Second Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1009

servants consequently took him to the rear from amongst the chariots, and placed him on another chariot he had, and they carried him to jeru- salem, where he died, and was buried in the Tombs of his fathers. But all judea and jerusalem mourned over joshiah. jeremiah also lamented over joshiah, and all the Men and Women Singers speak in their _ Laments of joshiah tothis day, and €m“‘Pb°r€d m Ismeb and ,can be seen written in the Elegies. mouths and ten days in jerusalem, and did wrong in the sight ofthe year King Nebukadnezzar sent and had him brought to Babel, with the precious vessels of the House of the LORD, and madeZekeriah his brother King over judea and jerusalem. gmhgr gghglmr, Zakeriah was twemyone years of

age at his coronation, and reigned eleven years in ]&mS9_1€m_ But he For the rest of the events of

joshiah, and his piety in accordance to the Written Laws of the Evan- LIVING, and his Speeches, the first and the last, are recorded in the Records of the Kings of Israel and judah. (61o ao.) W32 §2¤;al2 ®l2rt as §i¤s 3b¤ab¤5· 36 Then the People of the country took jhoahaz — ben—joshiah,l and crowned him in his father’s stead, at jerusalem. jhoahaz was twenty- three years of age at his coronation, and reigned three months in jeru- salem, for the King of the Mitzeraim expelled him from jerusalem, and lined the country a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of Gold. The King of the Mitzeraim also made Aliakam King over juclea and jeru- salem, and changed his name to jhoiakim. Then Neko took jhoahaz his brother and sent him to the Mitzeraim. (oro ac.) §l;¤iskim nztlyrmteh hg glchtzhehnzggnr. jhoiakim was twenty-live years old

at his coronation, and reigned eleven years in jerusalem, but did evil in the eyes of the Evn12—L1vmo Gon, and N ebukadnezzar, King of Babel ad- vanced against him, and bound him in chains, and carried him to Babel. The rest of the doings of jhoiakim,

and the depravitieshe committed, and were habitual with him, are written in the Records of the Kings of Israel and judah. But jhoiakim, his son reigned after. (607 Bx:.) Mya hlirzrugnlig uf 3l3¤i¤kim amber £2lruknh1trg;n1·. g jhoiakirn was eighteen years old at his coronation, and reigned three EVER-L1v1NG ; But, at the turnof the to ($99 BAS-) Enkrrialfs iliczrngelfg did wrong in the eyes of the EVER- mvmo Gon. He did not submit and repent at the words of jeremiah, the Preacher, from the mouth of the EVER-LIVING; andalso he revolted from Nebukadnezzar to whom he had sworn obedience by GOD, and stif- fened his neck, and encouraged his heart, against turning to the EVER- LIVING GOD of Israel. All the Nobles, also, the Priests and the People, heaped crime upon crime, with all the depravities of the Heathen, and deiiled the House of the LORD, which had been Consecrated in jerusalem. Although the Evan-Livirto Goo of their fathers sent to them, by the hand of His Messengers, diligently sending, because He was grieved for His People, and for their sons. But they jeered at the Messengers of GOD and despised His Messages, and were disgusted at His Preachers, until the indignation of the LORD arose against His People without remedy, and he brought up against them the King of the Kasdim, who slaughtered their choice young men in the Con- secrated House, and had no pity over boy or girl, old man, or grey·haired He gave all to his power l (588 nc.) And all the vessels of the House of

GOD, great or small, and the Trea- sures of the House of the EVER- L1v1NG, and the Treasures of the King, and his Nobles, he carried the whole to Babel. Then he burnt the House of GOD, and threw down the walls of jerusalem, and burnt all the Palaces with fire, and destroyed all their costly furniture, and transported to Babel the remnants from the sword, and they became slaves to him, and his children, until the Empire of the King of Persia, and accomplished the K 2 1009 II I2 16 18 20 2I