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12 The whole Number of the chief of the Fathers of the mighty Men of Valour, were two thousand and fix hundred.

13 And under their Hand was an Army, three hundred thousand, and feven thousand and five hundred, that made Wat with mighty Power, to help the King against the Enemy.

14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the Hoft, Shields, and Spears, and Helmets, and Habergeons, and Bows, and Slings to caft Stones.

15 And he made in Jerufalem Engines invented by cunning Men, to be on the Towers, and upon the Bulwarks, to shoot Arrows and great Stones withal: and his Name fpread far abroad, for he was MARVELLOUSLY HELPED till he was ftrong.

16 But when he was STRONG, his HEART was LIFTED UP to his DESTRUCTION: for he TRANSGRESSED againft the LORD his GOD, and went into the Temple of the LORD, to burn Incense upon the Altar of Incenfe.

17 Azariah the Prieft went in after him, and with him fourfcore Priefts of the LORD, that were valiant Men.

18 And they withstood Uzziah the King, and faid unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn Incenfe unto the LORD, but to the Priests the Sons of Aaron, that are confecrated to burn Incense: go out of the Sanctuary, for thou hast TRESPASSED, neither shall it be for thine Honour from the LORD GOD.

19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a Cenfer in his Hand, to burn Incense: and while he was wroth with the Priefts, the LEPROSY even rofe up in his Forehead, before the Priests in the Houfe of the LORD, from befide the Incenfe-altar.

20 And Azariah the Chief-prieft, and all the Priests looked upon him, and behold, hewas leprous in his Forehead, and they thrust him out from thence, yea, himself alfo hafted to go out, because the LORD had fmitten him.

21 And Uzziah the King was a LEPER unto the Day of his Death, and dwelt in a feveral Houfe, being a Leper, for he was cut off from the Houfe of the LORD and Jotham his Son was over the King's Houfe, judging the People of the Land.

22 Now the reft of the Acts of Uzziah, firft and laft, did Ifaiah the Prophet the Son of Amoz write.

23 So Uzziah flept with his Fathers, and they buried him with his Fathers in the Field of the Burials which belonged

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to the Kings; for they faid, He is a Leper: and Jotham his Son reigned in his ftead.

IT is obferved by Dr. Lightfoot, That it pleafed GoD, in

the Days of Uzziah, who is call'd Azariah (and was Contemporary with Jeroboam the 2d King of Ifrael) to raise up a Generation of Prophets that should commit their Prophecies to Writing. The First of which was HOSEA,

Chap. i. Ver. 1 The Word of the LORD that came unto Hofea the Son of Beeri, in the Days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, Kings of Judah, and in the Days of Jeroboam the Son of Joafh King of Ifrael.

The Second, JOEL. The Third, Aмos,

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Chap. i. Ver. 1 The Words of Amos, who was among the Herdmen of Tekoa, which he faw concerning Ifrael in the Days of Uzziah King of Judah, and in the Days of Jeroboam the Son of Joafh King of Ifrael, two Years before the Earthquake.

The Fourth, the Evangelical Prophet ISAIAH,

Chap. i. Ver. 1 The Vifion of Ifaiah the Son of Amoz, which he faw concerning Judah and Jerufalem, in the Days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, Kings of Judah.

Thefe Prophets foretold the Captivity of the Ten Tribes by the Affyrians, and the Captivity of the Tribes of Judah and Benjamin by the Chaldeans: The Truth of which Predictions were verified upon both within very few Years.

II. CHRON. CHAP. XXVII.

■ Fotham reigning well, profpereth. 5 He fubdueth the Am monites: 7 His Reign. 9 Ahaz fucceedeth him.

Ver. 1

JOTHAM was twenty and five Years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fixteen Years in

Jerufalem.

2 And he did that which was right in the fight of the LORD, according to all that his Father Uzziah did howbeit he entred not into the Temple of the LORD. And the People did yet CORRUPTLY.

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3 He built the high Gate of the Houfe of the Lord, and on the Wall of Ophel he built much.

4 Moreover, he built Cities in the Mountains of Judak, and in the Forefts he built Cafties and Towers.

5 He fought alfo with the King of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the Children of Ammon gave him the fame Year, an hundred Talents of Silver, and ten thoufand Meafures of Wheat, and ten thousand of Barley. So much did the Children of Ammon pay unto him, both the fecond Year and the third.

6 So Jotham became mighty, because he PREPARED his WAYS before the LORD his GOD.

8 He was five and twenty Years old when he began to reign, and reigned fixteen Years in Jerufalem.

9 And Jotham flept with his Fathers, and they buried him in the City of David, and Ahaz his Son reigned in his ftead.

II. KINGS, CHAP. XVI.

Ahaz his wicked Reign. 5 Ahaz affailed by Rezin and Pekah, hireth Tiglath-pilefer against them. 10 Abaz fending a Pattern of an Altar from Damafcus to Urijah, diverteth the brazen Altar to his own Devotion: 17 He Speilab the Temple.

Ver. 1 TN the feventeenth Year of Pekah the Son of Remaliah, Ahaz the Son of Jotham King of Judah be

gan to reign.

2 Twenty Years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned fixteen Years in Jerufalem, and did NOT that which was RIGHT in the SIGHT of the LORD his GOD, like David his Father.

3 But he WALKED in the WAYS of the KINGS of Ifrael, yea, and made his Son to PASS through the FIRE, according to the ABOMINATION of the HEATHEN, whom the LORD CAST OUT from before the Children of Ifrael.

4 He facrificed and burnt Incenfe in the high Places, and on the Hills, and under every green Tree,

5 Then Rezin King of Syria, and Pekah Son of Remaiah King of Ifrael,' came up to Jerufalem to War: and they pefieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

6 At that Time Rezin King of Syria recovered Elath to

Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there.

7 So Ahaz fent Meffengers to Tiglath-pilefer King of ASSYRIA, faying, I am thy SERVANT, and thy Son: come up, and fave me out of the Hand of the King of SYRIA, and out of the Hand of the King of ISRAEL, which rise up against me.

8 Ahaz took the Silver and Gold that was found in the Houfe of the LORD, and in the Treafures of the King's Houfe, and fent it for a Present to the King of Affyria.

9 And the King of Affyria hearkned unto him: for the King of Affyria went up againft Damafcus, and took it, and carried the People of it Captive to Kir, and flew Rezin.

10 And King Ahaz went to Damafcus, to meet Tiglathpilefer King of Affyria, and faw an ALTAR that was at Damafcus and King Ahaz fent to URIJAH the PRIEST the Fashion of the Altar, and the Pattern of it, according to all the Workmanship thereof.

11 And Urijah the Priest built an Altar, according to all that King Ahaz had fent from Damafcus: fo Urijah the Prieft made it against King Ahaz came from Damafcus.

12 And when the King was come from Damafcus, the King faw the Altar: and the King approached to the Altar, and offered thereon.

13 And he burnt his Burnt-offering, and his Meat-offering, and poured his Drink-offering, and fprinkled the Blood of his Peace-offerings upon the Altar.

14 And he brought the brafen Altar which was before the LORD, from the Forefront of the Houfe, from between the Altar and the Houfe of the LORD, and put it on the North-fide of the Altar.

15 And King Ahaz commanded URIJAH the PRIEST, faying, Upon the GREAT ALTAR burn the Morning Burntoffering, and the Evening Meat-offering, and the King's Burnt-facrifice, and his Meat-offering, with the Burnt-offering of all the People of the Land, and their Meat-offering, and their Drink-offerings, and fprinkle upon it all the Blood of the Burnt-offering, and all the Blood of the Sacrifice and the BRASEN ALTAR fhall be for me to enquire by.

16 Thus did URIJAH the PRIEST, according to all that King Ahaz COMMANDED.

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17 And King Ahaz cut off the Borders of the Bafes, and removed the Laver from off them, and took down the Sea from off the brafen Oxen that were under it, and put it upon a Pavement of Stones.

18 And the Covert for the Sabbath that they had built in the Houfe, and the King's Entry without, turned he from the House of the LORD, for the King of Affyria.

II. CHRON. CHAP. XXVIII.

Ahaz reigning very wickedly, is greatly afflicted by the Syrians. 6 Judah being captivated by the Ifraelites, is fent home by the Counsel of Oded the Prophet. 16 Abaz fending for Aid to Affyria, is not helped thereby. 22 In this Diftrefs he groweth more idolatrous. 26 He dying, Hezekiah fucceedeth him.

Ver. 3

Moreover, he burnt INCENSE in the VALLEY of

the Son of Hinnon, and BURNT his CHILDREN in the Fire, after the ABOMINATIONS of the Heathen whom the LORD had caft out before the Children of Ifrael.

4 He facrificed alfo, and burnt Incenfe in the high Places, and on the Hills, and under every green Tree.

5 Wherefore the LORD his GOD DELIVERED him into the Hand of the KING of SYRIA, and they fmote him, and carried away a great MULTITUDE of them CAPTIVES, and brought them to DAMASCUS and he was also DELIVERED into the Hand of the King of Ifrael, who fmote him with a great Slaughter.

6 For Pekah the Son of Remaliah flew in Judah an HUNDRED and TWENTY THOUSAND in one Day, which were all valiant Men; because they had FORSAKEN the LORD GOD of their Fathers.

7 And Zichri a mighty Man of Ephraim, flew Maafeiah the King's Son, and Azricam the Governour of the Houfe, and Elkanah that was next to the King.

8 And the Children of Ifrael carried away Captive of their Brethren, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Women, Sons and Daughters, and took alfo away much Spoil from them, and brought the Spoil to Samaria.

9 But a PROPHET of the LORD was there, whofe Name was ODED: and he went out before the Hoft that came to

Samaria,

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