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b An accidental repetition from chap. 14. 30. There is also a misplacement in A. just below. c Whilst A. refers to the secular annals for further information, B. refers to A. or to A.'s materials, which he designates as the midrash of Iddo. The word midrash occurs only here and in chap. 24. 27. It means 'research' or 'history' rather than commentary in the modern sense.

A. 1 Kings 15.

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idols that his fathers had made.]

13 And also Maacah his mother he removed

from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, .

and burnt it at the 14 brook Kidron. But the high places were not taken away: . nevertheless the heart

of Asa was perfect [with the 15 LORD] all his days. And he brought into the house of the LORD the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and 16 gold, and vessels. And there was warb between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

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§ 29.

B. 2 Chron. 16.

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[In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa,] Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he

These objects are referred to in Lev. 26. 30; also in Isa. and Ezek.

b B. here deliberately modifies the text in accordance with the sequel. Probably

A.'s idiom was the natural one in his day.

A. 1 Kings 15.

(Continued.)

might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 Then Asa took all the silver and [the] gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and [the treasures] of the king's house, and [delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa] sent [them] to Ben-hadad, [the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion], king of Syria, that dwelt 19 at Damascus, saying, There is a league between me and thee,

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between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent [unto] thee [a present of] silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart 20 from me. And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-bethmaacah, and all Chinneroth", [with 21 all the land] of Naphtali. And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt c 22 in Tirzah. Then king Asa [made

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a proclamation unto] . . all Judah; [none was exempted:] and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built therewith Geba [of Benjamin], and Mizpah.

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and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 7 [And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria 8 escaped out of thine hand. Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into 9 thine hand. For the eyes of the

§ 30.- A. PDT. B. PUDT freq. b With Chinneroth' (), compare B. 'store-cities' (D), but LXX does not favour the idea of a var. lect. A. . B. n. The one reading may have grown out of the other. d The word ¡y (rely) is only used in Chron.

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B. 2 Chron. 16, 17.

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LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth 10 thou shalt have wars. Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.] And, [behold,] the

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lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah [and Israel].

And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet; [his disease was exceeding great yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the phy13 sicians.] And Asa slept with his fathers, [and died in the one and 14 fortieth year of his reign.] And they buried him [in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself] in the [and

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laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds' prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.]

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned 17 And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. in his stead [and strengthened himself against Israel].

• The secular annals of the two kingdoms would not be compiled in one volume. A. refers to the secular annals of Judah; B. refers to the sacred annals of the two kingdoms, in other words, to A. or its original materials, which probably stand very much as they did when they left the hands of the prophetic writers. f, only here and Ps. 144. 13 and in the Chald. of Dan. 2. 5, &c. The 'burning' below was not cremation nor incense, but was of the nature of a bonfire. Compare chap. 21. 19.

A. 1 Kings 22.

(§ 31.)

(Reigns of Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, and Ahab, Kings of Israel; with the history of Elijah.)

[And they continued three years without war between Syria 2 and Israel. And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came 3 down to the king of Israel. And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramothgilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria ?]

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Wilt thou go with me [to battle] to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, [my horses as thy horses.] 5. And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to-day. 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, [about] four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the 7 hand of the king. But Jehosha

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phat said, Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him? 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah b: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the 9 king say so. Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.

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4 [and with thee in the war.] And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to-day. 5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together,

four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God shall deliver it into the 6 hand of the king. But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not bere besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him? 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD but I hate him; for he never prophesieth good concerning me, but [always] evil: [the same is] Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the 8 king say so. Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.

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