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sit_fw-la laus_fw-la &_o gloria_fw-la in_o omne_fw-la aevum_fw-la amen_n finis_fw-la imprimatur_fw-la joseph_n caryl_n
jehoiakim_n be_v table_n see_v broughtons_n consent_n of_o scripture_n moor_n table_n carry_v to_o babylon_n and_o send_v home_o again_o 19_o again_o read_v jer._n 22._o v._n 18._o 19_o that_o daniel_n and_o the_o rest_n be_v carry_v away_o captive_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n that_o jehoiakim_n rebel_v against_o nabuchadnezzar_n in_o the_o six_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n that_o nabuchadnezzar_n come_v not_o against_o he_o till_o five_o year_n after_o that_o the_o chaldean_a kingdom_n continue_v but_o 70._o year_n which_o they_o seek_v to_o wrest_v from_o the_o word_n of_o jeremiah_n but_o in_o vain_a 25._o jer._n 25._o for_o though_o in_o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n he_o prophesi_v of_o the_o just_a continuance_n of_o the_o chaldean_a kingdom_n until_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 70._o year_n captivity_n yet_o he_o say_v not_o that_o the_o 70._o year_n captivity_n begin_v in_o the_o four_o of_o jehoiakim_n for_o the_o scripture_n declare_v that_o they_o begin_v not_o 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year_n desolation_n must_v be_v fulfil_v from_o this_o captivity_n in_o the_o end_n of_o zedekiah_n four_o because_o if_o jehoiakim_n be_v carry_v away_o captive_a in_o his_o three_o year_n then_o must_v jeconiah_n captivity_n be_v in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o nabuchadnezzar_n for_o 59_o â—_o chr._n 36._o v._n 59_o jehoiakim_n reign_v eight_o year_n after_o that_o and_o his_o son_n jeconiah_n three_o month_n and_o ten_o day_n but_o this_o be_v contrary_n to_o the_o scripture_n which_o say_v direct_o that_o nabuchadnezzar_n take_v jehoiachin_n alias_o jeconiah_n 12._o 2_o k._n 24._o v._n 12._o in_o the_o eight_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o jeremiah_n say_v in_o the_o seven_o year_n 28._o jer._n 52._o v._n 28._o five_o because_o in_o the_o last_o chapter_n of_o jeremiah_n where_o the_o several_a captivity_n be_v reckon_v up_o there_o 30._o jer._n 52._o v._n 28_o 29_o 30._o be_v no_o notice_n take_v of_o the_o captivity_n of_o jehoiakim_n nor_o of_o the_o captive_n at_o that_o time_n 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scripture_n see_v broughtons_n consent_n of_o scripture_n unto_o the_o 7._o of_o artaxerxes_n whence_o it_o follow_v that_o though_o ten_o year_n be_v grant_v to_o jehozadak_v at_o the_o time_n of_o captivity_n yet_o every_o one_o of_o they_o must_v begin_v to_o beget_v child_n before_o 19_o year_n old_a otherwise_o johanan_n can_v not_o be_v bear_v when_o ezra_n come_v to_o jerusalem_n true_a it_o be_v nehemiah_n say_v that_o the_o levite_n and_o priest_n be_v record_v unto_o the_o reign_n of_o darius_n but_o by_o 22._o neh._n 12._o v._n 22._o who_o this_o be_v do_v he_o tell_v not_o it_o be_v plain_a not_o by_o ezra_n for_o he_o write_v but_o until_o the_o day_n of_o johanan_n 11._o 1_o chr._n 9_o compare_v with_o neh._n 11._o and_o though_o nehemiah_n conclude_v these_o be_v in_o the_o day_n of_o joiakim_n and_o in_o the_o day_n of_o nehemiah_n the_o governor_n and_o of_o ezra_n the_o priest_n the_o scribe_n yet_o it_o 26._o c._n 12._o v._n 26._o can_v be_v understand_v that_o 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11._o bacholz_n pag._n 53._o of_o darius_n reign_v 7_o year_n upon_o his_o deathbed_n he_o part_v his_o kingdom_n among_o 30._o 1_o mac._n 1._o v._n 6._o 9_o dan._n 11._o v._n 5._o to_o the_o 30._o his_o servant_n such_o as_o be_v honourable_a who_o all_o after_o his_o death_n put_v crown_n upon_o themselves_o and_o soon_o fall_v into_o war_n one_o against_o another_o of_o who_o the_o chief_a be_v four_o seleucus_n king_n of_o syria_n 4._o joseph_n antiqu._n l._n 12._o c_o 1._o justin_n l._n 13._o sleidan_n l._n 1._o dan._n 7._o v._n 6_o c._n 8._o v._n 8._o 21_o 22._o etc._n etc._n 11._o v._n 3_o 4._o ptolomeus_n of_o egypt_n antigonus_n of_o asia_n the_o less_o and_o cassander_n of_o macedon_n and_o of_o these_o the_o two_o former_a excel_v in_o power_n between_o who_o what_o league_n and_o conflict_n shall_v be_v daniel_n foretell_v under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o north_n and_o the_o king_n 11._o dan._n 11._o of_o the_o south_n for_o syria_n lie_v northward_o and_o 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