Second Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 999

28·—!6 HISTORY OF HOUSE OF DAVID.-·-·II. CHRON. 29——I1 the City gf Palms, tc? gw shglter 0.f I {{`ings pf juqgh _apd_ Igrael. At last 27 men- countrymen, anu men rezumec to Shomcrou. (740 B.c.) Qlmg applies in Qrnm :6 K8 20 21 fur @21;:. At this time King Ahaz, sent to the

King of Aram, to help him, for the Edomites had come and attacked judea and carried off captives. The Philishtim also in the Cities on the slope and the south, revolted from judah, and captured Beth·Shemsh, and Ailon, and Ghederon, and Soko, and its villages, and Thimuah, and its villages, and Ghimzo, and its villages and stayed there. For judea had provoked the EvER—L1v1NG by means of Ahaz King of judea} who had become lawless in judea and sinned grievously against the LOR1>. Elyilgnily-§i1nzszr heirags him. S0 T hilgath-Pilneser, King of Ashur

came, and consulted with him but did not strengthen him; although Ahaz contributed from the House of the Evan-L1v1NG, and the Royal Palace, and from the Nobles, and paid the King of Ashur,·-—he was no help to him. (740 ac.) Qllyng nbupls ily; §grim: ihnlntrg as tbz fllmiri fniily. 22 Yet King Ahaz sinned still more against the Evan-Livmo in the

23 period of his distress, for he sacri- ticed to the gods of Damask who Because ythe godsof the King of Damask help him, I will sacrifice to them so that 26 they may help me! ’* But they were to him and all Israel a cause of ruin. So Ahaz collected the vessels of the House of GOD, and cut up the vessels of GOD’s House, and closed the Doors of the House of the EvEn—1.1v1Nc;, and made Altars for himself in all the squares of jerusalem. In every City of judah he also made Mounds to offer incense to seducing gods, and provoked the Even-Lrvmo Gon of his fathers. But his other doings, and all his

courses, the first and the last, can be seen written in the records of the

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Israel, ’—·but as Ahaz was Kigof Judea, I rectify the Copyist’s error. §_P Anaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of jerusalem, for they would not bring him to the Tombs of the Kings of Israel. Then his son Hezekiah reigned instead of him. (726 sc.) §2gcliinl; begins his fickle Reign. King Hezekiah was twenty·tive 29 years old; and he reigned in jeru· salem twenty - nine years. His mother's name was Abiah, the daughter of Zekerihu. §e ilesiureh the jéatinnal Elurslgip nf ®¤u. He did right in the eyes of the 2 Evnamivmo, as David his Ancestor had done. He, in the first month of 3 the first year of his coronation, opened the Doors of the House of the EVER- LIVING, and repaired it. Then he 4 brought the Priests and Levites, and assembled them in the East Square, and said to them ; §e;ekini;’s Speech in the §riests. ’Listen now to me, you Levites;

Coosecrate yourselves, and conse- crate the House of the Even-L1v1N<;, the GOD of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Sanctuary, for our fathers sinned, and did wrong in the eyes of the Evan-Livmo Gon, and abandoned and turned away their faces from the dwelling of the EvER—L1v1NG, and turned their hacks. They even closed the doors of His Hall, and put out the Lamps, and burnt no incense, and burnt no offerings in the Sanctuary to the GOD of Israel! Consequently the anger of the Ev1¤:R—L1V1NG came upon judea and jerusalem, so He delivered them to agitation, and terror, and per- plexity, as we can see with our eyes. For, look! our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons and our daugh· ters, and our wives were captured on account of it. However it is in my heart to make a Covenant with the EvsR—L1viNo Gon of Israel, that He may turn from us His indignant anger. ‘ My sons! Be not idle! For the

EVER—L1v1NG chose you to stand before Him, and to Minister to Him, and to be Ministers and to offer

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