Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 853

- _—_ _ ax by =_ 137 pets "a Miniſters- Or, 2. All his 4 orſhippers,as the lame WOr is Tranſlated.in rhe cloſe of this Verſe. erected: But this ſeems not to agree wi ; ; Nueft. How could all theſe be contained in one Houſe of Baal? Ai. bur one Houſe or Temple of w—_ ink ptr FR being ';Chre. Well enough,for the number of Baal: Worſhippers had been vaſtly and following Verſes. Or rather, 2. To _ "ar es oregoing 11.10. diminiſhed by the Miniſty of Eljah, and El;jþa,and the reſt of the ing to this Houſe of Baal, which may be he q ings belong- | tHeb/ſe Prophets ; and by Joram s neglect, and diſuſe of that Worſhip. F ther for ſome 1cu] y be here called the City ; ©3- for the generality of the 1ſf-azlites had too much knowledge on h ; a ©} were ver ann, herd - "RO = Fo es wn : or, becaule they Tininn Ns Relivious reſpect to ROT. Idoid; ob! g to] ; _w_ | wi Arya m— capacious-For as their were diversChambers jan it in compliance with the humour of their King 4 WOT. pond of the Priefts ad LG __ On. RIG $027, Tor the" uſe | for werldly,or wicked ends; and therefore when the King deſerted Thar this famous Temple of Baal ag 1 may probably be conceived, ir, they generally for{ook it ; ſome f-w filly and befotted Perſons of which, the Prieſt : f wad many ſuch Buildings;in ſome excepted, who are here gathered together. Beſides, this H | or | Were great number bel _ _ I 7 AI there Temple of Baal might be very large and capacious, and ably peradventure migh WI rs = ane: mnge Goure, 1 Kng.r0.19.) v | was f becauſe it was the kit 8 nf pron cOPE : wp pes + Gar tag rant g : well;and others cf them might be for divers ; City, and nigh his Palace, and for the uſc of the 7 Agar = 0 Buildings the ane oo guns ev of Baal, And into theſe 9 Fe whole Court : and for great and high Solcmuitics a hs i es Gs go,and that haſtily, to ſurprize,and kill WET'S the name bf che Bae Frnepte 3 9-6 __ E i pos ls lens : _ of Bual, who were there imployed 1n pre- ſignifies, not only the principal Building. but all the ws 'B x" other Serview belongs WONG WIA Wore 69 Do Ollorec ; or, inn dings and Courts belonging to it ; in which all che Worth; _—_— 26 And they TS to that Houſe, or that Solemnity. ſrood when they Worſhip 't mie] 34.5 Woke 1ey brought forth the | [Image y ipped, ſo it might be here ; and 1o there houſe of Baal ges Out of the + Heb) _ was ſpace ſufficient for all the Worſhippers of Bal, which can ad Heb. 7 ad 3 and burat them 4. Stat - reaſonably be rhought to have bern art this time in all Jra:l. mm I eb. zt, i, e. The ColleQion of the Images ; or,cach of th NY will offer to him a noble and acceprab'e Sacritice3 not of Shee 27 And they break down the Lon of B: Ay qi Oxen, &cc. as they underſtood it ; bur of his own b-loved P x5 brake down the houſe of Baal d = pate oy and Prophets, and Servants 3 as he meant it. With an # ng houſe unto thisda J,an RF draught- | ſign, that he might both certainly Diſcover, and urrerly Deſtroy e The Chicf 1 y: h: ; | l Tem ya ve 4 farther trouble, Or danger ot Sedition ed f And the like hey Us CE wRrmppes more than the reſt mult 1n his Kingdom. - red! : as may b ith the reſt'of the Houſes of Baal 1 : | . of : 4 e garl ; in 1 DR 20 And Jehu 1aid,} Proclaim s a ſolemn aſſembly for ching: 200 Sowa _ PII OnnY 8 pegs of ths Baal : and they proclaimed zz. 28 Thus Jechu deſtroyed Baal f o Heb. Sanfifie, Prepare your ſelves,and al] things neceſT: 29 Howbei , out of Ifrael. Co FeerieeT and Featr, ol ings neceſſary ond rn w_ the ſins of } erohoam the ſon of Ne- 21 And jehu ſent through all Iſrael « and all Ss | afrer ER ; jp to ſin, Jehu departed nor from lef: _—__ of Baal came, fo that there was not a man | the! and 6s. D OT wan No. «gag | eft that came not p:and they came into eve ont "of Hf the i - He 1 6 . " Or,ſo ſul Baal ; and the houſe of 07 gs [full fi ' houſe qof h; s "og = he diſcovers his Hypocriſie,that he follows God as fa Os nec another rom one ead tO | cg the Worlhip, F Baal — I of Aba, ro0 ="Dy 1p of Baal but no turther:for Till reli 4 "NN Either, r. Becauſe they thought Jebu wat ſerious and fi; 5 Sus the Worthip of the Calves ; _— 1 OO {till reſolves to keep his Profeffions; it bei MS 6 and ſincere in | irritate h; ; partly,leſt he ſhould difobli mouth. =: Aer __ it aq. gi 6a" uſual for men too cafily ro be- | ind w owe and Subjedas who had been long - m_ , What they W1ih to be true- And for the Prieft;whici Aa #5 &p7 'ere heartily afficted to it: and par 5 -<cthgs, ſtroyed before,ver, dr e Prieſt;which Jehu dc- | i,oor for his P ps partly, leſt he ſhould © os dec 46-04 Y 3 4 5 avi Sam yay _ carp why done,only becaut, | David. Sad his pt Ro. n to their Obedience to the Houſe of fear of their Lives; for certain Death _ -u Family. Or, 2- Fo: | ac durtt not truſt tha G Sordogfognre inexcuſable, both becauſe De, 0.0. is ertarar;y Faber you threatned to ali that did | whoje Power, and Fai | _ with the keeping of his Kiagaom, of ' they knew would be executed 1. a G f 5 1 and bloody Temper, | amp.c Experience in or —_— and Kindneſs to hims he had fuch ns poÞiticy of thi Ro Hi 4 pu on on was |. had io great and Eg. Hour, ” the mes ge and becauſe he known to be indiff wed es: for Jehu was | ou 5 loving ficſe pre over in the matters of Religt- known tobe inifrir & ynconcennljn marters of Recon-one | Bu wich a bis night and then deeroping je with Worltip of forſook it when the next Prince J did}; and did io ; and | mency, none dari n deſtroying it with no lefs Vel | d!:iand ch > y, none daring to mutter a "Ox 4h Og ; cne= doubrful wheth ] Joram aid 5 andt erefore it was | cauic the Houle RR ENS 98 either Caſe ; and be= WE Love: ro _ U - R—_ | cap m—_ Fargeſt ports ” his kyoony was, _— likety HG or — his Ceticor only deſerted in com lacency t if y em ACC , AQ On, and much m 1 oy ow” we © nn eclining Condiri. vidence, deceiving rh 29 Mind # —__ Or, 3. By God- juſt Pro- | Kingdom thould gw wo ely ro fall into his Hands, than thar his own Ditubion "x4 7 gs their Hearts to cume 2- Arid TO into theirs. and hk Cod - q7.e. The Teuwple. % $I che LORUL faid unto Jehu þ, Beca ſe tl Bring f - 4 2id unto him that as over the veſtry haſt done well in executing that which Ie ule thon ring orth veltments r for "—_ 3 | cves 1.and h; 8c) 35 T1gnt 1N mine And he brought them ' — 0=3ach tn mn oE Baa! 4 ies a0 oe _ of Ahab according » Sacred Garm . : p . . Ine Neart thy chil of the Lords Miniſtry np wo = by the Prieſts and others fourch FOneFurons ſhall fit on Ces of i - "a _— Devil borrowed this Cuſtom in his Wodiv!. om thence the Th Ing: gs P: opher, as above, Chap.9.7. #4.c I If, wry « . c IS . . > -f 4 wait o Go art, 23 And Jchu went, and Jehonadab th 1s Hart an expreticd, theſe Attions were good and oe —_ h chab s 1 c ab the ſon of Re- vasnor io. k And 1o they did; - gs s into the houſe of Baal, and faid >= | v*7. 35. Joajb, Craps 13. 10. Jerol y aid ; namely ,7ehoa-az, below worſhippers of Baal,Search,and look that = _ of the | Cap: 15 8. . 10. Jeroboam, Chap: 14: 24. and Zechariah, with you none of e nere 21 Bur Jehu : i 7, bur th i G | : in the law © ; 0 nmon Cones of the LORD :, b © | LORD _ RI_ no hoo to walk in the | Fthe + Heh: \Chrag, s Whom the Bnabrerpollib 4;d k :d not from the i fn 1 all his heart 7: for he depart- ſeven 0 nothing : or, if any of the | ana rho (ps roar ſuſpe&ed | to ſin ins of Jeroboam », which made Iſrael was now too late to amend their Err ected any thing..ic 1 His : 4 1 or. t Bec: » REP Soon His obe ; _ offend Baal, and deride, or pollute his - my thei Preience | fuineis. OE OE three neceſſary Properties,Care or Hzed* phane Perſons have been oft excluded fromSol ip: whence Pro- | in one ;ins! C: ity, and Sincerity, #2 His relolved cont: , both by Jews and Heathens. So this did olemnA@sof Worſhip | &al{ch 1ng'e Courte, is juſtly alledged as an A ntinuance aa; 1s 41d nor raiſe their ſuſpicio alſcheartedaeis in all his other Action n Argument of his b 4 And when they went in « to offer Gerkfibe n. 12 In theſe dave er Actions. urnt-offerings.Jehu appointed tourſ, &s, and | Ort o: and ys » the LORD began + to cut Iſrael #Heb:" and faid, If : F 6 ricore men x withour : and Hazael ſinote chem in : «off th Go 4: Fl uy O 5 men whom I have brought into racl Þ 3 in all the coafts of It- _ 1ands, elcape, be that ; __ z ] | Ky _ for the life of + any bat lerteth bim go, his life ſhall be com mg: Mage Either DR RO a way be gathered by « When ſome in the cutting them off : er to dimintth the number of the People, b Doin» Tar penny we - PO went to the Altar to offe, | Borders, wn: : hg to ſtraiten their Borders. p ; kg pl oY aſſiſt them, in caſe of any CnGcion ing doubtleſs in readineſs to | 1 explained, wer: —_ Aa of their Land beyond Jordan, as it | rs fol ir came to pals atſoon as he y had made —_ —_——_— Core apa pollibly he executed rhoſe f Heb. th the guard, a+; to -— + 1p; 56 Tag __ {aid to | che Gadites, and nS, [eric 07 mx on dats eb.ze Je a, Go in, and lay then: | tot x ae es, and the Manafhtes, ,. . nary t none come forth, And thev finoce them 5 45 - Aroer, (which zs by the river Arnon) || even * G riſing, 9 | _ of the ſword, and the guard and th with th | 1&4 and Baſhan. even * Gi- the ju them out b "ſs e captains cal: 9 To wit, from | Or,59% 2 , and went TO the city of the houſe of Ba; : 24 Now th Go Land of Concer, po Gilead 3 5. e. The Chicf Prieft &f Boa. Sec 2 ©: aal c. | , 34 Now the reſt of the ads of Jeh he & Bibi ſuffered them to ecedy Bithar becauſe 7 rip z So far he | vic, and ali his might, are they ny ehu, and all that he © Amos en they were nut all O : POW S written 1 | vt all Of the chronicles of the kings of Iſrael, en in the book ,.,, 35 Aud