Ifraels captivity. 18. 11. & 25.5. & 35.15. * Deut. 31.27. Exod. 32.8. 1 King. 12.28. Hezekiahs good reign. dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD, II. Kings. 8 And walked in the ftatutes of the heathen, 9 And the children of Ifrael did fecretly thofe things that were not right, against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. To And they fet them up f images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: And there they burnt incenfe in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger. 12 For they ferved idols, whereof the LORD had faid unto them, * Ye fhall not do this thing. 13 Yet the LORD teftified against Ifrael, and against Judah by all the prophets, and by all the feers, faying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, and my ftatutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I fent to you by my fervants the prophets. 14 Notwithtanding,they would not hear, but * hardened their necks like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. 15 And they rejected his ftatutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his teftimonies which he teftified against them, and they followed vanity, and became vain, &t went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they fhould not do likethem. 26 Wherefore they ipake to the king of Affyria, faying, The nations which thou haft removed and placed in the cities of Samaria,know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath fent lions among them, and behold, they flay them,because they know not the manner of the God of the land. 27 Then the king of Affyria commanded, faying. Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence, and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria,came &dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they fhould fear the LORD. 29 Howbeit, every nation made gods of their own,and put them in the houfes of the high pla ces, which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima: 31 And the Avites made Nibhaz, and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech, and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. 32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto themfelves of the lowest of them priefts of the high places, which facrificed for them in the houfes of the high places. ried them 33 They feared the LORD, and ferved their Zert. own gods, after the manner of the nations 1.5. whom they carried away from thence. || 07, 34 Unto this day they do after the former who cit manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes,or after their ordinan- from ces, or after the law and commandment which thence the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, * Gen. whom he named Ifrael. 16 And they left allthe commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten ima-* ges,even two calves and made a grove, and worThipped all the hoft of heaven, and ferved Baal. 17. And they caufed their fons and their danghters to pass through the fire; and ufed divination, and inchantments,and told themselves to do evil in the fight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with Ifrael, and removed them out of his fight, there was none left but the tribe of Judah onely. 19 Alfo Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the ftatutes of Ifrael which they made. 20 And the LORD rejected all the feed of If rael, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of fpoilers,until he had caft them out of his fight. 21 For he rent Ifrael from the houfe of David and they made Jeroboam the fon of Nebat king, and Jeroboam drave Ifrael from following the LORD, and made them fin a great lin. away 32.28. 1 Kings 35 With whom the LORD had made a cove- 18.3 nant,and charged them, faying, Ye fhall not judge fear other gods,nor bow your felves to them,nor 6. 10. ferve them, nor facrifice to them: 36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power, and a ftretched out arm,him fhall ye fear,and him fhall ye worship, and to him fhall ye do facrifice. 37 And the ftatutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment which he wrote for you, ye fhall obferve to do for evermore, and ye fhall not fear other gods: 38 Andy covenant that I have made with you, ye thal not forget,neither fhal ye fear other gods 39 But the LORD your God ye fhall fear, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit, they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41 So thefe nations feared the LORD, and fer- 23 Until the LORD removed Ifrael out of his fight, as he had faid by all his fervants the prophets: fo was Ifrael carried away out of their own land to Affyria, unto this day. 24 And the king of Allyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria, in flead of the children of Ifrael: and they poffeffed Sa- 25 And So it was at the beginning of their CHAP. XVIII. Hezekiah his good reign. 4 He deftroyeth idola to revolt. * 2 Chro Hofheaton of Elah king, of Ifrael, that 29.1. he is Hezekiah the ion of Ahaz King of Judah be- ce gan to reign, Ow it came to pa's in the third year of 28. 27. S 2 Twenty Ezekias mat-1-9 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerufalem: his mothers name alfo was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah. 3 And he did that which was right in the fight of the LORD, according to all that which David his father did. 4 He removed the high places, and brake the timages,and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen ferpent that Mofes had made: for unto thofe dayes the children of fraNum, el did burn incenfe to it; and he called it Nehushtan. ↑ Heb. Astues. 21.9. *2 Chr. 32.1. 5 He trufted in the LORD God of Ifrael, fo that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. and blafphemy. 21 Now behold, thou † trufteft upon the ftaffO7," of this bruifed reed, even upon Egypt, on which but coun if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and fel and pierce it: fo is Pharaoh king of Egypt, unto ftrength all that truft on him. are for War. 22 But if ye fay unto me,We truft in the LORD Heb. our God is not that he whofe high places, rutteft. and whofe altars Hezekiah hath taken away,and thee. hath faid to Judah and Jerufalem, Ye fhall worfhip before this altar in Jerufalem. 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges 2 to my lord the king of Affyria, and I will deli-hotsges 6 For he clave to the LORD, and departed notver thee two thoufand horfes, it thou be able on t from following him, but kept his command- thy part to fet riders ments which the LORD commanded Mofes. 7 And the LORD was with him, and he profpered whitherfoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Affyria, and ferved him not. 8 He fmote the Philiftines even unto † Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. And it came to pafs in the fourth year of king Hezekiah (which was the feventh year of Hofhea fon of Elah king of Ifrael) that Shalmanezer king of Affyria came up against Samaria,and befieged it. upon them. 25 Am I now come up without the LORD 26 Then laid Eliakim the fon of Hilkiah,and Shebna, and Joah unto Rabihakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy fervants in the Syrian language, (for we understand it) and talk not with us in the Jews language,in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 10 And at the end of three years they took it, 27 But Rabfhakeh faid unto them, Hath my IT And the king of Affyria did carry away If rael unto Affyria, and put them in Halah, and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. Heb. the wa 28 Then Rabhakeh flood and cryed with a ter or 12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the 13 Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Affyria 1.36.1. come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. + Heb. Sanhe lib. Heb. them. + Heb. beavy. 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you truft in the LORD,faying, The LORD will furely deliver us, and this city hall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Affyria. Seek my favour. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah fent to the 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah,for thus faith king of Allyria to Lachish, faying, I have of the king of Affyria, †Make an agreement with Or, fended,return from me: that which thou putteft me by a prefent, and come out to me, and then on me, will I bear. And the king of Affyria ap- eat ye every man of his vine, and every one of theb. pointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah,three hun-his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters Make dred talents of filver,and thirty talents of gold. of his ciftern: 15 And Hezekiah gave him all the filver that was found in the houfe of the LORD, and in the treasures of the kings house. 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD; and from the pillars, which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Affyria. 17. And the king of Affyria fent Tartan, and Rabfaris, and Rabfhakeh from Lachifh to king Hezekiah with at great hoft against Jerufalem: and they went up, and came to Jerufalem: and when they were come up,they came and ftood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the high-way of the fullers field. with me ing. 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a or, land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil-olive, pitand of honey, that ye may live and not die: and heaken not unto Hezekiah, when he per- or, fwadeth you, faying, The LORD will deliver deceiveth. us. 33 Hath any of the Gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Affyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? 35 Who are they among all the gods of the 18 And when they had called to the king, countreys, that have delivered their countrey there came out to then Eliakim the fon of Hil-out of mine hand, that the LORD fhould deliver kiah, which was over the houfhold, and Shebna Jerufalem out of mine hand? Fecretary corder. the ufcribe, and Joah the fon of Afaph the re Hezekiahs prayer. Ifa. 37.1. Luke 3.4. called Efaias. Or, provocaBion. & Heb. found. II Kings. Hezekiah mourning,fendeth to Ifaiab to pray for Hezekiah heard it,that he rent his clothes,and cover ed himfelf with fackcloth, and went into the houfe of the LORD. 2 And he fent Eliakim, which was over the houfhold, and Shebna the fcribe, and the elders of the priests covered with fackcloth, to * Ifaiah the prophet, the fon of Amoz. 3 And they laid unto him, Thus faith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blafphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabfhakeh, whom the king of Affyria his matter hath fent to reproach the living God,and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up tby prayer for the reninant that are left. 5 So the fervants of king Hezekiah came to Iaiah. 6 And Ifaiah faid unto them, Thus fhall ye fay to your mafler, Thus faith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou haft heard, with which the fervants of the king of Allyria have blafphemed me. 7 Behold, I will fend a blaft upon him,and he fhall hear a rumour, and fhall return to his own land, and I will caufe him to fall by the iword in his own land. 8 So Rabhakeh returned, and found the king of Aflyria warring againit Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachifh. 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight againft thee, he fent metlengers again unto Heziah, faying, 10 Thus fhall ye fpeak to Hezekiah king of Judah, laying, Let not thy God in whom thou trufteft deceive thee, faying, Jerufalem fhall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Affy ria. I Behold, thou haft hear what the kings of Affyria have done to all lands, by deftroying them utterly and fhalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have deftroyed? as Gozan,and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelaffar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Henah, and Ivah? 14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the meilengers and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the houfe of the LORD, and fpread it before the LORD, 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and faid,O LORD God of Ifrael, which dwelleft between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou haft made heaven and earth. 16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and fee: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath fent him to reproach the hving God. The Arians fin. 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Allyria have deftroyed the nations, and their lands. 18 And have + caft their gods into the fire: ↑ Hebr. for they were no gods, but the work of mens hands, wood and ftone: therefore they have deftroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I befeech thee, fave thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou onely. given. & c. of. 20 Then Ifaiah the fon of Amoz fent to Hezekiah,laying,Thus faith the LORD God of lira-t Heb. thou againft hand Sennacherib king of Affyria,I have heard. 21 This is the word that the LORD hath fpot Heb. ken concerning him, The virgin, the daughter the tallof Zion hath defpiled thee, and laughed thee to nes, || OT fcorn, the daughter of Jerufalem hath fhaken the forher head at thee. reft and 22 Whom haft thou reproached and blafphemed? and against whom haft thou exalted thy voice, and lift up thine eyes on high? even a gainft the holy One of Ifrael. his fruitfield. 11.10. * Deut. Haft thou 23 By thy meffengers thou haft reproached fnced. the Lord, and halt faid, With the multitude of ar my chariots I am come up to the height of the not heard mountains, to the fides of Lebanon, and will cut how 1 down the tall, cedar-trees thereof, and the have made, choice fir-trees thereof and I will enter into it long the lodgings of his borders, and into the foreft of his Carmel. 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the fole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of a befiged places. formed it of ancient times? fhould f now bring it to be laid 25 Haft thou not heard long ago,how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have form- wafte, ed it? now have I brought it to pats, that thou and fenfhouldeft be to lay wafte fenced cities into ruin- to be ruious heapes. ced cities nous Chest of 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of heaps? fmall power, they were dismayed and confount Heb. ded, they were as the grafs of the field, and as hand. the green herb, as the grafs on the houfe tops, and as corn blafted before it be grown up. 27 But I know thy it abodes and thy going out, Guing and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 28 Because thy rage against me, and thy tu mult is come up into mine ears; therefore I will put my hook in thy nole, and my bridle in thy lips and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou cameft. 29 And this fall be a fign unto thee, Ye fhall eat this year fuch things as grow of themfelves, and in the fecond year, that which fpringeth of the fame, and in the third year fow ye, and reap, and plani vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. (Heb. 30 And the remnant that is efcaped of the the efcs. houfe of Judah, fhall yet again take root down-Ping of ward, and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerufalem fhall go forth a remnant, and they that efcape out of mount Zi on the zeal of the LORD of hosts fhall do this. 32 Therefore thus faith the LORD concerning the king of Affyria, He fhall not come into this city, nor fhoot an arrow there, nor come before it with fhield, nor caft a bank against it: 33 By the way that he came, by the fame fhall he return, and fhall not come into this city, faith the LORD. 34 For I will defend this city to fave it, for mine own fake, and for my fervant Davids lake. Hezekiahs life lengthened. Heb, Aragi. 2 Chr. 32 24. Ifa.38. 1 Hib. Give charge Concern ing thine houle. Heb. with a great Weeping hOr city. Ifa. 38.8. t Heb. degrees. 11339. I. Or, picery. 1. Or, jewels. ↑ Heb. veffels. Chap. xx. 35 So Sennacherib king of Affyria departed, and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh. 37 And it came to pals,as he was worshipping in the houfe of Nifroch his god, that Adrame lech and Sharezer his fons mote him with the fword and they efcaped into the land of † Arme nia, and Efar-haddon his fon reiged in his ftead. CHAP. XX. 1 Hezekiah baving received a message of death, by prayer barb bis life lengthened. 8 The fun goeth ten degrees backward for a fign of that promife. 12 Berodach-baladan fending to visit Hezekiah because of the wonder, barb notice of his treas Jures. 141fatab underflanding thereof foretelleth the Babylonian captivity. 20 Manaffeb fucceedeth Hezekiah Nthole dayes was Hezekiah fick unto death, and the prophet Ifaiah the fon of Amoz came to him, and faid unto him, Thus faith the LORD, Set thine houfe in order: for thou fhalt die, and not live. a Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, faying, 3 I befeech thee,O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy fight, and Hezekiah wept † fore. 4 And it came to pals, afore Ilaiah was gone out into the middle i court, that the word of the LORD came to him, faying, 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus faith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have feen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up into the houfe of the LORD. 6 And I will adde unto thy dayes fifteen years, and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Affyria: and I will defend this city for mine own fake, and for my fervant Davids fake. 7 And Ifaiah faid, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 8 And Hezekiah faid unto Ifaiah, What ball be the fign that the LORD will heal me, and that I fhall go up into the houfe of the LORD the third day? 9 And Ifaiah faid, This fign fhalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath fpoken: fhall the fhadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 10 And Hezekiah anfwered,It is a light thing for the fhadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the fhadow return backward ten degrees. II And Ifaiah the prophet cryed unto the LORD, and he brought the fhadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the tdial of Ahaz. 12 * At that time Berodach-baladan the fon of Baladan king of Babylon, lent letters and a prefent unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been fick. 13 And Hezekiah hearkned unto them,& fhew ed them all the houfe of his precious things, the filver, and the gold, and the fpices, and the precious ointment, & all the houfe of his tar mour; and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his houfe,nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah fhewed them not. 14 Then came Ifaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and faid unto him, What faid thefe men, and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah faid, They are come from a far Countrey, even from Babylon. 15 And he faid, What have they feen in thine houte? and Hezekiah anfwered, All the things Manasseh made king. that are in mine houfe have they feen: there is nothing among my treatures that I have not fhewed them. 16 And Iaiah faid unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. 17 Behold, the dayes come, that all that is in thine houfe, and that which thy fathers have laid up in ftore unto this day, fhall be carried Chap. into Babylon nothing fhall be left, faith the 24: 13. LORD. and 25. 13. 18 And of thy fons that fhall iffue from thee, 1. 27. which thou shalt beget, fhall they take away, 22. and they fhall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 19 Then faid Hezekiah unto Ifaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou haft spoken. And he faid, " Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my dayes? Shalt there not 20 And the reft of the acts of Hezekiah, and be pesce all his might, and how he made a pool, and a and th conduit, and brought water into the city, are &'C. they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 21 And Hezekiah flept with his fathers: and Manaffeh his fon reigned in his ftead. CHAP. XXI. 1 Manalleh bis reign. 3 His great idolatry. To His wickedness caufeth prophecies against Judah. 17 Amon fucceedetb bim.19 Amons wicked reign. 23 He being flain by his fervants,and thofe murderers flain by the people, Fofiab is made king. Anaffeh was twelve years old when he * Cht. began to reign, and he reigned fifty and 33-1 five years inJerufalem: and his mothers name was Hephzi-bah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the fight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD caft out before the children of Ifrael. 3. For he built up again the high places Chap which Hezekiah his father had deftroyed, and 18.4" he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Ifrael, and worshipped all the hoft of heaven, and ferved them. 4 And he buil altars in the houfe of the Jer. LORD; of which the LORD fard, * In Jerufa- 32.34. lem will I put my Name. 2 Sam. 5 And he built altars for all the hoft of hea- 7.13.4 yen, in the two courts of the house of the LORD. 6 And he made his fon pals through the fire, and obferved times, and uted inchantments, and dealt with familiar fpirits, and wizzards. he wrought much wickedness in the fight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he feta graven image of the grove that he had made in the houfe, of which the LORD laid to David and to Solomon his fon, In this. 29. houfe, and in Jerufalem, which I have chofen and 9.3 out of all tribes of Ifrael, will I put my Name Chap. 23. for ever. 8 Neither will I make the feet of Ifrael move any more out of the land which I gave their fa thers: onely if they will obferve to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my fervant Mofes commanded them. 9 But they hearkened not: and Manaffeh fe duced them to do more evil then did the nati ons, whom the LORD deftroyed before the children of Ifrael. TO And the LORD spake by his fervants the prophets, faying, 27. 11 Becaufe Manaffeh king of Judah hath done Tea. thefe abominations, and hath done wickedly 15.4 above all that the Amorites did, which were before him,and hath made Judah alfo to fin with his idols: R 4 12 There Fofiahs good reign. Sam. 3.1i. II. Kings. 12 Therefore thus faith the LORD God of If rael, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerufalem and Judah, that whofoever heareth of it, both his ears fhall tingle. 13 And I will ftretch over Jerufalem the line Ifa.34. of Samaria,and the plummet of the houfe of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerufalem, as a man wipeth + Heb. a difh, wiping it, and turning it upfide down. he wipeth 14 And I will forfake the remnant of mine inand turn-heritance, and deliver them into the hand of eth it up their enemies, and they fhall become a prey, and a fpoil to all their enemies. on the face thereof. Reb. from mouth to mouth. * 2 Chto. 33.20. *Matth. 1. 10. callca Jonar. 2 Chro 34.4. 15 Because they have done that which was evil in my fight,and have provokedme to anger fince the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. 16 Moreover, Manaffeh fhed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerufalem † from one end to another, befide his fin wherewith he made Judah to fin, in doing that which was evil in the fight of the LORD. 17 Now the reft of the acts of Manaffeh, and all that he did, and his fin that he fined,are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 18 And Manaffeh flept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own houfe,in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his fon reigned in his ftead. 19 Amon was twenty and two years old when he beganto reign,and he reigned two years in Jerufalem and his mothers name was Mefhuilemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. ao And he did that which was evil in the fight of the LORD, as his father Manaffeh did. 21 And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and ferved the idols that his father ferved, and worshipped them: 22 And he forfook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. 23 And the fervants of Amon confpired against him, and flew the king in his own houfe. 24 And the people of the land flew all them that had confpired againft king Amon, and the people of the land made Jofiah his fon king in his ftead. 25 Now the reft of the acts of Amon which he did,are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 26 And he was buried in his fepulchre, in the garden of Uzza, and * Jofiah his fon reigned in his ftead. CHAP. XXII. Jofiah bis good reign.3 He taketh care for the rePair of the temple. 8 Hilkiab having found a book of the law, Fofab fendeth to Huldab to inquire of the Lord.15 Huldab propbefieth the deftruction of Ferufalem, but refpite thereof in Fofiabs time. Ofiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerufalem and his mothers name was Jedidah the daughter of Adajah of Bofcath. And he did that which was right in the fight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not afide to the right hand, or to the left. 39 And it came to pafs in the eighteenth year of king, Jofiah, that the king fent Shaphan the fon of Azaliah, the fon of Mefhullam the fcribe, to the houfe of the LORD, faying, 4 Go up to Hilkiah, the high prieft, that he may fum the filver which is brought into the houfe of the LORD, which the keepers of the Carenholdt door have gathered of the people. 5 And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the overfight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to Huldah the prophetes. the doers of the work, which is in the houfe of 7 Howbeit, there was no reckoning made 8 And Hilkiah the high priest faid unto Shaphan the fcribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan,and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the fcribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and faid,Thy fervants have t gathered the money that was Heb. found in the houfe, and have delivered it into melted. the hand of them that do the work, that have the overfight of the houfe of the LORD. 10 And Shaphan the fcribe fhewed the king, faying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book: and Shaphan read it before the king. II And it came to pafs when the king had heard the words of the book of the law,that he rent his clothes, 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the prieft, and Ahikam the fon of Shaphan, and Ach bor the fon of Micajah, and Shaphan the fcribe, and Afahiah a fervant of the kings, faying, 13 Goye, inquire of the LORD for me,and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, andAhikam,and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Afahiah went unto Huldah the prophetels, the wife of Shallum, the fon of Tikvah, the fon of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now the dwelt in Jerufalem in the + Becolledge) and they communed with her. 15 And the faid unto them, Thus faith the Or ia the feLORD God of Ifrael, Tell the man that fent you to me, 16 Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof seven all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read. 17 Because they have forfaken me, and have burnt incenfe unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore my wrath fhall be kindled againft this place, and fhall not be quenched. 18 But to the king of Judah, which fent you to inquire of the LORD, Thus fhall ye fay to him, Thus faith the LORD God of Ifrael, As touching the words which thou haft heard: 19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou haft humbled thy felf before the LORD, when thou heardeft what I spake againft this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they fhould become a defolation and a curfe, and haft rent thy clothes, and wept before me: I allo have heard thee, faith the LORD. 20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers,and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace, and thine eyes fhall not fee all the evil which I will bring upon this place.And they brought the king word again. CHAP. XXIII. Jofiah caufeth the book to be read in a folemn af- garments. cond paiz |