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The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Chronicles
Philip Chapman Barker [d.1904] · 404,925 words · 452 reading sections
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theroforc, ie open to no chargo of moral "Thorefore Jehoaeh ... went up." Our oowordioe ond uaprophet-like infidolity. own verse, in the use of the pi ural prononn Vor. 17.-Took advioe; i.e. took counsel• them, e.ad again they, te.kes some slight as iu forogoing vorso, "Art thou mado Icing'~ amount of the weight of gu…
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for(; that, Joash, ignominiously bringing upon it, in other places, viz. to connect the •• Amazinh to Jerusalem" (ver. 23), oon- rise and the operati vcness of tho conspire.oy t,,mptuouely left him there, with e. present with the fact that (though not the exact do.te of his life, though less his honour e.nd muoh at …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 2.-" Doing right, but--" It is well, indeed, when iniquity is qualified with some redeeming features, as we a.re thankful to think it often is. A man is ungodly, or cruel, or self-indulgent, or mercenary, but he has something in him which makes him much less condemnable than he would …
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Vers. 5-9.-Gold, and the favour of God. There is something which approaches, if it doe6 not amount to, the ludicrous in the question so solemnly proposed by Amaziah, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the e.rmy of Israel?" Could it be the right thing and the wise thing to sacrifice a…
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turn from the service of Jehovah, who had just granted him a Rignal proof of his power nnd his goodness, to the service and the worship of the gods of the very people he had dofentod (vcr. 14) I Well might he be reproached for conduct so culpable and so irrational. Any one who was conversant with the history of the Heb…
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Vers. 1--4.-The accession of Amaziah. I. THE TITLE HE BAD TO TEE THRONE. 'l'he son of Joash, most likely the eldest. His mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. Whether she, like her husband, had declined into idolatry cannot be told. IL TEE REIGN EE ENJOYED ON THE THRONE. Twenty-nine years-eleven years less than…
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that they would carry with them bis precious talents. 2. Answe,·ed. The man of God might lrnvc replied (1) that even if he kept his allies his hundred talents were lost, while he would certainly lose the battle in addition; or (2) that if he parted with his hirelings he would prove victorious, which would more than …
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feuds by setting these to cut each other's throats or blow each other into eternity by means of guns and cannons! 4. How far 1 To the takin" of three thousand me11 and much spoil. Whether this devastation of the northern ~ities of Judah occurred while the lsrnelitish soldiers were returning home to Samaria, or, as seem…
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by-and-by, find it h&rder to de&l in such fashion with Jehovah himself. "Hoprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove & wise man, and he will love theo" (Prov, ix. 8). Amaziah's conduct showed he was a fool (Prov. xiii. I)-one of those that "hate him who reproveth in the gato" (Amos v. 10). 4. It foreshadowed h…
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Josephus says was delivered in writing, contained two things. (1) A parable or fable (ver. 18), not unlike that of Jotham to the Shechemites (J udg. ix. 8, etc.). It is not necessary to understand the thistle or thorn a.a pointing to Arnaziab, in comparison with whom Joash claimed to bo a tall cedar, though possibly th…
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viz. in_ t~e house of Asuppim! or, "house of collections_ or prov~sions" (Neh. xii. 26)- " a bmldmg used for the storing of the temple goods, situated m the neighbourhood of the southern door of the temple in the external court" (Keil). The plundering of tho latter does not appear to have boen restrained. All tho treas…
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EXPOSITION. eJter the deadly inner mistake of his soul in OHAPTER XXVI. taming aside to " the gods of the children The twenty-three verses of this chapter, of Seir." entirely occupied with the career of Uzziab, Ver. 2.-Eloth; Hebrew, n\,•:-1-nN • the have to be content with a parallel of nine parallel reads n?'t.'l·…
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under Jehnshe.phat (eh. xvii. 10-13), had the word wcmted is angle. Tho alto or this lifted up their heads repeatedly sinoe, e.s on ge.to oe.nnot very certainly be pronounced one oeee.sion in e.llianee with Aritbiane (eh. upon. Perhaps the angle that marks the xxi. 16, 17) against Jehoram. Brako down gate is that at…
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and this word has the prefix of the prepoei• temple, the duty of offering incenee attached tion 7; nor is the rendering " valour" for to one chosen by lot each morning our Hebrew text ',,_ri so likely a rendering e.nd evening of the inferior priests, yet originally the high priest was solenrnly ns that found in the fo…
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he.eted. The Hebrew verb ie niph. conjuga- prophet e.seerte the.t hie prophetio inepim- tion of 91:11· It ie interesting to note tbe.t tion we.e in Uzzie.h'e time (lae.. i. 1; vi. 1), this root occum only here and three times or we should have to.ken for granted tlmt, in Esther, viz. iii. 15; vi. 12; viii. 14. e.s h…
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not in tho heart, but in the spirie. It is ambition ecclesiastical, and 1mbridled ! It is n snatching e.t spiritual function, domination, and claim of authority, unauthorizerl! Jt is o. zeal of solf-exr.Ho.tion and self-display, where selfs very vesture should be tho vcsturo of purity and of obedience I With Uzziah it …
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they are not strong enough to carry. In most cases they break down, ln some direction, under their burden. Responsibility is not for youth; it is for prime and for the ripe experience of later life. II. THE INEQUALITIES OF COKDITION WHICH THE PROVIDENCE OF Goo ASSIGNS US, Uzziah "reigned fifty-two years in Jerusale…
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Purity nnd sanctity of character, 2. Natural intellectual faculty. 3. Special training. Wo cnnnot say thnt God never revealed bis mind to any one who did not possesR the first of these qualifications in n. high degree. Remembering Balaam and Jonah, it would be impossible to maintain that view. Yet we may be quite su…
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No wise ruler will be indifferent to the question of the produce of the land. The king that" loves husb11ndry" is, other things being 1iresent, a king that loves his people and rules for the b11ppiness of their homes. It is probable that Judah never spont s~ contented and prosperous a half-century as during the long…
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Vers. 1-15.-Uzziah the prosperous. I. A YOUTHFUL SOVEREIGN. (Vers. 1-3.) I. His names. Uzziah, "Might of Jehovah" (2 Kings xv. 13, 30, 32, 34; Isa. i. 1; vi. 1; Aruos i. 1; Zech. xiv. 5); Azariah, "Whom Jehovah aids" (2 Kings xiv. 21; xv. 1, 6, 8, 17, 23, 27; 1 Chron. iii. 12) ;-the former, the designation taken by or …
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confirmation of this in the minor prophets (Hos. viii. 14; xii. 2; Amos ii. 4). 2. A seeJ.·er a:fter God. "And be sought God." (1) How? By observing bis worship, keering his comme.ndments, honouring his prophets, and studying bis Law-the only true way of seeking God still. (2) When? In the days of Zechariah, "who ba…
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the Philistines and Arabians under Jehoshaphat (eh. xvii. 11). 4. The extension of his fame to Egypt. Not merely the report of his splendid victories travelled so far as the land of the Pharo.ohr., but the boundaries of his empire reached to its vicinity. An inscription of 'l'iglath-Pileser II. shows that the norther…
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that his heart was being lifted up "to his destruction." Had he foreseen the conseq11ences or bis :ash a?t, he might have paused. But questions of right and wrong must be determm~d ,nthout regard to temporal results. Only none need remain in i<rnorance of this, that the path of holiness is the path of safety (Prov. …
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EXPOSITION. OHAPTER XXVII. which may be Englished "the swelling ground," It was the extreme south end of This chapter of nine verses is pe.ralleled by the spur which gradually narrowed south- the seven verses of 2 Kings xv. 32-38. It ward, and which was the continnation of consists of personal particulars respecting…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1, 2.-Uzziah and Jotkam, father and son. From the slight materials wo have here, and those still more scanty in the Book of Kings, we may glean- I. THAT THE BEST PART OF UzzIAH'B FORTUNE WAS IN RIB FATHERHOOD, He di~, indeed, enjoy a very good estate ; the "lines fell to him in plea…
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Uzziah; and he _was leRrning the great art of ru(ing, while his resl?onsibility was shared by one much wiser a.nd stronger than he. It 1s an excellent thing for the young, in every sphere, to be placed where they can be gathering wisdom before they carry the heavy burden of a weighty responsibility. II. THAT HE FOLL…
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II. THE WORK 011' TIME IN MANY PARTIOULAR8. No man can be a mighty man, in 11 spiritunl sense, who is not: 1. A large possessor of Divine wisdom. A superficial knowledge of Divine truth may serve for e. while in simpler and subordinate positions; but he who occupies e.n important post, to which large responsibilities a…
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nian t?_wer-buildars on the monuments: "Babylo1;1 corruptly to sin went"(' Records,' etc., v11. 131). Jotham stood alone, or nearly so, man extremely degenerate age• like Noah in the antediluvian world (Gen. vii. 1), Lot in Sodom (2 Pet, ii. 8), and Daniel in Babylon (Dan. vi. 13); which heightens one's idea. of bot…
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EXPOSITION. of this king (Rezin) does not appear tn this CHAPTER XXVIII. chapter, but it does in the parallel, vers. 5, 6, 0. This chapter is paralleled by 2 Kings xvi. They smote him. A previous unsuccessful There is a great deal gained in this case by attempt of Rezin and Pekah is apparently passed over in oar ch…
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Ver. G.---{Sec foregoing note.) An hundred reminds us of that of the sentence of for and twenty thou&and. The number is Jnrge, greater antiquity, l\nd from the sacred lip of but, the un<'e_rtainty ':'f very many of these the Inspirer of e.11 prophets, "The voice or fiirures notWithstandmg, it is impossible thy broth…
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though the exact eite or this interesting wh~nce probe.blyall might most eBsily wend scene is not ,vritten. For wheree.a we have their we.ye to their own diRtrict and town. offended againgt the Lord; Hebrew, •:., Jericho lay on the border of Benjamin. See ll'~~ ,n)n; ni~pt:!7· 'frnnslo.te, F0'1' to the j,1st Bte.nley's…
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no doubt most true. For all Abaz paid and with those of Syria, of whioh Damascus we.a bribed out of tbe sacrilegiously employed capital. Their names were Rimmou, •rttbrim- treasure of the temple, out of the deprecia- mon, H11.d0.d, e.nd some others. Perhaps ting and partieJ dismantling of '' the house no verse in Ch…
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Ho flo.grantly bre11ks, 11nd teaches the breaking of, the first two of the ever-venerable ten comm11ndments-th11t vital Heaven-gro.ven foundation-code of legislation of his kingdom, So.crilege, idolo.try, aud each most heathenish practice and rite of un-"no.tural religion" he honours e.nd follows. He gets as far as it …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS, Ven;. 1-4.-Spiritual rebownd. From Jotham to Ahaz, from the king who" made bis ways firm before Jehovah" to the king who "made molten images for Baalim" and '' bur!lt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen," …
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Vere. 9-15.-Divine and human pity. A very striking and a most unusual incident is here related; it has very few parallels in the page of ancient history. The hand that struck down the enemy very rarely failed to strike him when he was down. Here we have e. refreshing picture or human relenting; or men who had just pres…
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Ven:. ~7-19.-Blow upon blow. Ahaz wss a very grettt transgressor, an,\ he was (ns we might <'xpect he would be) it very great sufferer. He received blow npon blow from the righteous h11.nd of that holy Ruler who by present and temporal visitations WA$ educating his people in the w11.ys of heavenly wisdom. First Rezi…
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Sin doos lend down to infntuntion. It leads men to seek their joy and their heritage in the poorest nnd most unsatisfying springs, to pursue wisdom and wealth in direc- tions where emptiness nncl poverty are alone to be obtained; it leads men to neglect the Fountain of living waters, the Source of all truth and wisdom,…
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time's distinctions between man and man (Josh. xxxiii. 14; Job iii. 19; Eccles. viii. 8) n;vertheless effec~ually disting~ishes between the righteous and tho wicked (Prov: xiv. 32; Luke xvi. 22; Rev. xiv. 13). II. AN APOSTATE KING. Immediately he reached the crown, Ahaz discovered what mn_n~er of spiri_t h~, was of…
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they hope to propitiate in o. manner hardly less foolish than that of .A.ho.z, by sacri- ficing o.t their unhallowed shrines. (3) The specific mode in which he served the Syrinn gods is not stated, as the divinities themselves are not named, and indeed in Scripture never nra (Judg. x. 6). The incident of the altar s…
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struck down threo warriors closely related to AhA-z-Maaseiah the king;'s son i.e. cousin or uncle, as in eh. xdii. 25 and xxii. 11, since Ahaz could hardly at the com~encemont of his reign have had a son capable of bearini arms; Azrikam, the ruler of the house1 not of the temple (eh. xxxi. 13; 1 Chron. ix. 11), but …
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or eustnining the wnr, e.nd therefore should have been exempted from experiencing its miseries. 3. 'l'he destination of the captives. Samaria, in the Assyrian monuments Sa-mir-i-na (Schrad~r, 'Die Keilinschriften,' p. 191), the capital of the northern kingdom, built by Omri (1 Kings xvi. 24), II. Tm~ WARRIORS 01' I…
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kindness of the pri'.ncr:s, . The above-nRmcd (vcr. 12), with other famous and distinguished leaders, to w_horu a s1ruile.r designation we.s customarily applied (1 Chron. xii. 31; xvi. 41; eh. xxx1. 19), rose up fr~m their seats of honour in the midst of the assembly, stood forth as the representatives of the people an…
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EXPOSITION. determining figures is wrong, but we have CHAPTER XXIX. nothing to guide us to say which. Abijah. The important reign of Hezekiah extends The parallel spells this name "Abi," omit- ting the final he, and dagesh in yod. over this and the following three chapters, Zeoha.riah. This may, perhaps, have been…
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"une.lMnneee" or "filthinel!I" &ix t imos, of this Rnd the following two verses are end " menslruous" onoo. The term, there- known, they do not designl\te, of course, the fore, is amon_g the strongest that oould be Mme persona. Through rul\uy a gencrntion need, and glances probably at the ebomina- of Levitee, the se.me…
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scarcely appears ae though much stress can the loss of it"), to "bear loss." This last be lo.id upon what is apparently the chief instance, being the very first occurrence of reason of Canon Rawlinson's opinion, in face the word in this conjugation, heautifully of the immediate lo.nguo.ge of the lo.at sen- harmonizes w…
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Yer. 30.-With the word■ of David, and of the generic idert, 11.9 e.g. the fonst of l!l\cri• Asaph. ·we <'"n ec1trcely exclude from our :flee; agnin, tho ar.t of slnying e.nd sncrillciug thongbt the impre~sion that loving bumrtn a victim; again, the victim itself; ngn.in, reverence for their own pn.st religious helpe…
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HOMILETICS. Vere. 1-36.-771e reformation of Hezelciah-" the thing done suddenly." Hezekiah was the thirteenth of the twenty kings of the line of Judah; but when his reign of twenty-nine years had run to its end, as many as two hundred and eighty-two yearn bad sped away of the three hundred and ninety-two of the durati…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vere. 1-11.-.The heigltt OJ oppo1·tunity. To Hezekiah as he ascended the throne of Judah there we.s presented a very noble opportunity. His father had brought the nation down very low, had left it "naked" to its various enewies, had caused it to incur the sore displeasure of the Lord, h…
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No fair hand was doing that week in Jeruse.lem any work of refinement that more graced its owner than did the hands of those Levites as they stripped the false altar of its clothing, or as they swept the accumulated dust from the courts of the sanctuary. Let us not despise any true work of any kind. Even if it is no…
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Vers. 26-36.-The public worship of God. The record of the latter part of the pro• ceedings on this solemn occasion at Jerusalem may well suggest to us some aspects of public worship at all times. I. ANTIOIP.A.TIVE SERVICE. David, who lived several generations before, had his hand in that ~ood work. The Levites played …
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Vers. 1, 2.-The accession of Hezekiah. I. Hrs PERSON. 1. His name. Hezekiah, "The might of Jehovah;" Hizkiyah (2 Kings xv iii. 1); Hiskiyahu (ver. 1; Isa. xxxvi. 1; xxxvii. I. 3); with which last corresponds Hazakijau, or Hazakiau, of the Assyrian inscriptions. 2. His parenf,age. His father Ahaz (eh. xxviii, 27), to wh…
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bilities of e. crown, even he.d the period been pee.ceful, much more when ic was full of trouble and anxiety, both on e.ccount of the socio.! e.nd religious de""enere.cy of his own pcoplo, ~nd the thre'ltenings e.nd dangers arising from foreign fo~s. It was hardly wonderful that Hezekie.h's health should have broken do…
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Vers. 3-19.-The purification of the templ,e. I. THE GATHERING OF THE PRIESTS .AND LEVITES. (Ver. 4.) 1. When1 In the first year of the king's reign, in the first month (vers. 3, 17), but whether of that reign (Caspari) or of the ecclesiastical year (Bertbeau, Keil, Jamieson, Oehler in Herzog) cannot be determined. In…
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needed to be done. (1) Because, through the wickedness of their fathers in forsaking; God, the temple had fallen into disrepair; its doors had been closed, its lamps put out, its altars left witho·.1t offerings (vers. 6, 7). What their fathers then had done it became them to undo. Unless they would be sharers in their …
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i::nod work his heRrl contemplated (ver. 10), rising up with next day's dawn, gathering the rulers of the city, and proceeding with them to the house of the Lord. In this he 11ctc<l in accordance with Jehovah's instructions to Moses at Sinai (Exod. xxxiv. 2), wi~h the examplti -~f Abraham_ (Gen. xxii. 2), Jacob (Gen…
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reconciliation were all devoted to Heaven or given up as food to Jehovah, so the nation whose guilt hnd been put away by that same blood of atonement surrendered itself to Johovah to be consumed by the fire of a new zeii.l for his glory. 4. UtteranCP, of thanksgiving. '!'bis the significance of the music11.l accompanim…
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CHAPTER XXX. the posts went throughout Israel and J ndoh with the letters, which they may be sup- This chapter contains the aeconnt of posed t.o have dropped only t.o some, not to all Hezekiah's arrangements after the restora- and those some Israel, or Ephmim, Manasseh: tion for the observance of the Passover- and …
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ence lies in the f11ct just slo.terl, thnt Hoze- Ver. 14.-Took awa.y the a.ltara . . . tho kinb, ignoring o.11 the worse precedents of brook Kidron (see eh. xxviii. 24; xxix. JG). now many genorntions, nnd ignoring the Ver.15.-Were ashamed; Hehrew, ,i:~~l. iniquity of I.he du111ity of the kingdom, mo.n- This word, occu…
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HOMILETICS. "Vers. 1-27.-The celebration of the Passover, with its sacred suggestions. The whole of thi, chapter is concerned with Hezekiah's call of priests, Levites, princes, and con- gregation of the people to observe and celebrate with himself the grand solemnity of the Passo"\"er. From the analogy of the prece…
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would hnve been renl truth In it, if a. fomily could be called a. nation. "Israel" went into Egypt "three score and ten souls" (Gen. xlvi. 27); Israel ea.me out of Egypt a untion born, that night of the Passover-I\ vast separate nation, a peculiar people. 1-Iezekia.h'e celebmtion of the Passover, therefore, at this …
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