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
boves_fw-la ita_fw-la eos_fw-la arguit_fw-la parens_fw-la q._n d._n crudeles_fw-la essent_fw-la &_o avidi_fw-la raptores_fw-la down_o a_o wall_n viz._n of_o shechem_n house_n where_o their_o sister_n be_v keep_v to_o rescue_v she_o out_o of_o their_o hand_n he_o pronounce_v their_o anger_n to_o be_v detestable_a which_o be_v so_o cruel_a and_o violent_a and_o which_o have_v like_a to_o have_v be_v the_o ruin_n of_o he_o and_o he_o then_o speak_v in_o the_o person_n of_o god_n as_o prophet_n use_v sometime_o to_o do_v he_o say_v he_o will_v divide_v they_o in_o jacob_n and_o scatter_v they_o in_o israel_n and_o according_o it_o happen_v for_o simeon_n be_v not_o plant_v apart_o by_o himself_o as_o the_o other_o tribe_n be_v but_o his_o tribe_n have_v their_o inheritance_n intermix_v habitation_n intermix_v yet_o out_o of_o their_o lot_n in_o several_a place_n here_o and_o there_o these_o simionite_n have_v certain_a city_n and_o village_n josh_n 19.9_o and_o afterward_o upon_o their_o multiply_a they_o be_v force_v to_o seek_v further_o for_o new_a habitation_n in_o mount_n seir_n and_o mount_v geder_o drive_v out_o the_o amalekite_n 1_o chron._n 4.39_o and_o so_o they_o be_v scatter_v in_o their_o habitation_n with_o that_o of_o judah_n josh_n 19.1_o and_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n be_v disperse_v among_o all_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n 3_o he_o come_v to_o judah_n he_o tell_v he_o as_o his_o name_n signify_v praise_n ch._n 29.35_o so_o his_o tribe_n shall_v be_v renown_v and_o praise_v and_o shall_v be_v famous_a and_o eminent_a among_o the_o rest_n not_o only_o in_o regard_n of_o external_a power_n and_o government_n but_o much_o more_o because_o out_o of_o he_o the_o messiah_n shall_v come_v heb._n 7.14_o for_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o our_o lord_n spring_v out_o of_o judah_n he_o tell_v he_o his_o hand_n shall_v be_v in_o the_o neck_n of_o his_o enemy_n that_o be_v he_o shall_v conquer_v and_o subdue_v they_o this_o prophecy_n of_o the_o prevail_a power_n of_o judah_n be_v fulfil_v when_o that_o tribe_n become_v the_o leader_n numb_v 10.14_o &_o 7.11_o 12._o judg._n 1.2_o &_o 20.18_o as_o also_o in_o those_o worthy_n of_o this_o tribe_n othniel_n jud._n 3.9_o 10._o david_n 2_o sam._n 8.1_o solomon_n 1_o chron._n 22.9_o but_o more_o eminent_o in_o christ_n who_o have_v vanquish_v all_o the_o power_n of_o darkness_n he_o go_v on_o thy_o father_n child_n shall_v bow_v down_o before_o thou_o whereby_o he_o intimate_v that_o his_o posterity_n shall_v be_v advance_v to_o the_o sovereignty_n and_o to_o a_o regal_a power_n to_o which_o all_o the_o israelite_n shall_v sumbit_fw-la yet_o this_o be_v more_o full_o to_o be_v accomplish_v in_o the_o spiritual_a kingdom_n of_o christ_n to_o who_o every_o knee_n shall_v bow_v phil._n 2.10_o he_o further_o add_v judah_n be_v a_o lion_n whelp_n whereby_o he_o intimate_v the_o mighty_a strength_n and_o courage_n of_o this_o tribe_n and_o how_o terrible_a they_o shall_v be_v to_o their_o eenemy_n and_o how_o great_a and_o glorious_a their_o conquest_n he_o further_o add_v for_o the_o prey_n my_o son_n thou_o be_v go_v up_o venatione_fw-la up_o leones_n postquam_fw-la in_o planis_fw-la praedati_fw-la sunt_fw-la saturi_fw-la ad_fw-la montes_fw-la redeunt_fw-la testae_fw-la zenoph_n de_fw-fr venatione_fw-la that_o be_v have_v take_v the_o prey_n thou_o shall_v go_v up_o to_o thy_o habitation_n in_o a_o triumphant_a manner_n he_o stoop_v down_o he_o couch_v here_o he_o vary_v the_o person_n as_o the_o prophetic_a spirit_n move_v he_o sometime_o speak_v as_o to_o his_o son_n and_o sometime_o of_o he_o and_o as_o a_o lion_n be_v the_o king_n of_o beast_n and_o fly_v upon_o other_o beast_n and_o tear_n they_o in_o piece_n and_o return_v from_o his_o prey_n couch_v down_o and_o lie_v at_o rest_n and_o none_o dare_v disquiet_v he_o or_o offer_v to_o rouse_v he_o and_o take_v his_o prey_n from_o he_o so_o shall_v judah_n king_n conquer_v and_o subdue_v their_o enemy_n and_o then_o return_v with_o victory_n shall_v quiet_o and_o peaceable_o 4.25_o peaceable_o so_o it_o be_v in_o solomon_n be_v day_n after_o david_n victory_n 1_o king_n 4.25_o enjoy_v their_o spoil_n and_o conquest_n see_v numb_a 23.24_o but_o this_o be_v more_o especial_o verify_v in_o christ_n the_o lion_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n rev._n 5.5_o he_o further_o declare_v that_o the_o sceptre_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o judah_n that_o be_v from_o the_o nation_n and_o kingdom_n of_o the_o jew_n so_o denominate_v from_o judah_n roman_n judah_n after_o the_o royal_a dignity_n be_v once_o settle_v in_o this_o tribe_n viz._n in_o david_n 1_o chron._n 5.2_o there_o be_v no_o more_o king_n of_o that_o tribe_n after_o jeconiah_n and_o zedekiah_n jer._n 22.30_o after_o their_o return_n from_o captivity_n the_o principality_n be_v in_o zerubbabel_n and_o likely_a in_o other_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n for_o a_o time_n but_o some_o while_n after_o the_o maccabee_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n get_v the_o rule_n and_o continue_v therein_o by_o the_o choice_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o people_n of_o judah_n till_o a_o little_a before_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n when_o herod_n a_o idumaan_n be_v make_v king_n by_o the_o roman_n which_o become_v a_o kingdom_n apart_o by_o itself_o after_o the_o ten_o tribe_n be_v separate_v from_o they_o and_o although_o there_o be_v some_o of_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n and_o of_o benjamin_n mix_v among_o they_o and_o incorporate_v into_o they_o yet_o the_o people_n be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o judah_n the_o kingdom_n and_o commonwealth_n of_o judah_n and_o there_o be_v a_o government_n still_o in_o judah_n whereas_o the_o ten_o tribe_n after_o they_o be_v carry_v away_o captive_a into_o assyria_n do_v never_o return_v to_o be_v a_o kingdom_n again_o but_o those_o of_o judah_n after_o 70_o year_n captivity_n do_v return_v into_o their_o own_o land_n and_o become_v a_o kingdom_n and_o commonwealth_n though_o not_o so_o glorious_a come_v glorious_a the_o jewish_a sceptre_n be_v much_o weaken_v by_o pompey_n much_o shake_v by_o herod_n intrusion_n but_o final_o break_v and_o abolish_v at_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n after_o which_o they_o have_v no_o force_n nor_o face_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n therefore_o it_o be_v evident_a against_o the_o jew_n that_o the_o messiah_n be_v come_v as_o before_o and_o do_v live_v under_o the_o government_n of_o their_o own_o law_n and_o command_v of_o their_o own_o ruler_n he_o further_o add_v that_o there_o shall_v not_o cease_v to_o be_v a_o lawgiver_n between_o judah_n foot_n see_v deut._n 28.57_o that_o be_v of_o the_o seed_n and_o progeny_n of_o some_o belong_v to_o that_o kingdom_n till_o shilo_n come_v that_o be_v the_o prosperer_n and_o prince_n of_o peace_n the_o promise_a messiah_n to_o who_o not_o only_o the_o believe_a jew_n but_o the_o gentile_n also_o shall_v come_v in_o as_o to_o their_o king_n and_o submit_v themselves_o to_o his_o sceptre_n jacob_n further_o prophesi_v of_o the_o wonderful_a fruitfulness_n of_o judah_n lot_n in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n which_o be_v the_o best_a and_o large_a that_o fall_v to_o day_n of_o the_o tribe_n viz._n that_o it_o shall_v abound_v with_o vine_n and_o rich_a pasture_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v such_o stout_a and_o well-grown_a vine_n that_o a_o ass_n may_v be_v tie_v to_o they_o as_o to_o other_o tree_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v have_v such_o plenty_n of_o wine_n that_o they_o may_v even_o wash_v their_o garment_n in_o the_o juice_n of_o the_o grape_n therefore_o he_o add_v judah_n eye_n shall_v be_v red_a with_o wine_n and_o his_o tooth_n white_a with_o milk_n whereby_o he_o signify_v the_o fruitfulness_n of_o their_o vineyard_n and_o richness_n of_o their_o pasture_n insomuch_o that_o wine_n and_o milk_n shall_v in_o a_o manner_n be_v as_o plentiful_a and_o common_a among_o they_o even_o as_o water_n 4_o he_o come_v to_o zebulun_n who_o though_o young_a than_o issachar_n 20._o issachar_n gen._n 30.18_o 20._o yet_o he_o bless_v before_o he_o so_n do_v also_o moses_n deut._n 33.18_o and_o his_o lot_n fall_v to_o he_o in_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n before_o issachar_n josh_n 19_o from_o 10._o to_o 17._o he_o pronounce_v of_o zebulun_n that_o he_o shall_v dwell_v at_o the_o haven_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o he_o shall_v be_v for_o a_o haven_n of_o ship_n that_o be_v his_o habitation_n shall_v be_v at_o the_o sea-coast_n his_o border_n shall_v be_v the_o ocean_n westward_o and_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n eastward_o and_o he_o shall_v rejoice_v in_o his_o go_v out_o or_o trade_n deut._n 33.18_o and_o his_o border_n shall_v be_v unto_o sidon_n that_o be_v not_o to_o the_o city_n but_o country_n of_o the_o sidonian_n for_o the_o land_n of_o the_o sidonian_n or_o phaenician_o extend_v to_o accho_n or_o ptolemais_n 342._o ptolemais_n bochart_n
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the_o philistine_n or_o some_o other_o enemy_n that_o have_v invade_v the_o land_n and_o bring_v a_o great_a spoil_n along_o with_o they_o he_o be_v tell_v that_o abner_n have_v be_v new_o with_o the_o king_n and_o have_v be_v gracious_o receive_v by_o he_o and_o honourable_o dismiss_v joab_n be_v enrage_v at_o this_o and_o therefore_o in_o a_o bold_a and_o insolent_a manner_n he_o come_v to_o the_o king_n and_o ask_v he_o what_o he_o have_v do_v he_o wonder_v at_o his_o imprudence_n in_o send_v away_o so_o dangerous_a a_o enemy_n as_o abner_n be_v when_o he_o have_v he_o in_o his_o hand_n thou_o may_v well_o have_v know_v say_v he_o if_o thou_o have_v consider_v it_o that_o abner_n be_v a_o subtle_a and_o politic_a man_n and_o come_v not_o for_o any_o good_a end_n but_o to_o deceive_v thou_o and_o as_o a_o spy_n to_o discover_v thy_o counsel_n and_o the_o course_n of_o thy_o action_n and_o proceed_n thus_o he_o pretend_v only_a david_n good_a but_o it_o be_v like_a he_o fear_v lest_o abner_n by_o this_o important_a service_n of_o come_v in_o to_o he_o himself_o and_o bring_v in_o the_o other_o israelite_n shall_v insinuate_v himself_o into_o david_n favour_n and_o so_o prove_v a_o corrival_n to_o he_o in_o his_o honour_n and_o preferment_n and_o beside_o the_o death_n of_o his_o brother_n asahel_n kill_v by_o abner_n stick_v in_o his_o stomach_n david_n it_o seem_v be_v not_o much_o move_v by_o what_o he_o say_v wherefore_o joab_n fling_v away_o in_o a_o discontent_n when_o he_o be_v come_v out_o from_o the_o king_n he_o send_v messenger_n after_o abner_n and_o possible_o in_o the_o king_n name_n who_o know_v nothing_o of_o it_o who_o bring_v he_o
the_o king_n son_n and_o joab_n and_o abiathar_n and_o many_o captain_n of_o the_o host_n and_o behold_v they_o eat_v and_o drink_v before_o he_o and_o say_v god_n save_o king_n adonijah_n sure_o this_o be_v not_o do_v with_o thy_o allowance_n for_o matter_n of_o so_o great_a moment_n thou_o do_v not_o use_v to_o transact_v without_o consult_v i_o first_o about_o they_o then_o the_o king_n call_v for_o bathsheba_n and_o say_v to_o she_o as_o the_o lord_n live_v who_o have_v redeem_v i_o out_o of_o all_o former_a distress_n as_o i_o swear_v to_o thou_o that_o solomon_n shall_v sit_v on_o my_o throne_n after_o i_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v then_o bathsheba_n bow_v her_o face_n to_o the_o earth_n and_o say_v let_v my_o lord_n king_n david_n live_v for_o ever_o as_o if_o she_o shall_v have_v say_v long_o may_v the_o king_n live_v and_o i_o wish_v if_o it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n we_o may_v never_o lose_v he_o then_o the_o king_n call_v for_o zadok_n nathan_n and_o benaiah_n and_o command_v they_o to_o take_v with_o they_o his_o lifeguard_n viz._n the_o cherethite_n and_o pelethites_n and_o to_o set_v solomon_n on_o his_o own_o mule_n and_o to_o carry_v he_o to_o gihen_n jerusalem_n gihen_n a_o mount_n with_o a_o rivulet_n close_o by_o it_o on_o the_o westside_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o that_o zadok_v the_o priest_n and_o nathan_n the_o prophet_n shall_v there_o anoint_v he_o king_n over_o all_o israel_n and_o when_o that_o be_v do_v they_o shall_v blow_v with_o the_o trumpet_n and_o say_v god_n save_o king_n solomon_n and_o then_o say_v he_o you_o shall_v attend_v he_o back_o in_o state_n to_o jerusalem_n that_o he_o may_v come_v and_o sit_v on_o my_o throne_n and_o be_v thereby_o declare_v king_n in_o my_o stead_n for_o i_o have_v appoint_v he_o to_o be_v ruler_n over_o israel_n and_o over_o judah_n 19.41_o judah_n it_o seem_v there_o be_v emulation_n between_o judah_n and_o the_o other_o tribe_n before_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n see_v 2_o sam._n 19.41_o benaiah_n the_o son_n of_o jehoiada_n hear_v the_o king_n speak_v thus_o answer_v in_o his_o own_o and_o the_o name_n of_o the_o rest_n amen_o the_o lord_n god_n confirm_v what_o the_o king_n have_v say_v as_o the_o lord_n have_v be_v with_o my_o lord_n the_o king_n so_o may_v he_o be_v with_o solomon_n also_o and_o make_v his_o throne_n great_a than_o the_o throne_n of_o his_o father_n then_o zadok_v nathan_n benaiah_n and_o the_o king_n lifeguard_n carry_v solomon_n to_o gihen_n and_o there_o zadok_v the_o priest_n anoint_v he_o with_o oil_n take_v out_o of_o the_o tabernacle_n viz._n the_o tabernacle_n which_o david_n have_v set_v up_o for_o the_o ark_n 2_o sam._n 6.17_o for_o oil_n be_v keep_v there_o for_o several_a holy_a use_n zadok_v take_v a_o horn_n full_a of_o it_o and_o therewith_o anoint_v the_o king_n which_o do_v they_o blow_v the_o trumpet_n and_o all_o the_o people_n there_o present_a shout_v god_n save_o king_n solomon_n then_o they_o carry_v he_o in_o state_n towards_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o people_n follow_v after_o pipe_v with_o pipe_n and_o rejoice_v with_o great_a joy_n and_o they_o shout_v so_o loud_o that_o the_o earth_n even_o rend_v acclamation_n rend_v a_o hyperbolical_a expression_n setâ—ing_v forth_o the_o greatness_n of_o their_o acclamation_n with_o the_o sound_n of_o their_o acclamation_n adonijah_n and_o the_o company_n that_o be_v with_o he_o just_a as_o they_o be_v conclude_v their_o great_a feast_n hear_v this_o extraordinary_a noise_n and_o acclamation_n and_o joab_n hear_v the_o sound_n of_o the_o trumpet_n and_o wonder_v what_o the_o matter_n be_v and_o think_v there_o may_v be_v some_o uproar_n in_o the_o city_n but_o immediate_o jonathan_n the_o son_n of_o abiathar_n come_v to_o they_o adonijah_n see_v he_o o_o come_v in_o say_v he_o for_o thou_o be_v a_o good_a virtue_n good_a hebr._n a_o man_n of_o virtue_n man_n and_o bring_v good_a tiding_n the_o tiding_n say_v jonathan_n that_o i_o bring_v be_v that_o david_n have_v make_v solomon_n king_n and_o zadok_v nathan_n and_o benaiah_n have_v anoint_v he_o in_o gihen_n and_o they_o come_v up_o with_o he_o from_o thence_o rejoice_v and_o shout_v so_o loud_o that_o the_o city_n ring_v again_o and_o this_o be_v the_o noise_n you_o hear_v and_o solomon_n sit_v now_o on_o the_o throne_n and_o be_v in_o actual_a possession_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o the_o king_n servant_n come_v and_o blessed_v our_o lord_n king_n david_n and_o render_v he_o humble_a thanks_o for_o set_v solomon_n on_o the_o throne_n and_o pray_v that_o the_o lord_n will_v make_v the_o name_n of_o solomon_n more_o famous_a than_o he_o have_v make_v david_n and_o his_o kingdom_n great_a and_o the_o king_n bow_v himself_o upon_o his_o bed_n and_o worship_v and_o praise_v god_n say_v bless_a be_v the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n who_o have_v settle_v my_o son_n solomon_n this_o day_n on_o my_o throne_n my_o own_o eye_n see_v it_o the_o guest_n that_o be_v with_o adonijah_n hear_v this_o have_v enough_o of_o their_o feast_n and_o begin_v to_o be_v sore_o afraid_a and_o get_v themselves_o away_o as_o fast_o as_o they_o can_v to_o their_o own_o house_n leave_v adonijah_n to_o shift_v for_o himself_o adonijah_n than_o not_o well_o know_v what_o to_o do_v and_o be_v sore_o afraid_a that_o solomon_n will_v take_v away_o his_o life_n he_o flee_v to_o gibeon_n where_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o moses_n now_o be_v 1_o chron._n 21.29_o and_o there_o take_v hold_v on_o the_o horn_n of_o the_o altar_n for_o though_o we_o read_v of_o no_o express_a law_n that_o god_n ever_o give_v to_o his_o people_n that_o those_o that_o flee_v to_o the_o altar_n shall_v be_v there_o secure_v yet_o that_o it_o be_v a_o custom_n for_o malefactor_n to_o fly_v to_o the_o altar_n as_o to_o a_o asylum_n or_o place_n of_o refuge_n may_v be_v gather_v from_o exod._n 21.14_o and_o the_o altar_n be_v the_o place_n where_o god_n do_v show_v forth_o the_o riches_n of_o his_o grace_n in_o accept_v a_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n this_o hang_n upon_o the_o horn_n of_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o plead_v that_o mercy_n shall_v be_v show_v they_o for_o god_n sake_n and_o according_o adonijah_n flee_v to_o the_o altar_n and_o be_v there_o he_o desire_v that_o king_n solomon_n so_o he_o acknowledge_v he_o will_v swear_v to_o he_o that_o he_o will_v not_o put_v he_o to_o death_n solomon_n send_v he_o word_n that_o if_o he_o will_v show_v himself_o a_o worthy_a man_n and_o a_o loyal_a subject_n for_o the_o future_a not_o a_o hair_n of_o his_o head_n shall_v fall_v to_o the_o ground_n but_o if_o he_o appear_v to_o be_v wicked_a and_o disloyal_a after_o this_o he_o shall_v sure_o die_v upon_o this_o promise_n they_o bring_v adonijah_n from_o the_o altar_n to_o solomon_n to_o who_o he_o bow_v himself_o and_o solomon_n bid_v he_o go_v to_o his_o own_o house_n and_o there_o live_v peaceable_o and_o quiet_o 1_o king_n ch._n 1._o from_o v._n 5_o to_o the_o end_n sect_n ccx_o david_n have_v now_o cause_v solomon_n to_o be_v anoint_v king_n he_o give_v he_o in_o charge_n the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n speak_v to_o he_o after_o this_o manner_n my_o son_n it_o be_v in_o my_o heart_n to_o build_v a_o house_n for_o the_o lord_n but_o the_o lord_n will_v not_o permit_v i_o to_o do_v it_o because_o i_o have_v be_v engage_v in_o many_o war_n and_o have_v shed_v much_o blood_n they_o blood_n god_n do_v not_o upbraid_v david_n for_o shed_v blood_n in_o his_o own_o cause_n saul_n and_o ahab_n for_o spare_v blood_n lose_v their_o kingdom_n 1_o sam._n 15.23_o 1_o king_n 20.22_o 42._o the_o levite_n for_o their_o fact_n in_o shed_v blood_n exod._n 32._o and_o phineas_n for_o his_o numb_a 25._o have_v the_o priesthood_n settle_v on_o they_o and_o so_o be_v not_o so_o fit_a to_o build_v a_o temple_n to_o he_o which_o be_v to_o be_v a_o figure_n of_o the_o messiah_n the_o prince_n of_o peace_n but_o he_o say_v to_o i_o a_o son_n shall_v be_v bear_v to_o thou_o who_o shall_v be_v a_o man_n of_o rest_n and_o i_o will_v give_v he_o rest_v from_o all_o his_o enemy_n round_o about_o his_o name_n shall_v be_v call_v solomon_n that_o be_v peaceable_a for_o i_o will_v give_v peace_n and_o quietness_n to_o israel_n in_o his_o day_n he_o shall_v build_v a_o house_n for_o my_o name_n he_o shall_v be_v my_o son_n and_o i_o will_v be_v his_o father_n and_o i_o will_v establish_v the_o throne_n of_o his_o kingdom_n over_o israel_n for_o ever_o that_o be_v for_o a_o long_a time_n and_o as_o long_o as_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n shall_v continue_v one_o of_o solomon_n posterity_n shall_v sit_v in_o the_o throne_n of_o david_n that_o david_n possible_o none_n of_o
much_o of_o the_o book_n of_o ecclesiastes_n sect_n xvii_o god_n threaten_v solomon_n 2_o sam._n 7.13_o 14_o 15._o that_o if_o he_o commit_v iniquity_n he_o will_v chasten_v he_o with_o the_o rod_n of_o man_n and_o with_o the_o stripe_n of_o the_o child_n of_o man_n but_o his_o mercy_n shall_v not_o depart_v from_o he_o and_o according_o he_o now_o stir_v up_o three_o adversary_n revolt_n adversary_n though_o solomon_n enemy_n have_v herein_o their_o own_o end_n yet_o the_o lord_n use_v they_o as_o instrument_n of_o his_o justice_n to_o punish_v his_o revolt_n against_o he_o 1._o hadad_n the_o edomite_n when_o david_n subdue_v the_o edomite_n it_o be_v say_v 2_o sam._n 8.14_o he_o put_v garrison_n through_o all_o edom_n and_o they_o become_v his_o servant_n and_o at_o this_o time_n as_o it_o seem_v whilst_o joab_n pursue_v his_o victory_n slay_v all_o the_o male_n where_o he_o come_v hadad_n then_o be_v very_o young_a be_v hide_v and_o afterward_o secret_o carry_v away_o by_o some_o of_o his_o father_n servant_n who_o also_o take_v some_o out_o of_o paran_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o way_n to_o attend_v he_o into_o egypt_n where_o he_o be_v kind_o entertain_v by_o pharaoh_n who_o give_v he_o a_o house_n and_o land_n and_o appoint_v he_o victual_n and_o a_o constant_a table_n and_o in_o time_n he_o come_v to_o be_v in_o so_o great_a favour_n with_o he_o that_o he_o give_v he_o to_o wife_n his_o own_o queen_n sister_n who_o bear_v he_o a_o son_n that_o be_v educate_v in_o pharaoh_n house_n when_o this_o hadad_n hear_v in_o egypt_n that_o david_n and_o joab_n be_v dead_a he_o desire_v leave_v of_o pharaoh_n to_o return_v into_o his_o own_o country_n pharaoh_n ask_v he_o what_o he_o lack_v there_o he_o say_v nothing_o however_o i_o desire_v to_o return_v to_o my_o own_o country_n that_o i_o may_v recover_v my_o kingdom_n again_o pharaoh_n hear_v this_o kind_o dismiss_v he_o and_o he_o come_v to_o his_o own_o country_n where_o he_o be_v receive_v for_o their_o king_n yet_o it_o be_v manifest_a he_o attempt_v nothing_o against_o solomon_n for_o a_o long_a time_n after_o this_o for_o till_o solomon_n fall_n in_o his_o old_a age_n his_o enemy_n stir_v not_o see_v 1_o king_n 5.4_o so_o that_o it_o be_v like_a hadad_n at_o first_o make_v some_o covenant_n with_o solomon_n and_o be_v his_o tributary_n for_o his_o kingdom_n but_o at_o last_o he_o stir_v against_o he_o and_o create_v he_o much_o trouble_n yet_o he_o be_v not_o able_a quite_o to_o shake_v off_o his_o yoke_n for_o the_o edomite_n continue_a tributary_n to_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n till_o jehoram_n reign_v 2_o chron._n 21.10_o 2_o god_n stir_v up_o another_o enemy_n against_o solomon_n viz._n rezon_n who_o when_o david_n have_v get_v the_o better_a of_o his_o master_n in_o battle_n and_o have_v vanquish_v the_o syrian_n see_v 2_o sam._n 10.18_o he_o gather_v together_o such_o of_o they_o as_o be_v put_v to_o flight_n and_o make_v himself_o captain_n over_o they_o and_o for_o some_o time_n it_o be_v like_a live_v by_o rob_v and_o pillage_n till_o solomon_n decline_a day_n and_o though_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o solomon_n lose_v any_o thing_n of_o that_o which_o his_o father_n have_v get_v till_o himself_o fall_v from_o god_n yet_o then_o it_o seem_v rezon_n take_v courage_n to_o set_v upon_o damascus_n into_o which_o david_n have_v put_v a_o garrison_n 2_o sam._n 8.6_o and_o take_v it_o from_o solomon_n and_o there_o reign_v as_o king_n so_o that_o solomon_n have_v now_o one_o enemy_n in_o the_o north_n and_o another_o in_o the_o south_n 3_o a_o three_o enemy_n who_o god_n stir_v up_o against_o he_o be_v jeroboam_n his_o own_o servant_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n who_o have_v be_v raise_v and_o prefer_v by_o he_o and_o the_o occasion_n of_o his_o rise_n be_v this_o solomon_n when_o he_o build_v millo_n of_o which_o see_n ch._n 9.15_o and_o repair_v the_o breach_n in_o zion_n the_o city_n of_o david_n go_v out_o often_o to_o see_v sweat_v see_v the_o master_n eye_n they_o say_v make_v the_o horse_n fat_a and_o the_o servant_n to_o sweat_v his_o workman_n and_o to_o encourage_v they_o to_o diligence_n he_o observe_v jeroboam_n who_o be_v then_o but_o a_o young_a man_n to_o be_v very_o active_a and_o industrious_a in_o those_o labour_n and_o service_n he_o be_v set_v about_o whereupon_o solomon_n take_v a_o like_n to_o he_o prefer_v he_o and_o in_o time_n make_v he_o receiver_n or_o treasurer_n for_o all_o the_o king_n revenue_n in_o the_o two_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n upon_o a_o time_n when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o jerusalem_n to_o execute_v his_o office_n it_o happen_v that_o the_o prophet_n ahijah_n 9.29_o ahijah_n he_o who_o with_o some_o other_o pen_v the_o act_n of_o solomon_n 2_o chron._n 9.29_o the_o shilonite_n who_o have_v clad_v himself_o with_o a_o new_a garment_n meet_v he_o and_o desire_v some_o private_a conference_n with_o he_o and_o when_o they_o be_v alone_o he_o take_v off_o his_o new_a garment_n and_o rend_v it_o into_o twelve_o piece_n according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o israel_n and_o give_v ten_o of_o they_o to_o jeroboam_n say_v thus_o say_v the_o lord_n i_o will_v rend_v the_o kingdom_n out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o solomon_n and_o will_v give_v ten_o tribe_n to_o thou_o because_o they_o kingdom_n they_o solomon_n give_v way_n to_o his_o wife_n idolatry_n prove_v a_o snare_n to_o the_o people_n and_o occasion_v their_o revolt_n from_o god_n and_o in_o this_o rent_n the_o people_n suffer_v as_o well_o as_o rehoboam_n the_o rent_n in_o the_o kingdom_n prove_v a_o occasion_n of_o continual_a war_n between_o judah_n and_o israel_n which_o bring_v in_o many_o misery_n from_o foreign_a nation_n upon_o both_o kingdom_n have_v forsake_v i_o and_o worship_v ashtaroth_n and_o chemosh_fw-mi and_o moloch_n and_o have_v not_o walk_v in_o my_o way_n to_o do_v that_o which_o be_v right_a in_o my_o eye_n and_o to_o keep_v my_o statute_n and_o judgement_n as_o do_v david_n my_o servant_n howbeit_o i_o will_v not_o take_v the_o kingdom_n from_o solomon_n while_o he_o live_v but_o he_o shall_v be_v king_n thereof_o all_o his_o day_n for_o david_n my_o servant_n sake_n who_o i_o choose_v because_o he_o keep_v my_o commandment_n and_o my_o statute_n but_o i_o will_v take_v the_o kingdom_n out_o of_o his_o son_n hand_n viz._n ten_o tribe_n of_o it_o and_o will_v give_v they_o unto_o thou_o and_o unto_o his_o son_n will_v i_o give_v one_o entire_a tribe_n viz._n judah_n with_o simeon_n benjaminis_fw-la simeon_n ac_fw-la proinde_fw-la synecdochice_v includitur_fw-la nam_n e_o benjamine_n tantum_fw-la pars_fw-la penes_fw-la eum_fw-la fuit_fw-la jeroboamo_n cesserunt_fw-la bethel_n &_o ephraim_n quae_fw-la erant_fw-la oppida_fw-la benjaminis_fw-la that_o be_v mix_v with_o it_o together_o with_o the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n that_o david_n my_o servant_n may_v have_v a_o light_n always_o before_o i_o in_o jerusalem_n that_o be_v a_o royal_a glory_n shine_v in_o one_o of_o his_o posterity_n who_o as_o a_o light_n may_v shine_v before_o the_o people_n and_o direct_v they_o as_o long_o as_o that_o kingdom_n shall_v last_v see_v 2_o sam._n 21.17_o 1_o king_n 15.4_o and_o that_o in_o jerusalem_n where_o my_o temple_n be_v build_v and_o where_o my_o name_n be_v solemn_o call_v upon_o and_o which_o be_v call_v after_o my_o name_n the_o city_n of_o god_n and_o i_o will_v take_v thou_o and_o make_v thou_o king_n over_o the_o ten_o tribe_n and_o thou_o shall_v be_v a_o sovereign_a king_n and_o not_o under_o any_o superior_a on_o earth_n so_o that_o thou_o may_v reign_v according_a as_o thy_o soul_n desire_v and_o if_o thou_o will_v hearken_v unto_o all_o that_o i_o command_v thou_o and_o will_v walk_v in_o my_o way_n and_o do_v that_o which_o be_v right_a in_o my_o sight_n to_o keep_v my_o statute_n and_o commandment_n as_o david_n my_o servant_n do_v i_o will_v be_v with_o thou_o and_o build_v thou_o a_o sure_a house_n that_o be_v so_o establish_v thy_o kingdom_n that_o it_o shall_v continue_v in_o thy_o posterity_n as_o i_o promise_v to_o david_n and_o though_o i_o will_v by_o this_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n sore_o afflict_v the_o house_n of_o david_n yet_o i_o will_v not_o do_v it_o for_o ever_o for_o though_o they_o shall_v be_v carry_v into_o captivity_n yet_o they_o shall_v be_v bring_v back_o again_o and_o the_o messiah_n shall_v at_o last_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o seed_n of_o david_n who_o shall_v continue_v to_o reign_v most_o glorious_o for_o ever_o ahijah_n have_v deliver_v what_o god_n command_v he_o to_o jeroboam_n take_v his_o leave_n of_o he_o how_o jeroboam_n be_v affect_v with_o this_o surprise_v message_n we_o may_v easy_o imagine_v it_o seem_v he_o
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 continue_v to_o the_o day_n of_o ahab_n but_o now_o take_v advantage_n from_o the_o late_a discomfiture_n of_o the_o israelite_n by_o the_o syrian_n at_o ramoth-gilead_n and_o the_o death_n of_o ahab_n mesha_n the_o present_a king_n of_o moab_n refuse_v any_o long_a to_o pay_v the_o tribute_n of_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o lamb_n and_o a_o hundred_o thousand_o ram_n with_o their_o wool_n which_o before_o he_o pay_v to_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n 1.1_o and_o ch._n 3.4.5_o 2_o chron._n 18._o from_o 3_o to_o the_o end_n we_o be_v now_o come_v to_o the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o king_n king_n the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o king_n which_o be_v a_o continuation_n of_o the_o history_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n from_o ahab_n and_o of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n from_o jehoshaphat_n till_o israel_n be_v destroy_v by_o the_o assyrian_n and_o judah_n captivate_v by_o the_o babylonian_n the_o time_n and_o order_n of_o their_o reign_n we_o may_v see_v in_o this_o ensue_a table_n king_n of_o judah_n jehoram_fw-la 8._o year_n ahaziah_n 1_o athaliah_n 6._o joash_n 40._o amaziah_n 29._o vzziah_n 52._o jotham_n 16._o ahaz_n 16._o hezekiah_n 29._o manasseh_n 55._o amon_n 2._o josiah_n 31._o jehoahaz_n or_o shallum_n 3_o month_n eliakim_n or_o jehoiakim_n 11._o jehoiakin_n 3_o month._n and_o then_o carry_v captive_a to_o babylon_n mattaniah_n alias_o zedekiah_n reign_n zedekiah_n the_o history_n of_o ahaziah_n be_v partly_o in_o the_o last_o ch._n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n and_o partly_o in_o 2_o king_n 1._o and_o some_o think_v the_o 2d_o book_n of_o king_n shall_v begin_v with_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n 11._o king_n of_o israel_n ahaziah_n israel_n ahaziah_n so_o
there_o whereupon_o the_o dead_a man_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o touch_v the_o bone_n of_o elisha_n revive_v and_o stand_v upon_o his_o foot_n by_o this_o miracle_n god_n give_v testimony_n to_o the_o sanctity_n and_o holiness_n of_o elisha_n that_o the_o people_n may_v be_v induce_v to_o believe_v what_o he_o have_v prophesy_v concern_v their_o smite_v the_o syrian_n and_o hereby_o also_o he_o confirm_v to_o they_o the_o hope_n of_o a_o resurrection_n and_o a_o future_a life_n after_o this_o but_o to_o proceed_v though_o hazael_n oppress_v israel_n all_o the_o day_n that_o jehoahaz_n reign_v alone_o as_o we_o show_v before_o yet_o it_o please_v the_o lord_n to_o make_v joash_n very_o successful_a against_o the_o syrian_n so_o that_o in_o the_o day_n of_o benhadad_n son_n of_o hazael_n he_o do_v according_a to_o elisha_n prophecy_n obtain_v three_o notable_a victory_n over_o they_o and_o recover_v out_o of_o their_o hand_n the_o city_n his_o father_n have_v lose_v for_o the_o lord_n be_v gracious_a unto_o the_o israelite_n and_o have_v compassion_n on_o they_o because_o of_o his_o covenant_n 105.8_o covenant_n this_o covenant_n be_v often_o set_v down_o as_o the_o ground_n of_o god_n do_v good_a to_o israel_n psa_n 105.8_o with_o abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n and_o will_v not_o destroy_v they_o as_o yet_o nor_o cast_v they_o out_o of_o his_o favour_n nor_o out_o of_o the_o land_n which_o he_o have_v choose_v for_o his_o habitation_n though_o he_o do_v it_o afterward_o they_o persist_v in_o their_o idolatry_n and_o other_o sin_n joash_n also_o conquer_v amaziah_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o take_v he_o prisoner_n and_o break_v down_o four_o hundred_o cubit_n of_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n even_o from_o the_o gate_n of_o ephraim_n to_o the_o corner-gate_n and_o have_v get_v from_o he_o all_o the_o treasure_n both_o of_o the_o temple_n and_o of_o the_o king_n house_n return_v to_o samaria_n as_o be_v more_o full_o relate_v in_o the_o life_n of_o amaziah_n joash_n 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eos_fw-la in_o filios_fw-la meos_fw-la ut_fw-la mei_fw-la dicantur_fw-la non_fw-la tui_fw-la licet_fw-la a_o te_fw-la geniti_fw-la be_v name_v on_o they_o and_o the_o name_n of_o my_o father_n abraham_n and_o isaac_n that_o be_v let_v they_o be_v account_v and_o call_v abraham_n isaac_n and_o jacob_n child_n let_v they_o be_v esteem_v among_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n of_o israel_n as_o my_o own_o immediate_a issue_n and_o let_v they_o grow_v into_o a_o multitude_n 33.17_o multitude_n there_o be_v eighty_o five_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o man_n of_o war_n of_o these_o two_o tribe_n in_o moses_n time_n numb_a 26.28.34.37_o thus_o moses_n bless_v they_o deut._n 33.17_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o earth_n jacob_n have_v thus_o bless_v these_o young_a youth_n he_o address_v his_o speech_n to_o joseph_n say_v in_o thou_o shall_v israel_n bless_v that_o be_v when_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n shall_v bless_v their_o child_n they_o shall_v look_v upon_o thou_o and_o thy_o child_n as_o their_o pattern_n and_o shall_v say_v to_o they_o god_n make_v thou_o as_o ephraim_n and_o as_o fagius_n as_o hinc_fw-la postea_fw-la mos_fw-la in_o israele_n ut_fw-la adducerentur_fw-la putri_fw-la ad_fw-la viros_fw-la conspicuos_fw-la pielate_fw-la ut_fw-la iis_fw-la benedicerent_fw-la &_o bene_fw-la precarentur_fw-la hinc_fw-la pveri_fw-la illi_fw-la ad_fw-la christum_fw-la adducti_fw-la qui_fw-la vero_fw-la iis_fw-la manus_fw-la imponit_fw-la &_o benedicit_fw-la dicit_fw-la si_fw-la filius_fw-la est_fw-la ponat_fw-la te_fw-la deus_fw-la sicut_fw-la ephraim_n &_o sicut_fw-la manassen_n si_fw-mi filia_fw-la ponat_fw-la te_fw-la deus_fw-la sicut_fw-la saram_fw-la &_o rebeccam_fw-la vide_fw-la ruth_n 4.11_o fagius_n manasseh_n then_o israel_n say_v to_o joseph_n behold_v i_o die_v and_o be_o ready_a to_o go_v hence_o but_o god_n will_v be_v with_o you_o and_o will_v assure_o bring_v your_o posterity_n into_o the_o land_n promise_v to_o their_o father_n and_o wherein_o they_o sometime_o dwell_v 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therefore_o he_o shall_v not_o excel_v that_o be_v his_o tribe_n shall_v not_o excel_v either_o in_o number_n valour_n or_o any_o excellent_a achievement_n so_o that_o this_o wicked_a fact_n do_v above_o forty_o year_n ago_o soon_o after_o the_o birth_n of_o benjamin_n 35.22_o benjamin_n ch._n 35.22_o be_v here_o severe_o doom_v and_o that_o to_o humble_a reuben_n for_o his_o sin_n and_o to_o teach_v his_o brethren_n to_o take_v heed_n of_o all_o such_o high_a provoke_a transgression_n against_o god_n 2_o he_o come_v to_o simeon_n and_o levi_n who_o he_o say_v be_v brethren_n and_o that_o not_o only_o by_o birth_n be_v child_n of_o the_o same_o father_n and_o mother_n but_o in_o manner_n condition_n and_o wicked_a practice_n god_n practice_n thus_o moses_n impartial_o set_v a_o brand_n of_o infamy_n upon_o levi_n his_o great_a grandfather_n which_o show_v that_o in_o write_v this_o story_n he_o be_v not_o guide_v by_o his_o own_o private_a spirit_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n they_o be_v instrument_n of_o great_a cruelty_n in_o the_o land_n of_o their_o sojourn_v upon_o the_o shechemite_n gen._n 34.13_o 25._o where_o be_v stranger_n they_o endanger_v the_o ruin_n of_o themselves_o and_o their_o father_n house_n then_o by_o a_o pathetical_a apostrophe_n he_o show_v his_o detestation_n of_o their_o outrageous_a fact_n and_o clear_v himself_o of_o all_o suspicion_n of_o his_o favour_v of_o it_o and_o prevent_v all_o aspersion_n which_o otherwise_o after_o his_o death_n may_v possible_o have_v be_v cast_v upon_o he_o for_o it_o o_o my_o soul_n say_v he_o come_v not_o thou_o into_o their_o secret_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v god_n forbid_v that_o ever_o my_o soul_n shall_v join_v in_o such_o a_o villainy_n they_o do_v it_o secret_o without_o my_o knowledge_n and_o when_o they_o assemble_v together_o to_o contrive_v the_o execution_n of_o it_o i_o be_v not_o among_o they_o neither_o do_v my_o soul_n or_o my_o tongue_n praebuit_fw-la tongue_n q._n d._n exit_fw-la animo_fw-la detestor_fw-la hoc_fw-la scelus_fw-la nec_fw-la ullum_fw-la assensum_fw-la lingua_fw-la praebuit_fw-la both_o which_o be_v man_n glory_n ever_o give_v any_o consent_n or_o approbation_n to_o that_o barbarous_a fact_n prophecy_n fact_n the_o author_n of_o the_o apocryphal_a book_n of_o judith_n high_o extol_v this_o fact_n which_o show_v that_o he_o write_v not_o by_o inspiration_n of_o that_o spirit_n of_o god_n that_o the_o patriarch_n jacob_n be_v act_v by_o when_o he_o utter_v this_o prophecy_n for_o in_o their_o wrath_n they_o slay_v hamor_n and_o shechem_n and_o the_o citizen_n of_o their_o city_n and_o in_o their_o rage_n and_o wilfulness_n they_o dig_v raptores_fw-la dig_v we_o read_v not_o of_o this_o before_o ch._n 34._o yet_o it_o seem_v by_o this_o passage_n it_o be_v then_o do_v vers_fw-la 6._o they_o slay_v a_o man_n that_o be_v many_o man_n the_o hebrew_n do_v frequent_o use_v a_o enallage_n of_o a_o singular_a for_o a_o plural_a number_n jun._n &_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
of_o his_o reign_n and_o destroy_v all_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n ch._n 15.27_o over_o israel_n that_o shall_v cut_v off_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n if_o thou_o ask_v when_o or_o at_o what_o time_n this_o shall_v come_v to_o pass_v i_o answer_v very_o quick_o and_o soon_o than_o you_o do_v expect_v and_o the_o lord_n will_v smite_v israel_n as_o a_o reed_n be_v shake_v in_o the_o water_n he_o will_v afflict_v both_o prince_n and_o people_n with_o uncessant_a war_n and_o trouble_n both_o intestine_a and_o foreign_a so_o that_o they_o shall_v never_o abide_v long_o in_o any_o settle_a condition_n but_o as_o reed_n that_o grow_v in_o the_o water_n be_v continual_o shake_v so_o shall_v it_o be_v with_o this_o kingdom_n partly_o by_o the_o frequent_a transfer_v the_o crown_n from_o one_o family_n to_o another_o and_o partly_o by_o the_o frequent_a invasion_n of_o the_o man_n of_o judah_n or_o some_o other_o neighbour_a nation_n and_o the_o lord_n will_v root_v up_o 17.6_o up_o first_o by_o tiglath-pilesar_a in_o the_o day_n of_o pekak_a king_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n 15.29_o &_o the_o great_a part_n after_o by_o salmanassar_n in_o the_o day_n of_o hoshea_n 2_o k._n 17.6_o israel_n out_o of_o this_o good_a land_n which_o he_o give_v to_o their_o father_n and_o will_v scatter_v they_o beyond_o the_o river_n to_o wit_n euphrates_n into_o the_o land_n of_o assyria_n mesopotamia_n and_o media_n whither_o they_o shall_v be_v carry_v captive_a because_o they_o have_v make_v grove_n for_o idol_n thereby_o provoke_v he_o to_o anger_n and_o he_o will_v give_v up_o israel_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o enemy_n because_o they_o consent_v to_o the_o idolatry_n of_o jeroboam_n who_o do_v sin_n high_o against_o god_n and_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n by_o cause_v they_o to_o leave_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o to_o worship_v the_o calf_n he_o have_v set_v up_o ahijah_n have_v thus_o speak_v jeroboam_n wife_n depart_v and_o as_o she_o come_v to_o the_o door_n of_o her_o house_n her_o son_n die_v and_o they_o bury_v he_o and_o all_o israel_n lament_v for_o he_o as_o god_n have_v foretell_v by_o the_o ministry_n of_o his_o prophet_n there_o be_v many_o bicker_n and_o continual_a hostility_n between_o jeroboam_n and_o rehoboam_n all_o their_o day_n and_o the_o borderer_n on_o both_o side_n do_v continual_o invade_v one_o another_o but_o after_o rehoboam_n death_n jeroboam_n in_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n gather_v together_o a_o vast_a army_n of_o eight_o hundred_o thousand_o man_n to_o set_v upon_o abijah_n rehoboam_n son_n new_o come_v to_o the_o crown_n and_o abijah_n meet_v he_o with_o four_o hundred_o thousand_o and_o with_o they_o discomfit_v his_o mighty_a army_n and_o slay_v five_o hundred_o thousand_o of_o they_o and_o pursue_v his_o victory_n take_v from_o he_o bethel_n and_o two_o other_o city_n as_o may_v be_v more_o full_o see_v in_o the_o life_n of_o abijah_n neither_o do_v jeroboam_n recover_v strength_n again_o 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possession_n but_o now_o it_o seem_v the_o philistine_n have_v get_v it_o nadab_n therefore_o and_o all_o israel_n with_o he_o go_v and_o lay_v siege_n to_o it_o to_o recover_v it_o and_o here_o during_o the_o siege_n he_o be_v treacherous_o slay_v by_o baasha_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o issachar_n and_o so_o the_o siege_n as_o it_o seem_v be_v raise_v for_o twenty_o six_o year_n after_o or_o thereabouts_o the_o son_n of_o baasha_n do_v again_o lay_v siege_n to_o this_o city_n as_o we_o may_v see_v chap._n 16.15_o baasha_n now_o set_v up_o himself_o in_o the_o throne_n he_o smite_v all_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o ahijah_n 1_o king_n 14.10_o behold_v i_o will_v bring_v evil_a upon_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n and_o will_v cut_v off_o from_o jeroboam_n he_o that_o piss_v against_o the_o wall_n and_o he_o that_o be_v shut_v up_o and_o leave_v in_o israel_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 go_v so_o with_o nadab_n the_o regal_a power_n in_o jeroboam_n house_n end_v and_o thus_o the_o idolatry_n wherewith_o jeroboam_n think_v to_o have_v establish_v the_o kingdom_n to_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n be_v the_o very_a cause_n of_o the_o ruin_n of_o his_o family_n and_o the_o transfer_v the_o kingdom_n to_o another_o 1_o king_n 15._o from_o 25_o to_o 32._o baasha_n the_o son_n of_o ahijah_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o issachar_n begin_v his_o reign_n in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o asa_n baasha_n three_o king_n of_o israel_n baasha_n and_o reign_v twenty_o and_o four_o year_n he_o do_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o jeroboam_n in_o the_o thirty_o six_o year_n of_o asa_n kingdom_n as_o it_o stand_v divide_v from_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n but_o in_o the_o sixteenth_o year_n of_o asa_n own_o reign_n and_o about_o the_o fourteen_o of_o baasha_n he_o perceive_v asa_n to_o grow_v potent_a and_o that_o many_o of_o his_o subject_n fall_v off_o to_o he_o he_o begin_v to_o arm_v against_o he_o and_o never_o cease_v from_o henceforward_o to_o make_v war_n upon_o he_o all_o his_o day_n and_o he_o go_v up_o to_o build_v ramah_n which_o lie_v between_o samaria_n and_o jerusalem_n that_o he_o may_v suffer_v no_o man_n to_o come_v out_o from_o or_o go_v unto_o asa_n king_n of_o judah_n but_o he_o be_v fain_o to_o give_v it_o over_o be_v recall_v by_o a_o invasion_n make_v into_o his_o country_n by_o benhadad_n king_n of_o syria_n hire_v thereunto_o by_o asa_n 2_o chron._n 16._o from_o 1_o to_o 7._o and_o 1_o king_n 15.32_o jehu_n the_o son_n of_o hanani_n the_o prophet_n deliver_v he_o a_o sad_a message_n from_o the_o lord_n concern_v the_o destruction_n of_o his_o house_n for_o his_o idolatry_n and_o kill_v of_o nadab_n oppugnant_fw-la nadab_n for_o though_o baasha_n do_v herein_o what_o god_n have_v decree_v yet_o he_o have_v no_o command_n from_o god_n to_o do_v it_o but_o do_v it_o only_o to_o serve_v his_o own_o end_n and_o to_o get_v the_o kingdom_n saepe_fw-la deus_fw-la decreta_fw-la sva_fw-la exequitur_fw-la per_fw-la malos_fw-la homines_fw-la qui_fw-la long_a aliud_fw-la agentes_fw-la sva_fw-la quaerunt_fw-la ideoque_fw-la poena_fw-la digni_fw-la sunt_fw-la impii_fw-la saepe_fw-la imprudentes_fw-la serviunt_fw-la voluntati_fw-la dei_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la patefactam_fw-la scientes_fw-la oppugnant_fw-la this_o jehu_n be_v that_o prophet_n that_o be_v send_v afterward_o to_o jehoshaphat_n to_o reprove_v he_o for_o his_o league_n with_o ahab_n 2_o chr._n 19.2_o and_o he_o that_o write_v the_o chronicle_n of_o those_o time_n 2_o chron._n 20.34_o and_o his_o father_n hanani_n be_v the_o prophet_n that_o reprove_v asa_n for_o seek_v to_o benhadad_n for_o aid_n against_o baasha_n so_o that_o both_o father_n and_o son_n be_v eminent_a prophet_n of_o the_o lord_n at_o the_o same_o time_n and_o both_o send_v to_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n to_o who_o the_o lord_n be_v please_v to_o send_v many_o prophet_n to_o reclaim_v they_o jehu_n come_v to_o baasha_n tell_v he_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n forasmuch_o as_o i_o exalt_v thou_o out_o of_o the_o dust_n and_o from_o a_o mean_a condition_n make_v thou_o prince_n attribuuntur_fw-la prince_n for_o it_o be_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n that_o make_v baasha_n attempt_n against_o nadab_n so_o successful_a collatio_fw-la regni_fw-la deo_fw-la doll_n vero_fw-la &_o parricidium_fw-la baasae_fw-la attribuuntur_fw-la over_o my_o they_o my_o they_o be_v god_n people_n by_o covenant_n and_o outward_a profession_n and_o they_o retain_v still_o circumcision_n and_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n and_o there_o be_v many_o pious_a prophet_n and_o some_o good_a people_n among_o they_o people_n israel_n and_o thou_o have_v walk_v in_o
residue_n of_o the_o prophecy_n a_o three_o eminent_a prophet_n who_o the_o lord_n raise_v up_o at_o the_o same_o time_n be_v amos_n amos_n the_o prophecy_n of_o amos_n send_v principal_o to_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n he_o be_v a_o herdsman_n and_o take_v from_o follow_v his_o herd_n in_o judea_n and_o send_v to_o prophesy_v to_o the_o people_n of_o israel_n amos_n 1.1_o the_o word_n of_o amos_n who_o be_v among_o the_o herdsman_n of_o tekoa_n and_o chap._n 7.14_o then_o answer_v amos_n and_o say_v to_o amaziah_n i_o be_v no_o prophet_n nor_o prophet_n son_n but_o i_o be_v a_o herdsman_n and_o a_o gatherer_n of_o sycamore_n fruit_n and_o the_o lord_n take_v i_o as_o i_o follow_v the_o flock_n and_o say_v unto_o i_o go_v pprophecy_n unto_o my_o people_n israel_n amaziah_n the_o priest_n of_o bethel_n will_v have_v stir_v up_o jeroboam_n against_o he_o for_o prophesy_v against_o his_o house_n amos_n 7.10_o then_o amaziah_n the_o priest_n of_o bethel_n send_v to_o jeroboam_n king_n of_o israel_n say_v amos_n have_v conspire_v against_o thou_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n the_o land_n be_v not_o able_a to_o bear_v all_o his_o word_n for_o he_o say_v jeroboam_n shall_v die_v by_o the_o sword_n and_o israel_n shall_v sure_o be_v lead_v away_o captive_a out_o of_o their_o own_o land_n also_o amaziah_n say_v unto_o amos_n o_o thou_o seer_n go_v flee_v away_o into_o the_o land_n of_o judah_n and_o there_o eat_v bread_n and_o prophesy_v there_o amos_n be_v thus_o ill_o use_v by_o he_o pronounce_v a_o heavy_a judgement_n from_o the_o lord_n upon_o he_o ver_fw-la 17._o thy_o wife_n shall_v play_v the_o whore_n and_o thy_o son_n and_o daughter_n shall_v fall_v by_o the_o sword_n and_o thou_o shall_v die_v in_o a_o pollute_a land_n viz._n that_o of_o assyria_n when_o israel_n shall_v be_v carry_v away_o captive_a out_o of_o her_o own_o land_n amos_n begin_v to_o prophesy_v two_o year_n before_o the_o earthquake_n and_o foretell_v it_o before_o it_o come_v which_o happen_v as_o it_o be_v think_v about_o two_o year_n before_o jeroboam_n death_n he_o prophesy_v against_o six_o nation_n beside_o israel_n and_o judah_n first_o he_o declare_v god_n judgement_n against_o the_o neighbour_n nation_n that_o be_v enemy_n to_o the_o jew_n viz._n 1._o damascus_n 2._o gaza_n and_o other_o adjacent_a place_n of_o the_o philistine_n 3._o tyre_n 4._o edom._n 5._o ammon_n 6._o moab_n then_o he_o threaten_v the_o jew_n for_o their_o sin_n speak_v sometime_o to_o judah_n but_o principal_o to_o israel_n against_o who_o he_o prophecy_n first_o in_o plain_a term_n second_o in_o type_n and_o vision_n first_o in_o plain_a term_n he_o threaten_v they_o for_o their_o ingratitude_n and_o idolatry_n ch._n 3._o their_o violence_n and_o incorrigibleness_n ch._n 4._o their_o injustice_n and_o oppression_n of_o the_o poor_a their_o slight_a god_n threaten_n and_o their_o hypocritical_a worship_n chap._n 5._o their_o put_v off_o the_o evil_a day_n and_o their_o 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 populum_fw-la qui_fw-la velut_fw-la fructus_fw-la terrae_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la ea_fw-la terra_fw-la velut_fw-la ab_fw-la arbore_fw-la auferendum_fw-la 5_o of_o smite_v the_o lintel_n of_o the_o door_n of_o the_o temple_n till_o the_o post_n uphold_v it_o do_v shake_v signify_v not_o only_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o temple_n but_o the_o cut_n off_o of_o great_a and_o small_a of_o the_o people_n last_o he_o sweeten_v and_o moderate_v these_o severe_a and_o hard_a prophecy_n with_o a_o twofold_a promise_n 1._o that_o god_n will_v spare_v a_o remnant_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o these_o calamity_n though_o he_o destroy_v the_o profane_a body_n of_o the_o nation_n 2._o that_o in_o due_a time_n he_o will_v recollect_v and_o restore_v the_o church_n of_o israel_n and_o will_v raise_v up_o a_o gospel-church_n from_o among_o they_o under_o christ_n which_o he_o will_v enlarge_v by_o the_o addition_n of_o the_o believe_a gentile_n to_o it_o jeroboam_n now_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v with_o his_o predecessor_n 2_o king_n 14.28_o 29._o after_o jeroboam_n death_n under_o who_o that_o kingdom_n come_v to_o its_o full_a height_n of_o glory_n all_o thing_n decline_v and_o those_o tumult_n arise_v which_o be_v the_o forerunner_n of_o the_o destruction_n not_o only_o of_o jeroboam_n own_o house_n but_o also_o of_o the_o whole_a kingdom_n as_o be_v foretell_v in_o chap._n 7_o 8._o of_o amos._n in_o which_o trouble_a and_o tempestuous_a state_n of_o thing_n they_o fall_v into_o a_o plain_a anarchy_n which_o last_v about_o eleven_o year_n and_o a_o half_a for_o if_o we_o compare_v the_o time_n of_o these_o two_o kingdom_n together_o we_o must_v be_v force_v to_o grant_v such_o a_o interregnum_fw-la or_o vacancy_n of_o a_o king_n in_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n that_o the_o six_o month_n of_o zachariah_n the_o son_n of_o jeroboam_n uzziah_n jeroboam_n for_o jeroboam_n reign_v 29_o year_n in_o the_o day_n of_o uzziah_n then_o add_v eleven_o year_n of_o vacancy_n till_o zachariah_n begin_v to_o reign_v and_o it_o will_v fall_v in_o with_o the_o 38_o of_o uzziah_n may_v fall_v even_o with_o the_o thirty_o eight_o year_n and_o the_o one_o month_n of_o shallum_n menahem_n shallum_n in_o the_o space_n of_o one_o year_n viz._n from_o 38_o to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 39_o of_o uzziah_n there_o be_v four_o king_n in_o israel_n jerâ—boam_n zachariah_n shallum_n menahem_n who_o slay_v he_o with_o the_o thirty_o nine_o year_n of_o vzziah_n king_n of_o judah_n according_a to_o what_o we_o find_v record_v 2_o king_n 15.8_o in_o the_o thirty_o eight_o year_n of_o azariah_n king_n of_o judah_n do_v zachariah_n the_o son_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la reign_n over_o israel_n in_o samaria_n six_o month_n and_o v._o 13._o shallum_n the_o son_n of_o jabesh_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o nine_o and_o thirty_o year_n of_o vzziah_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o he_o reign_v a_o full_a month_n in_o samaria_n the_o occasion_n of_o this_o interregnum_fw-la or_o vacancy_n we_o vacancy_n to_o this_o time_n hosea_n seem_v to_o point_n hos_fw-la 10.3_o for_o now_o they_o shall_v say_v we_o have_v no_o king_n because_o we_o fear_v not_o the_o lord_n what_o then_o shall_v a_o king_n do_v to_o we_o may_v possible_o be_v the_o great_a dissension_n and_o division_n in_o israel_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la or_o some_o mislike_n of_o zachariah_n his_o son_n that_o be_v to_o succeed_v he_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n be_v weary_v out_o as_o it_o seem_v with_o their_o dissension_n at_o last_o settle_v zachariah_n zachariah_n the_o 14_o king_n of_o israel_n zachariah_n the_o son_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la the_o four_o and_o last_o of_o the_o race_n of_o jehu_n in_o his_o father_n throne_n as_o god_n have_v promise_v 2_o king_n 10.30_o after_o eleven_o year_n vacancy_n as_o have_v be_v show_v before_o he_o do_v that_o which_o be_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o depart_v not_o from_o the_o idolatry_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la who_o make_v israel_n to_o sin_n and_o reign_v only_o six_o month_n at_o the_o end_n of_o those_o six_o month_n shallum_n who_o be_v as_o it_o seem_v some_o great_a commander_n in_o the_o army_n such_o a_o one_o as_o omri_n 1_o king_n 16.16_o first_o secret_o conspire_v against_o he_o but_o then_o have_v get_v many_o to_o side_n with_o he_o he_o slay_v he_o open_o and_o public_o in_o the_o very_a sight_n of_o the_o people_n they_o not_o at_o all_o oppose_a it_o or_o endeavour_v to_o hinder_v it_o after_o who_o death_n follow_v those_o direful_a calamity_n which_o be_v foretell_v by_o amos_n ch._n 7.9_o and_o the_o high_a place_n of_o isaac_n shall_v be_v desolate_a and_o the_o sanctuary_n of_o israel_n shall_v be_v lay_v waste_n and_o i_o will_v rise_v against_o the_o house_n of_o jeroboam_n with_o the_o sword_n and_o thus_o jehu_n race_n end_v in_o the_o continuance_n of_o it_o so_o long_o we_o may_v
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further_o we_o be_v to_o observe_v what_o a_o excellent_a character_n be_v give_v of_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n 18.5_o 6._o viz._n that_o he_o trust_v in_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n so_o that_o after_o he_o there_o be_v none_o like_o he_o among_o all_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n since_o the_o rent_n of_o the_o kingdom_n nor_o before_o he_o he_o excel_v those_o that_o go_v before_o he_o in_o remove_v the_o high_a place_n which_o neither_o jehoshaphat_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o good_a king_n of_o judah_n have_v hitherto_o do_v but_o as_o for_o those_o that_o be_v after_o he_o some_o may_v object_v that_o which_o be_v say_v of_o josiah_n 2_o king_n 23.25_o viz._n that_o there_o be_v no_o king_n before_o he_o like_a unto_o he_o but_o to_o this_o we_o may_v answer_v that_o though_o josiah_n excel_v hezekiah_n in_o some_o thing_n yet_o in_o other_o thing_n hezekiah_n excel_v he_o for_o hezekiah_n be_v the_o first_o that_o remove_v the_o high_a place_n but_o when_o josiah_n remove_v they_o he_o have_v hezekiah_n example_n to_o encourage_v he_o therein_o and_o hezekiah_n be_v more_o successful_a in_o war_n than_o josiah_n they_o be_v indeed_o both_o excellent_a prince_n though_o in_o some_o thing_n the_o one_o may_v excel_v the_o other_o it_o be_v further_o say_v of_o hezekiah_n that_o he_o cleave_v to_o the_o lord_n and_o depart_v not_o from_o follow_v he_o but_o keep_v his_o commandment_n and_o the_o lord_n be_v with_o he_o and_o he_o prosper_v he_o in_o all_o his_o erterprise_n as_o in_o particular_a in_o his_o war_n against_o the_o philistine_n against_o who_o he_o mighty_o prevail_v and_o take_v all_o those_o city_n from_o they_o which_o they_o have_v take_v from_o his_o father_n ahaz_n see_v 2_o chron._n 28.18_o but_o we_o
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again_o tell_v the_o priest_n that_o it_o will_v not_o now_o be_v a_o burden_n unto_o they_o it_o must_v abide_v in_o the_o temple_n and_o not_o be_v carry_v from_o place_n to_o place_n upon_o their_o shoulder_n as_o former_o it_o have_v be_v before_o the_o temple_n be_v build_v and_o they_o be_v now_o deliver_v from_o that_o burden_n shall_v serve_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n more_o faithful_o and_o cheerful_o and_o shall_v serve_v his_o people_n also_o by_o diligent_o instruct_v they_o and_o perform_v those_o service_n for_o they_o that_o tend_v to_o their_o spiritual_a good_a and_o because_o several_a family_n of_o the_o levite_n be_v appoint_v to_o attend_v upon_o the_o sacrifice_n and_o offering_n of_o several_a family_n of_o each_o tribe_n some_o be_v to_o be_v employ_v in_o that_o holy_a service_n for_o such_o and_o such_o family_n t._n v._o 6._o prepare_v for_o your_o brethren_n praeparate_a agnos_fw-la pro_fw-la fratribus_fw-la vestris_fw-la j._n t._n and_o other_o for_o 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jehiel_n who_o with_o the_o high_a priest_n be_v ruler_n over_o other_o priest_n and_o levite_n in_o the_o house_n of_o god_n give_v to_o the_o inferior_a priest_n two_o thousand_o and_o six_o hundred_o small_a cattle_n and_o three_o hundred_o ox_n and_o six_o eminent_a levite_n who_o be_v father_n and_o ruler_n over_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o levite_n give_v unto_o the_o inferior_a levite_n for_o passover-offering_n five_o thousand_o small_a cattle_n and_o for_o other_o offering_n five_o hundred_o ox_n so_o all_o thing_n fit_a and_o requisite_a for_o a_o solemn_a passover_n be_v provide_v and_o make_v ready_a and_o the_o priest_n stand_v in_o their_o place_n and_o the_o levite_n in_o their_o order_n according_a to_o the_o king_n commandment_n so_o they_o kill_v the_o passover_n every_o father_n of_o a_o family_n for_o himself_o and_o his_o family_n and_o the_o levite_n for_o themselves_o and_o for_o other_o levite_n who_o be_v otherwise_o employ_v and_o the_o priest_n sprinkle_v the_o 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for_o the_o priest_n who_o be_v employ_v even_o until_o night_n in_o offer_v the_o burnt-offering_n and_o the_o fat_a etc._n etc._n have_v no_o time_n to_o provide_v for_o themselves_o and_o the_o singer_n stand_v in_o their_o place_n to_o perform_v their_o service_n according_a to_o the_o commandment_n of_o david_n the_o porter_n also_o attend_v at_o the_o gate_n and_o do_v not_o depart_v from_o their_o service_n during_o that_o solemnity_n and_o thereupon_o the_o levite_n prepare_v for_o they_o as_o they_o have_v do_v for_o the_o priest_n thus_o all_o thing_n that_o appertain_v to_o the_o service_n and_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o to_o the_o keep_v the_o passover_n and_o the_o offering_n of_o the_o burnt-offering_n be_v due_o perform_v that_o day_n according_a to_o the_o king_n command_n and_o so_o they_o keep_v the_o passover_n at_o that_o time_n and_o the_o feast_n of_o unleavened_a bread_n seven_o day_n after_o and_o there_o be_v no_o passover_n like_v to_o this_o keep_v in_o israel_n from_o the_o day_n of_o samuel_n the_o prophet_n neither_o do_v any_o of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n either_o david_n or_o solomon_n or_o any_o of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n since_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n keep_v such_o a_o passover_n as_o josiah_n now_o keep_v if_o we_o consider_v the_o multitude_n of_o sacrifice_n that_o be_v offer_v and_o free_o give_v by_o the_o king_n prince_n priest_n and_o levite_n and_o the_o exceed_a joy_n of_o the_o good_a people_n that_o religion_n be_v restore_v again_o to_o its_o purity_n among_o they_o furthermore_o josiah_n take_v away_o all_o witch_n and_o soothsayer_n all_o image_n and_o dunghil-god_n and_o all_o abomination_n which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o land_n of_o judah_n and_o in_o jerusalem_n that_o he_o may_v perform_v all_o the_o word_n that_o be_v write_v in_o the_o book_n that_o be_v find_v by_o hilkiah_n the_o priest_n in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o there_o be_v no_o king_n that_o be_v before_o he_o in_o the_o throne_n of_o judah_n like_v unto_o he_o or_o that_o follow_v after_o he_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o fervency_n of_o his_o zeal_n for_o the_o root_n out_o of_o idolatry_n and_o other_o abomination_n which_o have_v prevail_v before_o his_o time_n and_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o innocence_n and_o integrity_n of_o his_o life_n and_o his_o diligent_a hee_v the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n we_o have_v indeed_o observe_v upon_o 2_o king_n 18.5_o that_o in_o some_o particular_n hezekiah_n excel_v he_o but_o in_o other_o josiah_n excel_v hezekiah_n as_o in_o his_o contrition_n and_o deep_a humiliation_n for_o the_o wickedness_n that_o prevail_v before_o his_o time_n see_v 2_o king_n 22.19_o his_o solemn_a make_v a_o covenant_n with_o the_o lord_n and_o engage_v his_o subject_n therein_o to_o reform_v their_o way_n his_o solemn_a keep_n of_o the_o passover_n his_o zealous_a purge_n not_o only_a judah_n and_o benjamin_n from_o idolatry_n but_o the_o city_n of_o israel_n under_o his_o 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possible_o he_o grant_v this_o favour_n but_o only_o to_o two_o or_o three_o of_o his_o idolatrous_a wife_n yet_o the_o rest_n by_o degree_n so_o far_o wrought_v upon_o he_o that_o he_o be_v fain_o to_o gratify_v all_o of_o they_o that_o seek_v to_o he_o for_o it_o and_o undoubted_o many_o of_o the_o people_n be_v hereby_o ensnare_v and_o thus_o he_o show_v that_o his_o heart_n be_v not_o so_o upright_o with_o god_n as_o his_o father_n david_n be_v for_o though_o david_n be_v guilty_a of_o many_o gross_a sin_n yet_o he_o never_o yield_v to_o any_o idolatry_n but_o keep_v the_o worship_n and_o service_n of_o god_n pure_a all_o his_o day_n and_o a_o great_a aggravation_n of_o solomon_n guilt_n it_o be_v that_o he_o turn_v from_o observe_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n who_o have_v in_o so_o extraordinary_a a_o manner_n twice_o appear_v to_o he_o viz._n once_o at_o gibeon_n ch._n 3.5_o and_o a_o second_o time_n at_o jerusalem_n ch._n 9.2_o and_o have_v command_v he_o particular_o to_o take_v heed_n of_o this_o thing_n namely_o not_o to_o go_v after_o other_o go_n the_o lord_n therefore_o have_v just_a cause_n to_o be_v angry_a with_o he_o for_o this_o and_o according_o he_o send_v ahiah_n the_o shilonite_n or_o some_o other_o prophet_n to_o he_o to_o speak_v to_o he_o after_o this_o manner_n thus_o say_v the_o lord_n forasmuch_o as_o thou_o have_v do_v this_o and_o have_v not_o keep_v my_o covenant_n 25._o covenant_n a_o covenant_n when_o apply_v to_o god_n signify_v a_o law_n appoint_v or_o enjoin_v to_o be_v keep_v and_o that_o with_o promise_n of_o reward_n to_o they_o that_o keep_v it_o and_o of_o penalty_n to_o such_o as_o transgress_v it_o deut._n 29.9_o 25._o and_o my_o statute_n which_o i_o command_v thou_o i_o will_v sure_o rend_v the_o great_a part_n of_o thy_o kingdom_n from_o thou_o and_o will_v give_v it_o to_o thy_o servant_n but_o i_o will_v not_o do_v it_o in_o thy_o day_n because_o of_o my_o promise_n to_o david_n thy_o father_n 2_o sam._n 7._o 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david_n my_o servant_n sake_n and_o for_o jerusalem_n sake_n which_o i_o have_v choose_v for_o the_o place_n of_o my_o public_a worship_n and_o the_o seat_n of_o the_o king_n from_o who_o the_o messiah_n who_o i_o have_v promise_v be_v to_o come_v 1_o king_n 11._o from_o v._o 1_o to_o 14._o sect_n xvi_o solomon_n as_o it_o be_v conceive_v be_v so_o terrify_v with_o this_o threaten_n that_o he_o repent_v of_o his_o sin_n and_o as_o a_o evidence_n of_o his_o repentance_n write_v his_o book_n call_v ecclesiaste_n in_o which_o he_o publish_v to_o the_o world_n his_o remorse_n for_o his_o former_a sin_n and_o folly_n and_o the_o vanity_n to_o which_o he_o have_v be_v too_o intemperate_o addict_v vanity_n addict_v ecclesiaste_n or_o the_o preach_a soul_n true_o penitent_a gather_v itself_o to_o the_o church_n and_o by_o wholesome_a admonition_n gather_v other_o also_o that_o be_v go_v astray_o after_o vanity_n in_o this_o book_n he_o reflect_v upon_o the_o honour_n pleasure_n and_o wealth_n he_o have_v so_o abundant_o enjoy_v the_o error_n and_o miscarriage_n he_o have_v fall_v into_o the_o observation_n he_o have_v make_v of_o thing_n natural_a moral_a domestical_a civil_a sensual_a and_o divine_a and_o the_o curious_a enquiry_n he_o have_v make_v after_o true_a happiness_n and_o in_o the_o first_o six_o chapter_n he_o show_v wherein_o it_o do_v not_o consist_v and_o in_o the_o six_o last_v wherein_o it_o do_v and_o first_o he_o show_v it_o do_v not_o consist_v in_o knowledge_n either_o natural_a or_o moral_a 2._o not_o in_o pleasure_n or_o sensual_a delight_n 3._o not_o in_o honour_n greatness_n and_o power_n which_o be_v so_o far_o from_o make_v man_n happy_a that_o without_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n to_o correct_v and_o temper_v it_o it_o be_v ordinary_o the_o occasion_n of_o much_o wickedness_n in_o they_o that_o have_v it_o and_o of_o much_o misery_n to_o other_o 4._o not_o in_o a_o outward_a formal_a religiousness_n 5._o not_o in_o riches_n and_o great_a possession_n which_o be_v often_o snare_n and_o occasion_n of_o much_o hurt_n to_o the_o possessor_n who_o must_v leave_v they_o and_o many_o time_n they_o know_v not_o to_o who_o then_o he_o show_v wherein_o man_n happiness_n do_v consist_v 1._o in_o contentation_n of_o mind_n and_o the_o free_a and_o regular_a and_o joyful_a fruition_n of_o god_n blessing_n and_o the_o comfort_n he_o give_v we_o with_o humility_n moderation_n and_o thankfulness_n 2._o in_o a_o quiet_a and_o humble_a acquiescence_n in_o the_o will_n of_o god_n 3._o in_o sincerity_n of_o heart_n in_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o in_o a_o due_a care_n that_o we_o offend_v not_o in_o vow_n prayer_n and_o address_n unto_o he_o 4._o in_o patience_n of_o spirit_n under_o all_o oppression_n 5._o in_o a_o compose_a preparedness_n of_o mind_n to_o undergo_v affliction_n 6._o in_o a_o pious_a and_o prudent_a behaviour_n towards_o all_o man_n that_o so_o we_o may_v preserve_v our_o name_n from_o calumny_n and_o our_o person_n from_o danger_n 7._o in_o meekness_n charity_n and_o patience_n towards_o such_o as_o offend_v we_o consider_v humane_a frailty_n 8._o in_o a_o due_a deportment_n of_o ourselves_o towards_o our_o superior_n that_o our_o life_n may_v not_o be_v make_v uncomfortable_a to_o we_o by_o their_o dispeasure_n 9_o in_o a_o practical_a prudence_n or_o wisdom_n right_o to_o judge_n and_o discern_v of_o time_n wherein_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v do_v 10._o in_o submission_n to_o the_o holy_a and_o invincible_a providence_n of_o god_n admire_v his_o work_n and_o adore_v his_o judgement_n 11._o in_o a_o conscionable_a industriousness_n in_o our_o particular_a calling_n and_o last_o he_o conclude_v that_o in_o old_a age_n elegant_o describe_v by_o he_o and_o at_o death_n it_o will_v appear_v that_o to_o fear_v the_o lord_n and_o keep_v his_o commandment_n be_v both_o the_o duty_n and_o the_o happiness_n of_o man_n and_o the_o chief_a thing_n wherein_o it_o consist_v and_o so_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 among_o who_o he_o have_v live_v of_o late_a and_o with_o who_o it_o be_v like_a he_o desire_v to_o hold_v a_o strict_a league_n and_o amity_n and_o that_o possible_o be_v another_o politic_a reason_n that_o induce_v he_o to_o make_v such_o idol_n as_o these_o however_o he_o pretend_v the_o people_n ease_n and_o accommodation_n to_o be_v the_o chief_a thing_n that_o move_v he_o to_o take_v this_o course_n and_o like_o a_o kind_n and_o indulgent_a prince_n tell_v they_o it_o be_v too_o much_o for_o they_o to_o go_v up_o thrice_o a_o year_n viz._n at_o the_o solemn_a feast_n to_o jerusalem_n and_o therefore_o he_o have_v find_v out_o a_o way_n to_o save_v they_o that_o labour_n and_o according_o have_v make_v two_o golden_a calf_n for_o they_o to_o worship_n in_o their_o own_o country_n and_o these_o he_o have_v make_v not_o to_o represent_v any_o false_a god_n but_o as_o remembrance_n and_o representation_n of_o the_o true_a god_n of_o israel_n who_o bring_v they_o up_o out_o of_o the_o 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
the_o twenty_o of_o jotham_n because_o according_a to_o they_o jotham_n still_o have_v the_o title_n of_o king_n though_o he_o have_v resign_v the_o kingdom_n four_o year_n before_o it_o be_v say_v indeed_o in_o 2_o king_n 17.1_o that_o hoshea_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o ahaz_n because_o though_o he_o thrust_v himself_o into_o the_o kingdom_n before_o yet_o he_o be_v oppose_v as_o a_o usurper_n till_o the_o twelve_o of_o ahaz_n at_o which_o time_n it_o seem_v he_o have_v the_o crown_n confirm_v to_o he_o and_o afterward_o reign_v four_o year_n in_o ahaz'_v time_n and_o five_o in_o hezekiah_n in_o all_o nine_o year_n 2_o king_n 15.30_o 31._o hoshea_n the_o son_n of_o ela_n have_v murder_v pekah_n get_v the_o kingdom_n into_o his_o own_o hand_n hoshea_n the_o 19_o king_n of_o israel_n hoshea_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o ahaz_n yet_o by_o reason_n of_o stir_n and_o tumult_n that_o arise_v hereupon_o he_o can_v not_o quiet_o enjoy_v it_o but_o that_o state_n continue_v in_o confusion_n and_o a_o kind_n of_o anarchy_n for_o the_o space_n of_o nine_o year_n hoshea_n have_v at_o length_n compose_v all_o difference_n at_o home_n begin_v now_o quiet_o to_o reign_v in_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o twelve_o year_n of_o ahaz_n and_o reign_v nine_o year_n he_o do_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o not_o as_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n that_o be_v before_o he_o for_o though_o he_o continue_v jeroboam_n idolatry_n of_o the_o golden_a calf_n yet_o he_o abandon_v the_o grosser_n idolatry_n of_o many_o of_o his_o predecessor_n and_o beside_o he_o suffer_v such_o of_o his_o subject_n as_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o it_o to_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n to_o worship_v there_o which_o the_o former_a king_n of_o israel_n will_v not_o permit_v for_o when_o hezekiah_n have_v proclaim_v a_o solemn_a passover_n many_o of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n go_v up_o to_o keep_v their_o passover_n in_o jerusalem_n as_o we_o read_v 2_o chron._n 30.11_o nevertheless_o divers_a of_o asher_n and_o manasseh_n and_o of_o zebulon_n humble_v themselves_o and_o come_v to_o jerusalem_n 2_o king_n 17.1_o 2._o tiglath-pilese_a after_o he_o have_v reign_v nineteen_o year_n die_v salmanasser_n his_o son_n succeed_v he_o this_o salmanasser_n arpad_n salmanasser_n this_o seem_v to_o be_v that_o shalman_n who_o in_o the_o prophecy_n of_o hosea_n chap._n 10.14_o be_v say_v to_o have_v lay_v waste_v the_o house_n of_o arbeb_n to_o wit_v the_o country_n of_o arbela_n in_o the_o land_n of_o assyria_n beneath_o arpad_n either_o invite_v by_o the_o people_n or_o take_v advantage_n of_o those_o late_a broil_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n come_v up_o now_o against_o hoshea_n and_o at_o length_n prevail_v so_o far_o that_o hoshea_n be_v content_a to_o become_v his_o servant_n and_o pay_v he_o tribute_n 2_o king_n 17.3_o but_o sometime_o after_o hoshea_n confederate_v with_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n resolve_v to_o cast_v off_o his_o yoke_n and_o refuse_v to_o pay_v he_o tribute_n any_o long_o salmanasser_n understand_v this_o resolve_v to_o revenge_v this_o injury_n wherefore_o first_o of_o all_o make_v sure_o of_o all_o the_o land_n of_o the_o moabite_n that_o he_o may_v have_v no_o enemy_n on_o his_o back_n to_o annoy_v he_o and_o rase_v to_o the_o ground_n their_o two_o chief_a city_n be_v and_o kirharase_v according_a to_o the_o prophecy_n of_o isaiah_n chap._n 15._o he_o then_o go_v through_o and_o waste_v all_o the_o land_n of_o israel_n and_o at_o last_o march_v to_o samaria_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o hezekiah_n and_o seven_o of_o hoshea_n and_o besiege_v it_o three_o year_n viz._n in_o the_o seven_o eight_o and_o nine_o year_n of_o hoshea_n which_o be_v concurrent_a with_o the_o four_o five_o and_o six_o of_o hezekiah_n isa_n 15._o whole_a chapter_n 2_o king_n 17.4_o 5._o 2_o king_n 18.9_o 10._o towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o year_n of_o the_o siege_n the_o six_o of_o the_o reign_n of_o hezekiah_n and_o nine_o of_o hoshea_n salmanasser_n take_v samaria_n and_o their_o king_n hoshea_n and_o then_o shut_v he_o up_o and_o bind_v he_o in_o prison_n anticipation_n prison_n 2_o king_n 17._o latter_a part_n of_o v._o 4._o those_o word_n be_v speak_v by_o way_n of_o anticipation_n as_o josephus_n say_v lib._n 9_o and_o carry_v away_o the_o israelites_n captives_z into_o his_o own_o country_n and_o plant_v they_o in_o chalachochabor_n and_o nehar-gozan_a city_n of_o assyria_n whither_o tiglath-pilese_a have_v before_o transport_v the_o inhabitant_n of_o perea_n and_o in_o the_o city_n of_o media_n if_o any_o such_o inquire_v why_o the_o lord_n do_v thus_o deliver_v up_o the_o israelite_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o enemy_n the_o reason_n be_v here_o full_o render_v because_o they_o obey_v not_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n but_o transgress_v his_o covenant_n and_o all_o that_o moses_n the_o servant_n of_o the_o lord_n command_v and_o will_v not_o hear_v they_o nor_o do_v they_o 2_o king_n 18.12_o and_o 2_o king_n 17.7_o etc._n etc._n for_o so_o it_o be_v that_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n have_v sin_v against_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n who_o have_v bring_v they_o up_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n from_o under_o the_o hand_n of_o pharaoh_n king_n of_o egypt_n and_o they_o fear_v other_o god_n and_o walk_v in_o the_o statute_n of_o the_o heathen_a who_o the_o lord_n have_v cast_v out_o before_o they_o and_o of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n who_o make_v statute_n for_o idolatry_n and_o beside_o their_o open_a idolatry_n they_o do_v secret_o many_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o right_a against_o the_o mind_n and_o will_n of_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o they_o build_v they_o high_a place_n in_o all_o their_o city_n from_o the_o tower_n of_o the_o watchman_n forth_o watchman_n a_o proverbial_a speech_n whereby_o the_o extent_n of_o their_o idolatry_n be_v set_v forth_o to_o their_o fence_a city_n and_o they_o set_v they_o up_o image_n and_o grove_n in_o every_o high_a hill_n and_o under_o every_o green_a tree_n and_o there_o they_o burn_v incense_v in_o all_o the_o high_a place_n as_o do_v the_o heathen_a who_o the_o lord_n carry_v away_o before_o they_o and_o wrought_v wicked_a thing_n to_o provoke_v the_o lord_n to_o anger_n yea_o they_o serve_v idol_n whereof_o the_o lord_n have_v say_v unto_o they_o you_o shall_v not_o do_v this_o thing_n notwithstanding_o the_o lord_n testify_v against_o israel_n and_o against_o judah_n by_o all_o the_o prophet_n and_o by_o all_o the_o seer_n who_o he_o send_v unto_o they_o say_v turn_v you_o from_o your_o evil_a way_n and_o keep_v my_o commandment_n and_o my_o statute_n according_a to_o what_o i_o command_v your_o father_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o which_o i_o have_v often_o since_o inculcate_v upon_o you_o by_o my_o servant_n the_o prophet_n time_n after_o time_n but_o they_o will_v not_o hear_v but_o harden_v their_o neck_n as_o their_o father_n do_v who_o do_v not_o believe_v in_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o they_o reject_v his_o statute_n and_o his_o covenant_n that_o he_o make_v with_o their_o father_n and_o his_o testimony_n death_n testimony_n in_o which_o respect_n ezek._n 20.25_o god_n statute_n be_v say_v not_o to_o be_v good_a that_o be_v through_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o people_n they_o prove_v hurtful_a to_o they_o and_o sentence_v they_o to_o death_n whereby_o he_o testify_v against_o their_o transgression_n and_o they_o follow_v vanity_n and_o become_v vain_a and_o go_v after_o the_o heathen_a that_o be_v round_o about_o they_o concern_v who_o the_o lord_n have_v charge_v they_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o do_v like_a unto_o they_o and_o they_o leave_v all_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o make_v they_o melt_a image_n even_o two_o calf_n and_o make_v a_o grove_n and_o worship_v all_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n and_o serve_v baal_n and_o they_o cause_v their_o son_n and_o their_o daughter_n to_o pass_v through_o the_o fire_n and_o use_v divination_n and_o enchantment_n and_o sell_v themselves_o to_o do_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o provoke_v he_o to_o anger_n therefore_o the_o lord_n be_v very_o angry_a with_o israel_n and_o remove_v they_o out_o of_o his_o sight_n there_o be_v none_o leave_v but_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n only_o and_o another_o cause_n of_o israel_n ruin_n be_v they_o be_v a_o ill_a example_n to_o judah_n and_o infect_v that_o nation_n and_o hereupon_o judah_n also_o keep_v not_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n their_o god_n but_o walk_v in_o the_o statute_n of_o israel_n which_o they_o make_v so_o the_o lord_n reject_v all_o the_o seed_n of_o israel_n and_o afflict_v they_o and_o deliver_v they_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o spoiler_n until_o he_o have_v cast_v they_o
son_n of_o nebat_fw-la for_o their_o king_n but_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n stick_v fast_o to_o rehoboam_n in_o memorial_n of_o this_o sad_a rent_n the_o jew_n afterward_o keep_v a_o solemn_a fast_a yearly_a upon_o the_o three_o and_o twenty_o day_n of_o the_o three_o month_n call_v sivan_n rehoboam_n be_v come_v to_o jerusalem_n forthwith_o raise_v a_o army_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o fourscore_o thousand_o valiant_a man_n out_o of_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n to_o reduce_v the_o ten_o tribe_n back_o to_o his_o subjection_n but_o be_v forbid_v to_o proceed_v on_o in_o that_o enterprise_n by_o the_o prophet_n shemaiah_n who_o tell_v he_o that_o the_o thing_n be_v of_o god_n who_o have_v so_o order_v it_o for_o the_o punishment_n of_o his_o father_n defection_n from_o he_o and_o so_o the_o people_n return_v to_o their_o own_o home_n but_o though_o for_o the_o present_a that_o design_n be_v lay_v aside_o yet_o there_o follow_v continual_a bicker_n between_o the_o two_o king_n all_o their_o day_n and_o the_o borderer_n on_o both_o side_n do_v continual_o make_v inroad_n one_o upon_o another_o see_v ch._n 14.30_o rehoboam_n dwell_v in_o jerusalem_n and_o build_v and_o fortify_v fifteen_o city_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o judah_n and_o make_v great_a warlike_a provision_n and_o put_v garrison_n into_o the_o city_n and_o place_v captain_n and_o commander_n over_o they_o some_z whereof_o it_o seem_v be_v his_o own_o son_n for_o 2_o chron._n 11.23_o it_o be_v say_v he_o deal_v wise_o and_o disperse_v all_o his_o child_n throughout_o all_o the_o country_n of_o judah_n and_o benjamin_n into_o every_o fence_a city_n and_o in_o that_o it_o must_v be_v acknowledge_v he_o deal_v prudent_o for_o in_o his_o own_o son_n he_o may_v most_o secure_o confide_v and_o he_o store_v those_o garrison_n with_o plenty_n of_o victual_n and_o with_o wine_n and_o oil_n and_o in_o every_o garrison_n he_o put_v shield_n and_o spear_n and_o other_o warlike_a ammunition_n and_o 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22.6_o be_v the_o six_o that_o reign_v in_o judah_n he_o be_v the_o young_a son_n of_o jehoram_n for_o all_o his_o elder_a brother_n be_v either_o slay_v or_o carry_v away_o by_o the_o philistine_n and_o arabian_n as_o we_o show_v before_o it_o seem_v he_o be_v make_v king_n by_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o jerusalem_n viz._n the_o sanhedrin_n or_o great_a council_n there_o the_o rest_n give_v their_o consent_n he_o reign_v only_o one_o year_n and_o do_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o walk_v in_o the_o way_n of_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n for_o his_o mother_n be_v his_o counsellor_n to_o do_v wicked_o and_o as_o some_o think_v he_o marry_v a_o wife_n also_o of_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n and_o therefore_o be_v say_v 8.27_o say_v 2_o king_n 8.27_o to_o be_v a_o son-in-law_n of_o it_o and_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n be_v his_o counsellor_n after_o his_o father_n death_n to_o his_o destruction_n it_o be_v say_v 2_o chron._n 22.2_o that_o he_o be_v forty_o two_o year_n old_a 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good_a a_o establishment_n of_o religion_n see_v 2_o chron._n 32.1_o bring_v his_o army_n out_o of_o egypt_n where_o he_o have_v make_v great_a havoc_n of_o which_o calamity_n the_o prophet_n nahum_n seem_v to_o speak_v ch._n 3.10_o yet_o be_v she_o carry_v away_o she_o go_v into_o captivity_n her_o young_a child_n also_o be_v dash_v in_o piece_n at_o the_o top_n of_o all_o the_o street_n and_o they_o cast_v lot_n for_o her_o honourable_a man_n and_o all_o her_o great_a man_n be_v bind_v in_o chain_n invade_v the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n and_o besiege_n many_o of_o their_o fence_a city_n and_o take_v many_o of_o they_o hezekiah_n bestir_v himself_o with_o all_o diligence_n to_o defend_v himself_o and_o his_o kingdom_n against_o he_o and_o to_o that_o end_n by_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o captain_n and_o council_n he_o fill_v up_o the_o fountain_n and_o spring_n that_o be_v without_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o cover_v they_o with_o earth_n and_o carry_v the_o water_n by_o pipe_n under_o ground_n into_o the_o city_n that_o so_o the_o assyrian_n if_o they_o come_v to_o besiege_v the_o city_n may_v be_v distress_v for_o want_n of_o water_n also_o the_o brook_n gihen_n or_o siloe_n which_o run_v through_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o country_n where_o jerusalem_n stand_v and_o divide_v itself_o into_o two_o stream_n one_o of_o they_o he_o turn_v from_o the_o usual_a channel_n and_o bring_v it_o straight_o down_o into_o the_o westside_n of_o the_o city_n of_o david_n 2_o chron._n 32.30_o and_o make_v a_o great_a pond_n to_o receive_v the_o water_n of_o it_o for_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o besiege_a and_o the_o prince_n and_o the_o people_n do_v much_o assist_v he_o therein_o also_o he_o fortify_v jerusalem_n and_o build_v up_o that_o part_n of_o the_o wall_n that_o be_v break_v down_o by_o joash_n king_n of_o israel_n in_o amaziah_n time_n which_o breach_n it_o seem_v be_v not_o full_o repair_v till_o now_o and_o he_o make_v the_o wall_n strong_a and_o high_a and_o make_v also_o another_o wall_n without_o as_o a_o antimural_a or_o outwork_n see_v 2_o king_n 25.4_o and_o repair_v millo_n in_o the_o city_n of_o david_n which_o some_o think_v be_v their_o townhouse_n where_o the_o people_n have_v their_o general_a assembly_n or_o else_o some_o fort_n in_o the_o city_n he_o also_o provide_v all_o sort_n of_o arm_n offensive_a and_o defensive_a and_o set_v officer_n and_o commander_n over_o his_o soldier_n and_o call_v they_o together_o into_o the_o broad_a street_n that_o be_v by_o the_o city-gate_n he_o speak_v comfortable_o to_o they_o after_o this_o manner_n my_o good_a subject_n and_o faithful_a soldier_n be_v you_o strong_a and_o courageous_a be_v not_o afraid_a of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n nor_o of_o the_o great_a multitude_n that_o be_v with_o he_o for_o there_o be_v more_o with_o we_o than_o with_o he_o with_o he_o be_v only_o the_o arm_n of_o flesh_n but_o with_o we_o be_v the_o lord_n our_o god_n to_o help_v we_o and_o to_o fight_v our_o battle_n and_o the_o people_n rest_v themselves_o on_o the_o word_n of_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n 18.13_o 2_o chron._n 32._o from_o v._o 1_o to_o 9_o hezekiah_n see_v how_o soon_o the_o assyrian_a have_v take_v many_o of_o the_o fence_a city_n of_o judah_n and_o that_o proceed_n on_o in_o his_o victory_n he_o have_v also_o lay_v siege_n to_o lachish_n he_o begin_v to_o entertain_v thought_n of_o buy_v his_o peace_n with_o he_o hereupon_o he_o send_v his_o ambassador_n to_o he_o to_o acknowledge_v his_o offence_n in_o deny_v the_o tribute_n and_o to_o entreat_v his_o favour_n yield_v withal_o to_o pay_v whatever_o tribute_n he_o shall_v impose_v upon_o he_o sennacherib_n be_v puff_v up_o with_o his_o success_n require_v of_o he_o three_o hundred_o talent_n of_o silver_n and_o thirty_o talent_n of_o gold_n compute_v gold_n which_o amount_v to_o
may_v remain_v to_o support_v the_o faith_n and_o keep_v up_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o a_o long_a captivity_n first_o he_o promise_v the_o reduction_n of_o the_o jew_n into_o their_o own_o country_n but_o before_o that_o they_o be_v to_o endure_v many_o calamity_n from_o the_o babylonian_n during_o that_o day_n of_o jacob_n trouble_n but_o they_o shall_v at_o last_o be_v save_v out_o of_o it_o god_n promise_v to_o break_v the_o king_n of_o babylon_n yoke_n from_o off_o jacob_n neck_n and_o that_o these_o chaldean_n shall_v no_o long_o serve_v themselves_o of_o he_o but_o that_o his_o posterity_n shall_v serve_v the_o lord_n their_o god_n and_o such_o of_o david_n lineage_n as_o he_o shall_v from_o time_n to_o time_n set_v over_o they_o but_o more_o especial_o the_o messiah_n who_o shall_v come_v of_o david_n stock_n he_o promise_v to_o correct_v they_o in_o measure_n and_o yet_o not_o to_o leave_v they_o altogether_o unpunished_a he_o promise_v many_o great_a blessing_n that_o he_o will_v bestow_v on_o his_o church_n notwithstanding_o their_o great_a misery_n trouble_n breach_n wound_n but_o that_o god_n wrath_n shall_v remain_v on_o the_o wicked_a in_o the_o next_o chapter_n be_v contain_v the_o restauration_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o publication_n thereof_o after_o rachel_n lamentation_n for_o her_o son_n as_o lose_v follow_v god_n consolation_n of_o she_o put_v she_o in_o hope_n of_o their_o return_n ephraim_n repent_v be_v to_o be_v bring_v home_o again_o christ_n be_v promise_v the_o lord_n will_v create_v a_o new_a thing_n in_o the_o earth_n a_o woman_n shall_v compass_v a_o man_n and_o this_o shall_v be_v the_o covenant_n he_o will_v make_v with_o his_o people_n after_o those_o day_n he_o will_v write_v his_o law_n in_o their_o heart_n and_o will_v be_v their_o god_n and_o this_o covenant_n shall_v be_v stable_n and_o his_o church_n shall_v be_v enlarge_v jer._n 29._o from_o 24_o to_o the_o end_n jer._n 30._o whole_a chapter_n jer._n 31._o 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begin_n of_o the_o thirty_o year_n from_o that_o solemn_a renew_n of_o the_o covenant_n and_o restauration_n of_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n in_o the_o eighteen_o year_n of_o josiah_n which_o fall_v in_o with_o the_o five_o of_o jehoiakins_n captivity_n on_o the_o five_o day_n of_o the_o four_o month_n god_n vouchsafe_v the_o first_o vision_n to_o ezekiel_n one_o of_o the_o captive_n in_o babylon_n by_o the_o river_n chebar_v and_o from_o thence_o he_o be_v send_v to_o execute_v the_o office_n and_o function_n of_o a_o prophet_n among_o the_o jew_n of_o the_o captivity_n he_o begin_v thirty_o four_o year_n after_o jeremy_n and_o continue_v his_o prophetic_a office_n about_o two_o and_o twenty_o year_n namely_o to_o the_o twenty_o seven_o year_n of_o jehoiakins_n captivity_n ezek._n 29.17_o it_o seem_v many_o at_o this_o time_n both_o among_o the_o jew_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o among_o the_o captive_n in_o babylon_n murmur_v and_o complain_v against_o jeremy_n as_o a_o false_a prophet_n that_o have_v mislead_v the_o people_n and_o betray_v they_o and_o cause_v they_o to_o yield_v themselves_o to_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n see_v now_o five_o year_n be_v pass_v and_o yet_o jerusalem_n stand_v still_o jeremy_n be_v thus_o cry_v down_o both_o at_o home_n and_o abroad_o especial_o by_o false_a prophet_n it_o please_v the_o lord_n to_o raise_v up_o ezekiel_n and_o pour_v out_o his_o spirit_n upon_o he_o to_o set_v he_o on_o work_n to_o prophesy_v and_o foretell_v the_o same_o thing_n in_o babylon_n that_o jeremy_n have_v do_v in_o judea_n though_o in_o a_o more_o vehement_a manner_n so_o that_o jeremy_n prophecy_n be_v confirm_v and_o justify_v by_o ezekiel_n the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n therefore_o go_v to_o execute_v his_o function_n among_o the_o jew_n dwell_v at_o telabib_fw-la near_o the_o river_n chebar_v when_o he_o be_v come_v thither_o he_o sit_v he_o down_o as_o a_o man_n dishearten_v for_o the_o space_n of_o seven_o day_n after_o which_o time_n god_n again_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o his_o charge_n both_o with_o gracious_a promise_n if_o he_o undertake_v it_o and_o severe_a threaten_n if_o he_o refuse_v and_o then_o confirm_v he_o with_o a_o new_a sign_n show_v unto_o he_o and_o give_v he_o courage_n and_o boldness_n by_o his_o word_n and_o ratify_v his_o vocation_n by_o a_o new_a command_n ezek._n 1._o whole_a chapter_n ezek._n 2._o whole_a chapter_n ezek._n 3._o whole_a chapter_n ezekiel_n be_v now_o command_v to_o make_v a_o draught_n of_o the_o siege_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o a_o table_n of_o tile_n or_o slate_n and_o to_o lie_v along_o upon_o one_o side_n three_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o day_n typify_a thereby_o god_n patience_n in_o bear_v with_o the_o sin_n and_o provocation_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n 390_o year_n before_o he_o destroy_v that_o kingdom_n which_o be_v the_o full_a time_n from_o the_o revolt_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n to_o their_o captivity_n when_o he_o have_v lie_v 390_o day_n on_o his_o left_a side_n he_o be_v to_o turn_v himself_o on_o his_o right_a side_n and_o to_o lie_v so_o forty_o day_n more_o to_o typisie_n god_n patience_n in_o bear_v with_o the_o sin_n and_o provocation_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n from_o the_o time_n that_o josiah_n and_o his_o people_n renew_v solemn_o their_o covenant_n with_o the_o lord_n unto_o the_o captivity_n of_o zedekiah_n which_o be_v just_a forty_o year_n then_o he_o set_v out_o the_o grievous_a famine_n that_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o city_n during_o the_o siege_n chap._n 4._o in_o the_o three_o follow_a chapter_n he_o pursue_v the_o same_o matter_n viz._n jerusalems_n misery_n in_o the_o five_o he_o be_v command_v to_o cut_v off_o his_o hair_n and_o to_o divide_v it_o into_o three_o part_n by_o which_o he_o be_v to_o signify_v three_o dreadful_a judgement_n that_o be_v to_o be_v inflict_v on_o jerusalem_n by_o pestilence_n sword_n and_o dispersion_n in_o the_o six_o chapter_n first_o he_o threaten_v desolation_n to_o the_o land_n of_o judea_n viz._n to_o the_o idol_n altar_n and_o people_n thereof_o 2_o promise_v mercy_n to_o a_o few_o that_o shall_v repent_v of_o their_o evil_a way_n and_o come_v to_o a_o right_a knowledge_n of_o the_o lord_n from_o v._o 8_o to_o 11._o 3ly_n he_o set_v forth_o the_o grief_n and_o vexation_n the_o rest_n shall_v feel_v from_o the_o sore_a judgement_n that_o shall_v come_v upon_o they_o from_z 11_o to_o the_o end_n in_o the_o seven_o chapter_n he_o prophecy_n again_o of_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o their_o land_n from_o v._o 1_o to_o 16._o and_o of_o the_o pitiful_a lamentation_n that_o they_o shall_v make_v that_o escape_n from_o v._o 16_o to_o 20._o and_o of_o the_o pollution_n of_o the_o sanctuary_n by_o their_o enemy_n from_o v._o 20_o to_o 23._o and_o of_o their_o bondage_n under_o the_o worst_a of_o heathen_n which_o be_v represent_v by_o a_o chain_n from_o v._o 23_o to_o the_o end_n ezek._n 4._o whole_a chapter_n ezek._n 5._o whole_a chapter_n ezek._n 6._o whole_a chapter_n ezek._n 7._o whole_a chapter_n in_o the_o six_o year_n of_o jeconiahs_n captivity_n the_o six_o month_n the_o five_o day_n of_o the_o month_n ezekiel_n be_v carry_v in_o a_o vision_n to_o jerusalem_n and_o show_v the_o horrible_a idolatry_n there_o practise_v and_o the_o plague_n that_o be_v to_o befall_v the_o city_n for_o the_o same_o the_o vision_n have_v four_o part_n 1._o the_o prophet_n be_v show_v the_o abominable_a idolatry_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o these_o notorious_a instance_n 1._o their_o have_v the_o image_n of_o jealousy_n or_o the_o image_n of_o baal_n among_o they_o which_o high_o provoke_v god_n to_o jealousy_n 2._o their_o chamber_n of_o imagery_n have_v idol_n private_o in_o their_o chamber_n 3._o their_o woman_n weep_v for_o tammuz_n venus_n tammuz_n some_o understand_v it_o osiris_n the_o egyptian_a
god_n clear_v himself_o of_o and_o show_v that_o he_o be_v most_o just_a both_o in_o punish_v and_o reward_v and_o that_o every_o one_o shall_v bear_v the_o punishment_n of_o his_o own_o sin_n and_o not_o of_o another_o and_o that_o if_o a_o unjust_a man_n repent_v of_o his_o evil_a way_n he_o shall_v find_v mercy_n for_o god_n have_v no_o pleasure_n at_o all_o that_o the_o wicked_a shall_v die_v see_v chap._n 33.11_o and_o if_o a_o man_n that_o be_v esteem_v a_o just_a man_n turn_v from_o his_o righteousness_n he_o shall_v have_v judgement_n wherefore_o he_o exhort_v all_o to_o repent_v and_o so_o iniquity_n shall_v not_o be_v their_o ruin_n and_o to_o cast_v away_o their_o transgression_n and_o to_o make_v they_o a_o new_a heart_n and_o a_o new_a spirit_n grace_n spirit_n that_o be_v to_o endeavour_v to_o get_v a_o new_a frame_n of_o heart_n and_o spirit_n seek_v to_o the_o lord_n to_o work_v it_o in_o they_o by_o the_o power_n of_o his_o grace_n for_o god_n have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o the_o death_n of_o he_o that_o die_v the_o 19_o chap._n contain_v a_o lamentation_n for_o the_o prince_n of_o judah_n under_o the_o parable_n of_o lion_n whelp_n take_v in_o a_o pit_n from_z 1_o to_o 10._o 2ly_n a_o lamentation_n for_o jerusalem_n under_o the_o parable_n of_o a_o waste_a vine_n ezek._n ch._n 12._o ch._n 13._o ch._n 14._o ch._n 15._o ezek._n ch._n 16._o ch._n 17._o ch._n 18._o ch._n 19_o about_o this_o time_n as_o it_o seem_v zedekiah_n through_o a_o vain_a confidence_n of_o help_n and_o assistance_n from_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n revolt_v from_o nabuchadnezzar_n not_o regard_v the_o covenant_n he_o have_v make_v with_o he_o nor_o the_o oath_n of_o fealty_n and_o fidelity_n which_o he_o have_v swear_v to_o he_o it_o be_v say_v 2_o king_n 24.20_o that_o through_o the_o anger_n of_o the_o lord_n against_o judah_n and_o jerusalem_n for_o their_o heinous_a sin_n it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o he_o permit_v zedekiah_n to_o rebel_v against_o the_o king_n of_o babylon_n intend_v thereby_o to_o cast_v they_o out_o of_o that_o good_a land_n where_o he_o have_v in_o a_o especial_a manner_n manifest_v his_o presence_n the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n ch._n 17._o v._n 15.16_o say_v of_o he_o he_o rebel_v against_o nabuchadnezzar_n in_o send_v his_o ambassador_n into_o egypt_n that_o they_o may_v give_v he_o horse_n and_o much_o people_n shall_v he_o prosper_v shall_v he_o escape_v that_o do_v such_o thing_n or_o shall_v he_o break_v the_o covenant_n and_o be_v deliver_v as_o i_o live_v say_v the_o lord_n god_n sure_o in_o the_o place_n where_o the_o king_n dwell_v that_o make_v he_o king_n who_o oath_n he_o despise_v and_o who_o covenant_n he_o break_v even_o with_o he_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o babylon_n be_v shall_v die_v 2_o chron._n 36.13_o 2_o king_n 24.20_o ezek._n 17._o from_o 11_o to_o 21._o in_o the_o seven_o year_n of_o jeconiahs_n captivity_n on_o the_o ten_o day_n of_o the_o five_o month_n ezekiel_n reprove_v the_o elder_n for_o their_o gross_a hypocrisy_n who_o come_v again_o to_o he_o request_v he_o to_o ask_v counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n for_o they_o ezek._n ch._n 20._o in_o which_o chapter_n he_o set_v before_o they_o a_o summary_n of_o the_o rebellion_n of_o their_o forefather_n in_o egypt_n in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o in_o canaan_n and_o show_v they_o how_o they_o tread_v in_o their_o father_n step_n for_o which_o abomination_n he_o severe_o threaten_v they_o he_o promise_v to_o preserve_v his_o church_n and_o his_o true_a worship_n therein_o notwithstanding_o and_o to_o gather_v his_o people_n again_o by_o the_o gospel_n he_o foretell_v jerusalem_n destruction_n under_o the_o type_n of_o a_o forest_n burn_v by_o fire_n chap._n 21._o he_o be_v command_v to_o prophesy_v very_o sharp_o against_o jerusalem_n and_o to_o declare_v to_o they_o that_o god_n have_v draw_v out_o his_o sword_n against_o they_o therefore_o he_o be_v to_o sigh_v with_o the_o break_n of_o his_o loin_n as_o a_o sign_n unto_o they_o of_o their_o approach_a calamity_n he_o foretell_v that_o the_o king_n of_o babel_n shall_v consult_v by_o divination_n whether_o he_o shall_v first_o set_v upon_o jerusalem_n or_o the_o land_n of_o the_o ammonite_n and_o that_o he_o shall_v first_o set_v upon_o jerusalem_n because_o of_o their_o perjury_n he_o prophecy_v again_o against_o the_o kingdom_n of_o judah_n as_o also_o of_o the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n and_o that_o god_n will_v overturn_v that_o kingdom_n so_o that_o it_o shall_v never_o be_v restore_v to_o its_o former_a lustre_n till_o he_o come_v who_o right_a it_o be_v that_o be_v the_o messiah_n to_o who_o it_o belong_v as_o david_n successor_n according_a to_o the_o flesh_n he_o prophecy_v also_o against_o the_o moabite_n chap._n 22._o he_o set_v down_o a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o sin_n that_o reign_v in_o jerusalem_n for_o which_o god_n will_v burn_v they_o as_o dross_n in_o the_o furnace_n and_o there_o he_o set_v down_o the_o general_a corruption_n of_o prophet_n priest_n prince_n and_o people_n none_o stand_v in_o the_o gap_n to_o divert_v his_o wrath_n chap._n 23._o the_o idolatrous_a defection_n both_o of_o israel_n and_o judah_n be_v set_v forth_o under_o the_o type_n of_o two_o woman_n notorious_a for_o whoredom_n viz._n aholah_n and_o aholibah_n the_o idolatry_n of_o israel_n be_v set_v forth_o from_o v._o 1_o to_o the_o 9_o and_o her_o overthrow_n by_o her_o lover_n the_o assyrian_n v._n 9_o 10._o the_o idolatry_n of_o judah_n worse_a than_o israel_n be_v set_v forth_o from_o ver_fw-la 11_o to_o 22._o who_o be_v therefore_o threaten_v with_o ruin_n by_o her_o lover_n the_o chaldean_n from_o v._o 22_o to_o 36._o the_o idolatry_n of_o they_o both_o be_v repeat_v and_o judgement_n threaten_v against_o they_o both_o from_o 36_o to_o the_o end_n ezek._n ch._n 20._o ch._n 21._o ch._n 22._o ch._n 23._o in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n nabuchadnezzar_n invade_v judea_n again_o to_o be_v revenge_v on_o he_o for_o his_o breach_n of_o faith_n this_o be_v a_o sabbatical_a year_n the_o man_n of_o jerusalem_n hear_v that_o nabuchadnezzar_n approach_v with_o his_o army_n proclaim_v liberty_n to_o their_o servant_n according_a to_o the_o law_n exod._n 21.2_o if_o thou_o buy_v a_o hebrew_n servant_n six_o year_n he_o shall_v serve_v and_o in_o the_o seven_o he_o shall_v go_v out_o free_a for_o nothing_o and_o deut._n 15.12_o and_o if_o thy_o brother_n a_o hebrew_n man_n or_o a_o hebrew_n woman_n be_v sell_v unto_o thou_o and_o serve_v thou_o six_o year_n then_o in_o the_o seven_o year_n thou_o shall_v let_v he_o go_v free_a from_o thou_o nabuchadnezzar_n have_v waste_v all_o the_o country_n and_o take_v their_o strong_a hold_n come_v now_o before_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n on_o the_o ten_o day_n of_o the_o ten_o month_n and_o raise_v fort_n round_o about_o it_o in_o memorial_n whereof_o a_o fast_o be_v afterward_o keep_v during_o the_o captivity_n zach._n 8.19_o thus_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o host_n the_o fast_a of_o the_o four_o month_n and_o the_o fast_o of_o the_o five_o and_o the_o fast_o of_o the_o seven_o and_o the_o fast_o of_o the_o ten_o shall_v be_v to_o the_o house_n of_o judah_n joy_n and_o gladness_n and_o cheerful_a feast_n therefore_o love_v the_o truth_n and_o peace_n 2_o king_n 25.1_o 2._o jer._n 39.1_o jer._n 52.4_o 5._o jer._n 34.8_o 9_o 10._o ezekiel_n upon_o the_o selfsame_a day_n the_o siege_n be_v lay_v to_o jerusalem_n have_v it_o reveal_v to_o he_o in_o babylon_n namely_o in_o the_o nine_o year_n of_o jeconiah_n and_o the_o utter_a destruction_n of_o it_o also_o represent_v to_o he_o by_o the_o type_n of_o a_o hot_a seethe_a pot_n with_o piece_n of_o flesh_n and_o bone_n in_o it_o and_o that_o evening_n his_o wife_n die_v for_o who_o death_n he_o be_v charge_v not_o to_o mourn_v thereby_o signify_v the_o grievous_a calamity_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o be_v such_o as_o may_v just_o drown_v all_o private_a sorrow_n ezek._n 24._o whole_a chapter_n the_o siege_n be_v now_o lay_v to_o jerusalem_n the_o prophet_n jeremy_n be_v command_v by_o god_n to_o foretell_v to_o zedekiah_n the_o utter_a destruction_n of_o it_o by_o the_o babylonian_n and_o that_o zedekiah_n himself_o shall_v be_v carry_v away_o prisoner_n to_o babylon_n and_o there_o shall_v end_v his_o day_n and_o yet_o be_v honourable_o inter_v jer._n 34._o from_o 1_o to_o 8._o the_o prophet_n for_o this_o his_o faithful_a deal_n be_v by_o zedekiah_n clap_v up_o in_o the_o court_n of_o the_o prison_n of_o the_o king_n house_n where_o at_o god_n command_v he_o buy_v a_o field_n of_o hanamael_n his_o uncle_n son_n take_v witness_n of_o it_o and_o deliver_v the_o writing_n to_o be_v keep_v as_o a_o token_n that_o the_o jew_n shall_v return_v into_o their_o own_o country_n again_o this_o be_v
and_o therefore_o god_n upbraid_v the_o king_n of_o tyre_n with_o his_o pride_n and_o arrogancy_n behold_v say_v he_o thou_o be_v wise_a than_o daniel_n no_o secret_a can_v be_v hide_v from_o thou_o therefore_o i_o will_v bring_v stranger_n upon_o thou_o the_o terrible_a of_o the_o nation_n and_o they_o shall_v bring_v thou_o down_o etc._n etc._n ezek._n ch._n 26._o ch._n 27._o ch._n 28._o in_o the_o same_o year_n also_o in_o the_o three_o month_n god_n reveal_v his_o will_n to_o ezekiel_n of_o send_v nabuchadnezzar_n against_o pharaoh_n to_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o egyptian_n in_o the_o same_o month_n also_o god_n declare_v that_o the_o egyptian_n can_v no_o more_o avoid_v his_o decree_n and_o determination_n than_o the_o assyrian_n have_v do_v before_o ezek._n ch._n 30._o ch._n 31._o in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n the_o nine_o day_n of_o the_o four_o month_n when_o the_o famine_n grow_v extreme_a in_o the_o city_n and_o the_o pestilence_n as_o it_o be_v like_a very_o hot_a jerusalem_n be_v break_v up_o and_o the_o chaldaean_n enter_v it_o ezek._n 4._o from_o 9_o to_o the_o end_n lament_n 4.10_o 2_o king_n 25.2_o 3_o 4._o jer._n 52.5_o 6_o 7._o jer._n 39.2_o 3._o the_o city_n be_v take_v zedekiah_n and_o all_o the_o man_n of_o war_n flee_v away_o by_o night_n by_o the_o way_n of_o the_o gate_n between_o two_o wall_n which_o be_v by_o the_o king_n garden_n be_v it_o seem_v a_o secret_a way_n provide_v on_o purpose_n for_o escape_v in_o such_o a_o time_n of_o danger_n but_o the_o chaldaean_n pursue_v after_o they_o take_v zedekiah_n in_o the_o plain_n of_o jericho_n and_o bring_v he_o prisoner_n to_o riblah_n where_o nabuchadnezzar_n lie_v where_o have_v judgement_n pass_v upon_o he_o for_o his_o perjury_n and_o have_v see_v his_o child_n first_o slay_v before_o his_o eye_n to_o his_o extreme_a torment_n together_o with_o the_o noble_n of_o judah_n he_o have_v then_o his_o own_o eye_n put_v out_o and_o be_v clog_v with_o chain_n and_o fetter_n he_o be_v carry_v away_o from_o thence_o to_o babylon_n so_o the_o prophecy_n before_o utter_v concern_v he_o be_v fulfil_v viz._n that_o with_o his_o eye_n he_o shall_v see_v the_o king_n of_o babylon_n and_o speak_v with_o he_o mouth_n to_o mouth_n jer._n 32.4_o &_o 34.3_o but_o babylon_n he_o shall_v not_o see_v though_o he_o shall_v die_v there_o for_o so_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n foretell_v ch._n 12.13_o my_o net_n also_o will_v i_o spread_v upon_o he_o and_o he_o shall_v be_v take_v in_o my_o snare_n and_o i_o will_v bring_v he_o to_o babylon_n to_o the_o land_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n yet_o shall_v he_o not_o see_v it_o though_o he_o shall_v die_v there_o 2_o king_n 25._o from_o 4_o to_o 8._o jer._n 39_o from_o 4_o to_o 8._o jer._n 52._o from_o 7_o to_o 12._o upon_o the_o seven_o day_n of_o the_o five_o month_n nebuzaradan_n captain_n of_o the_o guard_n send_v by_o nabuchadnezzar_n make_v his_o entry_n into_o the_o city_n and_o on_o the_o ten_o day_n he_o set_v fire_n on_o the_o temple_n and_o on_o the_o king_n palace_n and_o upon_o all_o the_o nobleman_n house_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o burn_v all_o down_o to_o the_o ground_n and_o break_v down_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n round_o about_o in_o remembrance_n of_o which_o dismal_a calamity_n the_o fast_a of_o the_o five_o month_n be_v ordain_v to_o be_v keep_v zach._n 7.3_o &_o v._o 5._o &_o zach._n 8.19_o thus_o be_v the_o glorious_a temple_n destroy_v in_o the_o nineteenth_o year_n of_o nebuchadnezar_n reign_v and_o four_o hundred_o twenty_o four_o year_n three_o month_n and_o eight_o day_n after_o that_o solomon_n lay_v the_o first_o stone_n thereof_o 2_o king_n 25.8_o 9_o 10._o jer._n 52.12_o 13_o 14._o jer._n 39.8_o in_o the_o same_o five_o month_n the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n be_v break_v down_o all_o that_o be_v leave_v in_o the_o city_n and_o all_o that_o have_v before_o flee_v over_o to_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o all_o the_o common_a people_n of_o the_o city_n with_o all_o the_o treasure_n of_o the_o king_n and_o his_o noble_n and_o furniture_n of_o the_o temple_n do_v nebuzaradan_n carry_v away_o to_o babylon_n and_o thus_o be_v judah_n for_o their_o sin_n remove_v out_o of_o her_o own_o land_n four_o hundred_o sixty_o eight_o year_n after_o david_n begin_v to_o reign_v over_o it_o from_o the_o division_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n from_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n three_o hundred_o eighty_o eight_o year_n and_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n one_o hundred_o thirty_o four_o year_n if_o any_o shall_v inquire_v why_o the_o lord_n give_v up_o this_o his_o own_o people_n into_o the_o hand_n of_o their_o enemy_n you_o may_v find_v 2_o chron._n 36._o from_o v._o 12_o to_o 20._o that_o the_o high_a provocation_n both_o of_o king_n and_o people_n be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o zedekiah_n do_v that_o which_o be_v evil_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n his_o god_n and_o humble_v not_o himself_o before_o jeremiah_n the_o prophet_n speak_v to_o he_o from_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o he_o also_o rebel_v against_o king_n nabuchadnezzar_n who_o have_v make_v he_o swear_v by_o god_n but_o he_o stiffen_v his_o neck_n and_o harden_v his_o heart_n from_o turn_v unto_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n moreover_o all_o the_o chief_a of_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o people_n transgress_v very_o much_o after_o all_o the_o abomination_n of_o the_o heathen_a and_o pollute_v the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n which_o he_o have_v hallow_v in_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o their_o father_n send_v to_o they_o by_o his_o messenger_n rise_v up_o betimes_o betimes_o betimes_o that_o be_v continual_o and_o careful_o send_v they_o a_o metaphor_n take_v from_o careful_a householder_n who_o with_o the_o soon_o seek_v to_o redress_v mischief_n cause_v their_o servant_n for_o that_o end_n to_o rise_v betimes_o and_o send_v because_o he_o have_v compassion_n on_o his_o people_n and_o on_o his_o dwell_a place_n but_o they_o mock_v the_o messenger_n of_o god_n and_o despise_v his_o word_n and_o misuse_v his_o prophet_n until_o the_o wrath_n of_o the_o lord_n arise_v against_o his_o people_n and_o there_o be_v no_o remedy_n judgement_n remedy_n after_o that_o there_o remain_v nothing_o but_o expectation_n of_o judgement_n therefore_o he_o bring_v upon_o they_o the_o king_n of_o the_o caldee_n who_o slay_v their_o young_a man_n with_o the_o sword_n in_o the_o house_n of_o their_o sanctuary_n refuge_n sanctuary_n that_o be_v the_o temple_n whither_o it_o be_v like_o many_o of_o they_o flee_v for_o refuge_n and_o have_v no_o compassion_n upon_o young_a man_n or_o maiden_n old_a man_n or_o he_o that_o stoop_v for_o age_n he_o give_v they_o all_o into_o his_o hand_n and_o all_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o house_n of_o god_n great_a and_o small_a and_o the_o treasure_n of_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o treasure_n of_o the_o king_n and_o of_o his_o prince_n all_o these_o he_o bring_v to_o babylon_n and_o they_o burn_v the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o break_v down_o the_o wall_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o burn_v all_o the_o palace_n thereof_o with_o fire_n and_o destroy_v all_o the_o goodly_a vessel_n thereof_o jer._n 39.9_o jer._n 52.15_o 2_o king_n 25._o from_o 11_o to_o 18._o 2_o chron._n 36._o from_o 14_o to_o 22._o the_o scripture_n say_v that_o they_o that_o be_v carry_v away_o captive_a to_o babylon_n in_o the_o eleven_o year_n of_o zedekiah_n be_v to_o continue_v seventy_o year_n in_o their_o captivity_n 2_o chron._n 36.20_o 21._o and_o they_o that_o have_v escape_v from_o the_o sword_n carry_v he_o away_o to_o babylon_n where_o they_o be_v servant_n to_o he_o and_o his_o son_n until_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o persia_n to_o fulfil_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o mouth_n of_o jeremy_n until_o the_o land_n have_v enjoy_v her_o sabbath_n for_o as_o long_o as_o she_o lay_v desolate_a she_o keep_v sabbath_n to_o fulfil_v threescore_o and_o ten_o year_n where_o by_o 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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 in_o the_o law_n of_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n sincere_o and_o with_o all_o his_o heart_n but_o follow_v the_o idolatry_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la by_o which_o god_n be_v so_o provoke_v that_o even_o in_o his_o day_n he_o do_v begin_v to_o cut_v israel_n short_a that_o be_v to_o abate_v their_o power_n by_o hazael_n king_n of_o syria_n especial_o in_o the_o two_o tribe_n and_o a_o half_a beyond_o jordan_n for_o hazael_n make_v sore_a havoc_n among_o the_o people_n there_o and_o it_o be_v like_a he_o do_v then_o or_o afterward_o in_o the_o day_n of_o jehoahaz_n exercise_v those_o inhuman_a cruelty_n upon_o the_o israelite_n which_o elisha_n have_v foretell_v 2_o king_n 8.12_o jehu_n reign_v twenty_o and_o eight_o year_n which_o be_v the_o long_a time_n that_o any_o of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n have_v hitherto_o reign_v whereof_o six_o year_n contemporary_a with_o athaliah_n and_o the_o remain_v twenty_o two_o with_o joash_n son_n of_o ahaziah_n and_o they_o bury_v he_o in_o 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now_o sick_a of_o his_o last_o sickness_n joash_n come_v to_o visit_v he_o and_o weep_v over_o he_o say_v o_o my_o father_n my_o father_n the_o chariot_n of_o israel_n and_o the_o horseman_n thereof_o elisha_n bid_v he_o take_v bow_n and_o arrow_n he_o do_v so_o and_o elisha_n put_v his_o hand_n on_o the_o king_n hand_n to_o signify_v perhaps_o that_o god_n will_v fight_v with_o he_o and_o that_o no_o action_n of_o we_o without_o god_n assistance_n and_o blessing_n can_v prosper_v and_o bid_v he_o to_o open_v the_o window_n eastward_o towards_o syria_n and_o to_o shoot_v he_o say_v this_o be_v the_o arrow_n of_o the_o lord_n deliverance_n from_o syria_n that_o be_v by_o this_o arrow_n be_v signify_v that_o the_o lord_n by_o thou_o will_v certain_o deliver_v his_o people_n from_o the_o syrian_n for_o thou_o shall_v smite_v they_o as_o they_o be_v smite_v in_o aphek_n 1_o king_n 29.26_o or_o mighty_o reddunt_fw-la mighty_o fortiter_fw-la &_o uchementer_fw-la sic_fw-la aliqui_fw-la 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manifest_v that_o the_o spirit_n of_o elijah_n do_v rest_n upon_o he_o by_o enable_v he_o to_o do_v the_o same_o kind_n of_o miracle_n that_o elijah_n have_v do_v elijah_n divide_v jordan_n with_o his_o mantle_n 2_o king_n 2.8_o so_o do_v elisha_n v._o 14._o elijah_n multiply_v the_o widow_n of_o sarepta_n oil_n 1_o king_n 17.14_o and_o elisha_n do_v as_o much_o for_o a_o poor_a prophet_n widow_n 2_o king_n 4.2_o elijah_n bring_v rain_n from_o heaven_n after_o a_o time_n of_o great_a drought_n 1_o king_n 18.41_o and_o elisha_n supply_v three_o king_n and_o their_o army_n with_o water_n when_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o perish_v for_o want_v of_o it_o 2_o king_n 3.16_o elijah_n curse_v the_o captain_n and_o their_o fifty_n that_o come_v to_o apprehend_v he_o and_o they_o be_v present_o destroy_v with_o fire_n from_o heaven_n 2_o king_n 1.10_o and_o elisha_n curse_v the_o child_n that_o reproach_v and_o mock_v he_o and_o they_o be_v present_o tear_v in_o piece_n by_o two_o she-bears_a 2_o 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