Isaiah comforteth Hezekiah.

Jos.3.10, Living God.
Ps.9.5, Divine Reproof.

1 S.7.8, Prayer Sought.

Nu.11.25, Prophesying.
Ex.14.13, Encouragement.

Le.24.11, Blasphemy.
2 S.22.16, Breath of God.

v.28, Divine Control. Ge.3.19, Deaths Foretold.

Jos.10.29, Libnah, Is.37.8. p.p.ch.18.14.

Ex.20.7, Profanity.

See Atheism, Ps.10.4.

1 S.17.44, Boasters.

ch.17.6, Gozan, 1 Chr.5.26. Ge.11.31, Haran, Ac.7.4.

Nu.13.21, Hamath.

II KINGS, 19

His prophecy against Assyria.
sha-keh, whom the king of As-eyes, and see: and hear the
syr ́i-à his master hath sent to words of Sen-năch ́e-rib, which ch.18.13, Sennacherib,v.36.
reproach the living God; and hath sent him to reproach the
will reprove the words which living God.

the LORD thy God hath heard: 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings
wherefore lift up thy prayer for of As-syr'i-a have destroyed the
the remnant that are left. nations and their lands,

5 So the servants of king Hez- 18 And have cast their gods
e-ki'ah came to I-şā ́iah.

Jos.3.10, Living God.

into the fire: for they were no 1 Chr.16.26, False Gods.
6 ¶And I-şa'iah said unto them, gods, but the work of men's See Idolatry (3), De.4.28.
Thus shall ye say to your mas- hands, wood and stone: there-
ter, Thus saith the LORD, Before they have destroyed them.

[Sought.

not afraid of the words which 19 Now therefore, O LORD our Ps.25.20, Deliverance
thou hast heard, with which the God, I beseech thee, save thou
servants of the king of As- us out of his hand, that all the Ps.27.1, Salvation of God.
syri-ȧ have blasphemed me. kingdoms of the earth may 1 S.17.37, Divine Deliverer.
7 Behold, I will send a blast know that thou art the LORD Ex.6.7, Knowledge (5).
upon him, and he shall hear a God, even thou only.
De.4.35, One God.

rumour, and shall return to his 20 ¶ Then I-şa'iah the son of v.2, Isaiah.
own land; and I will cause him A'moz sent to Hěz-e-ki'ah, say-
to fall by the sword in his own ing, Thus saith the LORD God of
land.

Iş'ra-el, That which thou hast Nu.11.25, Inspiration (3).
8 ¶ So Răb'-sha-keh returned, prayed to me against Sen-nach- Jb.34.28, Prayer Heard.
and found the king of As-syr ́i-ȧ e-rib king of Ås-sỹr ́í-ȧ I have Ex.15.25, Prayers An-
warring against Lib'nah: for he heard.
[swered, 1 Chr.5.20.

had heard that he was departed 21 This is the word that the
from La'chish.
LORD hath spoken concerning

[Jb.27.23.

9 And when he heard say of him; The virgin the daughter 2 S.5.7, Zion.
Tirha-kah king of E-thi-ō'pi-ȧ, of Zion hath despised thee, See Wicked Despised,
Behold, he is come out to fight and laughed thee to scorn; the
Jb.5.21, Fearlessness.
against thee: he sent messen- daughter of Je-ru'sa-lem hath
gers again unto Hěz-e-ki'ah, say- shaken her head at thee.
ing,
22 Whom hast thou re-

10 Thus shall ye speak to Hez-proached and blasphemed? and Le.24.11, Blasphemy.
e-ki'ah king of Judah, saying, against whom hast thou exalted Ex.5.2, Pride (2).
Let not thy God in whom thou thy voice, and lifted up thine Pr.17.19, Self-exaltation.
trustest deceive thee, saying, eyes on high? even against the p.p.Ps.71.22; Is.5.24.
Je-ru'sã-lěm shall not be deliv- Holy One of Is'ra-el.

ered into the hand of the king 23 By thy messengers thou
of As-syr ́i-a.

hast reproached the Lord, and R.V. defied the Lord,
11 Behold, thou hast heard hast said, With the multitude of
what the kings of As-syr'i-a my chariots I am come up to Ex.14.7, Chariots (1).
have done to all lands, by de- the height of the mountains,
stroying them utterly: and to the sides of Leb ́a-non, and

shalt thou be delivered? will cut down the tall cedar trees Pr.14.16, Self-confidence (2).
12 Have the gods of the na- thereof, and the choice fir trees

tions delivered them which thereof: and I will enter into

my fathers have destroyed; as the lodgings of his borders, and Forests, 2 Chr.27.4. Go'zan, and Ha'ran, and Re-into the forest of his Cär'mel. 1 K.18.19,Mt. Carmel,Is.33.9. zeph, and the children of E'den 24 I have digged and drunk which were in Thê-la ́sar? strange waters, and with the sole 13 Where is the king of Ha-of my feet have I dried up all math, and the king of Är'pad, the rivers of besieged places. and the king of the city of 25 Hast thou not heard long Jud.2.10, Ignorance of God. Seph-ar-va'im, of He'nȧ, and ago how I have done it, and of I'vah? ancient times that I have formed Ge.1.1, Creator (1). 14 ¶ And Hěz-e-ki'ah received it? now have I brought it to pass, p.p.Is.10.5,6. 2 S.11.14, Letters, 2 Chr.32.17. the letter of the hand of the that thou shouldest be to lay See Instruments of Judgmessengers, and read it: and waste fenced cities into ruinous [ment, De.28.50. Hěz-e-ki'ah went up into the heaps.

De.12.5, Attendance upon

Ps.5.3, Prayerfulness.
Ge.18.23, Prayer (10),

[1 Chr.17.16.

[the Sanctuary. house of the LORD, and spread 26 Therefore their inhabitants
it before the LORD.
were of small power, they were Ge.11.8, Wicked Con-
15 And Hěz-e-ki'ah prayed be- dismayed and confounded; they
[founded.
fore the LORD, and said, O LORD were as the grass of the field, Ps.90.5, Man as Grass.
God of Is'ra-el, which dwellest and as the green herb, as the
between the cherubims, thou art grass on the house tops, and as
the God, even thou alone, of all corn blasted before it be grown
the kingdoms of the earth; thou up.

Ex.25.18, Cherubim (2).
Ex.8.10, None Like God.

Ge.1.1, Creator (1).

2 S.22.7, Divine Hearing. Ge.6.5, Divine Vision.

hast made heaven and earth. 27 But I know thy abode, and 1 S.2.3, God's Knowledge.
16 LORD, bow down thine ear, thy going out, and thy coming Jb.34.21, Ways Known,
and hear: open, LORD, thine in, and thy rage against me. 2 Chr.28.9, Rage.

Assyrians smitten.

Jb.40.12, Abasement (1).
Divine Control, Jb.12.19.
Humiliation (1), Ps.35.26.

Jud.6.38, Signs Given.

Ps.91.10, Safety.

Le.26.5, Plenty Promised.

p.p.2 Chr.32.22. Is.1.9, Remnant. p.p.Is.9.7.

28 Because thy rage against 2 Then he turned his face to
me and thy tumult is come up the wall, and prayed unto the Ps.5.3, Prayerfulness.
into mine ears, therefore I will LORD, saying,

which thou camest.

put my hook in thy nose, and 3 I beseech thee, O LORD, re- Ne.13.14, Remember Me.
my bridle in thy lips, and I will member now how I have walked Ge.17.1, Walk before Go
turn thee back by the way by before thee in truth and with a Ps.26.3, Walking in Trata
perfect heart, and have done De.6.5, Whole Heart.
29 And this shall be a sign that which is good in thy
unto thee, Ye shall eat this year sight. And Hěz-e-ki'ah wept Ge.21.16, Weeping. Err
such things as grow of them- sore.

selves, and in the second year 4 And it came to pass, afore

that which springeth of the I-şa'iah was gone out into the p.p.Is.65.24.
same; and in the third year middle court, that the word of
sow ye, and reap, and plant the LORD came to him, saying,
vineyards, and eat the fruits 5 Turn again, and tell Hez-e-
thereof.
ki'ah the captain of my people,
30 And the remnant that is Thus saith the LORD, the God
escaped of the house of Jū ́dah of Da'vid thy father, I have

shall yet again take root down- heard thy prayer, I have seen Jb.34.28, Prayer Heard.
ward, and bear fruit upward. thy tears: behold, I will heal Ex.15.25, Prayers Answered.
31 For out of Je-ru'sa-lem shall thee: on the third day thou Ps.78.39, Divine Sympathy
go forth a remnant, and they shalt go up unto the house of Ex.15.26, Health Promised.
that escape out of mount Zion: the LORD.

the zeal of the LORD of hosts 6 And I will add unto thy De.5.33, Longevity (1).
shall do this.
days fifteen years; and I will De.32.47, Life (4).
32 Therefore thus saith the deliver thee and this city out of Jb.5.19, Deliverance (3).
LORD concerning the king of the hand of the king of As-syr-

As-syr'i-ȧ, He shall not come in-i-ȧ; and I will defend this city Ps.5.11, Divine Defense.

2 Chr.16.9,DivineProtection. to this city, nor shoot an arrow for mine own sake, and for my Ge.11.8, Wicked Con- there, nor come before it with servant Da'vid's sake.

[founded.

Ps.5.11, Divine Defense.
Jb.11.18, Security.

Ge.19.1, Angels of Wrath.
1 S.25.38, Smitten of God,
[1 Chr.21.7.

Ex.6.6, God's Judgments.

shield, nor cast a bank against it. 7 And I-şa'iah said, Take a Remedies, Is.1.6.
33 By the way that he came, lump of figs. And they took Nu.13.23, Figs, Ne.13.15.
by the same shall he return, and laid it on the boil, and he Ex.9.9, Boils, Jb.2.7.
and shall not come into this recovered.
See Health Promised,
city, saith the LORD.

[Ex.15.26.

8 ¶ And Hěz-e-ki ́ah said unto 34 For I will defend this city, I-şa'iah, What shall be the sign Mt.12.38, Sign-seekers. to save it, for mine own sake, that the LORD will heal me, and and for my servant Da'vid's that I shall go up into the house sake. of the LORD the third day?

35 ¶ And it came to pass that 9 And I-şa ́iah said, This sign Jud.6.38, Signs Given, night, that the angel of the shalt thou have of the LORD, [2 Chr.32.24. LORD went out, and smote in that the LORD will do the thing the camp of the As-syri-ans an that he hath spoken: shall the hundred fourscore and five shadow go forward ten degrees, thousand: and when they arose or go back ten degrees? early in the morning, behold, 10 And Hěz-e-ki'ah answered, ch.16.20, Hezekiah, v.21. they were all dead corpses. It is a light thing for the shad36 So Sen-năch'e-rib king of ow to go down ten degrees: [2 Chr.32.1. As-syri-ȧ departed, and went nay, but let the shadow return and returned, and dwelt at backward ten degrees. 11 And I-şa'iah the prophet

Jb.22.16, Wicked Cut Off. ch.18.13, Sennacherib,

Ge.10.11, Nineveh, Jona.1.2. Nin'e-veh.

Ex.32.4, Idolatry (4).

1 Chr.16.26, False Gods.
Parricide, 2 Chr.32.21.

1 K.14.17, Fulfillment (3),
[ch.24.13.

Jud.3.21, Assassination.
Armenia, Is.37.38.

B.C.713.

37 And it came to pass, as he cried unto the LORD: and he Ex.2.23, Crying to God.
was worshipping in the house of brought the shadow ten de- Jb.42.2, Omnipotence.
Nis'roch his god, that A-drăm-grees backward, by which it Ex.15.25,Prayers Answered.
me-lěch and Sha-rēzēr his sons had gone down in the dial of
smote him with the sword: and à ́hăz.
they escaped into the land of 12 ¶ At that time Bê-rō'dǎch-
Är-me'ni-à. And E'sar-had'don băl ́a-dăn, the son of Băl'a-dăn,
his son reigned in his stead.

CHAPTER 20

ch.15.38, Ahaz, 2 Chr.28.27.

king of Băb'y-lon, sent letters 2 S.11.14, Letters. and a present unto Hěz-e-ki'ah : Ge.24.53, Presents. for he had heard that Hěz-e-ki^- 2 S.15.23, Sympathy (2). Hezekiah's life lengthened. 8 The ah had been sick. sun goes ten degrees backward. 21 Hezekiah dies, and is succeeded by 13 And Hěz-e-ki'ah hearkened See Separation (2), Ex.33.16. unto them, and shewed them p.p.2 Chr.32.27. those days was Hěz-e-ki'ah all the house of his precious Ex.5.2, Pride (2).

Manasseh.

IN (1).

ch.16.20, Hezekiah, v.10. Sickness (2), Jb.2.7.

ch. 19.2, Isaiah, 2 Chr.26.22.

Ge.43.11, Spices, 2 Chr.16.14.

prophet I-şa'iah the son of and the spices, and the precious Ge.2.12, Gold.
A'moz came to him, and said ointment, and all the house of
unto him, Thus saith the LORD, his armour, and all that was
Set thine house in order; for found in his treasures: there
[Ac.5.9. thou shalt die, and not live. was nothing in his house, nor

Readiness (1), Am.4.12.
Ge.3.19, Deaths Foretold,

Manasseh's wicked reign.

Est.1.4, Display.

ch.19.2, Isaiah.

Ge.10.10, Babylon.

p.p.Mt.24.1.

Nu.11.25, Prophesying. p.p.ch.24.13; Je.52.17.

Jb.20.28, Riches Fleeting.

p.p.ch.24.12.

De.28.36, Captivity (1). De.23.1, Eunuchs. p.p.Da.1.3.

II KINGS, 21

in all his dominion, that Hěz-e- all the host of heaven, and
ki'ah shewed them not.
served them.

His great idolatry.

Ex.32.4, Idolatry (4).

14 Then came I-şa'iah the 4 And he built altars in the 1 K.16.32, Idol Altars."
prophet unto king Hěz-e-ki'ah, house of the LORD, of which 2 Chr.33.7, Pollutions (3).
and said unto him, What said the LORD said, In Jê-ru'sa-lem
these men? and from whence will I put my name.

came they unto thee? And 5 And he built altars for all
Hěz-e-ki'ah said, They are come the host of heaven in the two
from a far country, even from courts of the house of the LORD.
Băb'y-lon.

6 And he made his son pass p.p.1 K.8.29; 9.3.

15 And he said, What have through the fire, and observed Le.18.21, Human Sacrifices.
they seen in thine house? And times, and used enchantments, De.18.10, Sorcery, Is.47.9.
Hěz-e-ki'ah answered, All the and dealt with familiar spirits Ex.22.18, Witchcraft.
things that are in mine house and wizards: he wrought much

have they seen: there is noth- wickedness in the sight of the Ge.6.12, Corruption (2).
ing among my treasures that I LORD, to provoke him to anger. Nu.14.11, Provoking God.
have not shewed them.
7 And he set a graven image Ex.32.4, Idolatry (4).

16 And I-şa ́iah said unto Hěz- of the grove that he had made Le.10.1, Sacrilege (2),
e-ki'ah, Hear the word of the in the house, of which the LORD
Ich.25.13.
LORD.
said to Da'vid, and to Sol ́o-mon 2 Chr.33.7, Pollutions (3).

17 Behold, the days come, his son, In this house, and in 2 S.7.13, Solomon's Temple.
that all that is in thine house, Jê-ru ́sã-lěm, which I have cho-

and that which thy fathers have sen out of all tribes of Iş'ra-el,
laid up in store unto this day, will I put my name for ever:

shall be carried into Băb ́y-lon: 8 Neither will I make the feet p.p.2 S.7.10.
nothing shall be left, saith the of Is'ra-el move any more out See Established, 2 Chr.20.20.
LORD.
of the land which I gave their Ex.20.6, Prom. to Obedient.
18 And of thy sons that shall fathers; only if they will ob-
issue from thee, which thou serve to do according to all that Ex.20.6, Keep Command-
shalt beget, shall they take I have commanded them, and
away; and they shall be eunuchs according to all the law that
in the palace of the king of my servant Mō'şeş commanded
Băb'y-lon.
them.

[ments.

v.1, Manasseh (b), v.16. Is.1.22, Deterioration.

19 Then said Hez-e-ki'ah unto 9 But they hearkened not: and Is.6.10, Spir. Deafness. 1S.3.18,Resignation,Jb.1.21. I-şa'iah, Good is the word of the Mã-năs'seh seduced them to do Ex.32.9, Stubbornness (2). LORD which thou hast spoken. more evil than did the nations Seducers, Eze.13.10. And he said, Is it not good, if whom the LORD destroyed bepeace and truth be in my days? fore the children of Iş'ra-el. 20 ¶ And the rest of the acts 10 TAnd the LORD spake by of Hez-e-ki ́ah, and all his might, his servants the prophets, sayand how he made a pool, and a ing,

1 K.1.33, Gihon Pool,

[2 Chr.32.30. conduit, and brought water in- 11 Because Mã-năs'seh king of

ch.16.20, Hezekiah. De.31.16, Death (2).

B.C.698 (?)

Manasseh (b), v.9.

to the city, are they not writ- Ju'dah hath done these abomi- De.7.25, Abominations.
ten in the book of the chronicles nations, and hath done wicked- Ge.6.5, Depravity.
of the kings of Jū'dah? ly above all that the Am'ôr-ites Ge.10.16, Amorites.

21 And Hěz-e-ki'ah slept with did, which were before him,

his fathers: and Mã-năs ́seh his and hath made Jū ́dah also to De.13.6, Enticers.
son reigned in his stead.
sin with his idols:

LORD God of Is'ra-el, Behold, I Ex.20.5, Retribution (1). idolatry. 19 Amon's wicked reign. am bringing such evil upon Je- Le.26.16, Threatenings. 23 he being slain, Josiah is made ru'sa-lem and Ju ́dah, that whoking. 25 Amon's acts.

soever heareth of it, both his p.p.1 S.3.11.

MA-NAS SEH was twelve ears shall tingle.

years old when he began 13 And I will stretch over Jê

to reign, and reigned fifty and ru'sa-lem the line of Sa-ma'ri-ȧ, Line of Judgment, Is.28.17. five years in Jê-ru'sâ-lem. And and the plummet of the house

his mother's name was Heph'- of A ́hab: and I will wipe Je-ru-Is.34.2, Destruction (2). zi-bah. sa-lem as a man wipeth a dish, Is.3.1, Jerusalem (3). Jud.2.11, Evildoers (2), [ch.23.32. evil in the sight of the LORD, down.

Jud.2.11, In God's Sight.
De.7.25, Abominations.

2 And he did that which was wiping it, and turning it upside

after the abominations of the 14 And I will forsake the rem- Jud. 16.20, Wicked Forsaken. Ex.34.24, Heathen Cast Out, heathen, whom the LORD cast nant of mine inheritance, and

p.p.ch.18.4.

[2 Chr.28.3. out before the children of Is'- deliver them into the hand of Le.26.17, Reprobation.
ra-el.
their enemies; and they shall
3 For he built up again the become a prey and a spoil to all
high places which Hěz-e-ki'ah their enemies;

Nu.22.41, High Places,

Nu.22.41, Baal, 2 Chr.24.7.
De.12.2, Groves, ch.23.14.
De.4.19, Worship (3),

See Israel Humbled,Ex.1.13.

[ch.23.5. his father had destroyed; and 15 Because they have done Jud.2.11, Evildoers (2). he reared up altars for Ba'al, that which was evil in my Jud.2.11, In God's Sight. and made a grove, as did A ́hab sight, and have provoked me to Nu.14.11, Provoking God. [Jb.31.27. king of Is'ra-el; and worshipped anger, since the day their fa- ch.22.13, God's Wrath

Amon's wicked reign.

II KINGS, 22

The book of the law found.

v.1, Manasseh (b), ch.24.3. De.19.10, Innocent Blood,

p.p.2 Chr.33.1.

De.31.16, Death (2).

thers came forth out of Egypt, not aside to the right hand or to 1 K.13.8, Steadfastness (2),
even unto this day.
the left.

[Jb.23.11.

16 Moreover Mã-năs ́seh shed 3 ¶ And it came to pass in the
innocent blood very much, till eighteenth year of king Jo-si'ah, 1 K.13.2, Josiah, v.9.
[Ps.94.21. he had filled Jê-ru'sâ-lem from that the king sent Sha'phan the Shaphan, v.10.
one end to another; beside his son of Az-a-li'ah, the son of Me-

sin wherewith he made Ju'dah shul'lam, the scribe, to the house 2 S.8.17, Scribes.
to sin, in doing that which was of the LORD, saying,

evil in the sight of the LORD. 4 Go up to Hil-ki'ah the high Hilkiah, ch.23.4.
17¶ Now the rest of the acts priest, that he may sum the sil- Ge.20.16, Silver (1).
of Ma-năs'seh, and all that he ver which is brought into the p.p.Ex.25.3.

did, and his sin that he sinned, house of the LORD, which the p.p.ch.12.9.
are they not written in the keepers of the door have gath-
book of the chronicles of the ered of the people:

kings of Ju'dah?

5 And let them deliver it into

18 And Mã-năs'seh slept with the hand of the doers of the
his fathers, and was buried in work, that have the oversight

the garden of his own house, in of the house of the LORD: and 2 S.7.13, Solomon's Temple,

[1 Chr.10.12. the garden of Uz'za: and A'mon let them give it to the doers

Ge.47.30, Burying-places,

Amon, v.23...

Jud.2.11, Evildoers (2). 1K.22.52,Parental Influence.

Ex.20.5, Parents' Sins.
Ex.32.4, Idolatry (4),

Idolatry
[2 Chr.25.14.

De.28.20, Forsaking God (2).
De.29.19, Sinful Walk.
Ps.18.30, Divine Ways.
v.19, Amon, 2 Chr.33.22.
Ge.37.18, Conspiracy.
Jud.3.21, Assassination.

Jud.1.7, Retribution (2). p.p.ch.14.5.

1 K.13.2, Josiah, ch.22.3.

Ge.47.30, Burying-places.
Ge.23.6, Sepulchres.

B.C.641.

p.p.2 Chr.34.1.

Jb.36.7, The Righteous.
De.6.18, In God's Sight (2).
Jn.13.15, Good Example.
See Youthful Piety,1 S.2.26.

his son reigned in his stead. of the work which is in the
19 ¶ A'mon was twenty and house of the LORD, to repair the

two years old when he began to breaches of the house,

[ch.24.13.

reign, and he reigned two years 6 Unto carpenters, and build- 2 S.5.11, Carpenters.

in Je-ru'sa-lěm. And his mothers, and masons, and to buy tim- ch.12.12, Masons, 1 Chr.14.1. er's name was Mē-shŭl'le-mĕth, ber and hewn stone to repair

the daughter of Ha'ruz of Jot- the house.

bah.

7 Howbeit there was no reck-p.p.ch.12.15.

[Ne.5.15.

20 And he did that which was oning made with them of the Nu.16.15, Integrity (2),
evil in the sight of the LORD, money that was delivered into
as his father Ma-năs ́seh did. their hand, because they dealt
21 And he walked in all the faithfully.

Le.19.36, Honesty.

way that his father walked in, 8 ¶ And Hil-ki'ah the high
and served the idols that his priest said unto Sha'phan the
father served, and worshipped scribe, I have found the book De.31.26, Book of the Law,

them:

of the law in the house of the

[ch.23.2.

22 And he forsook the LORD LORD. And Hil-ki'ah gave the
God of his fathers, and walked book to Sha'phan, and he read it.
not in the way of the LORD. 9 And Sha'phan the scribe
23 And the servants of A'mon came to the king, and brought 1 K.13.2, Josiah, ch.23.29.
conspired against him, and slew the king word again, and said,
the king in his own house. Thy servants have gathered the
24 And the people of the land money that was found in the
slew all them that had con- house, and have delivered it in-
spired against king A'mon; and to the hand of them that do the
the people of the land made Jo-work, that have the oversight of
si'ah his son king in his stead. the house of the LORD.

25 Now the rest of the acts 10 And Sha phan the scribe v.3, Shaphan, 2 Chr.34.8.
of A'mon which he did, are shewed the king, saying, Hil-

they not written in the book ki'ah the priest hath delivered

of the chronicles of the kings me a book. And Sha'phan read De.31.11, Law Read.
of Ju'dah?
it before the king.

26 And he was buried in his 11 And it came to pass, when
sepulchre in the garden of Üz- the king had heard the words of

za: and Jõ-si'ah his son reigned the book of the law, that he rent Ge.37.29, Clothes Rent.
in his stead.
his clothes.

CHAPTER 22

12 And the king commanded
Josiah's good reign: 3 he provides Hil-ki'ah the priest, and A-hi'-
for the repair of the temple. 8 kam the son of Sha'phan, and
Hilkiah finds the book of the law. Ach bôr the son of Mi-cha'iah,
15 Huldah prophesies Jerusalem's
destruction.

and Sha'phan the scribe, and 2 S.8.17, Scribes.
́Õ-SI ́AH was eight years old A-sa-hi'ah a servant of the
when he began to reign, and king's, saying,

he reigned thirty and one years 13 Go ye, enquire of the LORD 1 S.9.9, Inquiring of
in Je-ru'sa-lěm. And his moth- for me, and for the people, and

[God (2), Je.21.2.

er's name was Je-di'dah, the for all Ju'dah, concerning the 1 S.7.8, Prayer Sought. daughter of Ad-a-i'ah of Bos'- words of this book that is found:

căth.

for great is the wrath of the God's Wrath, Ps.2.12. 2 And he did that which was LORD that is kindled against us, right in the sight of the LORD, because our fathers have not Ex.20.5, Parents' Sins. and walked in all the way of hearkened unto the words of Ge.3.11, Disobedience (2). Da'vid his father, and turned this book, to do according unto

Le.26.16, Threatenings.

all that which is written con- read in their ears all the words De.31.11, Law Read, Ne.8.3.
cerning us.
of the book of the covenant De.31.26, Book of the Law,
14 So Hil-ki'ah the priest, and which was found in the house
[2 Chr.17.9.
A-hi'kam, and Ach bôr, and Sha'- of the LORD.

phan, and A-sa-hi'ah, went unto 3 And the king stood by a pil-
Hul'dah the prophetess, the wife lar, and made a covenant before Ex.24.7, Covenant (3),
of Shal'lum the son of Tik'vah, the LORD, to walk after the
[2 Chr.15.12.
Ge.5.22, Walking with God,
the son of Här has, keeper of the LORD, and to keep his com-
[Mi.4.5.
wardrobe; (now she dwelt in mandments and his testimonies
Jê-ry ́sa-lem in the college;) and and his statutes with all their
they communed with her.

heart and all their soul, to per- Nu.32.12, Entire Consecra-
15 And she said unto them, form the words of this covenant
[tion, v.25.
Thus saith the LORD God of that were written in this book.
Iş ́ra-el, Tell the man that sent And all the people stood to the p.p.Je.4.2.
covenant.

you to me,

16 Thus saith the LORD, Be- 4 And the king commanded

hold, I will bring evil upon this Hil-ki'ah the high priest, and ch.22.4, Hilkiah, 1 Chr.6.13. place, and upon the inhabitants the priests of the second order, p.p.ch.25.18. 1 K.8.56, God's Word Sure. thereof, even all the words of and the keepers of the door, to 1 K.15.12, Religious Rethe book which the king of Jū'- bring forth out of the temple of [forms, 2 Chr.19.3. 2 Chr.29.15, Temple dah hath read: the LORD all the vessels that [Cleansed. De.28.20, Forsaking God (2). 17 Because they have forsaken were made for Ba ́al, and for the Nu.22.41, Baal. me, and have burned incense un-grove, and for all the host of De.12.2, Groves. to other gods, that they might heaven: and he burned them See Without the Camp, [Ex.29.14.

Nu.14.11, Provoking God. provoke me to anger with all without Jê-ru'sâ-lem in the

v.13, God's Wrath.

p.p.2 Chr.34.26.

the works of their hands; there- fields of Kid'ron, and carried
fore my wrath shall be kindled the ashes of them unto Beth'-el. Ge.28.19, Beth-el.
against this place, and shall not 5 And he put down the idola-
be quenched.

[v.20.

[2 Chr.11.15.

trous priests, whom the kings of Jud.17.5, Idolatrous Priests, 18 But to the king of Jū'dah Jū ́dah had ordained to burn which sent you to enquire of incense in the high places in Nu.22.41, High Places, the LORD, thus shall ye say to the cities of Jū ́dah, and in the him, Thus saith the LORD God places round about Jê-ru'sa-lem; of Is'ra-el, As touching the them also that burned incense words which thou hast heard; unto Ba'al, to the sun, and to the De.4.19, Worship (3). 19 Because thine heart was moon, and to the planets, and to 1 K.21.27, Repentance (3), tender, and thou hast humbled all the host of heaven.

Ps.34.18, Prom. to Penitent.

[Ezr.10.1.

Is.1.8, Desolation (1).
See Israel a Byword,

thyself before the LORD, when 6 And he brought out the p.p.2 Chr.34.4.
thou heardest what I spake grove from the house of the
against this place, and against LORD, without Je-ru'sâ-lěm, un-

the inhabitants thereof, that to the brook Kid ́ron, and burned 1 K.2.37, Kidron, 2 Chr.29.16.
they should become a desola- it at the brook Kid'ron, and See Iconoclasm (2), Ex.32.20.
tion and a curse, and hast rent stamped it small to powder, and

[De.28.37. thy clothes, and wept before cast the powder thereof upon
me; I also have heard thee, the graves of the children of
saith the LORD.

Ps.34.18, Contrition.
Jb.34.28, Prayer Heard.

See Death of Righteous,

Ge.15.16, Penalty Delayed.

B.C.624 (?)

Ex.3.16, Elders.

the people.

20 Behold therefore, I will 7 And he brake down the p.p.1 K.14.24; 15.12.
gather thee unto thy fathers, houses of the sodomites, that See Corruption (2), Ge.6.12.
and thou shalt be gathered into were by the house of the LORD,

Nu.23.10. thy grave in peace; and thine where the women wove hang-
eyes shall not see all the evil ings for the grove.
which I will bring upon this 8 And he brought all the
place. And they brought the priests out of the cities of Ju-
king word again.

Josiah causes the law to be read, 3 bȧ, and brake down the high See High Places(2), Le.26.30.
renews the covenant of the Lord, 4 places of the gates that were in
destroys idolatry. 29 He is slain.

31 Jehoahaz's reign: 35 Jehoiakim the entering in of the gate of

ND king sent, and city, on a

A gathered unto him all the left hand at the gate of the Ge.23.10, Gates (1).

elders of Ju'dah and of Jê-ru-city.

să-lěm.

9 Nevertheless the priests of p.p.1 K.12.27.

2 And the king went up into the high places came not up to Jud.5.23, Neglect of Duty.
the house of the LORD, and all the altar of the LORD in Je-ry'-
the men of Ju'dah and all the sa-lěm, but they did eat of the

inhabitants of Je-ru'sa-lem with unleavened bread among their Ge.19.3, Unleavened Bread,
him, and the priests, and the brethren.

prophets, and all the people, 10 And he defiled To'pheth, Tophet, Is.30.33.
both small and great: and he which is in the valley of the

[Lu.22.7.