20 So Ben-hadad hearkned unto king Afa, and ſent the captains of the hoſts which he had, againft the cicies of Ifrael, and ſmote jon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth f, with all the land of Naphecali.
f The Northern parts of Baaſha's Kingdom, which were neareſt to his own Kingdom of Damaſcus, and moſt remote from thoie parts where Baaſhs was now employed, which were in the mot Southern parts of his Dominions.
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: ; or manner of Invading the King.om was from himielf, and his 22 Then king Aſa made a prociamation throughout | vo wicked Heart: yet the Tranſlation of rhe Kingdom from Nadab
21l Judah , (none was T exempted .*. ) and they took a- | to Baaſhs ſimply conſidered, was from God, who by his Decree and way the ftones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, where- _ gore the = ology CO Le jar va . © - > C -» aa(nks -
with Baatha had builded : and king Aſa buile with them opportunity of executing God's Jada upon Nadal and ſuch Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah 6. ſucceſs thereupon, that he ſhould get a preſent and quiet pofſcflion
-, All forts of Perſons were obliged to come, except thoſe who | of the Kingdom. Nay, the very A@ of Baaſha, to wit, the killing were diſcnabled by Age.or Infirmity, or Abſence,or by the publick of his Malter Nadab, was an att of Divine Juſtice, foretold and Service of the King and Kingdom in other places. þ 2. e. Repaired appointed by God. C4ap: 14. 19+ And if Baaſha had done this in and ftrengthened them, for they were builr before. See Jer: 41: 9. | Obedience to God's Command, and with a ſingle Delign, to ex- Q-ef. Why did he not rather perfe& the Fortifications of Rama | ecute God's Vengeance threatned againſt him, it had been no more * which Baajha had begun? Anſ. Becauſe Baaſha might have returned | a Sin, than Jehu's AR in killing his Maſter King Jehoram, upon and recovered it afterwards : and he thought it moſt convenient | the ſame account, 2 Kings 9, But that Banjba did this, meerly to that there ſhould be no City nor Fort in that place. En gratifie his own Pride, or Covetouſneſs, or Malice ; this was not
23 The reſt of all the acts of Aſa, and all his might, from God, bur from himſelf, and therefore is charged upon him as 2rd all that he did, and the Cities which he built, are Murder here, wv. 7: Ad See on 1 Kings i4. 9. . they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the | 23 Behold, I will take away the poſterity of Baaſha, Minds of fudah 7 Nevertheleſs 3, in the time of his old and the poſterity of his houſe : and will make thy houſe ; | 2oe he was diſeaſed in his feet. like 'the houſe Jeroboam the ſon of Nebat, Chap:
© Notwithſtanding the great things which he had done, and the 4 * Him thatdieth of Baaſha inche city, ſhall the dogs nn
glory and proſperity which he enjoyed, he felr the cifedts of Humane | eat: and him that dieth of his in the fields, ſhall the pn Infirmity, and of his own Sins of which ſee 2 Chron. 16. 12, 13. fowls of theair eat. ha
24 And Afa flept with his fathers, and was buried
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with his fichers in the city of David his father: and *| q;6_ and his might, * are they not written in the book * + Chroz *2Chr0: 73 Jehoſnaphar his {on reigned in h1s ſtead. ofthe Chronicles of the kin gs of Iſrael 2 16; 13 | Mie n:s: 25 Y And Nadab the ſon of Jeroboam Þ began to] {5 <, Baaſha flepe with his Fathers, and was buriedin |
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2- < And Raaſha the ſon of Ahijah, of the houſe » houſe of Jeroboam, and becaule he * killed him f. *Chap'r5: of lfiachar, con{pired againſt him, and Baaſha ſmore s The meaning is, The Meſſage which came from the Lord to Fehu, 29; and |
; | pn ae: v.1; Oc, was here delivered by the hand, i. e. the Miniitry of Jehu, kim at Gibbethon 3 which belonged to the Phiiiſtines 7, | unto Baaſba. Jehu did what Gol commanded him in this at be Kors uy —_ ; for Nadab and alli Ifr1ei jaid ſiege to Gibbethon ) it was not without apparent Hazard to himſelf. fi. e. Nadab ; who m 1. e. Of the Tribe, which.is oft calied an Houſe, as Judg: 10: 9: | though he be not expreſſed, yer is ſufficiently underſtood : r. By the Pſai; 135 20 Hoſe1: 7. 1 Who, taking advantage of the Diviſion | manifeſt reference which theſe words have to the Murder committed berween Iſrael and Judah, had retaken this Town, which belonged | by Baaſba, which was done upon Nadad only, c<. 15. 28 2. By the to the Tribe of Dan, jof: 19; 44: and belonged to the Levites, Joſ: 21: | foregoing words, the Houſe of Jeroboam ; i, e His Poſterity, which was 23 upon whoſe departure to Judah, 2 Chron: 11: 14: the Kings of | Nadab. Queff. Why doth God puniſh him for duing God's Work ? 1{-aelſeizes' their Towns and Landsto their own uſe, as was noted Anſ. 1. Though God appointed, that Jero%vaw's Family ſhould be before ; which made them ſo much concerned for this Town, to | cut off; yer he did not give Basſbs Commiſſion to do it ; nor had