Ahaziah is slain. Jud.2.11, In God's Sight. Ps.34.21, Sin Destructive. De.4.43, Ramoth-gilead. p.p.2 K.9.15. II CHRONICLES, 23 sight of the LORD like the house Jehoiada maketh Joash king. stores the worship of God, and Counsellors after the death of Ahoi'a-då strengthened him ND in the seventh year Je- p.p.2 K.11.4. his father to his destruction. 5 He walked also after their self, and took the captains of 6 And he returned to be into covenant with him. Ge.21.27, Covenant (4). NEH 2 K.8.25, Ahaziah (a), [(Azariah). 2 S.15.23, Sympathy (2). Le.26.16, Sickness (1). Jud.1.7, Retribution (2). p.p.2 K.9.21. 1 K.19.16, Jehu. De.28.50, Instruments of 2 K.8.25, Ahaziah (a). p.p.2 K.9.27. 1 K.16.24, Samaria (1). the wounds which were given dah, and gathered the Le'vites Ex.32.26, Levites, ch.29.34. EST to see Jê-hō'ram the son of 3 And all the congregation Le.4.13, Congregation. 7 And the destruction of A-ha- said unto them, Behold, the p.p.1 K.2.4. against Jē'hū the son of Nim- 4 This is the thing that ye 9 And he sought A-ha-zi'ah: 6 But let none come into the Ps.37.2, Fate of the Wicked. when they had slain him, they in, for they are holy: but all Ex.19.22, Priests Holy. 1 K.15.24, Jehoshaphat. De.6.5, Whole Heart. Jud.16.4, Evil Women. p.p.2 K.11.1. Ge.4.8, Murder (2). 1 K.19.2, Revenge. 2 S.15.10, Treason, Est.2.21. 2 K.11.2, Joash. p.p.Ex.2.3. buried him: Because, said they, the people shall keep the watch who sought the LORD with all 7 And the Le'vites shall com- p.p.1 Chr.24.1. 11 But Jē ́hō-shab'e-ath, the dah did according to all things p.p.Ex.32.26. daughter of the king, took Jo'- that Je-hoi'a-da the priest had ash the son of A-ha-zi'ah, and commanded, and took every stole him from among the man his men that were to come king's sons that were slain, and in on the sabbath, with them Ge.2.3, Sabbath (1). put him and his nurse in a bed- that were to go out on the sabchamber. So Je hô-shab ́e-ǎth, bath: for Je-hoi'a-da the priest the daughter of king Je-hō'ram, dismissed not the courses. 2 K.11.4, Jehoiada, ch.23.9. the wife of Je-hoi'a-da the priest, 9 Moreover Je-hoi'a-då (for she was the sister of A-ha- priest delivered to the captains ziah,) hid him from Ath-a-li'ah, of hundreds spears, and buckso that she slew him not. lers, and shields, that had been 1 S.17.7, Shields. 12 And he was with them hid king Da'vid's, which were in in the house of God six years: the house of God. and Ath-a-li'ah reigned over the 10 And he set all the people, land. every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side Jehoiada makes Joash king. 12 Ath- of the temple to the left side of B.C.878. CHAPTER 23 p.p.1 S.21.9. aliah is slain. 16 Jehoiada re- the temple, along by the altar 2 S.7.13, Solomon's Temple. JOB The house and altars of Baal destroyed. II CHRONICLES, 24 Le.8.9, Crowns (1). Le.8.30, Anointing (2). That is, Long live the king. 2 K.8.26, Athaliah. Nu.1.16, Princes. 1 S.2.1, Rejoicing (2). Le.25.9, Trumpets (2). 1 Chr.9.33, Choir, ch.35.15. Ge.37.29, Clothes Rent. Nu.31.48, Captains. p.p.Nu.19.14. Money collected to repair the tempe and the temple, by the king they came through the high the crown, and gave him the 21 And all the people of the 12 ¶ Now when Ath-a-li'ah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: CHAPTER 24 2 K.8.26, Athaliah. Joash reigns well all the days of Johoi- B.C.878 (?) JOASE 'ASH was seven years old p.p.2 K.12.1. ¡La 2.4. when he began to reign, 1 S.2.18, Helpful Childre 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pil- and he reigned forty years in lar at the entering in, and the Je-ru'sâ-lěm. His mother's name princes and the trumpets by the also was Zib'i-ah of Be'erking: and all the people of the she bȧ. land rejoiced, and sounded with 2 And Jō'ash did that which 2 K.11.2, Joash, v.17. trumpets, also the singers with was right in the sight of the 1 S.2.26, Youthful Piety. instruments of musick, and such LORD all the days of Jê-hoi'a-då 2 K.11.4, Jehoiada, v.15. as taught to sing praise. Then the priest. Ath-a-li'ah rent her clothes, and 3 And Je-hoi'a-då took for him said, Treason, Treason. [House. 2 S.7.13, Solomon's Temple. two wives; and he begat sons Ge.4.19, Polygamy, Da 52 14 Then Jê-hoi'a-da the priest and daughters. brought out the captains of 4 ¶ And it came to pass after 1 Chr.29.3, Love for God's hundreds that were set over this, that Jō'ash was minded to the host, and said unto them, repair the house of the LORD. Have her forth of the ranges: 5 And he gathered together and whoso followeth her, let the priests and the Le'vites, Ex.32.26, Levites. him be slain with the sword. and said to them, Go out unto For the priest said, Slay her not the cities of Jū ́dah, and gather of all Iş'ra-el money to repair in the house of the LORD. 15 So they laid hands on her; the house of your God from and when she was come to the year to year, and see that ye Nu.32.6, Indifference (2), p.p.Ne.3.28. entering of the horse gate by hasten the matter. Howbeit the 1 S.21.8, Haste, ch.35.21. Ps.37.36, Death of the [Wicked. 6 And the king called for Le.10.2, Death Penalty (2), the king's house, they slew her Le'vites hastened it not. [Est.7.10. there. 16 And Je-hoi'a-då made a Je-hoi'a-dȧ the chief, and said covenant between him, and be- unto him, Why hast thou not Pr.24.25, Reproof (1). 2 K.11.4, Jehoiada, ch.24.2. Ex.24.7, Covenant (3), [Ne.10.29. tween all the people, and be- required of the Le'vites to bring Ex.19.5, God's People. Nu.22.41, Baal. Jud.17.5, Idolatrous Priests. p.p.1 Chr.23.6. tween the king, that they in out of Ju'dah and out of Jê-ru should be the LORD'S people. sã-lem the collection, according p.p.Ex.30.12. (Ne.3.5. Ex.25.8,Tabernacle, He.9.11. to the house of Ba'al, and brake the servant of the LORD, and of 1 K.18.36, God's Servants. Nu.22.41, Baal, Je.2.8. rejoicing and with singing, as 9 And they made a proclama- Ex.32.5, Proclamations, it was ordained by Da'vid. 19 And he set the porters at sa-lěm, to bring in to the LORD De.16.17, Giving (2). in. 10 And all the princes and all Nu.1.16, Princes. 20 And he took the captains the people rejoiced, and brought Ezr.6.22, Spir. Joy. 462 that The temple repaired. p.p.2 K.12.10. 2 S.8.17, Scribes. Je.32.10, Money. 2 K.12.12, Masons. 2 S.5.11, Carpenters. II CHRONICLES, 25 Joash is slain. by the hand of the Le'vites, at the commandment of the 1 K.19.2, Persecution (1), and when they saw that there king in the court of the house [Je.20.2. Ge.4.8, Murder (2), Mt.2.16. was much money, the king's of the LORD. Martyrs, Mk.6.27. scribe and the high priest's 22 Thus Jo'ash the king re- 2 K.11.2, Joash, v.24. officer came and emptied the membered not the kindness Ge.40.23, Ingratitude (2), chest, and took it, and carried which Je-hoi'a-då his father had it to his place again. Thus done to him, but slew his son. they did day by day, and gath- And when he died, he said, The p.p.Ge.9.5. ered money in abundance. LORD look upon it, and require 12 And the king and Jê-hoi-it. [Ps.35.12. a-da gave it to such as did the 23 ¶And it came to pass at the De.28.50, Instruments of [Judgment. of the LORD, and hired masons Syr'i-à came up against him: Is.13.11, Punishment. 2 S.7.13, Solomon's Temple. them, and they set the house of 24 For the army of the Syr Ex.25.29, Spoons. 2 K.11.4, Jehoiada. Ge.15.15, Old Age. Ge.47.30, Burying-places. Nu.1.16, Princes. 2 K.11.2, Joash, v.22. Ex.32.1, Apostates. Nu.12.6, Prophets (1). 2 S.8.6, Damascus. 14 And when they had fin- a very great host into their [Wicked. the LORD, even vessels to min- 25 And when they were de- the king. Then the king heark- they are written in the story of Or, commentary. the book of the kings. And CHAPTER 25 18 And they left the house of Am-a-zi'ah his son reigned in 2 K.14.1, Amaziah. 19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto 2 K.17.14, Impenitence (2). the LORD; and they testified Amaziah begins to reign well: 5 hav-B.C.839. M-A-ZI'AH was twenty and Ex.32.9, Stubbornness (2), against them: but they would five years old when he [Jb.27.23. 20 And the Spirit of God came began to reign, and he reigned See Adversity, Le.26.16. [Je.3.10. ES JOE Amaziah overthroweth the Edomites. De.17.19, Keep the Law. II CHRONICLES, 25 He is defeated in battle with Joash. 4 But he slew not their chil- 14 Now it came to pass, afdren, but did as it is written in ter that Am-a-zi'ah was come the law in the book of Mō'şeş, from the slaughter of the where the LORD commanded, E'dom-ites, that he brought the saying, The fathers shall not gods of the children of Se'ir, 1 Chr. 16.26, False Gods. De.24.16, Personal Responsi- die for the children, neither and set them up to be his gods, Ex.32.8, Backsliders, [bility. shall the children die for the and bowed down himself before Ge.2.17, Sin's Penalty. 2 K.14.1, Amaziah, v.27. p.p.Nu.1.3. [Ps.78.57. fathers, but every man shall die them, and burned incense unto Ex.30.1, Incense. 5¶ Moreover Am-a-zi'ah gath- 15 Wherefore the anger of Ex.4.14, God's Anger. and captains over hundreds, ac- him a prophet, which said unto Jud.6.8, Prophets (4). Nu.32.17, Warriors, ch.26.13. men, able to go forth to war, said unto him, Art thou made 2 S.10.6, Mercenaries. 1 K.20.39, Talents (2). De.33.1, Man of God. Ex.33.3, Sin Separates. that could handle spear and of the king's counsel? forbear; Ps.50.17, "Word "Despised. [Ps.32.9. the army of Is'ra-el go with thee; 17 ¶Then Am-a-zi'ah king of p.p.2 K.14.8. 1 K.2.2, "Be Strong." 1 Chr.29.12, God's Power, E'phră-im. 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be saying, Come, let us see one an- De.33.29, Divine Helper, Da.3.17, Divine Ability. Ge.4.5, Man's Wrath. 2 S.12.31, Horrors of War, [(Joash (b)), v.23. 9 And Am-a-zi'ah said to the was in Leb ́a-non sent to the 10 Then Am-a-zi'ah separated 19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast 11 And Am-a-zi'ah strength- thee? ened himself, and led forth his 20 But Am-a-zi'ah would not Ex.32.9, Stubbornness (2). people, and went to the valley hear; for it came of God, that p.p.1 K.12.15. of salt, and smote of the chil- he might deliver them into the dren of Se'ir ten thousand. hand of their enemies, because Is.59.18, Recompense (1). Ju'dah carry away captive, and 21 So Jo'ash the king of Is- Nu.31.7, Extermination. 2 K.6.21, Vindictiveness. Jos.10.10, Beth-horon. 1 K.19.2, Revenge. which Am-a-zi'ah sent back, 22 And Jū'dah was put to the that they should not go with worse before Iş-ra-el, and they Jos.7.4, Defeats. [(Joash (b)). ies of Ju'dah, from Sa-ma'ri-ȧ 23 And Jō'ash the king of Is-2 K.13.10, Jehoash (b), son of Jê-hō'a-hăz, at Beth-she 1 Amaziah is slain at Lachish. 1 K.14.25, Jerusalem (2), [Ps.79.1. 2 K.14.13, Gates (3), Ne.3.13. mesh, and brought him to Je- the Phi-lis'tineş, and against the gate of E'phră-im to the corner 8 And the Am'mon-ites gave Ge.19.38, Ammonites,Ne.4.3. gate, four hundred cubits. gifts to Üz-zi'ah: and his name ch.17.11, Tribute. 2 K.12.18, Temple Despoiled, 24 And he took all the gold spread abroad even to the en- Jos.6.27, Fame. [ch.28.21. and the silver, and all the ves-tering in of Egypt; for he Nu.3.31, Holy Vessels. 1 K.16.24, Samaria (1). 2 K.14.1, Amaziah. De.28.20, Forsaking God (2). Ps.37.2, Fate of the Wicked. De.17.16, Horses. B.C.810. 2 K.14.21, Uzziah, v.19. 1 S.2.26, Youthful Piety. De.6.18, In God's Sight (2). 1 K.9.4, Parental Example, sels that were found in the strengthened himself exceed- See God our Strength, house of God with Ö ́bed-e ́dom, ingly. Ex.15.2. and the treasures of the king's 9 Moreover Üz-zi'ah built tow-Ge.11.5, Towers, Ne.3.11. gate, and at the valley gate, and Ge.23.10, Gates (1). ter the death of Jō'ash son of 10 Also he built towers in the 26 Now the rest of the acts of the low country, and in the |Am-a-zi ́ah, first and last, behold, plains: husbandmen also, and Ge.9.20, Husbandmen. book of the kings of Ju'dah and and in Cär'mel: for he loved Ge.2.15, Agriculture. 27 Now after the time that 11 ¶ Moreover Üz-zi'ah had an mighty men of valour were Ge.10.8, Mighty Men. lem engines, invented by cun- Engines of War, Eze.26.9. 3 Sixteen years old was Üz- ning men, to be on the towers Ex.28.3, Skill. zi'ah when he began to reign, and upon the bulwarks, to shoot and he reigned fifty and two arrows and great stones with years in Je-ru'sa-lem. His moth-al. And his name spread far Jos.6.27, Fame, Mt.4.24. ly helped, till he was strong. De.6.11, Prosperity (2). 4 And he did that which was 16 ¶ But when he was strong, Ex.5.2, Pride (2), ch.32.25. right in the sight of the LORD, his heart was lifted up to his Pr.17.19, Self-exaltation. according to all that his father destruction: for he transgressed De.11.28, Disobedience (1). [ch.27.2. Am-a-zi'ah did. against the LORD his God, and p.p.2 K.16.12. ch.11.16, Seekers, Ezr.8.21. De.4.6, Understanding. 2 K.6.17, Spir. Vision. Le.10.1, Sacrilege (2), [ch.28.24. 5 And he sought God in the went into the temple of the Ge.11.4, Presumption (2), days of Zech-a-ri'ah, who had LORD to burn incense upon the [Lu.12.19. understanding in the visions of altar of incense. God: and as long as he sought 17 And Az-a-ri'ah the priest the LORD, God made him to went in after him, and with prosper. him fourscore priests of the Ge.14.18, Priests. [ch.31.21.6 And he went forth and LORD, that were valiant men: Ge.39.3, Prosperity (4), Ge.21.32, Philistines. 1 S.5.8, Gath. Jos.11.22, Ashdod, Ne.4.7. De.33.29, Divine Helper. warred against the Phi-lis'tineş, 18 And they withstood Üz-zi' and brake down the wall of ah the king, and said unto him, 1 S.15.23, Rulers Rebuked, and the wall of Ash'dod, and Üz-zi'ah, to burn incense unto p.p.Nu.16.40. sons of Aâr'on, that are conse- [Da.5.23. |