offerings. As the temple could not obliged to exhaust his treasures, and be purified, nor the priests cleansed, pull off the golden plates which he to observe the passover in the first had just before put on the doors of month, they agreed to observe it in the temple. No sooner had Sennathe second. Hezekiah invited such cherib received the money, the loss of the ten tribes as remained in their of which, he saw, disqualified Hecountry, to join with him therein. zekiah for war, than he sent three Some ridiculed his pious invitation, of his principal officers from Lachish, and others complied with it. This to demand Hezekiah's immediate passover was observed with more surrender of his capital. Hezekiah solemnity than it had been for many sent Eliakim, Shebna, and Joab, to ages before. They continued the converse with them without the city. feast of unleavened bread 14 days, Rabshakeh, the principal Assyrian instead of 7. Many indeed were messenger, magnified the power of his not duly prepared: but Hezekiah master, as if neither God nor man prayed for forgiveness of their rash- could deliver out of his hand: he ness in approaching to God. Now, cried to the Hebrews on the wall, and afterwards, Hezekiah and his that if they would not surrender people brake down the idolatrous themselves, he would quickly force altars and images in his own domi- them to live upon their excrements, nions, and in those of Hoshea, who, in the terrible siege: and that if they being better than his predecessors, surrendered themselves quickly, he took no offence at his subjects' re- would place them in a fine country, turning to the Lord. Hezekiah also as agreeable as their own. Shocked settled proper methods to procure with these blasphemies, Hezekiah's for the priests and Levites their due messengers gave no reply, but rent maintenance. Cononiah and Shi- their clothes, and reported the whole mei, two brothers, with ten subor- to their master. He begged Isaiah dinate officers of the tribe of Levi, the prophet to intercede with God in and Korah, with six under him, behalf of the city; and was assured, were appointed to oversee this af- that the Assyrian army should quickfair. ly be ruined, and their king return Encouraging himself in the Lord, home in a precipitate manner, and Hezekiah shook off the Assyrian there perish with the sword. When yoke, which his father had wickedly Sennacherib departed from Lachish, taken on himself, and refused to pay to give battle to Tirhakah, king the accustomed tribute: he invaded of Ethiopia, who came to assist the country of the Philistines, who Hezekiah, he sent Hezekiah a most had long ravaged Judea, and reduced blasphemous and insulting letter. them under his yoke: he fortified This Hezekiah spread before the Jerusalem, and filled his magazines Lord in the court of the temple, with armour. In the 14th year of and begged the Lord would deliver his reign, Sennacherib, king of Assy-him from this insolent enemy. The ria, invaded his kingdom, and took Lord, by Isaiah, assured him, that most of his fenced cities. Hezekiah, he had heard, and would quickly after fortifying Jerusalem, and bring- answer his prayer; that Sennacheing the south stream of Gihon into rib should never besiege Jerusalem, the city, finding that the kings of nor so much as shoot an arrow against Ethiopia and Egypt did not timely it. That very night the whole Asassist him, begged conditions of peace syrian army was almost ruined by from the Assyrian. He demanded 300 an angel. While Sennacherib was talents of silver, and 30 of gold, in ravaging his kingdom, Hezekiah all about 351,000 sterling, as the fell dangerously ill of an ulcer. God, condition of his leaving the country. by the prophet Isaiah, ordered him To raise this sum, Hezekiah was to lay his account with death, and

put his affairs into order. Heze-12 Kings xviii.-xx. Isa. xxxvi.—kiah observing that he had no child xxxix. Prov. xxv. 1. to be the Messiah's progenitor, or HIDDEKEL, a sharp voice, or govern the broken state of his king-sound, called Tigris, from its swift dom, and perhaps being in no pro- motion, or the multitudes of tigers per frame for dying, wept sore, and on its banks; and by the Arabs, callbegged the Lord would not cut him ed Diglat: a noted river, that rises off in the midst of his days, as had in the mountains of Armenia, runs often happened with the idolatrous southward between Assyria, or Curkings. God, by Isaiah, assured distan on the east, and Mesopotahim, that his prayers were heard; mia on the west; and afterwards that, in three days, he should be meeting with the Euphrates, runs able to walk to the temple, and with it a considerable way, after should live fifteen years more; and, which they divide into the two meanwhile ordered him to apply a streams of Gihon and Pison: but lump of dry figs to the boil, in order perhaps they now run into the sea to his miraculous recovery; and told by four different channels. It is said him, the city should not be deliver- to go to the eastward, or foreside ed into the hand of the Assyrians. of Assyria; that is, that which was For a sign of the certainty of these next to Moses, Gen. ii. 14. On the events, the sun, at Hezekiah's choice, banks of this river, the famous cities went back ten degrees on the sun-of Nineveh, Ctesiphon, and Seleudial of king Ahaz. After Heze-cia, stood; and on the ruins of the kiah's recovery, he composed a latter now stands Bagdad. On the hymn of thanksgiving, and a narrative banks of Hiddekel, Daniel had one of his temper of mind in his trouble. of his visions, Dan. x. 4. He, however, was too much elated To HIDE, (1.) To conceal, to by the miracles wrought in his fa- withdraw from sight or knowledge; vour, and was not duly thankful to so God hides his commandments, God. When Merodach-Baladan, the when he gives men up to blindness of son of Baladan, king of Babylon, heart, Psal. cxix. 19. To hide his sent messengers to congratulate him righteousness in our heart, is sinfully on his recovery, and get information to neglect the due publishing and concerning the ruin of the Assyrian declaring it, Psal. xl. 10. (2.) host, and the retrogade motion of To lay up; so saints hide God's word the sun; and perhaps to solicit an in their heart when they lay it up in alliance against the weakened Assy-their memory, judgment, conscience, rian empire; Hezekiah vainly show- and affections, that it may influence ed them every thing valuable and and regulate their whole exercise in rare in his treasures. His pride heart and life, Psal. cxix. 11. (3.) brought wrath from the Lord on him- To protect. God hides his people self and his subjects. God, by in his pavilion, in the secret of his Isaiah, assured him, that his wealth presence, and under the shadow of should be carried to Babylon, and his his wings; and is their hiding-place, offspring serve there as eunuchs in when, in the exercise of his perfecthe palace. Hezekiah confessed the tions, he gives them the most safe threatening was just, but wished protection from danger and hurt, that peace and truth might continue Psal. xxvii. 5. and xxxii. 7. Jesus all his time. Some of his servants Christ is a hiding-place; under the copied out several of Solomon's pro- covert of his mercy are we secured verbs, and joined them to the rest. from the vengeance of God; and by After he had lived 54 years, and his providence, power, and love, reigned 29, he died, and was suc- from the danger of sin, Satan, and ceeded by Manasseh, a youth twelve the world, Isa. xxxii. 2. God hides years old, 2 Chron. xxix.-xxxii. himself, hides his face,

when he

forbears to show his glory and favour, and in the high heavens he manifests in his word, ordinances, and provi- his peculiar presence, Psal. xcvii. 9. dence, Psa. lxxxix. 46. but his hid- His righteousness and right hand are ing his face from our sin, imports very high; his equity, and his almighhis complete forgiveness of it, Psal. ty power, are unspeakably excellent, li. 9. He hides pride from men, when and are gloriously displayed, Ps. lxxi. he disappoints them, and bereaves 19. and lxxxix. 13. Men are high in them of what they are disposed to stature, 1 Chr. xi. 23. high in station, boast of, Job xxxiii. 17. God hides when they are nobly descended, and men's afflictions in his heart, when, are placed in high offices of much powamidst multiplied favours, he hath er and authority, Job xxi. 22. Psal. a secret and fixed purpose to afflict Ixii. 9. and when they think highly of Wicked men themselves, or behave proudly in conthem, Job x. 13. think God hides his face, i. e. does ceit and carriage, Ps. ci. 5. Rom. xi. Things above our station and not observe nor regard what they 20. do, Psal. x. 11. Men hide hatred capacity of knowing, are called high, by lying lips, when they conceal it, Psal. cxxxi. and cxxxix. 6. Israel under high pretences of kindness and went out of Egypt with a high hand, Men's hiding in a most public and solemn manner, love, Proverbs x. 18. themselves, imports their fleeing into and under the special and powerful some place for protection and se-protection of God, Exod. xiv. 8.or making a High, when referred to day or time, crecy, Rev. vi. 16. small appearance, Prov. xxvii. 12. signifies full, Rom. xiii. 11. or refusing to show kindness, Isa. heavens are called heights, Psal. Iviii. 7. Their hiding of sin, im- cxlviii. I. Mountains are called the ports the denial, excusing, and ex-heights, or highest part of the dust, tenuating of it, Psal. xxxii. 5. Prov. Jer. xlix, 16. Prov. viii. 26. or the xxviii. 13. Men's understanding is chief part of the dust may signify hid; when they need to use it, it metals, or man. Whatever is above, is called height, Rom. viii. 39. cannot be found, Isa. xxix. 14.

Whatever is secret, hard to be known or found, is called hid or hidden: saints are God's hidden ones; their state and happy privileges are unknown to the world, and they are graciously protected by God, Psal. Ixxxiii. 3. The gospel and Christ are a hidden treasure, and hidden wisdom unknown to natural men, Matt. xiii. 44. 1 Cor. ii. 7.

The

Among the Heathen, they often worshipped their idols in high places, or tops of rising grounds, that they might be as near heaven as they could.

The

God commanded the Hebrews to destroy all the high places of the Canaanites, Numb. xxxiii. 52. But during the separation of the ark and tabernacle, in the days of Samuel, Saul, and David, he tolerated the HIERAPOLIS, a holy city, a worship of himself in high places, 2 place near Colosse, and near to which Chron. i. 3. 1 Sam. ix. 19. was a large opening of the earth, erection of the temple excluded all whence issued a deadly steam. Chris-sacrificing elsewhere, except on very tianity was planted here very early, extraordinary occasions. Solomon Col. iv. 13. but not long after, the city began to restore idolatry in high was swallowed up by an earthquake. places: Jeroboam mightily promoted HIGGAION signifies meditation, it, 1 Kings xi. 7. and xii. 30, 32. and imports, that what is said de- nor were they ever abolished in Isserves to be carefully and frequently rael. The wicked kings of Judah encouraged them; nor did any of considered, Psal. ix. 16. HIGH, relates to stature, station, the godly ones, except Hezekiah and conceit, or carriage. God is high: Josiah, sufficiently discountenance his nature is infinitely excellent: he them. In seems, in Ezekiel's time has an unlimited dominion over all, there was scarcely a street without a

high place, Ezek. xvi. 24. The men He was a most skilful artificer, in of Judah, however, sometimes wor-designing and executing the most cushipped only the true God in their rious workmanship of brass, copper, high places. It is probable, the pro- or other metal. He made the brazen

seuchæ, or places for prayer, built in pillars, sea lavers, basons, and other the form of the court of the temple, utensils of the temple, 1 Kings vii. and surrounded with a grove, were 13, &c. 2 Chr. ii. 13, 14. much of the same kind as the high places anciently used in sacrifice, See IDOLATRY.

To HIRE, to procure service for wages, Isa. xlvi. 6. The Israelites hired among the nations; gave pre

HIN, a liquid measure for oil, or sents to the Assyrians to let them wine, &c. It was the 6th part of alone, and not cut them off, Hos. an ephah, or about 291 solid inches, viii. 10. Exod xxix. 40.

See SERVANT.

To HISS. To hiss one out of his place, is to drive him away with a

HIND. See DEER. HINNOM, there they are, or shout of contempt and insult, Job their riches, valley of, Josh. xv. 18. xxvii. 23. Babylon and Jerusalem See TOPHET. were a hissing, when made the obHIRAM. See JUDAH. ject of the most contemptuous sneers HIRAM, or HURAM, the height in the midst of their distress and of life, their liberty, or he that de- ruin, Jer. li. 37. and xix. 8. God's stroys, (1.) A king of Tyre, son of hissing for the Assyrians and EgypAbibal. When David came to the He-tians, imports his calling and bringbrew throne, Hiram sent messengers ing them together to invade the nato congragulate him; and sent him tions, as easily as men in some places cedars and artificers to build him a gather bees with the sound of a whispalace, 2 Sam. v. 11, 12. He, or his tle, Isa. v. 26. and vii. 18. His hisson of the same name, congratulated sing for the scattered Jews, imports Solomon on his accession to the his easy and powerful bringing them crown. He furnished him with back in companies from their Chaltimber, stone, and artificers, for his dean captivity, and present disperfamed structures, viz. the temple, sion, Zech. x. 8.

his own palace, &c. and lent him HITHER, to this place, Gen. xxiv. 120 talents of gold, or 1,657,000l. 6. HITHERTO, (1.) Until this time, sterling. He assisted him in esta- Exod. vii. 16. (2.) To this degree of blishing his trade to Ophir. He was honour and happiness, 1 Chron. xvii. displeased with the twenty cities of 16. (3.) To this point of boundary; Galilee which Solomon gave him, thus far, Job xxxviii. 11.

1. Kings v. and ix. 2 Chron. viii. 18. HITTITES, who is broken, or Dius and Menander, two Heathen fears, the offspring of Heth, the sehistorians, say, that Hiram and So-[cond son of Canaan. They dwelt in lomon corresponded by letters, and the south part of the promised land, tried to puzzle one another with near Hebron; and from Ephron, one hard questions. (2.) A famed artifi- of them, Abraham bought his cave of cer: his father is called a Tyrian, Machpelah, Gen. xxiii. In the days perhaps merely because he dwelt for of Joshua, it seems, part of them fled some time at Tyre: but he might southward, and dwelt in the counbe of the tribe of Naphtali; and his try where the Canaanites of Bethel mother a daughter of Dan, or de-built Luz, Judg. i. 26. Two of Dascended of the tribe of Dan. He vid's mighties were Hittites, viz. is represented as the father of king Uriah and Ahimelech, 2 Sam. xi. 6, Hiram and Solomon; either because 1 Sam. xxvi. 6. Such of the Hittites he was their director in their curious as remained, Solomon laid under triworks; or possibly Abi or Ab, which bute; but he afterwards married some signifies father, was his surname. of their idolatrous women, 2 Kings