II Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 406
The History of the People of Israel
'1`he tomb of the MAN of GOD who came from judzzh, and foretold these things, that you are doing upon the Altar of Bethel} Let his bones rest! No one shall touch his bones! So they preserved his bones;-—the
bones of the Preacher who came to Shomeron. joshizih, however, destroyed all the
Temples of Columns that were in the villages of Shomeron, which the kings of Israel had constructed, as insults tothe Even-Lxvmo; and did to them as to all the fa,brics.they had erected in Bethel, and sacrificed all the Priests of the Columns who were there upon their Altars, and burnt the bones of men upon them, then returned to jeruselem. .c, 622.) §¤sI;i¤I; Gilrhzrz u ®r2ai 26 jpazsulrzr. The king next commanded the people, saying: ‘Make a Passover to your EVER-
LIVING GOD, such asis written in this Book of Laws! And they never made such a Pass~
over in the times of the judges, who judged Israel, and all the time of the kings of Israel, and the kings of judah, as this which was made in the nineteenth year of King joshiah, as they made at this Passover to the EVER-LIVING in jerusalem; because the Spirit—raisers, and Soothsayers, and Therafs, and Shakers, existed in the country of judah and in jerusa- salem until the days of joshiah, but he conducted it by the instructions of the Laws written in the Book that had been found by Hilkiah the Priest in the House of the EVER- LIVING. Such a king as he was had not
been before him, who turned with all his heart and all his strength to the EVER-L1VlNG,in accordance with the whole Law of Moses, and after him there did not arise another such. However, the EVER—LIV1NG did not turn from the great anger which consumed Him against judah, on account of all the insults with which Mcmasseh had insulted him. The I will also turn away judah from before My face, as l have turned Israel, and will waste this city of jerusalem that I chose, and this House where I said My name shall bef As to the other affairs of joshiah, 28 and all that he did,tliey are recorded in the history of events in the times of the kings of Iudah. (ac. 61o.) Qluslyialy iiillzh in ‘§atilz at gilegihr. In his days, however, Pharoh Nek-
ho, king of the Mitzeraim, advanced against the king of Ashur, to the river Euphrates, and King joshiah went to meet him, but he killed him at Migido as soon as he saw him, and his ministers carried him dead from Megido, and brought him to jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the country took jhohaz the son of joshiah, and consecrated him, and crowned him in the place of his father. (ac. 61o.) Qllynlyng mah: iiiug. jhohaz was twen-ty-six years old at 31 his consecration, and reigned three months injerusalem, and his mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of jere- miah of Libnah. But he did wrong 32 in the sight of the EVER-LIVING, in all that his ancestors had done. Pharoh Nekho, however, swept him 33 away at Riblah, in the district of Khamath, from being king in jerusa- lem, and laid a fine upon the country of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. Pharoh Nekho also made Aliakim, son of joshiah, king in place of his father joshiah, but changed his name to jhokim, and took jhohaz and carried him to Mitzer, and he died there. (e.c. 610.) iultim nmhz ®¤l12r1w1r dsrnzl hg Qdlyarulj dleltliu. jhokim paid the silver and gold to
Pharoh. He taxed the land to pay the money to Pharoh; everyone of the people of the country had to pro- vide the silver and the gold according to his valuation to pay to Pharoh Nekho. jhokim was twenty-five years old
at his coronation, and he reigned eleven years in jerusalem, and his mothers name was Zabidah, the 406 34 uf 35
