ears. ER | | 4 4 Of this Chapter ſee the Notes on 2 Kinzs 22. & 23. - | 2 Arid he did that which was right in the fight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand nor to the lefc.
3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was
Kings yet young b he begaih to go after the God of David
I his father: and in the cwelfth year he began * to purge
Judah and Jeruſalem from the high places, and the gro-
« ves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
\ b In the 16th Year of his Age 3 when he was entring into the Age and State of Temptation and Youthful Lufts; and had the Adminiſtration of his Kingdom wholly in his own Hand and Power arid none to Rebuke or Reſtraia him ; yet even then he begins to, be Religious in good Earneſt, ; _ ;
. - 4 * And they brake dowr the altars of Baalim in
», his preſence ; and the [| images that were on high above
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77 6 And ſo did he in the cities of Manafleh, and Eph- 2 kings raim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali c, with their [| + 'mattocks, round about.
c Which was in the utmoſt and nothern Borders of the King- dom of Iſrael. For it muſt be remembred, that the Ten Tribes were now gone into Captivity ; and thoſe who were come in their | r_g weak and few, and not able to withſtand the Power of
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7 And when he had broken down the altars and 'Heb.o the groves, and Wad beaten the graven images f into nite hows powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the lard of Ifrael, he returned to Jeruſalem.
8Now in the * eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the houfe 4 he ſent Shaphan the ſon of Azaliah, and Maaſejah the governour of the city, and Joah the ſon of Joahaz the recorder, to +,- Tepair the houſe of the LORD his God. $; d The Houſe of God, called the Houſe by way of Eminency. ne 9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high-prieſt, they delivered the money that was brought into the
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Overleers of them wereJehath and Obadiah,the Levites; of the ſons of Merari; and Zechariah, and :Meſhul- lam, of the ſons of the Kohathites, to ſet it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of infſtru- ments of muſick g. WOES COR TRE £ Or, all theſe here named, wee kilful in Isfirumerts of Mufeck. Which may be here mentioned, either to. their Commendation, that they were fit for, and. ,careful and diligent in this Empioy- ment wherewith they were now intruſted, no leſs rhan in their own proper Work : Or, to intimate; that as they were skilful,-ſo they were exerciſed in both their Employments,and did ſucceſſively overſee the Work, and praiſed God with their Voices and Inſtrus ments for his Gracieus and Powerful Help inccatrying on the Works - 13 Alfo they were.over the bearers of burdens, and were overſcers of all that wrought the work in any manner of ſervice: and of the Levites there were {cribes; and officers, and portess; SEEN HOSTS 1 xn
14. And when they brought out the money that was _ brought. into the: houſe of the LORD, Hilkiah the * 2 Kings prieſt *' found the 'book of the law of the LORD, he fs je given |. by Moſes. | STE; 1 by oy
I5 And Hilkiah anſwered and ſaid to Shaphan the ſcribe, I have found the book of the law in the houſe of the LORD. * And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. | | 16 And Shaphan carried the hook to the king, and broughe the king word back again, ſaying, All thac * * was committed F to thy ſervants, they do ir. greg . 17 And they have Þ gathered together the money poured out. that was found in the houſe of the, LORD, and have 97, elred, delivered it into the hand of the overſeers, and to the hand, of the workien. . - _ EY
18 Then Shaphan the ſcribe told the king, ſaying Hilkiah the prieſt. hath given me a book. Joie | phan read Þ it before the King. | | + Heb; if I9 And it came to paſs when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent bis clothes. | 20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam , the ſon of Shaphan, and || Abdon the ſon of Micah, | Os, —_ and Shaphan the {cribe, and Aſajah a ſervant of the 5 Kings kings, ſaying, _ | ' 22, 12. 21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Iſtael, and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found : for great isthe wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, becauſe our fathers have nor kept the word of tke LORD, to dg
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22 And Hilkiah and they that the king hadl appointed j went to Huldah the propheteſs, the wife of Shallum + ._ . the fon of Tikvah, the ſon of || Haſrah, keeper of the || Or, Hitt + wardrobe ; ( now. ſhe dwelt in Jeruſalem || in the * Kin " colledge ) and they ſpake to her to that efe&#, = 2 os = s 23 And ſhie anſwered them, Thus ſaich the LORD ft Heb- God of Iſrael, Tell ye the man that ſent you to. me, gn 24 bus faith' the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil [1 updn this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, ever or, in the all the curſes that are written in the book - which they ſecond part, have read before the king of Judah : I OY 25 Becauſe they have. forſaken me, and have burnt incenſe unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works. of their hands ; therefore my wrath ſhall be poured out upon this place; 'and ſhal not be quenched. | | DE | 26 And as forthe king of Judah,*Who ſent you to enquire of the LORD, fo ſhall ye fay unto him, Thus faich the LORD God of Iſrael concerning the words which thou haſt heard, RY - 27 Becauſe thine heart was tender, and thou didſt humble thy ſelf before God when thou heardeſt his words again{t this place, and againſt the inhabitants thereof, and humbledſt thy ſelf before me, and didſt rend thy clothes, and weep before me 7 I have even
. houſe of God, which the Levites that kept the doors, #1!) Had gathered of the hand of Manafſetr and Ephraim, and of all the remnent of Iſrael, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and they e returned to Jeruſalem.