Second Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 998

4 great part ofthe walls of Ophal. He also built towns in the highlands of judea, and erected castles and towers in the jungles. iulljnm §uhk1x2s the @2ni 3mm:. However, he had war with the Beni

Amon, and conquered them, and the Beni Amon paid him yearly a hun- dred talents of silver, and ten thou- sand Kors of wheat, with ten thousand of barley. The Beni Amon paid this to him year by year for three years. Thus jotham became powerful be- cause he fixed his courses before the Lone his Gon. (765 ac.) Regarding the remainder of the

affairs of jotham, and all his wars, and his conduct, they can be seen in the records of the Kings of Israel and }u’dea. He was twenty·five years old at his coronation, and reigned sixteen years in jerusalem. Then jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David, and Ahaz his son reigned in his place. (748 B.c.) Qin; begins in ilizign. $2 rzlrzrtz to dhulairg. 28 Ahaz was twenty years old at his coronation, and reigned sixteen years in jerusalem; and did not do right in the eyes of the Loan, like David his

2 Ancestor, but followed the courses of the Kings of Israel, and also made temples to Balim. Beside he burnt incense, in the Valiiey of Ben~hinom, and burnt his children in the fire, like the abominable heathen, whom the Evan-L1v1No drove out before the Children of Israel. And he sac- rificed and offered incense on the, Mounds, and on the Hills, and under every shady tree; consequently the Evan-Livmo Goo delivered him to the hand of the King of Aram, who defeated him, and captured a great many from us, as prisoners, and brought them to Damask. He also gave him to the power of the King of Israel, who defeated him with a great slaughter, when Pekah-ben—Remaliah killed on one day in judea a hundred and twenty thousand, all disciplined soldiers, because he had abandoned the Evan-Lxvmo Goo of his fathers. And Zikri, a General of Ephraim killed the King’s son, Masiah; and Azrikam, the Superintendent of his Palace; and Alkanah the King’s Prime Minister. After that they captured of the Children of Israel, two hundred thousand men and women, and plundered much pro· perty from them, and carried the plunder to Shomeron. A Preacher of the EvErz—L1v1NG was there, how- ever, named Adad, and he went out to meet the army, as it advanced to Shomeron, and said to it; 'Look !--—Because the EVER-Liv

ING GOD of our ancestors was angry against judea, He gave it into your hands;——but you have slaughtered amongst them in a fury that has reached the Heavens! ‘ And now you purpose to degrade

into bondrnen and women for your- selves, the sons of judah and jeru- salem l But have you, yourselves, no sins against your EvER·LtvxNG GOD ? Therefore listen to me now :—=send back the captives whom you have dragged after you, or the indignation of the EVER-LIVXNG will be upon IO Il you! 1, (741 B-C-) GLU: dsrnrlitz (henzrnls urhzr a llzleasc of fllaptihzs. Then some men of the Chiefs of

the children of Ephraim stood up; Azarihu - ben ~ jhohanan, Berekiah ben-Meshilmoth, and ]khiziah—ben- Shalum, and Amasa — ben - Khadi, against those who came from the army, and said to them: ‘ You shall not bring the captives

here! For the indignation of the EvnR——L1v1NG would come upon us. Do you intend to add to our sins? and to our offences? Our sins are quite enough for us! and the burning anger of the Evan-Livmo is upon I2

Elie Sulhizrz Géhcg, mth the ®iKc2rs Mutha the §ri¤nuzrz. The soldiers consequently resigned

the captives and their property to the Generals, and all the Senate, and the Princes, who have been specified by name, arose and comforted the cap- tives, and clothed all the naked amongst them from the spoil, and shod them, and fed them, and gave them drink, and annointed them, and mounted all the feeble of them upon asses, and took them to jerikho, 998