Cities, whilſt their Brethren came up to Jeruſalem . , . Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah, that were demmien 16 Beſide their genealogy of males, from threeyears ar. Jeruſalem, ſa ing, FO ' = old and upward 4, evey unto every one that entreth in | ,* þ Of this and the following'Ver'es ſee the Notes on 2 Kings 18z to the houſe of the LORD%, his daily portion for their 17, RE Ret #f: —_— = 22 ſervice in their charges, according to their courſes” - | 72 Thus faict Sennacherib King of Aſſyria, where- | # To whom a portion of theſe things was allotted, as is here-im- | ON (oſs) ye "truſt, that ye abide'|| in the fiege in Je- ||Or, 5 ' Plicd, © That were capable of entring thither, .and doing Service | ruſalem ? oe. þ : ; | the o jos py Sens Peg get "__ io On gg Doth*Hezekiah perſwade you to give over your — Priefis and Levis. = - |{elves to die by famine ang by thirſt, faying, The | 17 Both to the genealogy of the prieſts by the houſe | LORD our Eod 'ſhall deliver vs our of the hand of the
[5 the of their fachers, and the Levites, || from ewenty years King of Aſtyria? © | LEG PE Es = * 4 oid and upward, in their charges by their courſes: 0 Hath not the ſame Hezekiah taken away his high ther 18 And'to the genealogy of all their little ones, their | Places, and his altars, and commanded Judah and Je- wives and their ſons, and their daughters, through all | fulalem, ſaying, Ye (hall worſhip before one altar, and
| Or; the congregation c. for in their |] ſet office they ſandi- burn incenſe upon it. |
mh cod thornfaives in hottces. 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done c This 's alledg=d as a Reaſon why their Wives and Children were j UNTO all' the people of other lands ? were'the gods of
provid-d fr out of the Holy things, ———S ſequeſtred them- the nations of thoſe lands any ways able to deliver their © ſeives from world'y Affa'rs, by which rhey migit otherwiſe have, ]ands out of mine hand?
{gry pos Lorag lies, and intirely devored themſelves to} .. 1, yr 0. .,,a5 there among all the gods of thoſe nations
19 Aſo the ſons of Aaron the prieſt, which were in that my fachers _ Utter ly deſt-oyed, that could deliver tLev. 25, * the fields 4 of the ſuburbsof their cities, in every ſeve- his people out, of mine hand, thar ary God (bould be 34- rl city, the men that were expreſſed by name, to give able to deliver you out of mine hand ? 7
umba portion to all the males amony, the prieſts, and to all | 75 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, 35-2" that were reckoned by geneaiogies, among the Levites. | 20r p=rſwade you on this manner, neither yer believe d Wno are oppoſed to thole that lived in or reſorted to the great him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able City Jeruſalem. E465 to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, | hand of my fathers : how much leſs ſhall your God de-
and wrought that which was good, and right, and truth | liver you 5 out of mine hand, before the LORD his God. | + Seing I have d:ſtroyed ſ9 many Nations, and ſome of them
21 And inevery work that he began in the ſervice ' ſtronger chan you, in ſpight of all rheir gods, it is nct probable
of the houſe of God, and in the law, and in the com- thar your God ſhould defend you, which none of the reſt could do
. ey f . for their People. | mandments to ſeek his God, he did zz with all his +; Andhis ſervants ſpake yet mereagainſt the LORD heart, and proſpered. |
! God, and againſt his ſervant Hezekiah. ol CHAP. XXXIL |} +47 * He wrote alſo Letters to rail on the LORD *2 Ki
Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah fortifieth himſelf, and encourageth God of Urael b and to ſpeak againſt him, ſaying, As 19- $+ the People, 1 —— 9. againff Senmacheribs blaſphemousm-ſſuge and letters, the gods of the nations of ether lands have not deliver ed 10,—— 20. An Avgel deſhoyerh the Hoſt of the «yrians, 21--23- their people out of mine hand, fo (ball not che God of ——_— — 5+ OE 8 IRA mac ago Hezekiah deliver his peop'e out of mine hand, _. mansA 3 w. ng EI 7 18 * Then they cryed with a loud voice in the Jews» , xx
ſpeech unto the people of Jeruſalem that were on the 18. a
*: Kings, A Fter * theſe things, and F the eſtabliſhment there- : | "SR 18. 13, of a, Sennacherib king of Afſyria came, and en- wy oO and to trouble them, that they
tred into Judah, and encamped againſt the fenced ci-| 7, \ q they fpake againſt the God of Jeruſalem,
n&. ties, and thought co win them for himſeif. : _— 7 Hevechis #4 'An Empharical Preface ſignifying that notwithſtanding all _ againſt the gods dupe mn of the eart l'wbich were
truth. his Pious Care and zcal for God. yet God ſaw fit ro Exerciſe him : the wen of the hands © k Kh * $* Gr. with a ſore Tryal an.' Calamity ; which yer he rurned ro tus great | 20 And for this cauſe Hezekiah the king, and the Ch. Jl. Honour and Advan-'age: b He deſigned and bragged that he wouid prophet Ifaiah the ſon of Amoz, prayed and cried to 20. win them all, and did acrually win many of them, 2 Kings 18. 13. jy 4 f gorge 2 And waen Hezekiah ſaw chat Sennacherib was ,x #* And the LORD ſont an angel which cut off * » Ki " om —_ that | he was purpoſed to fight againſt Je- all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and the "9 *$ f Heb. his 3 SED Sas. PEEL, captains in the camp of the king of Afſyria : ſo he facewns ts 3 He took counſel with his princes, and his mighty. ——_— with "nan of face to hs own land And T - bd ki 2 ” a
ary men, to ſtop the waters of the fountains c, which were when he was come into the houſe of his god they that © . x;
without the city: and they did heip him . 6 With Earth or other RN caſt Sr Few and withal to de- CAME forth of his own bowels, | flew him there Fat,
' Tive the Waters by ſecrer Pa i er ground to Jevſs- with the ſword. | | _
lems n Roche Re Tipe WO OY i 22 Thus the LORD faved Hezekiah, andthe inha- ; Hed
ROPE 4 So there was gathered much people together, who bitants of Jeruſalem from the hand of Sennacherib the ,,zge
werfew 4 ſtopt all the fountains, and the brook that + ran chrough king of Afſyria, and from the hand of all other, and feb. * the midſt of the land, faying, Why ſhould the kings of guided them on every 1ide.
Aſlyria come and find much water 4? . 23 And many broughe gifts unto the LORD to Je- ; 14.4