ON THE

HISTORICAL PASSAGES

OF

THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

BY

THE RIGHT REVEREND

JOSEPH HALL, D. D.

LATE LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH.

IN TWO VOLUMES,

VOL. II.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BAYNES AND SON,

PATERNOSTER ROW;

AND. H. S. BAYNES, EDINBURGH.

1825.

LONDON:

R. CLAY, PRINTER, DEVONSHIRE STREET, BISHOPSGATE..

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CONTEMPLATION I.

BOOK XX.

The Shunamite suing to Jehoram-Elisha con-

ferring with Hazael...

II. Jehu with Jehoram and Jezebel

III. Jehu killing the Sons of Ahab, and the Priests

IV.

of Baal....

Athaliah and Joash

V. Joash with Elisha dying

VI. Uzziah leprous

VII. Ahaz with his new altar

Page

18

17

25

33

88

43

VIII. The utter destruction of the kingdom of Israel 47

XIII. Josiah's death, with the desolation of the Temple

and Jerusalem

50

59

68

76

83

BOOK XXI.

CONTEMPLATION I. Zerrubbabel and Ezra

88

II. Nehemiah building the walls of Jerusalem ... 102

III. Nehemiah redressing the extortion of the Jews. 109

IV. Ahasuerus feasting;-Vashti cast off;-Esther

chosen

V. Haman disrespected by Mordecai,-Mordecai's

Message to Esther

VI. Esther suing to Ahasuerus

116

124

136

140

146

VIII. Jairus and his Daughter •

352

IX. The Motion of the two fiery Disciples repelled 356

X. The ten Lepers....

363

XI. The Pool of Bethesda

372

XII. The Transfiguration of Christ

382

XIII. The same

391

XIV. The same

402

XV. The Woman taken in Adultery

406