eople Iſrael. : a Dr and which were holy. b 1n the Temple : Or, in the Holy of Holies. Whence, it may ſeem, it had been removed, cither 1. by ſome of the Wicked and Idolatrous Kings of Judah, poſſibly by Jo» ſial's Father Amon,which peradventure may be implied by thar cx- preſſion, ch..33. 23: Amon. treſpaſſed more and more, i e. more than he or his Father Maxaſthþ had done, which ſeems to poinr at ſome very enormous Crime 'committed by him« Or, 2. By Jofiah's Or- der, That the Tmple might | be throughly repaired, boch in the Holy place, and in the Moſt Holy place, which ſome of the Idola. trous Kings of Judah, it may be, had defaced or defiled ; and theres fore it was to be ſearched'in order to its Reparation ; and to that end it might ſeem fit ro remove the Ark: And upon this occaſion Hilkiah might find the Original Book of the Law, which was writ- ten by the hands of Moſes, and by God s Command was laid beſide the Ark, and upon the removal of the Ark was eaſily diſcovered, c Or, that it might not be a burden, &c. So theſe words are to be joyned: with the former; as the Reaſon why Solomon built this Houſe, that the Ark might have a conſtant and fixed Habitation, and not need to be cariied from place to place upon their ſhoulders. as it had been done whilſt it was in the Tabernacle. And withal, this is mentioned as an Argument to quicken them to the more dilis Aa, gent Service of God in their. preſent work, becauſe they were 1: n. freed from that troubleſome part of their Office which lay upon ' a«c2, Their Fore-fathers. | 2 * 1Chron' 4 And prepare your ſelves by the houſes of your 9. 10. fathers, .after your courſes, according to the * writing = _ . David king of Iſrael, and according to the * writting & 25. & of olomon his ſon. : 26.*Ch-8., 5 And ſand din the place e, according to the divi- T4. fions of + the families of the fathers || of your brethren + the people, and after the diviſion of che families of the Levites © | d Or. miniſter, as thit word is frequently uſed. e z. e. In the Court your bre- of the Prieſts, which is fo called elſewhere, as hath been noted be- * thren. fore. fi. e According to the ſeveral Families, both of the People, + Heb: the whom he calls their-Brethren, leſt they ſhould deſpiſe them, or ſonsof the grudge to ſerve them, and of the Levites. For the Paſſover wag people. to be eaten by the ſeveral Families according to their numbers, Exod. 12. 3. And therefore he commands theſe perſons, that when the Paſchal Lmbs were brought to them to be killed,as they were, v,-7, 8, 9. they might ſo order the matter, that they might be di- —m—_ to the ſeveral Families, whether of the Levitical or other ribes. * Ch. 29, S SO kill the paſſover, and* ſan&ifie your ſelves, and x5. & 30. Prepare your brethren g, thacthey may do according to | 3, I5. the word of the LORD, by the hand of Moſes. zZra, 6, » By purifying them and quickning them to fit themſelves for 200 ſo great and ſolemn a Work. | + Heb 7. And Joſiah | gave to the people of the flock, offered, lambs and kids 6, all for the paſſover-eferings, for all that were preſent, ro the number of thirty thouſand, and three thouſand bullocks ;-: theſe were of the kings ſubſtance. h For either' of theſe might be uſed for the Paſchal-offering, Erod. 12. 5. i Which were to be offered after the Lambs, upon the ; ſeveral days of the Feaſt of Unleaved Bread,
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8 And his princes &j gave willingly untothe people, to the Prieſts and to the-Levites /: Hilkiah, and Ze- chariah, and Jehiel, rulers of -the houſe of God, m,gave unto the prieſts for thei'paſſover-offerings, two thouſand and ſix hundred ſmall cattel, and five hundred oxen,
k Not the Political, but Eccleſiaſtical Princes, or the chief of the Priefts and Levites, whoſe Names here follow. ! For the uſe of any of the Families of any of them, as need ſhould be, For the ſuppoſed the 30000 which the King had given were not ſuffice for all the Familics. Or, the King gave his Cattel to the P eoplg only, or principally, for they only are menrioned for that Gift, ». 7: And therefore theſe perſons here named give their Cattelnot on, ly to the People, but alſo to the Pricſts and to theLevjtes,as It Is hereex. preſſed. And the Levites being not yer ſufficieritly' provided for, tome of their Brethren, named v- 9. gave 5000 more peculiarly ung the Levites, as is there ſaid. m2 For ſo they were; Hilkiah being the High-Prieſt, and the other the two Chief Prieſts, of the two Lines of 'Eleazar and 1themar, who, many. times were to officiate in the High-Prieſts ſtead; and were in Power and Digruty next to him ; and were in ſome ſort Joint|Comtni{lioners with him' in Ruling the Affairs of the Temple. .. ©. 4: ; |
9 Conaniah alſo, and Shemajab, and:.;Nethanee]; his brethrens and Haſhabiah,; and Jehiel, and Jozabad, chief of the ' Levites, | gave unto the: Levites for paſſo- Fr ver- offerings, five thouſand ſmall catte}, and fivehundred * See Ch OXen, © (its * ITC 21 Wios ett; 29, 34
10 So the ſervice was prepared, and :the prieſts ſtood in'their' places, and the Levites in their courſes, according tothe kings. commandment,
ir And they killed the: paſſover, and the prieſts ſprinkled the blood fromtheir hand,and the Levites * flay-
ed them ». | » Which they 'did, though properly it belonged to the Prieſts,
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thar Work, there being ſo many thouſands of the Cattel ; and they were ful'y 'imployed in the killing .of the Sacrifices and the ſprink- ling of t2e Blood, which was more properly the Prieſts work than
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I2 And they removed the. burnt-offerings o, that they might give according to the diviſions of the families of the people to offer unto the LORD p, as it is written * in the: Book of Moſes: . and ſo did they with the