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Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 • SECTION 961

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 961

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| @efare, h ay] z Heb. Wenr, t> wir, the way of all the Earth, as it 1s more fully expreſſed, Joſ. 23. 14+ Or, io the land of darkneſs as Jb. 10. 21, 22. Or, to his Jong home, Ec-leſ. 12.5. Or, went away, to wit out ef this World ; as this Word is uſedy Fob. 14. 20. E cleſe 5; 15: & 6; 4: there being many ſuch Words and Phraſes uſed concerning death in the Old and New Teſtament, ſignifying that death 1s not an Arnihi- Jation, but only a Tranſlation inro another place and ſtate: Sce Gen: 15: b5: Phil: 1: 23: |, Heb: without deſjre, which may belong either r. To himſelf; he had no defire of living longer, nor any | pleaſure in Life, but was heartily weary of ir, tnrough his exceſs five Pains: Or, rather, 2: To his people who did nor deſire thar he | ſhould live longer, bur ofr an4 neartily withed that he had died - ſooner : W aich conempr of him they fhewed both by making no burning for him, as they uied to do for Gnod and Laud+ble Kings, ch: 6: 84: and by denying him burial among che Kings, as it here fol- Jows, Defre is here put for a perſon or thin whoſe life or continue ance is deſirable, or deſired by others, as 1/s: 2: 16: Ezek: 24: 16, 18, 2r, 25: Dan: 9: 23: & 19; 11, 19: Ardthis is an empaatical expreſ- ſion, becauſeir is utual with Men ro Jefire the deatas of ſome per- ſons, whom afterward they lament and heartily wiſh they w:re a'iv again, as they have cauſe todo, Bur for this ungodly and unhappy - Prince. his people dia aot on'y 1n bis life time wiſh his Death, bur afterwards they d:d not repent of thoſe deſires, nor wiſh him alive againz but rejeyccd that they were delivered from fo great a p;ayue as he was to them,

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3 He alſo walked inthe ways of the houſe of Ahab, for his mother was his counſeller 4 do wickedly. d Being a Crafty and an Iimperious Woman. 4 Wherefore he did evil in the fight of the LORD, like the houſe of Ahab : for they were his counſellers after the death of his father e, to his deſtruction. e Who, whilſt he lived, ſeduced his ſon by his Counſel and Au- thority, and made other Evil Counſellers then unneceflary, 5 He walked alfo after their counſel, and went with Jehoram the ſon of Ahab king of Iſrael, to f Heb.

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ded f Following the evil Example of Jehoſhaphat therein, ch. 18. though = he would not follow him in what was good. Bur of this and the fol- | Other lowing verſes ſee 2 Kings 8. 28, 29. &g. 21, 27. | wiſe cal-

6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel, becauſe jeq 41- of the wounds + which were given him at Ramab, ziah, : when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And||A- — zariah the ſon of Jehoram king of Judah, went down |... *c, to ſee Jehoram the ſon of Ahab at Jezreel, _—_ nt v2

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; : 7: ſh; | JVarrers and partitiens, into which it was or might be divided : as out with Jehoram againtt Jehu the fon of Nimini, | the Temple is called San#uary, becauſe *of its diviſion into divers we CO k

woege a *ntod * f the houſe arts, Levit,26. 21. : rIndo. ite whom the LORD had anointed *® to cut o1r the parts , : : uCg. i W- x _ * | | 6 But let none come inco the houſe of the LORD $ » 2 Kings © by his Providence ſo diſpoſing Occaſions and 4h2ziah's Incli- j fave the priefts, and tney that miniſter of the Levites 9, | 9 7 _ nations, thathe thould come ac that ſeaſon to receive h1s deſerved chey ſhall g0 in, for they are holy: but all the people tf Heb) "2 BUS": Tudgements ©.+:-.- | {ball keep the watch of the Dh, z. es J0...33 & And it cameto paſs that when Jehu her EXecuting g Strialy ſo called, as it is diſtinguiſhed from 'the Courts. into &©Y* 28 jndzment upon the houſe of Ahab, and * found the | which others were permitted to come, v. 5+ to wit, into the Hely | Pa: : ſ, f the brethren þ of A- I Place. h They who are to miniſter in courſe, or by my preſent oriz:ces of Judah, and the Tons ot the br w PFL32C6 | Op. q Ahaziah 5, he flew them. appointment- # 7. e. Of the houſe of the Lora, as the phraſe may be haziah, that miniſtre tO Anazla he f bis Couſins, or near filled up our of this place and 2 Kings 11. 6: The ſence is. Let þ Either properly fo called: Or the Sons ki ah —_ Ain, [them ſtand in their Court to prevent and oppoſe any perſon who Kinſmn, who are off called Brethren : ”_ > ing baziah, as is {ball endeavour violently to break into the houle to ſcize upon the v. 1. # Vhar came thither to wait upon t oy Children a< is noted | Kings or to diſturbe their preſent work z which he expe&ed Arha« here implycd, anJ1 withal to vilit Joram and his Chi z liah and her Complices would do. - x 2 Kngs 10. 13. : 7 And the Levites ſhall compaſs the king round about, 2K R «© 1ziah & 2 and they caught him, TO <p 0 Fevig & _ he —_ Frogs: _ = 4 ks — OH to [every man with his weapons in his hand, and whoſo- "2g or he was hid 1n Samarlai s ) rough . j - ( \cy buried him», Ever elſe cometh into the houſe, he ſhall be put to death:

chu : and when they had {lain him, t] * : - | _.M ms ret gence y ; ©: the ſon of Jehoſhaphar, who but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when =

| , -11( of [he goeth out. | ; —_ pay roms wich all - _ — 8 So the Levites and all Judah'did according to all AZ41c 2d:no power to K . ; | : -

A ng _ __—_ pi _ — eſcape, 2 Kg 9:6 things that Jehojada the prieſt had commanded, and [Either 1 I of, Kinodom of $0722r7a, to wit, in Mcgidds : Or, 2- [took every man his men that were to come in * on the In the Ciry of Samaris: and fo he fled firſt to Megidds ; and not _ {abbath, with them that were oO £0 out on the ſabbaths ins himſelf fafe there, he fled to Eng Shady " ——— for Jehojada the prieſt diſmiſſed not the courſes,

eat thence by Jehu” Mer. dds, where he recelv< m | . . . : ſos change hy ie A Garter upon 2 Kingr 9» 27: » They j 9 Moreover, Jehojada the prieſt delivered to the cap- &2ve his Servants leave fo carry him away to Jeruſalem and bury him ! tains of hundreds, ſpears, and bucklers, and ſhields, that there. 2 Kings 9. 28. Boch Gol and Men are oft-times {aid rod bag been king Davids, which were in the houſe of God.

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