Uzziah's prosperity. .2 CHRONICLES, XXVII. and they saw one another in the face, B. C. 839. both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 22 And Judah was 1 put to the worse 1 smitten. before Israel; and they fled every man 2 the power to his tent. of an army. 23 And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, a c.21.17. the son of Jehoahaz, a at Beth-shemesh, 3 gate of it and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake that looketh. down the wall of Jerusalem, from the b c.26.9. gate of Ephraim to the 3 corner-gate, b4 stones of four hundred cubits. slings. 24 And he took all the gold and the sil-5 went forth. ver, and all the vessels that were found in c 2Ki.14.17, the house of God with Obed-edom, and &c. the treasures of the king's house, the hos- d De.8.14. tages also, and returned to Samaria. 32.15. c.25.19. 25 And c Amaziah, the son of Joash king conspired a conspiracy. Nu.16.40. 18.7. 27 Now h after the time that Amaziah did turn away from 6 following the LORD, they made a conspiracy against him in j Ex.30.7,8. Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but He.5.4. they sent to Lachish after him, and slew k 1Co.5.5. bim there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of 8 Judah. CHAP. XXVI. 8 i.e. the city of David, 2Ki.14.20. 11Sa.2.30. m 2Ki.14.21. 22. 15.1,&c. THEN m all the people of Judah took Uzziah, 9 who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his n c.25.16. father Amaziah. 9 or, Azariah. 2 He built Eloth, & restored it to Judah, o Nu.12.10. after that the king slept with his fathers. 2Ki.5.27. 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he p Est.6.12. began to reign; and he reigned fifty and 92Ki.15.5. two years in Jerusalem. His mother's 7 c.24.2. name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. Ge.41.15,38. 4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. Da.1.17. 10.1. 1 free. Nu.5.2. 5 And he sought God in the days r ofs Le.13.46. Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions 2 of God: and as long t as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. 12.15. 2Ki.7.3. 6 And he went forth, and warred against 2 seeing. the Philistines, and brake down the wall t 1Ch.22.13. of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the u Is.1.1. wall of Ashdod, and built cities 3 about 3 or, in the Ashdod, and among the Philistines. country of 7 And God helped him against w the Ashdod. Philistines, & against the Arabians that v Is.6.1. dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. w 1Ch.5.20. 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts y to Is.14.29. Uzziah and his name 4 spread abroad x c.21.16. even to the entering in of Egypt; for he y c.17.11. strengthened himself exceedingly. 4 went. 9 Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Je-z 2Ki.15.32, rusalem, at the corner-gate, a and at the &c. valley-gate, and at the turning of the a c.25.23. wall, and 5 fortified them. Ne.3.13,32. 10 Also he built towers in the desert, Zec.14.10. and 6 digged many wells: for he had much 5 or, repaired. cattle, both in the low country and in 6 or, cut out the plains; husbandmen also, and vine- many cisdressers in the mountains, and in Car- terns. mel: for he loved 8 husbandry. 7or, fruitful 11 Moreover, Uzziah had an host of fields. fighting men, that went out to war by 8 ground. bands, according to the number of their 9 or, the tower account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe c.33.14. and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand! Ne.3.26,27. 27 His sin and punishment. of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. 12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred. 13 And under their hand was 2 an army, three hundred thousand and seven thou sand and five hundred, that made wa with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. 14 And Uzziah prepared for them, throughout all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and 4 slings to cast stones. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal: and his name 5 spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped till he was strong. 16 Butd when hewas strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: e for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went f into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 17 And Azariah g the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: 18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It pertaineth not i unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated j to burn incense: go out k of the sanctuary for thou hast trespassed: neither shall it be for thine honour I from the LORD God. 19 Then Uzziah was wroth, n and had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while o he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense-altar. 20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, bimself p hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. 21 And q Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, s being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD; and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. 22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah u the prophet the son of Amoz, write. 23 Sov Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXVII. JOTHAM z was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not to the temple of the LORD And the peopie did yet corruptly. 3 He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of 9 Ophel he built much. 4 Moreover, he built cities in the moun tains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. 5 He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them 313 Israel's cruelty against Judah. 2 CHRONICLES, XXIX. And the children of Ammon gave him the B. C. 758. same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. 1 So much did This. the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year and the third. 6 So Jotham became mighty, a because a c.26.5. he 2 prepared b his ways before the LORD 2 or, estahis God. blished. 7 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, b c.19.3. and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they c ver. 12. are written in the book of the Kings of d 2Ki.6.22. Israel and Judah. Pr.25.21,22. 8 He was five and twenty years old Lu.8.27,35. when he began to reign: and reigned six-le Ro.15.1. teen years in Jerusalem. f De.34.3. Ju.1.16. 9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, Idolatry of Ahaz and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, 13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD alrea dy, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. 15 And the men which were expressed by name e rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat d and to drink, and anointed them, and carried and they buried him in the city of David: g 2Ki.16.2,&c all the feeble e of them upon asses, and and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXVIII. h2Ki.16.7. AHAZg was twenty years old when he 3 a captivity. began to reign; and he reigned six-R Ex.34.17. Le. 19.4. Eze.16.27, teen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also'k molten images for Baalim. m 57. m Ju.2.11. 3 Moreover, he burnt incense in the valley n of the son of Hinnom, and o burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. 4 He sacrificed also, and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. 5 Wherefore q the LORD his God deli-p Ps.106.43. vered him into the hand of the king of q Is.7.1. Syria; and they smote him, and carried r Ex.32.25. away a great multitude of them captives, Re.3.17,18. and brought them to & Damascus. And 16.15. he was also delivered into the hand of 2Ki.15.29. the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. 16.7-9. 5 Darmesek. 6 For Pekah t the son of Remaliah slew t 2Ki.15.27. in Judah an hundred and twenty thou-6 sons of sand in one day, which were all 6 valiant valour. men; because they had forsaken the u De.31.16,17 LORD God of their fathers. Jos.24.20. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, Is.1.28. slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azri- Je.15.6. kam the governor of the house, and El-7 the second. Kanah that was next to the king. v Je.10.5. 47.6. 8 And the children of Israel carried 44.17-28. away captive of their brethren w two hun-we 11.4. dred thousand, women, sons, and daugh- Is.1.28. ers, and took also away much spoil from Hos 13.9. them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. y 29.3.7. 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, Je.11.13. whose name was Oded; and he went out 8 offer. before the host that came to Samaria, and a Ps.69.26. said unto them, Behold, because the Is. 10.5-7. LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye a have slain them in a rage that reacheth b up unto heaven. 10 And now ye purpose to keep under Ob.10,&c. the children of Judah and Jerusalem for Zec.1.15. bond-men c and bond-women unto you: b Ge.4.10. but are there not with you, even d with Ezr.9.6. you, sins against the LORD your God? 11 Now hear me, therefore, and e deli- c Le.25.39,&c ver the captives again, which ye have d Je.25.29. taken captive of your brethren: for f the Mat.7.2-4. fierce wrath of God is upon you. Je.50.17.18. Eze.25.12-17 26.2,3. Re. 18.5. e Is.58.6. 12 Then certain of the heads of the Je.34.14. Children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of f Ja.2.13. hanan, Berechiah the son of Meshille- g 2Ki.18.1, oth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, &C. brought them to Jericho the city ƒ of palm-trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria. 16 At that time k did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. 17 For again the Edomites i had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives, 3 18 The Philistines I also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimze also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. 19 For the LORD brought Judah p low, because of Ahaz king of Israel for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. 20 And Tilgath-pilneser s king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. 21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. 22 And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Sy ria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help v me. But they were the ruin z of him, and of all Israel. 24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up y the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 25 And in every z several city of Judab he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his father 26 Now the rest of his acts, and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the Kings of Ju dah and Israel. 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jeru salem; but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israei: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. CHAP. XXIX. HEZEKIAH began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jeru Hezekiah's good reign. 2 CHRONICLES, XXIX. salem; and his mother's name was Abijah, B. C. 726. the daugh er of Zechariah. a 2 And he did that which was right in a c.26.5. the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. b Ps. 101.3. 3 He, in the first b year of his reign, in the first month, opened c the doors of the Ga. 1.16. house of the LORD, and repaired them. c ver.7. 4 And he brought in the priests and d Le.4.3,14. the Levites, and gathered thein together e ICh.15.12. into the east street, c.35.6. 5 And said unto them, Hear me, yef Le.8.14,&c. Levites; Sanctify e now yourselves, and H.9.21. sanctify the house of the LORD God of g Eze.8.3,9, your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy g plice. 6 For hour fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of he LORD our God, and have forsaken nim, and i have turned away their faces from 'he habitation of the LORD, and turned 2 their backs. &c. h Ne.9.16. i near. Je 2.27. Eze.8.16. 2 given the neck. k c.23.24. 7 Also they have shut up k the doors of the ver.3. porch, and put out the lamps, and have not Mal.1.10. burnt inceuse nor offered burnt-offerings / c.24.18. in the holy place, unto the God of Israel. 3 cornmotion, 8 Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was D.28.25. upon Judah and Jerusalem, & he hath deli-m IKI.9.8. vered them to 3 trouble, to astonishment, Je. 18.15,16. and to hissing, m as ye see with your eyes. 25.9.18. 9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen n by the n c.25.5,8,&c. sword; and our sons, and our daughters, La.5.7. and our wives, are in captivity for this. o ICh.16.4. 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant r with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. c.8.14. 11 My sons, be not now 5 negligent: for p 25a.24.11. the LORD hath chosent you to stand before q c.30.12. him, to serve him, and that you should minister unto him, and 6 burn incense. 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath ther son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: wand of the sons of Merari; Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: 14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. 15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified y themselves, and came. according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse a the house of the LORD. 23.5. 25.1,&c. by the hand of. 150.3-5. in the time. 15 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanser c.20.18. it, and brought out call the uncleanness P.72.11. that they found in the temple of the LORD y ver.5. into the court of the house of the LORD, 2 or, in the And the Levites took it, to carry it out business. abroad into the brook Kidron. z Ps.100.2. 17 Now they began on the first day of the a ICh.23.23, first month to sanctify, & on the eighth day b Ps.95.6. of the month caine they to the porche of the 3 or, filled LORD; So they sanctified the house of the your hand. LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth c.13.9. day of the first mouth they male an end. c Mat.21.12, 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the 13. king, and said, We have cleansed all the d Le.7.12. house of the LORD, and the altar of e 1Ki.6.3. Durat-offering, with all the vessels there-4 strengthenof, and the shew-bread table, with all the ed. Fessels thereof. f c.35.11. 19 Moreover, all the vesels which king g c.23.24. Ahaz in his reign, did cast away g in hislh c.30.3. Sanctification of the Temple. transgression, have we prepared and sanc tified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and is ven rams,and seven lambs,and seven hegoats, for a sin-offering d for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary,and forJudah: and he to offer them on the altar of the LORD. commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, priests received the blood, and sprinkled f 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the it on the altar. likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, & they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 23 And they brought forth the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: 24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood all Israel; for the king commanded, that upon the altar to make an atonement for the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel. 25 And he set the Levites in the house. teries, and with harps, according o to the of the LORD with cymbals, with psalcomman Imeat of Davil. and of p Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for q so was the commandment 4 of the LORD 4 by his prophets. 26 And the Levites stood with the instruments s of David, and the priests with 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the trump e's. u the burnt-offering upon the altar. And of the LORD began also with the trumwhen the burnt-offering began, the v song pets, and with the 8 instruments..dained by David king of Israel. 28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the 9 singers sing, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt-offering was finished. 29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were and worshipped. present with him bowed x themselves, the princes, commanded the Levites to 30 Moreover, Hezekiah the king, and sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer: and they sang praises wih gladness, z and they bowel b their heads and worshipped. 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have 3 consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near, and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings d into the house of the LORD. And the congrega tion brought n sacrifices and thankofferings; and as many as were of a free heart, burnt-offerings." 32 And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred la nbs; all these were for a burnt-offering to the LORD. 33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen, and three thousand sneep. 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not slay all the burnt-offerings wherefore their brethren the Levites 4 did help fthem till the work was endel, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves; for h the Levites were more Hezekiah proclaims a Passover. 2 CHRONICLES, XXXI. upright a in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. B. C. 726. 94.15. 35 And also the burnt-offerings were in a Ps.26.6. abundance, with the fat c of the peaceofferings, and the drink-offerings d for b c.28.24. every burnt-offering. So the service of the c Le.3.16. house of the LORD was set in order. 36 And e Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the e Ezr.6.22. people, that God had prepared g the peo-f c.29.34. ple: for the thing was done suddenly. CHAP. XXX. d Nu.15.5-10. g Ps.10.17. AND Hezekiah sent to all Israel and standing. Judah, and wrote letters also to h Nu.9.10,11. Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should i ver.11. come to the house of the LORD at Jeruk Ex.12.6,18. salem, to keep the passover unto the c.29.34. LORD God of Israel. 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second h month. 3 For they could not keep it at that time, k because the priests had not I sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. 4 And the thing 2 pleased the king and all the congregation. 2 4 &c. mNu.9.10,&c was right in the eyes of. c.19.3. o Ja.5.15. p De. 12.32. ICo.11.2. 3 found. from the hand of. 5 instru ments of 5 So they established a decree, to make strength. proclamation throughout all Israel, from to the heart Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should of all, come to keep the passover unto the LORD Is.40.2. God of Israel at Jerusalem; for they had q Je.4.1. not done it of a long time in such sort as La.5.21. Joel 2.13,14. it was written.p 6 So the posts went with the letters r De.33.10. from 4 the king and his princes through-s Is.6.13. out all Israel and Judah, and according t Eze.20.13, to the commandment of the king, say. ing, Ye children of Israel, turn q again He.3.7-11. unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, u Ezr.10.11. and Israel, and he will return to the rem-v c.29.8. nants of you that are escaped out of the harden not hand of the kings of Assyria. your necks. 7 And be not ye like your fathers, t and w De.10.16. like your brethren, which trespassed Ro.10.21. against the LORD God of their fathers, 8 lifted up, who, therefore, gave them up v to desola- or, offered. tion, as ye see. 9 give the 8 Now be ye not stiff-necked, wo as your hand, fathers were, but 9 yield x yourselves unto 1Ch.29.24. the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, Ezr.10. 19. which he hath sanctified for ever; and x Ro.6.13-19. serve the LORD your God, that the fierce- y c.29.10. nessy of his wrath may turn away from z Ps. 106.46. a Ex.34.6. you. Ne.9.17,31. Ps. 111.4. Jon.4.2. b Pr.28.13. Is.55.7. c.36.16. the habitation of his holiness, Ps.68.5. d c.11.16. ver. 18,21. 2 found. e Je.24.7. Eze.36.26. Ph.2.13. 9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them z that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious a and merciful, and will c not turn away his face from you, if ye return è unto him. 10 So the posts passed from city to city, through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun: cbut they laughed them to scorn, and mocked hem. 11 Nevertheless divers d of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulan humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. 12 Aiso in Judah, the hand of God e was 3 statues. 13 And there assembled ati Jerusalem i Ps.84.7. Celebration of the Passover. very great congregation. 14 And they arose, and took away the altars b that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. 15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt-offerings into the house of the LORD. 16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprin kled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites: 17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified; therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. 18 For ia multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed m themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written: but Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one 19 That prepareth n his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the puri fication of the sanctuary. 20 And the LORD hearkened o to Heze. kiah, and healed the people. 21 And the children of Israel that were present 3 at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with 5 lond instruments unto the LORD. 22 And Hezekiah spake 6 comfortably unto all the Levites that r taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace-offerings, and making u confession to the LORD God of their fathers. 23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did 8 give to the congregation a thousand Lullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bul locks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. 25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that caine out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. 27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling-place, even unto heaven. CHAP. XXXI. NOW when all this was finished, all Israel that were 2 present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the 3 images in pieces, f and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars gout of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh; until 4 they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man Maintenance of the Priests. 2 CHRONICLES, XXXII. B. C. 726. to his possession into their own cities. 2 And Hezekiah appointed the b courses of the priests and the Levites after their a 1Ch.23.24, courses, every man according to his ser 27. vice, the priests and Levites c for burnt-b 1Ch.23.6. offerings and for peace-offerings, to min- 24.1,&c. ister, and to give thanks, and to praise in c 1Ch.23.30. the gates of the tents of the LORD. 1 or, trust. 3 He appointed also the king's portion d Le.25.34. of his substance for the burnt-offerings, to Nu.35.2. wit, for the morning and evening burnt-e ver. 12-15. offerings, and the burnt-offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written ƒ in the law of the LORD. f Nu.28&29. g Nu.18.8,&c. Ne.13.10-13. 2Ki.20.3. Jno.1.47. 4 Moreover, he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the g por-h tion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged i in the law Ac.24.16. of the LORD. 1Th.2.10. 5 And as soon as the commandment 3Jno.5. came 2 abroad, the children of Israel i Mal.2.7. brought in abundance the first-fruits 1 of 1Co.9,9-11. corn, wine, and oil, and 3 honey, and of Ga.6.6. all the increase of the field; and the tithe k Ps. 1.2,3. of all things brought they in abundantly. 2 brake forth. 6 And concerning the children of Israel Ex.22.29. and Judah that dwelt in the cities of Ju-m c.26.5. dah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe o of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them 6 by heaps. 7 In the third p month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. 8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. 4 Jos.1.7,8. Mat.6.33. 7.24-27. 3 or, dates. n 2Ki.18.13, &c. Is.36.1,&c. break them up. o Le.27.30. 9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the De.14.28. priests & the Levites concerning the heaps. his face was 10 And Azariah the chief priest, of the to war. house of Zadok, answered him and said, 6 heaps,heaps Since the people began to bring the offer-p Le.23.16,&c ings into the house of the LORD, we have q Is.22.9,11. had enough to eat, and have left t plenty. 1Ch.29.14. for the LORD hath blessed his people: and Ezr.7.27. that which is left is this great store. 2Co.8.16. 11 Then Hezekiah commanded to pre- Ph.4.10,19. pare 9 chambers in the house of the LORD; overflowed. and they prepared them, & c.25.23. 12 And brought in the offerings, and the t Mal.3.10. tithes,and the dedicated things, v faithful- u 2Sa.5.9. ly: over which Cononiah the Levite was 1Ki.9.24. ruler,andShimei his brother was the next. 8 or, swords 13 And Jehiel,and Azaziah,and Nahath, & weapons. and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, or, storeand Eliel,and Ismachiah,and Mahath,and houses. Benaiah, were overseers, under the hand to their of Cononiah and Shimei his brother,at the heart, commandment of Hezekiah the king, and c.30.22. Azariah the ruler of the house of God. v 2Ki.12.15. 14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Le- w De.31.6. vite, the porter toward the east, was over x c.20.15. the freewill-offerings of God, to e distri-y 2Ki.6.16. bute the oblations of the LORD, and the 2 Je.17.5. most holy things. 2 at. 15 And 5 next him were Eden,and Minia- a c.13.1 min,and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities d of the priests, in their 6 set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small: 3 Ro.8.31. 1Jno.4.4. leaned. b Pr.12.25. c Ne.13.13. 16 Beside their genealogy of males, from 4 dominion. three years old & upward,even unto every at his hand. one that entereth into the house of the d Jos.21 9. LORD, his daily portion for their service in 6 or, trust, their charges, according to their courses; 1Ch.9.22. 17 Both to the genealogy of the priests" or, strong "by the house of their fathers, and the hold. 27* Sennacherib's Invasion. Levites from a twenty years old and up ward, in their charges by their courses: 18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congrega. tion: for in their 1 set office they sanctified themselves in holiness: 19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests. which were in the fields d of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name e tc give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites. 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good h and right and truth, before the LORD his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, k and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. m CHAP. XXXII. AFTER n these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to 4 win them for himself. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that 5 he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters q of the fountains which were without the city; and they did help him. 4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the walls that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo u in the city of David, and made 8 darts and shields in abundance. 6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake 1 comfortably to them, saying, 7 Be w strong and courageous, be x not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there y be more with us than with him. 8 With him is an z arm of flesh: but with us a is the LORD our God, to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested 3 themselves upon the b words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his 4 power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the 7 siege in Jerusalem? 11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 12 Hath not the sare Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and 317 |