over the 1 In thoſe parts of the Land of Canaan which border upon Jor- charge« dan, or are not very remote from it. m7 2. e. In all things which did or ſhould concern the Houſe or Worſhip of God ; partly to take care that ſuch Monies as were cither impoſed by a Tax or free= ly given by the People, towards the building or repairing of the Temple, or rewards the Sacrifices and other Holy Miniſtrations ſhould be gathered and received, and faithfully ſent up to Jeruſalem to be employed in that Work ; partly to fee to the Execution' ofall the Laws of God among the People, and to reſtrain or puniſh wilful Offenders againſt it. n= Not that all the Kings Bulineſſes were managed by them ; for itis apparent, both from the nature of the thing and from Scripture, that the Kings Military Affairs
Ch. 6. 7, f| Or,
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were managed by his Captains, and his Political or Civil Affairs WEL#
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Chap. XX VII: Chap. XXV1L,|
XYT, E CM were managed by the Princes a R Tribes - but ec grin ——_ and Judges, 26d Office O N T C f # E = Yecrees, made perſua <; erved the King in the Ex rs of other þ Or. The <i . Rights of King and a to the Laws of God, by i ark of his | Word is Ze chief Prieff. Or rat] 0.
: EY ace omg Poop: were eſtabliſhed ir 2 _ ane I Ae _ wy 2s GM. 41. ps a chief Prince, as this Hebrew
, King was the Princi y- Th WETE TO, be order 2d ings both in a Capr Yr SHZS10. te and elf: .1 47. 22. 2Sorn $8. 18 & aps
; El Lows, i fre Perſon intruſted wi jr Now as the { For: ain of tars Courſe, b ewhere. Probably he 29. 26,
, aws, ſe Levices chiefly ted with the E; bor alchonol che Bs ut a great Oificer 1 y he was not onl
,, 17 his Peoples Tranſo ba - &$ C 1efly Were | b 5 XECUtiOn of IS - - 5 rac Priefts m - imcer nth C & y
P20 anſgrefſions, and hi e his Eyes by whi yet it is not likely 'ght cakeup Arms 1e Court and State
, and deſerved Cent: S S, And his Hands by whi F vhich he ſaw rm - _ ely, that ſuch . P Arms in 1t0me ſpec; TOs
L doings of this w ures upon them for oh JV hich he inflited due | of y. clipecially feing the r were conſtant Othc pecial Caijes;
O 15 WAS VETY much for the ſerv: 1eir Miſcarriage | of other Lribes $ the reſt ofthe Caprai cers in the kings 23.8. was eſtabliſhed and or the ſervice of the K. ges. And the | Prieft a ;bes. Beiides, neirth -aptains here named gs Beſides oh 1 ecured by ſuch Ri l mg, whoſe Throne | 1 tr that rime, but Zaadok or -x Benaja9 nor F:hoj med, were wy y Were to take car ighteous Adi: , in whom rhe Pri 02 or 4aviathar Fehojadah was High ro keep the People 1 e care by their Counſ miniſtrations- | the e Pricfthood had bee 2r, and before pe 5 X ple in Obedience Ir * ountel and A Ke 1e Gays of Samnel ; een for a lo >efore them Avimelecs, were moſt obliged 4 beth tence to their Kinz . which uthority G Thi l muct and Saul, and David IP time rogether, EI oy 21 Among the EF obliged to do. the Levites þ rh 5 is that Benajah, who 2 and Solomon, 200 * Chap” pen among 5 e Hebronites was * Jerijah th 4 7a and above Ig We who w4s * mighty am s 13, 19. ONg tie Hebronites * Jerijah the chief | Ammizabad his fon 7 thirty .: and in his ong the , | ons of his f: , accord n his fo n his A wy athers. In tl = 1ng To the gener As i Who ſl, mt: nN z courſe Was SIM of David, they were R gong Say vear » of the atl- | Father OY to have been his Fathers L 23. 20g 23 A "> ou - a reion = C a tain k > 4 rs ie : 27. » among them mighty OY AG and there were Milos” necded a De Kings Guard, 2 | LIN becauſe his Chap. 1J ad 0. i valour. at Jazer os ys The fo Ne Or 1N tac other pl: . and therefore 12; AL 3 azer of G | urth c Place 33 23S 4 os es ile- | Afahelthe broklntt for the fourch mo os diſtributions of Fa 1T Year, 1N which he made all him 'C di 6 r of Joab 'F and Zeb IE nth, was f » " Whinkphaecs FOR __ Offices ets as _— preg —mte ind {fond : and in his 2 do he , ebadiain his ſon after 2 Sam. - | ere Name itl 1ele 2prer . wence 23. 24. or near that place, bur fi , either becauſe the prers. + B : y and four thou- Cl cauſe th g : , ut tor what cauſe P05 Y y were ſeared in Fs y which, it : ; uUu- 12Þe $35 hat = S-ogmg numbred there by aig fa way ms : or be- _— David was 9 gg Foundation of this Proje& w S% " ent by David t ! avids Fo - 7 uring which ti roject was laid 32 And jus brett! 0 | Chief C rces were then divi ich time 4ſahet ” Slain: "IF 8 ethren men of valo ommanders, wher ivided into 24 Cour was Slain, D : and ſeven hundred p chief f ur, were two thou- a5 the number of Phang os Aſakel was one Krug tp under 24 6 Os made rulers over the Reub athers, whom king rad oogrnags Lines wes much Jl hn ther Fobich 2.1 the half cri eubemte, Ti = ingdom, the defi avid was f han that which 1 ' ; tribe o J , the Gad ff el1gn was p2 s fully ſettled in hi 1s f Hebe to God, and t Manalleh, for every matte oY and _ increaſed to this —_ and the chro = RR ag. ; Whilh: 1d + affairs of the king r pertaliiing rag 2 Sam, 2.23- m Not 4, ol I 7. e. Affeer his ys WR Soul- + Chron, 1SAa very great 0” merous, but Ze:bad: __—_—C, for in his tim ath, of which and an half ; y greatnumber to be empl | > T3. CEE adiah his $ iS time the gill heſides tho +hen all-the ret of :mployed about two Tri 8 The fifth caprtai on, y were nor fo Progr wy Mou eit of the Tribes had vo Tribes * ks ci1 Captain f ler Chgnania! $ had only i70:; ; Futh ] = or the fift] | 2 waſte hereof is ml r Chgnanian ; of whom 1 TOO, Ve JO. ; z the Izrcahite : : . : th month. | | more remote "x8. .npe Df egey the Tribes withou Is But the 7 four chouſand. : and in his courſe woes «s Shatth-
ih, and folema Worſhi e Kings Courr, and from h ut Jordan being 1 ” Suppoſed | wenty and and ke OImPp, needed m / rhe place of : EF - to be the fa = my them 3 he ÞoaQiceof OW ordinary help _ PEG | Snammohb, J Chron Lt. 27 me called Shammah S
KF (0) BY OT the = iN < Che fs an, 2 0am, 2 > and in Obedience to their Eos a caey and the Worlkip ' 9 Theſixth ce fi Ef: = ; ) captain ; | : fon or the ſixth |
= CH A F, XAT _ Ikkeſhthe + — Sroatirpay month, was * Ira the + I , Captains for every ſeveral Month [. an ny thouſand : in his courfe were twenty _ Cop YL es, :6 mT . on! , I a wn. Io h 4 It. 28,
His Counſel 22. The chief keepers of D 4, The Princes of the 12 j Hel e ſeventh captain for th 7 OED.
Y ' elors and Fr o ava s Treaſur elez the P - r tne fev ;
iends, 32 LABS > elonite o, of the chi enth month
the - TO 34 31. jn his courſ: , of che children of OY EPS