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[In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.] 33 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter 34 of Zadok. And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, [he did] according to all that his 35 father Uzziah had done. Howbeit [the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places].

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built the upper gate of the house of the LORD..

B. 2 Chron. 27.

(Continuous.)

Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem and his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter 2 of Zadok. And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done: howbeit

[he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the 3 people did yet corruptly.] He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, [and on the wall of 4 Ophel he built much. Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he 5 built castles and towers. He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of

§ 39. It is observable that Jerusha terminates with N instead of 17, although the final is usually considered a mark of comparative lateness.

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b Here again we have proof that the original A. document must have been fuller than it is now.

A. 2 Kings 16.

(Continued.)

to pass through the fire, according to the abominations ofthe heathen, whom the LORD cast out [from] before the children of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green

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[Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day.] 7 So . Ahaz sent [messengers] to [Tiglath-pileser] king of As syria, [saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.]

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17 [For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and 18 carried away captives. The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the towns thereof, and Timnah with the towns thereof, Gimzo also and the towns thereof: and they 19 dwelt there. For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he had dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed sore against the LORD. 20 And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened 21 him not.] For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the

b But they inflicted terrible defeats, The literal rendering of the Perhaps the meaning is that

§ 40.- A. Tayn. B. nya". destroying at least a third of the Judean army. text is, and they could not fight;' and so LXX. the Judeans could not face their enemies.

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Tiglath is changed to There is no linguistic

Tilgath for euphony's sake. Compare Almug for Algum. reason for inserting n in Pilneser. It is probably a mark of lateness.

A. 2 Kings 16.

(Continued.)

the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king 9 of Assyria. And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him : and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

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And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the 11 workmanship thereof. And Urijah the priest built an altar: according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against king Ahaz 12 came from Damascus. And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king drew near unto the 13 altar, and offered thereon. And he burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, 14 upon the altar. And the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of his 15 altar. And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brasen altar shall be for me to 16 inquire by. Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king 17 Ahaz commanded. And king

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B. 2 Chron. 28.

(Continued.)

LORD, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but it helped him not.

And in the time of his distress Idid he trespass yet more against the LORD, this same king Ahaz. 23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all 24 Israel. And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD; and he made him altars in every corner of 25 Jerusalem. And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD, the God of his fathers.

d Note the insertion of the r in the name Darmesek, as in earlier §§.

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A. 2 Kings 18.

(Reign of Hoshea, downfall of Israel.)

[Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began 2 to reign.] Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Abia the 3 daughter of Zechariah. And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that

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B. 2 Chron. 29. (Continuous.)

Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem and his mother's name was Abijah the 2 daughter of Zechariah. And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that

B. is more detailed than A., but speaks of the kings of Israel where we should naturally have expected Judah, reminding us of the fact that Jerusalem was the capital of the original and of the final kingdom of Israel.

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name.

There are similar instances of this omission of the second part of the The LXX indicates that a fuller form of the name was in old MSS.

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