II Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 395

15--29 THE MONARCHICAL PERIOD.-—II. KINGS. 16--10 (B.c. 740.) Eight}; · ` Qilngzr, uf Qslnxr, szigzs all £¤rtl)—®·¢¤i israel. 29 In the étime of Pekakh, king of Israel, ’I`higIath~PiIazer, king of Ashur, came and seized Aion and the meadows of Beth·Makah,a11d janokh, and Kadish, and Khatzur, and Gilad, and Galilee, with all the country of Naphthali, and removed them to Ashur. Qnsbwhzu-$1aly Mathers $ck¤kb mth ilzignz. 30 Then H0sha—ben—A1ah conspired against Pekakh—ben—Rema.1iah, and assailed and murdered him, and reigned in his place, in rhetwentieth year of ]0tham-ben-Aziah. (mc. 739.) 31 As to the other affairs of Pekakh, and all that he did, they are related in the history of the events of the times of the kings of Israel. (1;.0. 758.) Reign uf Z¤ilyam·h2u~ Qgarialg aber iuhaly. 32 In the second year of Pekakh-ben- Remaliah, king of Israel, jotham- ben—Aziah, king of judah, began to

33 reign. He was iifteen years old at his coronation, and he reigned sixteen years in jerusalem, and his mother’s name was Eosha the daughter of

34 Zadok. And he did right in the eyes of the Evan-Livrnc, in everything as his father Azariah had done, 35 However, he did not overturn the Columns; the people still sacrificed and offered incense at the Columns. He built the High Gate at the House

36 of the Evmz—1.1vmc;. But the rest of the affairs of jotham, and all that he did, are written of in the history of events during the period of the kings of judah. (ac. 742.) ilztgin, §ing nf $:::1::, nssailz Qnbuly. 37 At this period the Evax—1.1v1Ne began to send to judah, Retzin, king. of Aram, and Pekakh-ben-Remaliah.

1,Several years of civil war followed the

murder of Pckakh, of which no details are given, as proved by Ch. 17, v. 1, which indi- cates some nine or ten years of anarchy between the murder and succession ot l—I0sha.~F. F When jotham slept with his fathers, 38 he waseburied with his fathers in the City of David, and Ahaz his son suc-· ceedcd him. {ac- 742-) Nia;-lmt·3¤tl;¤m Reign; in ixxbaly. In the seventeenth year of Pekakh— 18 ben - Remaliah, Ahaz - ben -]otham, king of judah, began to reign. He was twelve years old at his corona· tion, and reigned sixteen years in jerusalem, but did not do right in the sight of the Evmt—x.1vme Gon like David his ancestor. He followed the path of the kings of _ Israel, and even passed his children through the fire, like the foul heathen whom the EvEn— LIVING drove before the face of the children of Israel. He also sacrificed and oEered incense at the Columns, and upon the hills, and under every leafy tree. Consequently Retzin, king of Aram, came, and Pekah - ben- Remaliah, king of Israel, against jerusalem to war, and besieged Ahaz but were not able to succeed. (ac. 74o.) Alliance lrctinzzn Nm; anti! ily: §ing nf §slpu·. But at that time Retzin re·captured 6 Ailath to Aram, and drove the jews out of Ailath,and brought Aramites to Ailath and-settled them there to this day. Ahaz consequently sent Ambas- 7 sadors to Thiglath·Pi1azer, king of I am your slave and son! Come and save me from the hand of the king of Aram, and from the hand of the king of Israel, who have He also took 8 the silver and gold found in the Temple of the Evan-Livtne, and in the treasuries of the Royal Palace, and sent to the king of Ashur as a present. The king of Ashur 9 consequently listened to him. S0 the king of Ashur advanced against Damascus and captured it, and transported to Kirah, and killed Retzin. (ac. 739.) . ibn; makes it Qzuilyztt Qltnr. King Ahaz went to meet 'I`higlath· ro Pilazer, king of Ashur, at Damask, where he saw the altar that was in Damask. The king consequently sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of that altar, and the building of it, with 305