30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, tin the twentieth Hos 10. 3,7, year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. 8 After an anarchy for some years, ch. 17. 1. 15. In the fourth year of Ahaz, in the twent year aft er Jotham had begun to reign: Ush. 758. 31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 32 In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Is"2 Chr. 27.1. rael began "Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. about 742. At the end of Jotham's reign. a ch. 16. 5. Is. 7. 1. b ver. 27. 742. about 742. 36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 37 In those days the LORD began to send against Judah a Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XVI. 1 Ahaz' wicked reign. 5 Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and Pekah, hireth Tiglath-pileser against them. 10 Ahaz, sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to Urijah, diverteth the brazen altar to his own devotion. 17 He sporleth the temple. 19 Hezekrah succeedeth him. N the seventeenth year of The wicked reign of Ahaz. about 742. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz Before when he began to reign, and CHRIST reigned sixteen years in Jerusa lem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, band Lev. 18. 21. made his son to pass through the fire, according to the cabominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. 2 Chr. 28. 3. Ps. 106. 37, 38. © Deut. 12.31. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and don the hills, and under every & Deut. 12, 2. green tree. 1 Kings 14. 742. 23. &c. ch. 14. 22. † Heb. Eloth. 5 Then Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah son of Remaliah king 15. 7. 1,4, of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria frecovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from + Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 So Ahaz sent messengers 5 to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. 8 And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the ch. 12. 18. house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Da-Heb. mascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. 10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. I the king was ag Chr. 28. 1, a Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. &c. come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king Dammesek. i Foretold, Amos 1. 5. 2 Chr. 26. 16, 19. Ahaz spoileth the temple. Before approached to the altar, and in Samaria over Israel nine Before CHRIST offered thereon. 740. † Heb. which were his. 12 Chr. 4.1. m Ex. 29. 39, 40, 41. 739. 2 Chr. 28.24. 01 Kings 7.27, 28. P1 Kings 7.23, 25. 726. years. b CHRIST 730. † Heb. rendered, 13 And he burnt his burnt of 2 And he did that which was 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 17 And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down Pthe sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones. 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. 19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 And Ahaz slept with his fa42 Chr. 28. 27. thers, and a was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. c 2 Sam. 8. 2. Or, tribute. 725. 723. 5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, ch. 18. 9. and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. Israel 6 In the ninth year of Ho- 7 For so it was, that the chil- 721. deh. 18.10.11. Hos. 13. 16, foretold. Lev. 26. 32, 33. 28. f1 Chr. 5. 26. Deut. 18.9. ch. 16. 3. 8 And g walked in the statutes Lev. 18. 3. of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. 9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, h from the tower of the watch-h ch. 18. 8. men to the fenced city. 23. statues. Ex. 34. 13. 10 And they set them up tim-i1 Kings 14. ages and groves in every high Is. 57.5. hill, and under every green tree: † Heb. 11 And there they burnt incensek in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: 12 For they served idols, m whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. n 13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Ju 1 Deut. 16. 21. Deut. 12. 2. ch. 16. 4. Ex. 20. 3,4. Lev 26, 1. Deut. 5 7,8. n Deut. 4. 19. The mixed worship Before CHRIST 721. II. KINGS. dah, by all the prophets, and by all the scers, saying, PTurn ye from your evil ways, and + Heb. by the keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. hand of all. 1 Sain, 9.9. P Jer. 18. 11. & 25, 5. & 35. 15. Prov. 29. 1. 14 Notwithstanding, they would 4 Deut. 31.27. not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 15 And they rejected his statDeut. 29. 25. utes, rand his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed Deut. 32. 21. vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concern ing whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. 1 Kings 16. 13. 1 Cor. 8. 4. t Ps. 115. 8. Rom. 1. 21. "Deut. 12.30, 31. * Ex. 32. 8. 1 Kings 12. 28. 1 Kings 14. 13. & 16. 33. 15, 23. & 15. Z1 Kings 16. 31. & 22. 53. ch. 11. 18. Lev. 18. 21. ch. 16. 3. b Deut. 18.10. € 1 Kings 21. 20. d1 Kings 11. 13, 32. ⚫ Jer. 3. 8. fch. 13. 3. & 15, 29. 51 Kings 11. 11, 31. h1 Kings 12. 20, 28. 16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, y and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, zand served Baal. 17a And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and bused divination and enchantments, and csold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also e Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For she rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. 22 For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; of the Samaritans. 721. i1 Kings 14. 16. 23 Until the LORD removed Is- Before rael out of his sight, as he had CHRIST said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 24 And the king of Assyria brought men m from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from 27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. 29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. kver. 6. about 678. m See ver. 30. 1 Ezra 4. 2, 10, A mixture of religions. Before CHRIST about 678. Zeph, 1. 5. Or, who carried them away from thence. II. KINGS. 33 They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. 31 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jat Gen. 32. 28. cob, whom he named Israel; 35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged "Judg. 6. 10. them, saying, "Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: & 35 10. 1 Kings 11. 31. * Ex. 20. 5. y Ex. 6. 6. t 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and ya stretchDeut, 10.20. ed out arm, zhim shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote a Deut. 5. 32. for you, aye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. 38 And the covenant that I have b Deut. 4. 23. made with you bye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. ever. 32, 33. about 726. 39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their for mer manner. 41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. CHAPTER XVIII. 1 Hezekiah's good reign. 4 He destroyeth idolatry, and prospereth. 9 Samaria is carried captive for their sins. 13 Sennacherib mrading Judah is pacified by a tribute. 17 Rab-shakeh, sent by Sennacherib agam, revileth Hezekiah, and by blasphemous persuasions soliciteth the people to revolt. OW Ilezekiah's good reign. name also was bAbi, the daughter of Zachariah. 3 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. 4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it I Nehushtan. 5 He e trusted in the LORD God of Israel; fso that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. 6 For he s clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. 7 And the LORD h was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he krebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. Before CHRIST about 726. 2 Chr. 29. 1, Abijuh 2 Chr. 31. 1. Heb. stutues. Num. 21. 9. 10 And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ch. 17. 6. ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 P And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: 12 Because they obeyed notch. 17. 7. the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that 13 Now in the fourteenth a Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king year of king Hezekiah did † SenHe is called of Judah began to reign. nacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. a2 Chr. 28. 27. & 29. 1. Ezekius, 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria Sennacherib invadeth Judah. CHRIST 713. Rab-shakch's blasphemous speech. Before liver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to CHRIST set riders upon them. II. KINGS. Before to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. t ch. 16. 8. about 710. 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and + Heb. them. gave † it to the king of Assyria. 17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish to king Heb. heavy. Hezekiah_ with a great host against Jerusalem: and they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. u Is. 7.3. IOr, secretary. * 2 Chr. 32. 10, &c 1Or, talkest. † Heb. word of the lips, 1 Or, But counse and strength are for the war y Ez. 29,6,7. † Heb. trustest thee. Z ver. 4. 2 Chr. 31. 1. & 32. 12. 1Or. hostages. 18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. 19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? 20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? 21 y Now, behold, thou ttrustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will de 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's_servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakch, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? about 710. † Heb. the water of their feet. 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, say ing, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: 29 Thus saith the king, a Let 2 Chr. 32.15. not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. my favour. 31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, † Make an agreement with Or, Seek me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his I cistern: † Heb. Make with me a blessing. Gen. 32. 20. & 33. 11. Prov. 18. 16. I Or, pit. 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, ba land of corn and wine, b Deut. 8.7,8. a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, say-Or.. ing, The LORD will deliver us. C 33 IIath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his deceiveth. ch 19. 12. is. 10. 10, 11, 2 Chr. 32. 14. |