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etc._n etc._n and_o slay_v himself_o 1_o sam._n 31._o 4._o 2_o *_o david_n reign_v forty_o year_n 2_o sam_n 2._o 4._o etc._n etc._n 3_o *_o solomon_n reign_v forty_o year_n i_o king_n 11._o 42._o 4_o *_o rehoboam_n reign_v seventeen_o year_n i_o king_n 14._o 21._o 5_o *_o abijah_n reign_v two_o year_n 1_o king_n 15._o 6_o *_o asa_n reign_v one_o and_o forty_o year_n 1_o king_n 15._o 9_o 10._o 7_o *_o jeâ—osaphat_n reign_v five_o and_o twenty_o year_n 1_o king_n 22._o 42._o 8_o jehoram_n reign_v eight_o year_n 2_o king_n 8._o 17._o q._n athâ—liâ—h_o ahab'_v daughter_n and_o jehorams_fw-mi widow_n usurp_v the_o kingdom_n for_o six_o year_n 2_o king_n 11._o 1_o 3._o 9_o †_o joash_n reign_v forty_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 11._o 4_o etc._n etc._n 10_o †_o amaziah_n reign_v nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 14._o 2._o 11_o uzziah_n alias_o azâ—riah_n be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 15._o 1_o 2_o 13._o 2_o chron._n 26._o 3._o he_o reign_v two_o and_o fifty_o year_n 12_o *_o jotham_n reign_v sixteen_o year_n 2_o king_n 15._o 33._o 2_o chron._n 27._o 13_o ahaz_n reign_v sixteen_o year_n 2_o king_n 16._o 2._o 14_o *_o hezekiah_n reign_v nine_o and_o twenty_o year_n 2_o king_n 18._o 2._o 15_o *_o manasseh_n reign_v five_o and_o fifty_o year_n 2_o king_n 21._o 1._o 16_o amon_n reign_v two_o year_n and_o be_v slay_v 2_o king_n 21._o 19_o 17_o *_o josiah_n reign_v two_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o in_o slay_v 2_o king_n 22._o 1._o 18_o jehoahaz_n reign_v three_o month_n 2_o king_n 23._o 31._o 19_o jehojakim_n reign_v eleven_o year_n 2_o king_n 24._o 1._o 20_o jehojachin_n three_o month_n 2_o king_n 24._o 8._o 21_o zedekiah_n reign_v eleven_o year_n 2_o king_n 25._o 1._o the_o other_o ten_o tribe_n over_o which_o jeroboam_fw-la reign_v be_v call_v the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n which_o continue_v about_o two_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o seven_o year_n till_o they_o be_v carry_v into_o captivity_n by_o the_o assyrian_a about_o the_o six_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n when_o hoshea_n the_o last_o king_n of_o israel_n be_v carry_v away_o captive_a so_o that_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n end_v one_o hundred_o thirty_o and_o three_o year_n before_o that_o of_o judah_n in_o this_o time_n there_o be_v twenty_o king_n of_o israel_n of_o ten_o several_a stock_n whereof_o one_o destroy_v another_o jeroboam'_v stock_n be_v cut_v off_o by_o baasha_n and_o baasha_n by_o zimri_n and_o tibni_n by_o omri_n and_o omri_n by_o jehu_n and_o iehu_n by_o shallum_n and_o shallum_n by_o menahem_n and_o menahem'_v by_o pekah_n and_o pekah_n by_o hoshea_n and_o hoshea_n with_o his_o be_v captive_n to_o salmaneser_n king_n of_o assyria_n the_o most_o of_o these_o king_n be_v cruel_a tyrant_n and_o persecutor_n which_o breed_v sad_a commotion_n and_o transport_v the_o kingdom_n from_o one_o family_n to_o another_o whereas_o in_o judah_n where_o purity_n of_o worship_n be_v preserve_v and_o the_o godly_a king_n join_v with_o the_o prophet_n there_o be_v 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over_o israel_n but_o he_o instead_o of_o worship_v and_o acknowledge_v the_o god_n of_o his_o mercy_n worship_n calf_n this_o sin_v against_o mercy_n be_v often_o note_v as_o a_o sad_a aggravation_n of_o sin_n 19_o as_o in_o saul_n 1_o sam._n 15._o 17._o in_o david_n 2_o sam._n 12._o 7_o 8._o and_o asa_n 2_o chron._n 16._o 7_o 8._o 4_o god_n be_v most_o true_a in_o his_o threaten_n not_o one_o of_o they_o shall_v fall_v to_o the_o ground_n unfulfil_v god_n threaten_v to_o root_v up_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la and_o now_o it_o be_v do_v he_o threaten_v to_o root_v up_o baasha_n posterity_n and_o it_o be_v do_v 1_o king_n 16._o 3_o 11._o as_o all_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n be_v most_o true_a and_o shall_v in_o due_a time_n be_v fulfil_v so_o all_o his_o threaten_n be_v most_o true_a and_o shall_v in_o their_o time_n be_v fulfil_v 5_o idolatry_n bring_v judgement_n upon_o a_o man_n posterity_n no_o sin_n soon_o than_o this_o as_o appear_v by_o the_o second_o commandment_n 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