5 Wherefore the LORD his God b delivered him, into the hand of che king of Syria, and they ſmote him and carried away a great multitude of chem caprives,
1:9, and brought them to + Damaſcus: and he was alfo de- 1mſek. livered into the hand of the king of Iſrael, who ſmote him with a great {laughter.
b God was 415 God, ta-ugh not by Covenant and Grace, and" ſpecial Relation, which A#az had renounced, y«t by his Sovera'gn Dominion over him: For God did not forfeit his Right by Ahaz his denying it:
6 For * Pekah theſon of Remaliah flew in Judah an y-27 hundred and twenty thouſand in one day, which were Hb, al T valiant men : becauſe they had forſaken the a: us. LORD God of their fathers. by 7 And Zichri a mighty man of Ephraim, flew Ma-
aſejah the kings ſon, and Azrikam the governous of the +Heb-ch, houſe, and Elkanah that was | next to the king. ſimi 8 And the children of iſrael carried away captive of ting, their. brethren, two hundred thouſand women. ſons and daughters, and took alſo away much ſpoil from them, and brought the ſpoil to Samaria.
9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whoſe name was Oded: and he went out before the heſt that
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47.6 have ſlain them ina rage that reacheth up unto heaven e.
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15. * witha! ſignifying that their Rage did cry aloud and was heard to | O%. x I, heaven, from whence it would pull dowa vengeance upoa r' em.
g. 19 And now ye purpole to keep under the chi.dren 7k, 1. of Judah and Jeruſaiem for bond-men, and bond wo- y5. men unto you: but are there not with you, even with
you, ins againſt the LORD your God 4d?
d Which. if aot repeated of, may bring down the like venge ance up'n your own Heads, FO
11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives
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| 27 For again the Fdomites had come and ſmitten = Judah, and carried away T captives. + Heb. 3 WW
18 * The Philiſtins a:f'» had invaded the cities of the coprivity, WM low country g, and of the ſouth of Judah 6, and had' Ezek-16! I taken Beth-jthemeſh, and Ajzion, and Gederoth, and 57" i Socho, with the Þ villages thereof, and Timnah with 4 rx; . i the + villages thereof, Gimzo alſo and the villages daughters! thereof : and they dwelt there. f Heb. |}
£ That part of Judah which was tow? ds the Sea, and towards ##%2##er%4 | the Philiſtins Lande þ Of which fee Jof, 15+ 21. ES - [] I9 For the LORD brought Judah 'ow, becauſe of O24 | Ahaz king of I{rael: for * he made Judah naked;, and | cranſgreiled fore againſt the LORD. 7 Taking away their Ornament and their Defence and Strength, to wit, their Treaſures, which he ſent tothe 4ſrian ro no p. rp-ſe; their Frontier Towns, and «ther ſtrong Holds, whick by tis Fly and W .ckednefs were loſt ; their Religion, and the Divine Prote&i- on, which was their great and only firm Secwity, wv hich by his Sins he forfeited. See the Notes on Exod 32: 25. 20 And * Tilgarh pilneſer king of Afſyria came unto 's* 29 him, and diſtreſited him &, but ſtre.gthened him not/. 21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the houſe of the LORD, and out of the houſe of the king, and of
the princes, and gave it unto the king of Affſyria: but he helped him nor/. | k Or, fraitned him, by robbing him of his Treaſures. 1 A moſt
Emphatical Expreſſion; for rhough te weakned his preſent En-my the Syrian, as is related, 2 Kangs, 16. 9. yet really, ad all things conſidered, he did nor ſtrengthen Abaz and his Kingdom, bur rather weaken them ; for by the removing the Syrian, who, though a trous bleſom Neighbour,zwasa kind of bulwark ro him, as to mary othes Enemies, he ſmoothed the way for himſelf, a far more, dangerous and miſchievozs Fnemy. as appears by his Invaſion of Judah in the very next King's Reign. | 22 Andin the time of his diſtreſs did he treſpaſs yet more againſt the LOK D. This is that king Ahaz mw. m That Monſter an! Reproach of Man kind, rhit unteachable and 1ncorrigible Princ-, wh- m even grievous Affflit:ons made worſe, which commonly make Men better. This 15 h- whof: name deſerves to be remembred and dereſted for ever. Or, King Abaz was. the - ſame, no Changling, not a whit better by all the M=thod: which WT God uſed with him F Hebs; 22 For he facrificed unto the gods of + Damaſcus, Parmeſek: which ſmote hims : and he ſaid, Becauſe the gods of the kings of Syria help tbem, 7herefore will I facritice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruine of him, and of ail Iſrael. : n Or, which had ſmitten him formerly, i. e. had ena'.le1 their W rs ſhippers, the Sy: ans, to ſme him, as h- fonetly imagined: » hich yet he ſaw confuted. having now found by experience, that th-y could nor fave rhem from the -ſhrian Pow.r, |
24 Ard Ahaz gathered together the veſſels of the
God,and ſhut up the doors of the bouſe of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jeruſalem: 25 Ard in every ſeveral city of Judah he made high places [| co burn incerſc unto other guds, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. 27 Now the reſt of is acts, 2nd of all his ways, firſt
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again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren ; for the fierce wrath of the LOR D is upon you.
12 Thea certain of the heads of the chiidren of E- phraim, Azariah the ſon of Johanan, Berechiah the ſon of Meſhiliemoth, and Jehizkiah the fon of Shailum, and Amaſi the ſon of Hadiai, ſtood up againſt them that came from the war: |
13 And ſaid unto them, Ye hall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended againſt
the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our fins. and to our treſpaſs: for our treſpaſs is great, and rhere
zs fierce wrath againſt Iſrael.
4 So the armed men left the captives and the ſpoil, before the princes, and all the congregation.
i5 And the men which were expreſſed by name e, roſe up, and took the captives, and with the ſpoil clo- thed all that were naked among them, and arraied them, and ſhod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anoinced them. and carried all the feeble of them upon aiſles, and brought them to Jericho, * the city of pa-m trees, to their brethren; then they re- turned to,Samaria.
e Which were appoinred to take care about the Management of this buſineſs