kaddon Sennacherib's Succeflor had recovered Babylon from Mcrodache Baladan: Or ratter, tiie King of Babylon is here called the King of Aſhria, becanie at this time he had added Afjria to his Empire, who having- been informed by his Ambafſadeurs of the great Riches ' which were in H z<&iah's Treaſures at Jeruſalcm, which he was des firous ro enjoy; and withal being aſſured of Manaſth his degenera- | cy from the Piery apd Virtue of his Father, and frem that God whoſe Power alon@made Hezekiah formidable, he thought this a ie Seaſon to invade Manaſeh's Kingdom ; whith he did with ſucs CEiSs ; 12 And when he was in afflition, he beſought the ' LORD his God, and humbled himſelf greatly befors .. the God of his fathers 5
13 And prayed unto him, and he was intreated of him, and heard his ſupplication, and brought him again to Jeruſalem into his kingdom. Then Manaſleh knew that the LORD he was God c. |
. £ i. e, He was convinced by his own Experience of Gods power, Jaſtice, and goodneſs, that Jehovah alone was the True God, and not thoſe Idols which he had Worſhipped, by which he had received great Hurt and no Good,
14 Now after this he built a wall 4 without che city of David, on the weſt-fide of Gihon e, in the valley, even to the entring in at the fiſh-gate, and \compaſſed about || Ophel f., and raifed it up a very [| Or, thi great height, and puc captains of war in all the fenced mover. cities of Judah. | . a He repaired and ftrengthned that Wall which Hezekiah had
built, ch. 32. 5. and which poſſibly the King of Aſjria, when he laſt rook Jeruſalem, had cauſed ro be thrown down, either wholly;
, 32 Now the relt of the a&s of Hezekiah, and his # fn. Tf goodnels,, behold, they ere writren in * the viſion >. +6 of Iſaiah the prophet, the ſon of Amoaz, andin * the 37:& book of the kings of ſudah and Ifrael. | = 39- 33 And Hezckiah ſlept with his fathers, and they io 6: buried him in the || chiefeſt of the Sepulchres of : 19, :0; Duried him: in the || chiefeſt ot che Sepulc res of the
- bigh-{ons of David-: and all Judah and the inhabitants of - Jeruſalem'did him honour at his death: and/Manafſeh \ * his ſon reigned in his ſtead. :
CH AP. XXXIHH.
M maſſeh's wicked reign, 1 =—=—= 10, His Captivity, 11» His prayer 844 Reformation, 12 17. His atts 18, 19; and death, 20. Amon's wicked Reign, is ſlain by his ſerwants, 21 24. Taey being ſlain, Foppah ſucceederh him, 25.
z Kings
\Anaſſch * was twelve years old when he began |
or in part. e On the Weſt-fide of the City of David, to which. Kezekiah had brought this Water-courſz down, ch, 32. 3o. into the great Pool which he had made to receive it 3 and pcſlibly this Wall was built to ſecure the Free Uſe of it tg the Cit1zens when they ſhould be diftreſſd, or beſieged by an Enemy. f With a Wall. Of Ophel ſee before, ch. 27, 3. |
15 And he took away the ſtrange gods, and the Idol out of the houſe of the LORD : and all the altars that
he had built in the mount of the houſe of the LORD,
andin Jeruſalem, and caſt them out of the city. 7 16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and.
ſacrificed thereon peace- offerings,and * thank-offerings, : 7- and commanded Judah' to ſerve the LORD God of *
| Ifrael.
& That thereby he might, as far as he could, repair the Injuries which he had done to God by his Impious Commands, wv. ge
L. 7,-&c. 1 to reign &, and he reigned fifry and five years | in Jeruſalem z ny a This, and the following Verſes; to v. 11. ate taken out of
2 Kings 21. 1, Oc. | 2 But did that whi: &'was evil in the ſight of the
' Deut. *./7- whom-the LORD had 6.{t our before the children of
Ifrael.
oa 2 For j he built 2gain the high places which Heze- |
vd built, kiah his facher had * b-oken down, and he reared up z Kings altars for Baalim, and * made groves, aad worlhipped
LORD, like unto the * abominxtions of the heathen; !:
' 17 Neverthelels; the people did: ſacrifice {till in the
high places, yer unto the LORD their God only.
18 Now the reſt of the a&ts of Manaſleh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the * ſeers that * ! Sam. {pake to him inthe Name of the LORD God of 1frael, 9: ” behold, they are writer in the books of the kings of Hrael 5.
h i.e. Of Judah oft called {ſrar!, as hath been noted before. He ſpeaks nor of thar part” of rhe Canon, called the Book of Keng:, for theſe things are not mentioned there, bur of their Publick Re- cerds, where all things vere particulary wentioned, and whence the moſt important tings Were faken by the Prophets, and. pur ins -
-4. Cx all the hoſt of heaven, and ſerved them. =_* 4 Alfo he built alters the houts of the LORD
Jl. I.
to thoie Canynical Books:
19 His
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', King 219, &
F Heb. multiplies
Ve/L
= King
44.h, &c.
(hap- XXKXIV. LS I ]. Cc H R (0, 19 His prayer alſo, and how God was intreated of him, and all his fin, and his treſpaſs, and the places wherein ke builc high places, and ſet up groves, .and | raven images, before he was humbled, behold, they
are written among the ſayings of {| the ſeers 7,
i Or. cather, of Hyſai, a Writer ſo called; for when the 5acred Pen-aten make a Reference, they: conſtantly refer us to fome parti- cziar Book or certain Author, as to the Chronicles of the Kings ft Ir as el; or Judah; to the Prophecy of Ahijak, or Obed, &c.
20 So Manaſſeh ſlept with his fathers, and they buried hirh. in his own houſe &, and Amon his fon reigned in.his ſtead;
& 7, e.' In his Garden ; of which ſee on 2 Kings 2r.. 18.
1 Kings. 21 * Amon was two and twenty years old when he
9&6 began to reigh; and reigned two years in Jeruſalem.
' 22 But he did that which was evil in the fight of the
LORD, as did Manaſſeh his father : for Amon facrifi-
ced unto all the carved images which Manaſſeh his fa-
ther had made, 'and ſerved them. . , |
23 Andhumbled not himſelf before the LORD as
Manaſfeh his father had humbled himſelf: but AmonT
treſpaſſed more and 'more. Ih.
24 And his ſervants conſpired againſt him, and ſlew him in his own: houſe: + | .. 25 But the people of the land flew all them that had conſpired againſt king Amon, and the people of the land made Joſiah his ſon king in his ſtead.
; CH A P. XXXIV.
Tofiah's good reign, nt, 2, He defirayeth Idolatry, 3. He repairs the Temple, 4 == 7. Huldah prophecieth the deftruftion of Jeruſalem, g = 28, Jofiah's covenant with God, 29 —— 33-
' i; Kings JF Offiah * was eight years old when he began to reign,
u4& ') 4 and he reigned in Jeruſalem one and thirty