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2 And he set the priests in their chat and encouraged them to the servi the house of the LORD,

Judah, concerning the words of the book B. C. 624.
that is found: for great is the wrath of
the LORD that is poured out upon us, be-a
cause our fathers have not kept the word

of the LORD, to do after all that is written
in this book.

22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Basrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they spake to her to that effect.

23 And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Teli ye the man that sent you to me,

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ch. 23. 18. Le. 26. 14,

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29. 18.28.
30, 17-19.
31. 16.2.
32. 15.25.
Ro. 1. 18.

2. 8.12.
ch. 30. 22,
De. 33. 10.
Mal. 2. 7.

d1 Ch. 23. 26, 24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will or, Harhas, bring evil upon this place, and upon the 2 Ki. 2, 14. inhabitants thereof, even all the curses y garments. that are written in the book which they&or, school, have read before the king of Judah:

25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to auger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, concerning the words which thou hast beard;

27 Because thine heart was " tender, and thou didst humble" thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

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Ezr. 6, 20.
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3 And said unto the Levites that t

LORD, Put the holy ark in the house! Solomon the son of David king of did build: it shall not be a burden your shoulders; serve now the Lo God, and his people Israel,

4 And prepare yourselves by the of your fathers, after your cours cording to the writing of David'] Israel, and according to the wri Solomon his son.

5 And stands in the holy place, ace to the divisions of the families of thers of your nbrethren the people the division of the families of the I

6 So kill the passover, and s yourselves, and prepare your b that they may do according to the the LORD by the hand of Moses.

7 And Josiah gave to the penis the flock, lambs and kids, all for over-offerings, for all that were to the number of thirty thousan three thousand bullocks; these a the king's substance.

8 And his princes gave the people, to the priests, and ta vites: Hilkiah and Zechariah rulers of the house of God, paves priests for the passover-etten thousand and six hundred mal and three hundred oxen.

9 Conaniah also, and Sher Nethaneel his brethren, and las and Jeiel, and Jozabad, chief of t n ch.33.12,13. vites, @gave unto the Levites, fo Ps. 34. 18. over-offerings, five thousand sasil and five hundred oxen.

51.17. Is. 57. 15.

66,2.
Eze. 9. 4.

Ja 4.6, 10.
Ps. 10. 17.

Is. 65. 24.

1 Ki. 21. 29. 2 Ki. 20. 19. Ezr 6, 18. 2K131,&c. ch.29.22,34. from great

even to
small.

t Le. 3. 3.
2 ch. 6. 13,

2 Ki. 11. 14.

28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. 29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small, and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant" before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were sent in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Josiah took away all the abomi-a 1 Ki. 11. 5. nations out of all the countries that per-1 Ch. 25. 1, tained to the children of Israel, and made. all that were present in Israel to serve, e1 Ch.9.17. to serve the LORD their God. And all his d Je. 3. 10. days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

CHAP. XXXV.

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Ex. 12.8, 9. De. 16. 7. Je. 50. 5. 1Sa.213.15. y Ps. 119.111,

112.

made them

TUN.

Ps. 119.106. found.

v station.

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Hos. 6. 4.
after.

e 2 Ki. 23. 21,

&c.

MOREOVER, Josial kept a passover
unto the LORD in Jerusalem; and they f Ex. 12, 6
killed the passover on the fourteenth days
of the first month.

Ezr. 6. 19.

10 So the service was prepared priests stood in their place, and vites in their courses, accont king's commandment.

11 And they killed the past the priests sprinkled the blood hands, and the Levites flayed th 12 And they removed the burnt that they might give according to sions of the families of the p unto the LORD, as it is written m of Moses: and so did they with thị

13 And they roasted the passof fire, according to the ordinance other holy offerings sod they in p in caldrons, and in pans, and them speedily among all the peop

14 And afterward they made re themselves, and for the priests : Ithe priests the sons of Aaron in offering of burnt-offerings and until night; therefore the Leat pared for themselves, and for the the sons of Aaron.

15 And the singers the sons of were in their place, according to th mandment of David, and Asa Heman, and Jeduthun the br and the porters wanted at every they might not depart from ther for their brethren the Levites pre for them.

16 So all the service of the LR prepared the same day, to keep over, and to offer burnt-offeri the altar of the LORD, according commandment of king Josial

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Te the man. See ou 2 Ki.29.15..20. Je. -57.7-10.

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up ver.19. Je.36.23,24. I have even. gether. ch.35.24. See on 2 Ki.22.20. 11 Je 15.1. Fze 14.14..21. 1 KL.1.29. 2 K1.20.19. 13.39.8. In peace. Ps. ding. 15.19.23.1 Ch.29.2, &c. Mar. Fathered, ch.30.2. 2 K1.23.1..3.

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XXIV. Ezr.6.18. encouraged. ch.29.5..11.-31. 2 charges. ch.23.8,18.-31.2. Nu.18.5.7. 1 Ch. 2.1 Ch.22.19.

3 the Levites. ch.17.8.9.-30.22. De.33.10. Ne. house. See on ch.5.7. not be. Nu.4.15..49.1 Ch. 8.7,8. Mal.2.7. Put. ch.8.11.-34.14. in the 23.26. serve now. Nu 8.19.-16.9,10. 2 Co.4.5. your courses. The regulations formed by David, 4 the houses. 1 Ch.9.10..34. Ne.11.10.20. alter and established by Solomon, concerning the courses of the priests and Levites, were comrefer to continually. Josiah, as well as Hezemitted to writing, and preserved, for them to kiah, required the priests and Levites to attend therein, but he neither added, altered, nor reto their several duties, and encouraged them had been established in the law, and in the trenched any thing: he merely enforced what regulations made by David and the contemporary prophets:- the commandment of the king.... was by the word of the Lord.' XXIII.XXVI. 1 Ch. and according, ch.8,14. fathers, Heb. house of the fathers. people. Heb. 5 And stand. Ps.134.1.-135.8. families of the

20,21. sanctify. ch.29.5,15,31-303,15. 19. Ge. 6 So kill, ch.30.15..17. Fx.12.6.21.22. Fzr.6. 35.2. Ex.19.10,15. Nu.19.11. 20. Job 1.5. Ps.51. 7. Joel 2.16. He.9.13,14.

d, by the pillar; which is probably sons of the people.
reading, as the LXX. in both places
ruto, the pillar. ch.6.13. 2 K1.11.
lze ho made a covenant. This was
la general, To walk after Jehovah;
gods beside him. 2. To take his law

Bon of their conduct. 3. In par- gave. Heb, offered. 1 K1.8.63.

7 Josiah, ch.7.8..10.-30.24. Is.32.8. Eze 45.17. According to the calculation, that not fewer than ten, nor more than twenty persons, were thirty thousand. to join for one kid or lamb, the numbers given

d their whole heart and soul to ace of it; so that they might not region without, but piety within. 13.-10.29. Je.50.5. He 8.6..13. and persons. -0. Ex.24.6..8. De.29.1,10..15. Jos. on this occasion would suffice for above 400,000 Ps.119.111,112. with all. ch.15. 29.3. the king's substance, 1 Ki8.63. 1 Ch. c ch 31.1. De.6.5. Lu.10.27.29. 10 P119.106. 8 his princes. ch.29.31..33. 1Ch.29.6..9, 17. cb.14.4.-30.12.-33.16. Ge.18.19. Ec. Ps. 45.12. Ac.2.44,45.-4.34,35. Fzr.1.6.-2.68,69 −7.16.-8.25..35. Ne.7.70..7%. tay. See on ver.3..7. 2 Ki.23.4..20. 34.14..20. Heb. found. ch.29.29. did. Je.3.10. fered, willingly. 2 Co.8.12-9.7. Hilkiah. ch. gave. Ileh, ofmation. 1 Ki.11.5..7. all his days. Jos. 26. Ac.4.1.-5.26. rulers. 1Ch.9.20.-24.4,5. Je.29.25, from following. Heb.

Ho.6.4.

CHAP. XXXV.

kepeth a mest solemn passover, 1-19. He,

9 gave. Heb. offered. Is.1.10..15. Je.3.10.-7. 21..28. Mi.6.6..8.

ing Pharash-mecho, is slain at Megiddo, Nu.18.3.7. He.9.21,22. flayed them, ch.29.34.
Lamentations for Josias, 25-27.

10 the priests. ver.4,5. ch.30.16. Fzr.6.18.
11 the priests. ch.29.22.24.-30.16. Le.1.5,6.

The whole solemnity was performed

Fat exactness according to the law, and 12,13. sod. 1e.6.28. Nu.6.19. 1 Sa.2.13..15. Eze.

12 as it is written. Le.3.3,5,9..11,14..16.
13 roasted. Ex.12.8,9. De.16.7. Ps.22.14. La.1.

at count there was none like it since te; for even in Hezekiah's passover several irregularities. Bp. PATRICK at in this also it exceeded the other

46.20..24. divided them speedily. Heb. made them
run. Ro.12.11.

14 because the priests. Ac.6.2..4.
15 place. Heb, station.

according, cu.29.25,

which preceding kings had kept,-that 26.1 Ch.16.41.42.-23.5.-25.1..7. Ps.77..79, titles. gs Jasah was by no means so rich as the porters. 1 Ch. 17..19.

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B. C. 610.

2 CHRONICLES, XXXVI. the feast. ch.30.21.. 17 present. Heb. found. 23. Ex.12.15..20.-13.6, 7.-23. 15.-31.18. Le.23. 5..8. Nu.28.16..25. De.16.3,4,8. 1 Co.5.7,8.

18 there was no passover. Not one on purer principles, more heartily joined in by the people present, more literally or exactly consecrated, according to the law, or more religiously observed. The words do not refer to the number present, but to the manner and spirit. ch.30.5. 2 ki.23.21..23. neither did. ch.30.26,27.

20 A. M. 3394. B. C. 610. temple. Heb. house. Necho. Pharaoh the lame, says the Targumist, 2 Ki. 23. 29, &c. Pharaoh-nechoh. Je. 46. 2, &c. Charchemish. Is.10.9.

21 What. 2 Sa. 16.10. Mat.8.29. Ju°.2.4. house wherewith I have wear. Heb. house of my war. God. 2 Ki.18.25. Is.36.10. forbear thee. ch.25.19. 22 Nevertheless. Josiah's conduct in this affair has been treated with great severity; and he has been charged with engaging rashly in an unjust war, and disregarding the express command of God. But Scripture no where condemns him; and Pharaoh, in marching through Josiah's territories, against his will, certainly committed an act of hostility. It is evident that Josiah was in possession of the whole land of Israel (ch. 26. 6); and probably he held the northern parts of it as a grant from the king of Babylon; and was not only in alliance with him, but bound to guard his frontiers against hostile invaders. He may, therefore, be fairly justified from the charge of unjustly meddling in a war that did not belong to him. It is true the ambassadors assured Josiah, that God had commanded Pharaoh to make haste;' and he is therefore said not to have hearkened to the words of Necho, from the mouth of God.' But Necho produced no proof that he was a prophet of Jehovah; and the word he employed, elohim, may denote gods or idols; and critics from the have noticed that the expression, mouth of God,' is not used when the true God is meant. but disguised. ch.18.29. 1 Ki.14.2.22.30,34. the mouth, ver.21. ch.18.4..6. Jos.9. 14. Megiddo. Ju.5.19. 2 Ki.9.27.-23.30. Zec. 12.11. Megiddon. Re.16 16, Armageddon.

23 the archers, ch. 18. 33. Ge.49.23. 2 Ki.9.24. La.3.13. wounded. Heb. made sick. 1 Ki.22.34. 2 Ki.8.29.

24 the second. Ge.41.43. they. 2 Ki.23.30. died. Ps.36.6. Ec.8.14.-9.1,2. in one of the, or, among the. ch.31.28. Judah. Zec.12.11.

all the sing-
25 Jeremiah, Je.22.10. La.4.20.
ing. Job 3.8. Ec.12.5. Je.9.17..21. Mat. 9.23. and
made them, Je.22.20.

26 goodness. Hieb, kindnesses. ch.31.20.-32.32.
27 deeds. ch.20.34.-21.27.-25.26.-26.22.-32.
32.-33.19. 2 Ki.10.34.-16.19.-20.20.-21.25.
CHAP. XXXVI.
Jehaaha: succeeding, is deposed by Pharach, and
carried into Egypt, 1-4. Jehoiakim reigning ill, is
carried bound into Babylon, 5-8. Jehoiachin suc-
ceeding, ragneth ill, and is brought into Babylon,
9, 10. Zedekiah succeeding, reigneth ill, despiseth
the prophets, and rebelleth against Nebuchadnez-
sar, 11-13. Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests
and the people, is wholly destroyed, 14-21. The
proclamation of Cyrus, 22, 23.

1 the people. ch. 96.1.-33.25. 2 Ki.23.30,&c.
Jehoahas. h.23.31..34. 1 Ch.3.15. Je.22.11.
3 put him down. Heb. removed him, ghi.23.
33. condemned. Heb. mulcted.

4 made Eliakim, 2 Ki. 23. 31, 35. 1 Ch. 3. 15.
Necho. Je 22.10..12. F.ze.19.3,4.

5 Jehoiakim. 2 Ki.23.36,37. Je.22.13..19.-26. 21..23.-36.1,7..32.

6 A. M. 3397. B. C. 607. came up. 2 Ki.24.1, 2,5,6,13,&c. Eze.19.5..9. Da.1.1,2. Hab.1.5..10. fetters. or, chains.

7 A. M. 3398. B. C. 606. the vessels. 2Ki
8 A. M. 3394-3405. B. C. 610-599. r
13. Ezr.1.7..11. Je.97.16..18.-28.3. Da.5.2.4
2 Ki.24.5.6. Jehoiachin.1 Ch.3.16,17, Jec
9 A. M. 3405. B. C. 599. eight years old
Je. 22.24.28, Coniah. Mat.1.11,12, Jeconia
Syriac, Arabic, and the parallel plate
which see the Note,) have eighteen ye
which, as SCALIGER observes, is no de
genuine reading. 2 Ki.24.8,9.

10 when the year was expired. Heb, at
turn of the year. king Nebuchadnessar.
Heb. vessels of desire. ver.7. Je.07.18.
10..17.-25.27.30. Je.29.2. Eze.1.2. goodly
Zedekiak, 2 Ki. 24. 17,
1,2.-5.2,23.
11 A. M. 3405-3416. B. C. 599-5
his father's brother. 1 Ch.3.15,16. Je
and twenty. 2 Ki.24.18..90. Je.52.1..3.

12 humbled, ch. 32. 26-33. 12, 19, 23
Da.5.22,23. Ja.4.10. 1 Pe.5.6. before.
Je.21.1,&c.-27.12,&c.-28.1,&c.-31.2
13 rebelled. 2 Ki. 24. 20. Je.52.2.3.
&c.-38.14,&c. the mouth, ch.35.22
20. who had. Jos.9.15,19,20. 2 Sa.912
Ki. 17.14. Ne. 9. 16, 17. 1s. 48.4.
14 all the chief. 2 Ki.16.10..16. E
Ex.8.15,32.-9.17. Ne.9.29. Ro.2.4.5
5.-37.13..15.-38.4. Eze. 92. 6,26..28
Mi.3.1..4.9..11.-7.2. Zep. 3. 3,4. Te
15 the Lord. ch.24.18..21.-33.10
28.3.-33.9. polluted. ch.33.4..7. E
Je 25.3.4.-26.5.-35.15-44.4,5.
becam
Heb, the hand of his messengers.
continually and carefully.
16 mocked. ch.30.10. Ps.35.16. Is
2 Ki.13.23. Ho.11.8. Lu. 19.41..44.
12,13.-20.7. Lu. 18. 32.-22.63,64-
2.13.-17.32. He.11.36. despised. Pr
16.14. Ac.13.41. 1 Th.4.8. misused.
till. P
6. Mat.5.12.-21.33.41.-23.34..47. A
wrath. Ps.74.1.-79.1.5.
remedy. Heb, healing.

17 he brought. ch.33.11. De.28.49
Ezr.9.7. Je.15.8.-32.42.-40. 3. D
king. 2 Ki 25.1,&c. Je.39.1,&c.-5
slew. Le 26.14,&c. De. 28.15, &c.-
in the h
18.-31.16..18.-32.15..28. Ps. 74.90
La 2.20. Eze.9.5..7. Lu.13.1,2.
15.9.-18.21. La.2.21,92.
18 A. M. 3416. B. C. 598. all t
De.28.50. Ps.74.20.
7.10. 2 Ki.25.13..17. Je.7.18..
treasures. Ki.20.13..17. Is
5.3.
19 they burnt, 2 Ki.25.9. Ps.74.4
64.10,11. Je.7.4,14.-52.13. La.4.1
brake down. 2 Ki.25.10,11.
20 A. M. 3416-3468. B. C. 58
21.6.
them that had escaped from. H
mainder from. they were servant
21 Tofulfil. Je.25.9,12.-26.6,7
Je.27.7. until the reign, ver.. E
until the
10. Da.9.2. Zec.1.4.6.
22 A. M. 34068. B. C. 536. This
6.-26.34,35,43. Zec.1.12.
next have a double aspect. The
the prophecy of Jeremiah, and s
was accomplished; and they lo
the history of Ezra, which beg
tition of these two last verses.
1.1..3. Cyrus. Is. 44.28. Da.l
the Lord
word. ver.21. Je. 25.12.14.-29.1
33.10..14. He.10.23.

16. 1 Sa. 26. 19. 1 Ki.11.14,23. 1
1.5. Is.13.3..5,17,18.-44.28.-15
a proclamation. ch.24.9.-30.5.
23 All the kingdoms. Ps.75.5
he hath charg
4. 35.-5. 18, 23.
1'ho is there. 1 Ch.22.16.-29.5.1
6,7. Ro.8.31.

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9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; & he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made n Zedekiah his brother king over Judah & Jerusalem.

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Ps. 74. 6.8. Is. 64. 11.

14 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign; and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet, speaking from the mouth of the LORD.

13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened 4 his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

14 Moreover, all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very inuch, after all the abominations of the heathen, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them Aby his messengers, rising up v betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no premedy.

17 Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age; he gave them all into his hand.

18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.

19 And they burned the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all the palaces thereof with fire and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon, where they were servants to him and his sons,

reign condemned the land in an the remain. Until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

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21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

22 Now, in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, (that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accom

plished,) the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he bath charged me to build him an house in Je rusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

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2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Je-d rusalem, which is in Judah.

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pass.

Pr. 21. 1.
Da. 2. 1.

Ne. 7. 10.
ech. 5.13,14.
Ne. 7. 11.
Da. 2. 21.
ver. 31.
Is. 44. 28.

45. 1, 13.

3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israeli (He is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever remaineth in auyor,Binnui, place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place & help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the free-will-offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalein.

6 And all they that were about them (strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which" Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out" of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia | bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

9 And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.

11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the A captivity, that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

CHAP. II.

Now these are the children of the province that weut up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

Ne. 7. 15.

k Ps. 83. 18.

Is. 45. 5.
Je. 10. 10.
Da 6. 26.

& lift him up.
Ne. 2. 12.

Pr. 16, 1.

Phi. 2. 13.

3Jn. 11.

i. e. helped
them.
or, Hariph,
Ne. 7. 24.
ch. 5. 14.

6. 5.

or, Gibeon,

Ne. 7. 25.

2 Ki. 24. 13.

2 Ch. 36. 7.
Da. 5. 2.
or, Beth-
armaveth,
Ne. 7. 28.

o 2Ti.2.20,21.
transpor-
tation,
Mat.1.11,12.

p Ne. 7.6,&c.
92 Ki. 24. 14.

16.

2Ch. 36, 20.

La. 1. 3, 5.

4. 22. Zep. 2.7. ver. 7.

or, Harid,

as it is in

some copies
Hag.1.1,&c.
or, Azariah
Ne. 7. 7.

#or, Raa-
iniah.

3 The children of Parosh, two fl an hundred seventy and two. 4 The children of Shepbatial hundred seventy and two.

5 The children of Arah, seven! seventy and five.

6 The children of Pahath-moal children of Jeshua and Joab, sand eight hundred and twelve

7 The children of Elam, at two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of Zattu, nine forty and five.

9 The children of Zaccai, set dred and threescore.

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10 The children of Bani, six forty and two.

11 The children of Bebi, ux ig twenty and three.

12 The children of Azad, st two hundred twenty and ta 13 The children of Adonikaffi, 1 dred sixty and six.

14 The children of Bigvai. 19 sand fifty and six.

15 The children of Adin, fourk fifty and four.

16 The children of Ater of H ninety and eight.

17 The children of Bezai, ti dred twenty and three.

18 The children of n Jordan, ao bị and twelve.

19 The children of Hash, the dred twenty and three.

20 The children of Gibbar, wi five.

21 The children of Bethlehem, dred twenty and three. 22 The men of Netophah, six.

23 The men of Anathoth, all twenty and eight.

24 The children of * Azmave! and two.

25 The children of Kirjathar phirah, and Beeroth, seven hund forty and three.

26 The children of Ramah an six hundred twenty and one. 27 The men of Michmas, an twenty and two.

28 The men of Beth-el and hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of Nebo, fiftral 30 The children of Magbish, dred fifty and six.

31 The children of the other thousand two hundred fifty & 32 The children of Harim, terd dred and twenty.

33 The children of Lod, 2 Which came with Zerubbabel: Je- or, Mispe. Ono, seven hundred twenty an shua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah,!

reth.

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34 The children of Jericho, thr Mordecai, Bilshan, p Mizpar, Bigvai, Re-or, Nehundred forty and five.

hum, Baanah. The number of the men it ch. 4. S.

of the people of Israel:

35 The children of Senaah, three sand and six hundred and thirty.

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