he_o will_v the_o rather_o endeavour_v to_o manifest_v all_o kindness_n to_o they_o and_o to_o requite_v they_o for_o it_o 2_o sam._n ch._n 2._o from_o 1_o to_o 8._o sect_n clxxvii_o abner_n saul_n cousin-german_n who_o in_o saul_n life-time_n have_v be_v general_n of_o his_o army_n fear_v that_o if_o david_n be_v make_v king_n he_o shall_v be_v displace_v or_o disregard_v and_o know_v he_o can_v not_o in_o reason_n expect_v that_o 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samuel_n to_o succeed_v saul_n in_o the_o throne_n see_v chap._n 3.4_o but_o be_v a_o ambitious_a and_o atheistical_a man_n he_o regard_v not_o what_o god_n have_v appoint_v and_o see_v ishbosheth_n to_o be_v a_o weak_a and_o poor-spirited_a man_n he_o think_v he_o may_v make_v use_n of_o he_o as_o a_o shadow_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n rule_v all_o himself_o and_o according_o in_o that_o city_n he_o make_v he_o king_n over_o all_o israel_n judah_n except_v who_o to_o their_o great_a praise_n stick_v to_o david_n who_o god_n have_v appoint_v to_o be_v king_n though_o they_o know_v it_o be_v like_a to_o prove_v the_o occasion_n of_o a_o civil_a war_n and_o of_o much_o danger_n to_o they_o however_o they_o resolve_v to_o do_v their_o duty_n and_o to_o leave_v the_o event_n to_o god_n ishbosheth_n be_v forty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v and_o he_o reign_v two_o year_n quiet_o without_o any_o quarrel_n with_o the_o house_n of_o david_n 2_o sam._n 2._o from_o 8_o to_o 11._o sect_n clxxviii_o david_n now_o the_o better_a to_o strengthen_v himself_o in_o his_o new_a kingdom_n contract_v affinity_n with_o talmai_n king_n of_o geshur_n prey_n geshur_n israelitis_n ut_fw-la puto_fw-la era_fw-la vectigalis_fw-la rex_fw-la geshur_n eumque_fw-la ut_fw-la sibi_fw-la devinciret_fw-la david_n &_o ishboshetho_fw-mi adversarium_fw-la faceret_fw-la filiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la maacham_n sibi_fw-la in_o vxorem_fw-la deposcit_fw-la tirinus_n geshur_n pars_fw-la est_fw-la syriae_n contermina_fw-la gileadi_n in_o trachionitide_n deut._n 3.14_o there_o be_v also_o geshurite_n on_o the_o southside_n of_o canaan_n towards_o egypt_n 1_o sam._n 27._o and_o from_o who_o david_n be_v at_o ziklag_n fetch_v great_a store_n of_o prey_n a_o city_n lie_v in_o the_o north_n in_o the_o border_n of_o gilead_n and_o marry_v his_o daughter_n maacha_n who_o bear_v he_o absalon_n and_o a_o

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he_o he_o be_v of_o a_o turbulent_a spirit_n and_o in_o all_o likelihood_n thou_o will_v have_v at_o one_o time_n or_o other_o just_a occasion_n against_o he_o and_o though_o he_o have_v be_v general_n of_o my_o army_n almost_o all_o my_o reign_n yet_o let_v not_o his_o hoary_a head_n go_v down_o to_o the_o grave_n in_o peace_n but_o when_o thou_o find_v just_a occasion_n against_o he_o cut_v he_o off_o by_o the_o sword_n of_o justice_n and_o so_o let_v the_o blood_n of_o abner_n and_o amasa_n be_v revenge_v upon_o he_o 2_o i_o will_v have_v thou_o to_o show_v kindness_n to_o the_o son_n of_o barzillai_n the_o gileadite_n for_o they_o come_v and_o bring_v provision_n for_o i_o and_o my_o follower_n when_o i_o be_v force_v to_o fly_v from_o thy_o brother_n absalon_n and_o therefore_o let_v they_o be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o those_o that_o eat_v at_o thy_o table_n 2_o sam._n 17.28_o 29._o 3_o thou_o have_v with_o thou_o shimei_n the_o benjamite_n who_o revile_v i_o and_o curse_v i_o with_o a_o bitter_a curse_n when_o i_o be_v in_o great_a distress_n fly_v towards_o mahanaim_n and_o call_v i_o a_o bloody_a man_n and_o do_v in_o effect_n say_v i_o have_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o death_n of_o saul_n and_o all_o his_o son_n and_o charge_v i_o with_o crime_n i_o never_o be_v guilty_a of_o yet_o afterward_o he_o meet_v i_o at_o jordan_n and_o humble_a himself_o and_o acknowledge_v his_o fault_n and_o i_o swear_v to_o he_o by_o the_o lord_n that_o i_o will_v not_o put_v he_o to_o death_n but_o though_o i_o for_o my_o time_n pardon_v he_o yet_o if_o he_o shall_v attempt_v any_o thing_n against_o thou_o after_o my_o decease_n hold_v he_o not_o guiltless_a thou_o be_v a_o wise_a man_n and_o know_v what_o thou_o ought_v to_o do_v unto_o he_o and_o if_o he_o trespass_v again_o and_o thou_o find_v any_o other_o just_a occasion_n against_o he_o bring_v down_o his_o hoary_a head_n to_o the_o grave_n with_o blood_n and_o cut_v he_o off_o by_o the_o sword_n of_o justice_n 19.23_o justice_n see_v 2_o sam._n 19.23_o david_n have_v thus_o instruct_v his_o son_n in_o a_o short_a time_n after_o depart_v this_o life_n and_o sleep_v with_o his_o father_n that_o be_v die_v as_o his_o father_n and_o predecessor_n have_v do_v before_o he_o have_v reign_v in_o hebron_n seven_o year_n and_o six_o month_n and_o thirty_o three_o year_n in_o jerusalem_n over_o all_o israel_n forty_o year_n in_o all_o and_o have_v make_v his_o son_n solomon_n king_n in_o his_o stead_n about_o half_a a_o year_n before_o his_o death_n he_o die_v in_o a_o good_a old_a age_n full_a of_o day_n riches_n and_o honour_n he_o die_v in_o the_o seventi_v year_n of_o his_o age_n no_o king_n in_o israel_n or_o judah_n after_o he_o attain_v to_o his_o age_n it_o age_n only_o uzziah_n and_o manasseh_n come_v very_o nigh_o it_o he_o be_v bury_v in_o his_o own_o city_n of_o zion_n viz._n in_o that_o part_n of_o jerusalem_n where_o he_o have_v build_v a_o palace_n for_o himself_o 2_o sam._n 1.2_o and_o keep_v his_o court_n and_o which_o he_o have_v take_v out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o jebusite_n and_o have_v build_v and_o enlarge_v and_o from_o thence_o be_v call_v after_o his_o name_n the_o city_n of_o david_n his_o sepulchre_n it_o seem_v be_v make_v of_o such_o durable_a material_n and_o so_o well_o keep_v and_o repair_v time_n after_o time_n by_o his_o posterity_n that_o it_o be_v strange_o preserve_v notwithstanding_o jerusalem_n be_v so_o often_o sack_v and_o burn_v for_o it_o continue_v unto_o the_o apostle_n time_n as_o the_o apostle_n peter_n tell_v we_o act._n 2.24_o man_n and_o brethren_n let_v i_o free_o speak_v to_o you_o of_o the_o patriarch_n david_n that_o he_o be_v both_o dead_a and_o bury_v and_o his_o

present_o impart_v it_o to_o some_o of_o his_o friend_n and_o possible_o thereby_o design_v to_o draw_v off_o their_o heart_n from_o solomon_n and_o to_o make_v a_o party_n for_o himself_o solomon_n it_o seem_v get_v some_o intelligence_n hereof_o and_o thereupon_o seek_v to_o kill_v he_o jeroboam_n hear_v of_o the_o king_n fierce_a anger_n against_o he_o flee_v present_o into_o egypt_n to_o shishack_n the_o present_a king_n thereof_o who_o as_o it_o be_v probable_a be_v solomon_n wife_n brother_n and_o possible_o be_v much_o offend_v with_o he_o for_o take_v so_o many_o wife_n beside_o his_o sister_n and_o therefore_o for_o that_o or_o some_o other_o reason_n he_o give_v entertainment_n to_o jeroboam_n and_o he_o continue_v there_o till_o solomon_n death_n 1_o king_n ch._n 11._o from_o v._o 14_o to_o 41._o sect_n xviii_o solomon_n now_o have_v reign_v in_o jerusalem_n over_o all_o israel_n forty_o year_n die_v and_o sleep_v with_o his_o father_n and_o be_v bury_v in_o the_o city_n of_o david_n his_o father_n he_o leave_v only_o three_o child_n though_o he_o have_v so_o many_o wife_n and_o concubine_n viz._n two_o daughter_n who_o be_v marry_v to_o two_o of_o his_o own_o subject_n as_o we_o may_v see_v sect._n 13._o and_o one_o son_n viz._n rehoboam_n who_o reign_v in_o his_o stead_n the_o act_n of_o solomon_n be_v write_v by_o nathan_n ahijah_n and_o iddo_n prophet_n that_o live_v in_o his_o time_n 2_o chron._n 9.29_o but_o this_o book_n of_o the_o act_n of_o solomon_n seem_v to_o have_v be_v some_o complete_a history_n not_o now_o extant_a of_o the_o reign_n of_o solomon_n gather_v out_o of_o the_o several_a writing_n of_o these_o prophet_n and_o other_o record_n of_o those_o time_n wherein_o possible_o many_o passage_n of_o his_o life_n be_v set_v down_o not_o express_v in_o the_o sacred_a history_n and_o among_o other_o thing_n possible_o that_o of_o his_o repentance_n which_o though_o it_o be_v not_o here_o so_o clear_o mention_v yet_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o 2_o chron._n 11.17_o for_o three_o year_n they_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o david_n and_o solomon_n his_o son_n where_o solomon_n and_o david_n be_v joint_o commend_v some_o also_o collect_v it_o from_o that_o promise_n psal_n 89.33_o nevertheless_o i_o will_v not_o utter_o take_v away_o my_o love_a kindness_n from_o he_o nor_o suffer_v my_o faithfulness_n to_o fail_v but_o especial_o from_o the_o book_n of_o ecclesiastes_n which_o questionless_a be_v write_v as_o a_o public_a testimony_n of_o his_o repentance_n and_o in_o the_o 2_o pet._n 1.20_o 21._o we_o find_v that_o all_o the_o penman_n of_o the_o holy_a scripture_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v holy_a man_n of_o god_n and_o it_o be_v probable_o conjecture_v that_o solomon_n before_o his_o death_n do_v throw_v down_o idolatry_n and_o restrain_v his_o wife_n from_o it_o in_o that_o the_o people_n who_o set_v themselves_o to_o defame_v his_o government_n complain_v of_o no_o such_o matter_n to_o rehoboam_n chap._n 12.4_o 1_o king_n ch._n 11._o from_o 41_o to_o the_o end_n 2_o chron._n ch._n 9_o from_o v._o 29_o write_v 29_o v._o 29._o in_o the_o vision_n of_o iddo_n that_o be_v such_o vision_n and_o revelation_n as_o be_v register_v be_v by_o god_n spirit_n manifest_v to_o iddo_n it_o seem_v this_o iddo_n who_o write_v the_o history_n of_o rehoboam_n ch._n 12.15_o do_v also_o join_v the_o story_n of_o jeroboam_n therewith_o against_o who_o he_o write_v to_o the_o end_n sect_n xix_o king_n of_o israel_n jeroboam_n be_v choose_v king_n by_o the_o ten_o tribe_n jeroboam_n the_o first_o king_n of_o israel_n jeroboam_n he_o first_o repair_v and_o fortify_v shechem_n and_o build_v himself_o a_o palace_n there_o and_o make_v it_o the_o chief_a place_n of_o his_o residence_n and_o fortify_v penuel_n on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o jordan_n and_o place_v a_o garrison_n in_o it_o and_o be_v now_o settle_v in_o his_o kingdom_n though_o god_n have_v promise_v he_o by_o ahijah_n the_o prophet_n ch._n 11.38_o that_o if_o he_o will_v walk_v in_o his_o way_n he_o will_v be_v with_o he_o and_o build_v he_o a_o sure_a house_n as_o he_o have_v do_v for_o david_n yet_o have_v no_o confidence_n in_o this_o promise_n he_o begin_v to_o think_v that_o if_o he_o shall_v suffer_v his_o subject_n to_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o sacrifice_v there_o as_o god_n command_v they_o will_v soon_o fall_v off_o from_o he_o to_o rehoboam_n for_o first_o he_o apprehend_v they_o will_v be_v in_o danger_n to_o be_v seize_v upon_o as_o traitor_n when_o they_o come_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n if_o they_o do_v not_o renounce_v their_o allegiance_n to_o he_o 2_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n and_o their_o brethren_n of_o judah_n he_o think_v will_v be_v continual_o set_v before_o they_o the_o sin_n of_o fall_v off_o from_o their_o lawful_a sovereign_n 3_o he_o suppose_v the_o very_a sight_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n there_o celebrate_v will_v much_o win_v upon_o they_o to_o come_v over_o to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n and_o if_o their_o heart_n be_v once_o turn_v to_o rehoboam_n he_o think_v they_o will_v be_v sure_a to_o kill_v he_o and_o not_o have_v faith_n to_o believe_v that_o god_n will_v either_o prevent_v or_o divert_v these_o danger_n from_o he_o if_o he_o be_v faithful_a to_o he_o he_o resolve_v to_o set_v up_o some_o other_o way_n of_o worship_n for_o his_o subject_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o worship_v there_o and_o thus_o that_o very_a thing_n which_o god_n appoint_v to_o keep_v the_o people_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o one_o uniform_a way_n of_o worship_n viz._n that_o there_o shall_v be_v but_o one_o altar_n and_o one_o place_n of_o sacrifice_n namely_o at_o the_o temple_n at_o jerusalem_n that_o prove_v the_o occasion_n of_o set_v up_o a_o new_a way_n of_o worship_n wherefore_o jeroboam_n by_o the_o advice_n of_o those_o about_o he_o make_v two_o golden_a calf_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o egyptian_n idol-god_n 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land_n of_o egypt_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v not_o afraid_a to_o say_v to_o they_o these_o be_v thy_o god_n o_o israel_n when_o he_o have_v give_v they_o this_o account_n of_o his_o proceed_n he_o place_v one_o of_o his_o calf_n in_o bethel_n a_o city_n 10.5_o city_n by_o reason_n of_o jeroboam_n impiety_n the_o prophet_n call_v it_o bethaven_n hos_n 10.5_o belong_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n but_o it_o seem_v it_o have_v revolt_v to_o he_o and_o so_o be_v now_o in_o his_o power_n and_o the_o southern_a border_n of_o his_o kingdom_n the_o other_o calf_n he_o place_v at_o dan_o which_o be_v the_o northern_a border_n and_o so_o he_o provide_v that_o his_o subject_n both_o in_o the_o north_n and_o south_n shall_v have_v a_o place_n to_o worship_n at_o but_o this_o thing_n become_v a_o grievous_a sin_n and_o high_a provocation_n to_o the_o almighty_a and_o draw_v all_o israel_n from_o god_n into_o idolatry_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v put_v into_o his_o stile_n jeroboam_n the_o son_n of_o nebat_fw-la who_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n 2_o king_n 10.31_o for_o the_o people_n do_v present_o yield_v to_o worship_v these_o his_o idol_n both_o at_o dan_n and_o bethel_n and_o further_o instead_o of_o god_n temple_n at_o jerusalem_n he_o make_v a_o temple_n on_o one_o of_o the_o high_a place_n or_o mountain_n where_o altar_n be_v rear_v to_o commit_v idolatry_n thereon_o and_o he_o make_v priest_n for_o the_o high_a place_n and_o for_o the_o devil_n call_v devil_n such_o devotion_n as_o be_v not_o do_v to_o the_o true_a god_n be_v do_v to_o devil_n see_v leu._n 17.7_o idol_n there_o so_o call_v and_o for_o the_o calf_n which_o he_o have_v make_v 2_o chron._n 11.15_o of_o the_o mean_a of_o the_o people_n and_o such_o

and_o the_o ass_n and_o the_o lion_n stand_v by_o it_o so_o that_o the_o lion_n have_v neither_o eat_v the_o carcase_n nor_o tear_v the_o ass_n the_o lion_n it_o seem_v run_v away_o immediate_o upon_o the_o old_a prophet_n come_v as_o have_v now_o do_v what_o he_o stay_v for_o and_o so_o the_o old_a prophet_n take_v and_o carry_v the_o dead_a body_n of_o the_o other_o prophet_n to_o be_v bury_v and_o lay_v it_o in_o his_o own_o sepulchre_n which_o he_o have_v prepare_v for_o himself_o and_o he_o and_o his_o son_n mourn_v over_o he_o and_o say_v alas_o my_o brother_n see_v jer._n 22.18_o and_o the_o old_a prophet_n further_o speak_v unto_o his_o son_n say_v when_o i_o be_o dead_a bury_v i_o in_o the_o sepulchre_n wherein_o this_o man_n of_o god_n be_v bury_v lay_v my_o bone_n by_o his_o bone_n that_o so_o my_o bone_n may_v lie_v at_o rest_n and_o not_o be_v dig_v up_o and_o burn_v by_o josiah_n and_o for_o the_o accomplish_n of_o this_o end_n he_o cause_v a_o superscription_n to_o be_v engrave_v on_o the_o sepulchre_n whereby_o it_o may_v be_v know_v who_o be_v bury_v there_o and_o herein_o he_o have_v his_o desire_n as_o we_o may_v see_v 2_o king_n 23.17_o 18._o he_o further_o declare_v that_o the_o say_n of_o the_o decease_a prophet_n which_o he_o utter_v by_o the_o command_n of_o god_n against_o the_o altar_n of_o bethel_n and_o against_o all_o the_o house_n of_o the_o high_a place_n which_o be_v in_o the_o city_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n afterward_o call_v the_o kingdom_n of_o samaria_n shall_v sure_o come_v to_o pass_v but_o notwithstanding_o this_o fair_a warning_n jeroboam_n return_v not_o from_o his_o idolatry_n and_o evil_a way_n one_o will_v have_v think_v that_o his_o hand_n be_v miraculous_o strike_v dead_a and_o as_o miraculous_o heal_v upon_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o prophet_n he_o shall_v present_o with_o that_o hand_n have_v pluck_v down_o his_o idolatrous_a calf_n and_o altar_n but_o neither_o that_o nor_o the_o cleave_a of_o the_o altar_n asunder_o nor_o the_o strange_a death_n that_o befall_v the_o young_a prophet_n whereby_o the_o truth_n of_o what_o he_o have_v speak_v be_v mighty_o confirm_v can_v prevail_v with_o he_o to_o forsake_v that_o idolaty_n whereby_o he_o seek_v to_o assure_v the_o kingdom_n to_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n but_o therein_o he_o be_v miserable_o deceive_v for_o this_o idolatry_n be_v not_o only_o the_o ruin_n of_o his_o own_o house_n but_o of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n of_o israel_n at_o last_o and_o the_o cause_n of_o their_o captivity_n and_o possible_o from_o the_o violent_a death_n of_o the_o prophet_n that_o come_v from_o judah_n he_o take_v occasion_n to_o harden_v himself_o in_o his_o evil_a way_n and_o not_o to_o regard_v his_o threaten_n and_o thereupon_o be_v obstinate_a in_o his_o idolatry_n he_o cast_v off_o the_o priest_n that_o be_v of_o the_o lineage_n of_o aaron_n and_o the_o levite_n and_o make_v of_o the_o low_a of_o the_o people_n priest_n of_o the_o high-place_n even_o whosoever_o will_v offer_v himself_o he_o consecrate_v he_o and_o make_v he_o a_o priest_n of_o that_o order_n whereupon_o many_o priest_n and_o levite_n leave_v their_o possession_n which_o they_o have_v in_o those_o part_n retire_v into_o jury_n and_o be_v follow_v by_o all_o such_o out_o of_o every_o tribe_n of_o israel_n who_o set_v their_o mind_n upon_o the_o true_a worship_n of_o god_n some_o year_n after_o his_o son_n abijah_n fall_v sick_a at_o tirzah_n for_o though_o shechem_n be_v at_o first_o the_o royal_a city_n of_o jeroboam_n kingdom_n yet_o afterward_o as_o it_o seem_v he_o build_v some_o stately_a palace_n for_o himself_o at_o tirzah_n a_o goodly_a and_o pleasant_a city_n to_o which_o solomon_n allude_v cant._n 6.4_o and_o so_o both_o jeroboam_n and_o the_o other_o king_n of_o israel_n that_o succeed_v he_o do_v usual_o keep_v their_o court_n there_o till_o samaria_n be_v build_v by_o omri_n from_o thence_o therefore_o he_o send_v his_o wife_n to_o shiloh_n to_o the_o prophet_n ahijah_n who_o first_o tell_v he_o he_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o kingdom_n and_o be_v now_o blind_a with_o old_a age_n he_o appoint_v she_o to_o go_v disguise_v lest_o if_o the_o prophet_n know_v she_o he_o shall_v either_o refuse_v to_o answer_v she_o be_v offend_v with_o their_o idolatry_n or_o else_o give_v she_o such_o a_o answer_n as_o they_o shall_v be_v loath_a to_o hear_v he_o enjoin_v she_o therefore_o to_o go_v to_o he_o in_o this_o manner_n and_o to_o carry_v a_o small_a present_a to_o he_o viz._n ten_o loaf_n and_o cake_n and_o a_o bottle_n of_o honey_n that_o by_o so_o small_a a_o present_a she_o may_v be_v think_v to_o be_v only_o the_o wife_n of_o some_o poor_a countryman_n and_o only_o come_v to_o ask_v he_o what_o shall_v become_v of_o her_o son_n that_o be_v sick_a it_o be_v to_o be_v observe_v that_o he_o send_v she_o not_o to_o he_o to_o beg_v his_o prayer_n for_o the_o child_n though_o he_o have_v have_v experience_n of_o the_o efficacy_n of_o a_o prophet_n prayer_n in_o the_o miraculous_a restore_n of_o his_o own_o hand_n it_o seem_v his_o obstinacy_n in_o his_o idolatry_n discourage_v he_o from_o seek_v such_o a_o favour_n from_o he_o his_o wife_n going_z according_o to_o shiloh_n the_o lord_n by_o the_o secret_a inspiration_n of_o his_o spirit_n inform_v ahijah_n of_o her_o come_n and_o that_o she_o will_v feign_v herself_o to_o be_v another_o woman_n and_o tell_v he_o what_o he_o shall_v say_v to_o she_o according_o when_o ahijah_n hear_v the_o sound_n of_o her_o foot_n as_o she_o come_v into_o the_o door_n of_o his_o house_n he_o say_v to_o she_o come_v in_o thou_o wife_n of_o jeroboam_n why_o feign_a thou_o thyself_o to_o be_v another_o woman_n i_o be_o send_v from_o the_o lord_n to_o thou_o with_o heavy_a tiding_n go_v tell_v jeroboam_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n i_o exalt_v thou_o from_o among_o the_o people_n and_o make_v thou_o king_n over_o israel_n and_o rend_v ten_o of_o the_o tribe_n away_o from_o the_o house_n of_o david_n and_o give_v they_o unto_o thou_o and_o yet_o thou_o have_v not_o be_v as_o my_o servant_n david_n who_o keep_v my_o commandment_n and_o follow_v i_o with_o all_o his_o heart_n and_o as_o to_o my_o worship_n do_v only_o that_o which_o be_v right_a in_o my_o sight_n but_o thou_o have_v do_v evil_a above_o all_o that_o be_v before_o thou_o saul_n though_o a_o wicked_a man_n be_v no_o idolater_n solomon_n though_o by_o his_o wife_n instigation_n he_o permit_v idolatry_n yet_o he_o be_v not_o a_o idolater_n himself_o but_o thou_o have_v make_v thou_o other_o god_n go_n god_n representation_n of_o god_n be_v account_v as_o go_n and_o melt_a image_n to_o provoke_v i_o to_o anger_n and_o have_v cast_v my_o law_n behind_o thy_o back_n therefore_o behold_v i_o will_v bring_v evil_a upon_o thy_o house_n and_o will_v so_o utter_o destroy_v it_o and_o all_o that_o belong_v to_o it_o that_o i_o will_v not_o leave_v in_o it_o so_o much_o as_o a_o dog_n to_o piss_v against_o the_o wall_n and_o will_v destroy_v both_o he_o that_o be_v shut_v up_o at_o home_n or_o leave_v abroad_o in_o the_o field_n and_o will_v take_v away_o the_o remnant_n of_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n as_o a_o man_n take_v away_o dung_a till_o it_o be_v all_o remove_v for_o be_v a_o noisome_a and_o filthy_a thing_n he_o will_v take_v it_o every_o whit_n away_o 15.29_o away_o the_o accomplishment_n of_o this_o see_v chap._n 15.29_o furthermore_o let_v thy_o husband_n know_v that_o he_o of_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n that_o die_v in_o the_o city_n the_o dog_n shall_v eat_v and_o he_o that_o die_v in_o the_o field_n the_o fowl_n of_o the_o air_n shall_v eat_v burial_n eat_v intimate_v they_o shall_v die_v unhappy_a death_n and_o not_o have_v the_o honour_n of_o burial_n for_o the_o lord_n have_v speak_v it_o arise_v therefore_o and_o go_v thy_o way_n home_o and_o as_o soon_o as_o thy_o foot_n enter_v into_o thy_o house_n which_o be_v in_o the_o city_n tirzah_n thy_o son_n shall_v die_v and_o this_o judgement_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o your_o sorrow_n but_o all_o israel_n shall_v mourn_v for_o he_o and_o he_o shall_v be_v bury_v with_o lamentation_n and_o he_o only_o shall_v come_v to_o the_o grave_n because_o of_o all_o jeroboam'_v family_n in_o he_o only_o there_o be_v find_v some_o good_a thing_n some_o seed_n of_o piety_n and_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o consequent_o some_o regard_n to_o the_o true_a worship_n of_o god_n moreover_o i_o must_v tell_v thou_o the_o lord_n will_v raise_v up_o a_o king_n 15.27_o king_n viz._n baasha_n who_o make_v a_o conspiracy_n against_o nadab_n jeroboam_n son_n and_o slay_v he_o in_o the_o second_o year_n

who_o will_v seek_v thou_o out_o to_o slay_v thou_o as_o a_o false_a prophet_n and_o a_o deceiver_n of_o thy_o king_n and_o to_o revenge_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o king_n and_o the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o army_n upon_o thou_o ahab_n hear_v these_o thing_n look_v upon_o they_o as_o mere_a dream_n and_o enthusiastical_a fancy_n and_o so_o regard_v they_o not_o thus_o god_n judicial_o blind_v those_o who_o he_o intend_v to_o destroy_v and_o be_v in_o a_o rage_n he_o order_v they_o to_o carry_v back_o michaiah_n to_o amon_n the_o governor_n and_o to_o joash_n the_o son_n of_o omri_n who_o it_o seem_v have_v some_o place_n of_o authority_n in_o the_o city_n and_o to_o command_v they_o in_o his_o name_n to_o put_v he_o again_o into_o prison_n and_o to_o feed_v he_o with_o the_o bread_n of_o affliction_n and_o the_o water_n of_o affliction_n see_v deut._n 16.3_o until_o he_o come_v again_o in_o peace_n micaiah_n reply_n if_o thou_o return_v at_o all_o in_o peace_n the_o lord_n have_v not_o speak_v by_o i_o and_o all_o you_o that_o be_v here_o present_a take_v notice_n and_o observe_v what_o i_o say_v and_o whither_o i_o be_o a_o true_a prophet_n or_o no._n it_o be_v strange_a that_o jehoshaphat_n shall_v see_v this_o holy_a prophet_n micaiah_n thus_o injurious_o use_v by_o a_o proud_a priest_n of_o baal_n and_o afterward_o send_v away_o to_o prison_n and_o yet_o speak_v never_o a_o word_n in_o his_o behalf_n we_o may_v see_v from_o hence_o how_o dangerous_a a_o snare_n even_o to_o good_a man_n ill_a company_n be_v but_o it_o be_v much_o more_o strange_a that_o after_o the_o prophet_n have_v tell_v they_o so_o plain_o what_o will_v be_v the_o event_n of_o this_o expedition_n that_o he_o shall_v yet_o join_v with_o ahab_n therein_o it_o seem_v have_v join_v himself_o late_o in_o affinity_n with_o he_o and_o engage_v his_o word_n to_o he_o he_o be_v loath_a to_o shrink_v from_o it_o notwithstanding_o the_o threaten_n of_o the_o prophet_n and_o so_o he_o and_o ahab_n go_v up_o to_o fight_v against_o ramoth-gilead_n ahab_n be_v as_o it_o be_v like_a something_a inward_o trouble_v at_o the_o threaten_n of_o micaiah_n though_o he_o seem_v outward_o to_o slight_v they_o and_o have_v hear_v of_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n charge_n to_o his_o captain_n concern_v himself_o v._o 31._o viz._n that_o they_o shall_v fight_v neither_o with_o small_a nor_o great_a save_o only_a with_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n that_o be_v that_o they_o shall_v observe_v especial_o where_o he_o be_v and_o to_o bend_v their_o main_a force_n against_o he_o as_o the_o chief_a cause_n of_o the_o war_n he_o tell_v jehoshaphat_n that_o he_o himself_o will_v go_v into_o the_o battle_n disguise_v as_o a_o ordinary_a commander_n but_o advise_v he_o to_o put_v on_o his_o royal_a robe_n or_o such_o kind_n of_o armour_n as_o be_v fit_a for_o the_o general_n of_o the_o field_n that_o he_o may_v appear_v like_o himself_o this_o be_v according_o do_v when_o the_o battle_n be_v join_v the_o syrian_n see_v jehoshaphat_n they_o think_v he_o have_v be_v the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o according_o leave_v all_o other_o assault_v the_o party_n where_o he_o be_v and_o compass_v they_o about_o hereupon_o jehoshaphat_n cry_v unto_o the_o lord_n for_o succour_n who_o help_v he_o in_o that_o great_a strait_n and_o move_v the_o syrian_n to_o depart_v from_o he_o for_o it_o seem_v they_o gather_v from_o some_o circumstance_n or_o other_o that_o he_o be_v not_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o so_o not_o the_o man_n they_o aim_v at_o thus_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v by_o bring_v jehoshaphat_n into_o so_o great_a danger_n to_o let_v he_o see_v his_o folly_n in_o join_v with_o ahab_n notwithstanding_o the_o prophet_n fair_a warning_n to_o the_o contrary_n but_o the_o battle_n go_v on_o against_o that_o party_n in_o which_o ahab_n be_v a_o syrian_a draw_v a_o bow_n at_o a_o venture_n and_o the_o arrow_n be_v direct_v by_o god_n hit_v ahab_n and_o enter_v between_o the_o joint_n of_o his_o harness_n and_o wound_v he_o sore_o he_o be_v thus_o wound_v speak_v to_o the_o driver_n of_o his_o chariot_n to_o carry_v he_o out_o of_o the_o host_n the_o battle_n grow_v fierce_a and_o fierce_a it_o seem_v they_o have_v not_o time_n to_o dress_v his_o wound_n but_o only_o stay_v he_o up_o in_o his_o chariot_n in_o which_o he_o go_v out_o to_o fight_v against_o the_o syrian_n and_o towards_o the_o evening_n he_o die_v and_o his_o blood_n run_v out_o of_o his_o wound_n into_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o chariot_n and_o thus_o at_o last_o the_o vengeance_n of_o god_n fall_v upon_o he_o for_o his_o idolatry_n and_o persecute_v the_o prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o for_o the_o murder_n of_o naboth_n when_o the_o commander_n of_o the_o army_n have_v notice_n of_o the_o king_n death_n they_o have_v no_o heart_n to_o continue_v the_o fight_n any_o long_o and_o so_o make_v proclamation_n about_o sunsetting_a that_o every_o man_n shall_v depart_v to_o his_o own_o country_n and_o to_o his_o own_o city_n and_o so_o the_o word_n of_o the_o prophet_n be_v fulfil_v which_o he_o speak_v v._n 17._o i_o see_v all_o israel_n scatter_v upon_o the_o hill_n as_o sheep_n that_o have_v not_o a_o shepherd_n and_o the_o lord_n say_v these_o have_v no_o master_n let_v they_o return_v every_o man_n to_o his_o house_n in_o peace_n thus_o die_v ahab_n and_o be_v bring_v to_o samaria_n and_o be_v there_o bury_v and_o they_o wash_v his_o chariot_n in_o the_o pool_n of_o samaria_n and_o possible_o his_o bloody_a armour_n may_v be_v wash_v in_o jezreel_n where_o his_o chief_a armoury_n be_v and_o where_o naboth_n be_v kill_v and_o the_o dog_n lick_v up_o his_o blood_n according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o he_o speak_v by_o elijah_n ch._n 21.19_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o act_n of_o ahab_n and_o the_o ivory_n house_n which_o he_o make_v 3.15_o make_v see_v amos_n 3.15_o and_o the_o city_n of_o defence_n which_o he_o build_v be_v write_v in_o the_o chronicle_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n that_o be_v in_o those_o large_a record_n and_o chronicle_n which_o be_v write_v for_o the_o use_n of_o those_o time_n but_o be_v no_o part_n of_o canonical_a scripture_n and_o differ_v from_o the_o chronicle_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o israel_n which_o we_o now_o have_v so_o ahab_n sleep_v with_o his_o father_n have_v reign_v 22_o year_n in_o israel_n and_o ahaziah_n his_o son_n reign_v in_o his_o stead_n 1_o king_n 22._o from_o 1_o to_o 41._o as_o soon_o as_o ahab_n be_v dead_a all_o the_o land_n of_o moab_n fall_v away_o from_o the_o israelite_n david_n have_v subdue_v they_o and_o make_v they_o tributary_n to_o he_o see_v 2_o sam._n 8.2_o but_o when_o the_o ten_o tribe_n revolt_v from_o the_o house_n of_o david_n the_o moabite_n as_o it_o seem_v revolt_v also_o from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n and_o rather_o choose_v to_o be_v vassal_n to_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n upon_o part_n of_o who_o kingdom_n their_o land_n border_v and_o so_o they_o 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the_o valley_n where_o they_o be_v full_a of_o ditch_n and_o though_o they_o shall_v perceive_v no_o wind_n which_o be_v the_o ordinary_a mean_n of_o gather_v the_o cloud_n together_o and_o cause_v they_o to_o shower_v down_o rain_n nor_o see_v any_o rain_n fall_v from_o heaven_n yet_o the_o valley_n shall_v be_v fill_v with_o water_n so_o that_o they_o and_o their_o cattle_n shall_v be_v abundant_o supply_v nay_o say_v he_o beside_o the_o mercy_n which_o you_o so_o much_o desire_v viz._n a_o supply_n of_o water_n the_o lord_n will_v do_v a_o great_a thing_n for_o you_o than_o that_o viz._n he_o will_v deliver_v the_o moabite_n into_o your_o hand_n and_o you_o shall_v smite_v every_o fence_a city_n and_o every_o choice_a city_n that_o have_v the_o fair_a edifice_n in_o it_o

destroy_v the_o worship_n of_o baal_n out_o of_o all_o the_o ten_o tribe_n but_o though_o he_o overthrow_v this_o idolatry_n yet_o he_o depart_v not_o from_o the_o idolatry_n of_o jeroboam_n viz._n that_o of_o the_o golden_a calf_n of_o dan_n and_o bethel_n he_o also_o root_v out_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n yet_o it_o seem_v he_o have_v a_o great_a zeal_n for_o the_o establish_n the_o kingdom_n to_o himself_o than_o pure_o to_o execute_v the_o command_n of_o god_n therefore_o host_n 1.4_o god_n threaten_v to_o revenge_v the_o blood_n of_o jezreel_n on_o the_o house_n of_o jehu_n however_o for_o these_o act_n god_n send_v a_o prophet_n to_o he_o to_o tell_v they_o that_o because_o he_o have_v do_v well_o as_o to_o the_o matter_n of_o what_o he_o have_v do_v though_o not_o as_o to_o the_o manner_n his_o seed_n to_o the_o four_o generation_n shall_v sit_v on_o that_o throne_n which_o according_o they_o do_v as_o we_o shall_v see_v afterward_o but_o jehu_n take_v no_o heed_n to_o walk_v 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king_n 2.24_o elijah_n raise_v the_o sareptan_n son_n to_o life_n 1_o king_n 17.22_o and_o elisha_n the_o shunamite_n 2_o king_n 4.35_o nay_o as_o elisha_n desire_v that_o a_o double_a portion_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o elijah_n may_v be_v give_v he_o so_o some_o observe_v that_o elisha_n wrought_v as_o many_o more_o miracle_n as_o elijah_n do_v sometime_o after_o elisha_n funeral_n some_o israelite_n that_o be_v go_v to_o bury_v a_o dead_a man_n espy_v a_o band_n of_o moabite_n near_o they_o that_o be_v break_v into_o their_o land_n to_o rob_v and_o spoil_v and_o so_o through_o fear_v not_o dare_v to_o carry_v he_o to_o the_o place_n prepare_v for_o his_o burial_n they_o remove_v the_o stone_n that_o cover_v elisha_n sepulchre_n and_o in_o haste_n cast_v he_o in_o

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wanton_a voluptuousness_n ch._n 6._o then_o his_o threaten_n be_v deliver_v in_o vision_n and_o type_n 1._o of_o grasshopper_n and_o locust_n signify_v famine_n 2_o of_o fire_n devour_v the_o great_a deep_a signify_v war_n 3ly_a of_o a_o plum-line_n signify_v the_o overthrow_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o of_o the_o king_n house_n and_o that_o the_o lord_n will_v deal_v with_o they_o according_a to_o the_o strict_a rule_n of_o justice_n and_o not_o in_o mercy_n as_o he_o have_v former_o do_v and_o he_o further_o denounce_v particular_a judgement_n against_o amaziah_n the_o priest_n and_o his_o family_n who_o accuse_v he_o of_o conspiracy_n of_o which_o we_o have_v speak_v before_o ch._n 7._o 4ly_n of_o a_o basket_n of_o summer-fruit_n represent_v the_o ripeness_n of_o their_o sin_n and_o of_o god_n judgement_n auferendum_fw-la judgement_n poenae_fw-la tempue_v maturum_fw-la significat_fw-la &_o finem_fw-la i._n e._n ultimam_fw-la vindictam_fw-la instare_fw-la significat_fw-la 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