ing from God's Mouth. Or. rather 2. which Phare0þ received trom the Mouth of God, who was pleaſed ſome way or other to impart bis Mi:id to him ; and which Phararh acquainted him with by the Command of God. And therefore 7oſiah is here blamed for nct hearkning to this Meſſage. Although, if he ſinned herein, it was only a fin of Ignorance, for he did not know that God had ſpoken this to Pharaoh, and was not bound to believe his Teſtimony, which he had good reaſon to ſuſpecr in this matter, Yet, me thinks, he ought ſo far to have regarded it, as to have enquired the Mind of God abour it; which he neglected to do, and therefore he cannot te wholly excuſed, and is here taxed for its 22 And the archers (hot at king Joſiah : and the king ſaid to his ſervants, Have me away : for I am th, fore F wounded. | wick, 24 His ſervants therefore took him out of that cha- riot, and put him in the ſecond chariot that he bad: and they brought him to Jeruſalerf, and he died, and 10r,«. Was buried || in one of the ſepulchres of his fathers. And any the * all Judah and Jeruſalem mourned for Joſiah.
770 25 And Jeremiah lamented for Joſiah, and all the
1: linging men, and the ſinging women ſpake of Joſiah in their lamentations to this day ec and made an ordi- nance in Iſrael, and behold, they are written in the lamentations &d,
c In all their ſucceeding Lamentations for their publick Calami- ties, and for the ruine of their City, and Temple. and Stare, and Church, they reme-: bred Joſiah's death as their firſt and moſt fatal blow, and as ti:zt which opened the Flood-Gates to all their follow- ing Miſerie , and it was ordained that they ſhould do fo, as the next words intimate. d Either in that Canonical Book of Jeremiah's Lamentations, or in ſome other Volume of mournfull Ditties,made by diverſe Perſons upon occaſion of their following Calamities, which 1s ſince loſt. :
26 Now the reſt of the acts of Joſiah, and his+ good- fHeb: neſs e, according to that which was written in the law nb; Of the LORD. ;
* e Either 1. his Piety towards God and his Houſe. Or, 2. his Be-
nignity, Clemency, and Kindneſs towards his Subjects, being of a
moſt render Diſpoſition and Carriage both towards God, ch. 34. 27-
and towards Men. Bur the former ſ.ems principally intenCced, bee
cauſe it beſt agrees both with the Hiſtory of Jeſiab.. which is wholly taken up with the former, and ſpeaks little or nothing of the latter, and with the following words; and it doth not diſagree with the
Hebrey word heſed, which though it doth moſt frequently expreſs
kinineſs to Men, yet lom*times ir nores a Man's Picty to God and
his Houſe, as is manifcſt from Nehem. 13-
I 4» 27 And his deeds firſt and laſt, behold, they are Written in the books of the kings of Iſrael and Judah.
C HA P. XXXVI.
Jehonhax, ſucceeding, ir depoſed by Pharaoh, and carried to Egypt, 1 === 4 Jebojakim's wicked Reign; his captivity into Babylon. 5 8 Je- #0jachin likewiſe, g =——— 10. Zedcki#h's withed reign z his contempt
temple at Babylon. Dan: 1: 1,
| d Heb. At the return of the year, 1. e. Atithe beginning of the next || Or, Mat-
LORD his God, and humbled not himſelf f before Jere-
miah the prophet, /peaking from the th of the LORD. ns "IE ;
preſs Commands, which he would nor yield to thorough the pride of his Heatr, asis intimated by this Phraſe and expreſsed Jer 38. 19.
NICLES Chap. KXXVI. |
of the Prophet, and vecllim againſs Nebuchadnezzar, 12, 13. Je® ruſalems deflrufion, 14 — 21. The proclamation of Cyrus, 22. 23» s £ ”” * the people of the land took Jehoahaz « the, _— ſon of Jotiah, and made him king in his fathers &. ſtead at Jeruſalem. | a The Contents of this Chapter for the Subſtance of them, are ex- plained in the Notes upon 2 Kings, ch, 23+ 31, &c. & 24. & 25, what 1s peculiar to it ſhall be here opened, ſo far as is neceſſary. 2 Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he _ to reign, and he reigned three months in Jeru- | alem. ; 3 And the king of Egypt | pit him down at Jeru- + Heb: re- | ſalem, and F condemned the land in an hundred talents moved hits, | of ſilver, and a talent of gold. ! _ . 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother "** king over Judah and Jeruſalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Joahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt. | 5 Jehojakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jeruſa- lem ; and he did that which was evil in the fight of the LORD his God. | | 6 * Againſt him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of * , xingy Babylon, and bound him in || fetters to carrie him to 24: 1; Babylon: ; oy 7 * Nebuchadnezzar alſo carried of the veſſels of the ©5%%*
houſe of the LORD co Babylon, and put them in his : LR
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a. OVERS EN OY rent ys * _
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8 Now the reſt of the ads of Jehojakim, and his 2+ abominations which he did, and that which was found in him b, behold, they are written in the book of che kings of Iſrael and Judah: and || Johojachin his ſoap ,, 5,4. reigned in his ſtead. | | ___
6 That Crime ef Rebellion _ the King of Babylem, which for r Chr: 33
a time he kept in his own Breaſt bur when he ſaw fit, he diſcovered 16. it, and was convicted of it. Sze 2 Kings 24. 1. or, Contah,
9 * Jehojachin was eight years old when he began Jer: 22324; to reign c, and he reigned three months, and ten days , -_ in Jeruſalem, and he did that which was evil inthe ,Z g.* ſight of che LORD. $5 | MY
c Of which ſee the Notes upon 2 Kzngs, 24. 8. where he is ſaid to be 18 years ole. DRE: |
io And + when the year was expired 4, king Ne- t Heb «? buchadnezzar ſent, and brought him to Babylon, with *** wag the + goodly veſſels of the houſe of the LORD, and { 41.” made || * Zedekiah his brother e king over Judah and »«/:: of Jeruſalem. deſire:
year according to the Sacred Account of the Hebrews, at the Spring faniah, 26 of the Year, the time when Kings go forth to Battel, as is elſe- Kin; 248 where ſaid, when Nebuchadnezzar, among others, went forth to 17: ſetcle ard enlarge his Conqueſts. e Largly ſo called, for this wa Jer. 37- his Uncle, or his Fathers Brocher, as he is called 2 Kings 24. 17. be- 3» &<. ing the Son of Joſish, See 1 Chrone 3. 15, Jer. 1. 3+
11 * Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when ,
he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jeru- 24. 18. - {alem. Jer. 52. 1,
12 And he did that which was evil in the fight of the &c.
2 Kings .
f By Repentance for his paſt Errors, and Obedience to God's ex-