ch_z 19_o 1._o stand_v yet_o before_o the_o lord_n jehovah_n this_o abraham_n now_o know_v v._o 23._o draw_v near_o a_o sign_n and_o fruit_n of_o say_v in_o prayer_n heb._n 7._o 19_o 10._o 22._o v._o 24._o within_o the_o city_n imply_v the_o like_a for_o the_o other_o three_o city_n v._o 25._o that_o be_v far_o from_o thou_o that_o the_o righteous_a shall_v be_v as_o the_o wicked_a take_v away_o in_o justice_n wrath_n and_o vengeance_n as_o the_o wicked_a sodomite_n here_o be_v though_o in_o public_a calamity_n they_o be_v sometime_o take_v away_o as_o the_o wheat_n be_v thrash_v with_o the_o chaff_n yet_o it_o be_v in_o mercy_n to_o they_o v._o 32._o ten_o jer._n 5._o 1._o god_n offer_v mercy_n if_o there_o be_v but_o one_o esay_n 65._o 8._o sometime_o again_o he_o forbid_v his_o prophet_n to_o pray_v for_o such_o jer_n 15._o 1._o ezech._n 14._o 14._o chap._n xix_o verse_n 1._o two_o angel_n two_o of_o the_o three_o chap._n 18._o 2_o 22._o in_o the_o gate_n as_o abraham_n in_o the_o tent_n door_n ch_z 18._o 1._o both_o entertain_v angel_n at_o unaware_o heb._n 13._o 2._o v._o 2._o behold_v now_o now_o that_o the_o night_n be_v come_v on_o nay_o to_o try_v his_o affection_n and_o haply_o they_o will_v have_v do_v so_o otherwise_o to_o see_v the_o behaviour_n of_o the_o people_n and_o their_o carriage_n ch_n 18._o 21._o v._o 3._o they_o turn_v in_o upon_o his_o press_v of_o they_o a_o sleight_n invitation_n may_v be_v serious_o refuse_v and_o yet_o that_o which_o be_v press_v be_v accept_v afterward_o so_o luke_n 24._o 28_o 29._o and_o this_o without_o popish_a equivocation_n or_o mental_a reservation_n unleavened_a for_n haste_n and_o so_o unleavened_a be_v to_o be_v understand_v ch_n 18._o 6._o see_v exod._n 12._o 39_o v._o 4._o but_o before_o they_o lie_v down_o likely_a the_o rare_a beauty_n of_o the_o two_o man_n angel_n be_v soon_o note_v and_o spread_v abroad_o occasion_v this_o all_o the_o people_n so_o vile_a be_v they_o all_o v._o 5._o call_v unto_o lot_n esay_n 3._o 9_o proclaim_v their_o sin_n impudence_n know_v they_o hence_o that_o sin_n be_v call_v sodomy_n or_o sodometry_n as_o from_o simon_n be_v the_o name_n simony_n act_v 8._o 18._o judas_n v._n 7._o rom._n 1._o 23_o to_o 27._o v._o 7._o brethren_n in_o nature_n act._n 17._o 26._o esay_n 58_o 7_o gen._n 29._o 4._o 1_o sam._n 30._o 22_o 23._o and_o in_o neighbourhood_n v._o 8._o two_o daughter_n virgin_n yet_o betroth_v v._o 14._o this_o sinful_a in_o lot_n rom._n 3._o 8._o neither_o have_v he_o such_o power_n over_o his_o daughter_n nor_o ought_v they_o to_o have_v yield_v to_o he_o herein_o haply_o he_o may_v think_v and_o hope_v by_o this_o strange_a offer_n to_o take_v off_o their_o mind_n qualify_v their_o present_a heat_n by_o some_o delay_n and_o alter_v they_o from_o their_o whole_a purpose_n by_o degree_n as_o reuben_n seek_v by_o his_o strange_a offer_n gen._n 42._o 37._o to_o alter_v his_o father_n mind_n and_o so_o indeed_o bring_v he_o at_o last_o to_o let_v benjamin_n go_v with_o they_o chap._n 43._o 9_o 10._o v._o 9_o stand_v further_o speak_v in_o disdain_n as_o esay_n 65._o 5._o needs_o be_v a_o judge_n now_o and_o heretofore_o 2_o pet._n 7._o 8._o press_v sore_o to_o impudence_n they_o join_v violence_n as_o judg._n 19_o 22._o 20._o 5._o their_o other_o sin_n be_v mention_v elsewhere_o as_o ezech._n 16._o 49._o v._o 11._o with_o blindness_n such_o as_o they_o can_v not_o see_v the_o door_n though_o likely_a the_o house_n and_o the_o way_n to_o their_o own_o house_n so_o dazzle_v such_o a_o blindness_n likely_a as_o that_o of_o those_o aramite_n 2_o king_n 6._o 18._o which_o can_v see_v to_o follow_v the_o prophet_n though_o they_o can_v not_o distinct_o discern_v who_o he_o be_v nor_o the_o way_n they_o go_v nor_o the_o city_n whereto_o they_o come_v v._o 20._o mar._n 8._o 24._o luke_n 24._o 16._o weary_a themselves_o infinite_a impudence_n in_o sin_n v._o 14._o which_o marry_v shortly_n shall_v be_v about_o to_o marry_v they_o and_o already_o betroth_v deut._n 22._o v._o 23_o 24._o mat._n 1._o 18_o 20_o 23_o 24_o 25._o v._o 15._o which_o be_v here_o possible_o he_o have_v other_o daughter_n which_o be_v marry_v and_o be_v dead_a or_o else_o refuse_v and_o perish_v with_o their_o husband_n but_o this_o not_o so_o likely_a v._o 16._o lay_v hold_n john_n 6._o 44._o v._o 17._o that_o he_o say_v jehovah_n most_o likely_a by_o the_o passage_n in_o the_o ensue_a verse_n he_o have_v now_o leave_v abraham_n meet_v they_o and_o make_v himself_o know_v to_o lot_n look_v not_o thou_o or_o any_o in_o thy_o company_n v._o 26._o luke_n 17._o 22._o see_v luke_n 9_o 62._o mat._n 24._o 16_o 17_o 18._o phil._n 3._o 13_o 14._o v._o 19_o i_o can_v escape_v to_o the_o mountain_n in_o so_o hasty_a a_o flight_n make_v so_o long_a a_o journey_n lest_o ere_o i_o get_v thither_o the_o judgement_n pour_v out_o shall_v overtake_v i_o his_o infirmity_n of_o faith_n and_o fearfulness_n out_o of_o which_o he_o leave_v zoar_v also_o v._o 30._o v._o 22._o i_o can_v mar._n 6._o 5._o exod._n 32._o 10._o deut._n 9_o 14._o gen._n 32._o 26._o zoar_v little_n before_o bela_n ch_n 14._o 2._o v._o 23._o the_o sun_n be_v rise_v hasty_a flight_n from_o break_v of_o day_n v._o 15._o to_o sunrising_n and_o speedy_a execution_n of_o justice_n v._o 24._o then_o the_o lord_n jehovah_n from_o jehovah_n suit_v well_o with_o a_o plurality_n of_o person_n in_o the_o unity_n of_o the_o deity_n brimstone_n and_o fire_n luke_n 17._o 28_o 29_o 30._o fit_a judgement_n for_o their_o stink_a burn_a lust_n and_o fire_n unnatural_o descend_v to_o punish_v their_o unnatural_a lust_n and_o this_o but_o a_o forerunner_n of_o their_o everlasting_a punishment_n in_o that_o lake_n which_o burn_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n for_o ever_o rev._n 21._o 8._o judas_n five_o 7._o v_o 25._o overthrow_v these_o city_n deut._n 29._o 23_o esay_n 13_o 19_o jer._n 50._o 40._o amos_n 4._o 11._o v._o 26._o from_o behind_o he_o either_o lot_n go_v before_o and_o she_o follow_v behind_o he_o look_v back_o or_o lot_z coming_z hindmost_a to_o haste_n they_o forward_o she_o look_v back_o behind_o and_o beyond_o he_o a_o pillar_n of_o salt_n a_o statue_n of_o salt_n not_o such_o salt_n as_o will_v melt_v with_o rain_n and_o turn_v into_o water_n but_o a_o kind_n of_o rocky_a mineral_n salt_n which_o will_v endure_v all_o weather_n and_o serve_v for_o a_o last_a monument_n numb_a 18._o 19_o 2_o chron_n 13._o 5._o this_o place_n of_o this_o plain_n be_v call_v the_o salt_n sea_n ch_z 14._o 3._o salt_n to_o season_v we_o with_o better_a wisdom_n luke_n 17._o 32._o 9_o 62._o v._o 27._o stand_v ch._n 18._o 22._o v._o 28._o the_o smoke_n before_o it_o be_v as_o the_o garden_n of_o the_o lord_n ch_z 13._o 10._o but_o now_o fearful_o destroy_v psal._n 107._o 34._o v._o 29._o remember_v abraham_n ch._n 12._o 1._o 14._o 14._o 16._o 18._o 23_o etc._n etc._n yet_o this_o exclude_v not_o a_o regard_n have_v to_o the_o righteousness_n of_o lot_n 2_o pet._n 2._o 7_o 8._o v._o 30._o in_o the_o mountain_n where_fw-mi the_o lord_n appoint_v he_o first_o v._o 17._o so_o now_o he_o find_v it_o have_v be_v best_a to_o have_v follow_v god_n will_v at_o the_o first_o fear_a to_o dwell_v in_o zoar_n and_o he_o dwell_v in_o a_o cave_n weakness_n of_o faith_n and_o other_o cause_n may_v occasion_v this_o fear_n two_o daughter_n maiden_n v._o 8._o v._o 31._o in_o the_o earth_n she_o know_v there_o be_v people_n in_o zoar_n and_o see_v the_o judgement_n to_o be_v particular_a not_o universal_a over_o the_o earth_n or_o canaan_n and_o that_o abraham_n and_o his_o family_n be_v not_o far_o off_o but_o she_o complain_v as_o for_o the_o present_a mure_v up_o in_o a_o cave_n and_o in_o this_o solitary_a life_n without_o society_n of_o any_o but_o themselves_o like_a to_o be_v deprive_v of_o all_o hope_n of_o marriage_n and_o this_o fear_n and_o passion_n blind_a she_o drive_v she_o to_o this_o desperate_a damnable_a course_n v._o 32._o wine_n which_o they_o have_v bring_v from_o zoar_n conceive_a that_o unless_o drink_v he_o will_v never_o sin_v so_o foul_o perceive_v not_o drunkenness_n drown_v all_o understanding_n sense_n and_o conscience_n he_o do_v prostitute_v their_o chastity_n v._o 8._o they_o overthrow_v he_o this_o just_a as_o from_o god_n though_o evil_a in_o they_o he_o righteous_a in_o sodom_n and_o almost_o sodomitical_a here_o seed_n of_o our_o father_n they_o seem_v to_o be_v greedy_a of_o have_v child_n of_o their_o own_o kin_n and_o not_o of_o the_o faithless_a and_o curse_a nation_n and_o by_o give_v the_o name_n of_o moah_n and_o ben-ammi_a v._o 37_o 38._o even_o to_o boast_v of_o
with_o desire_n into_o the_o mystery_n of_o christ_n 1_o pet._n 1._o 12._o minister_a unto_o he_o mar._n 1._o 13._o at_o his_o tentation_n mat._n 4._o 11._o in_o his_o passion_n luke_n 22._o 43._o at_o his_o resurrection_n john_n 20._o 12._o and_o ascension_n act_v 1._o 11._o and_o minister_a through_o he_o unto_o his_o people_n v._o 13._o the_o lord_n stand_v jehovah_n his_o providence_n over_o we_o in_o christ_n i_o be_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o abraham_n ch_n 17._o 7._o heb._n 11._o 16._o and_o this_o teach_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o dead_a luke_n 20._o 37_o 38._o to_o thou_o and_o to_o thy_o seed_n to_o thou_o in_o thy_o seed_n when_o yet_o he_o have_v no_o wife_n or_o child_n v._n 14._o and_o thy_o seed_n renew_v the_o promise_n to_o he_o and_o state_n it_o in_o he_o which_o be_v former_o make_v to_o abraham_n and_o to_o isaac_n act._n 3._o 25._o all_o the_o family_n so_o the_o promise_n pertain_v to_o we_o we_o may_v say_v with_o the_o prophet_n god_n find_v he_o in_o bethel_n and_o there_o he_o speak_v with_o we_o hos._n 12._o 4._o v._o 15._o i_o be_o with_o thou_o the_o like_a promise_n make_v at_o his_o return_n ch_n 31_o 3._o in_o all_o god_n give_v his_o son_n do_v with_o he_o give_v all_o thing_n also_o rom._n 8._o 32._o 1_o tim_n 4._o 8._o not_o leave_v thou_o josh._n 1._o 5._o heb._n 13._o 5._o until_o not_o exclude_v the_o time_n follow_v as_o mat._n 28._o 20._o v._o 16._o and_o i_o know_v it_o not_o be_v awake_v he_o perceive_v that_o god_n have_v appear_v to_o he_o there_o admire_v at_o it_o and_o his_o goodness_n in_o it_o that_o not_o only_o in_o his_o father_n house_n but_o even_o there_o god_n vouchsafe_v such_o apparition_n job_n 9_o 11._o v._o 17._o afraid_a such_o glorious_a though_o gracious_a apparition_n affect_v man_n frailty_n with_o fear_n because_o of_o his_o sin_n mat._n 17._o 6._o luke_n 2._o 9_o 8._o 35._o rev._n 1._o 17._o see_v annot._n on_o ch_z 16._o 13._o the_o house_n of_o god_n he_n think_v this_o therefore_o a_o fit_a place_n for_o the_o build_n of_o a_o house_n to_o god_n v._o 22._o 1_o tim._n 3._o 15._o v._o 18._o the_o stone_n or_o heap_v of_o stone_n v._o 11._o or_o else_o some_o one_o of_o they_o pillar_n some_o extemporary_a pile_n of_o stone_n raise_v by_o he_o afore_o on_o the_o sudden_a without_o tool_n as_o a_o thankful_a memorial_n of_o god_n gracious_a apparition_n in_o that_o place_n this_o likely_a be_v after_o demolish_v he_o erect_v about_o thirty_o year_n after_o a_o new_a pillar_n of_o stone_n upon_o another_o apparition_n in_o the_o same_o place_n ch_z 35._o 14_o 15._o this_o here_o be_v a_o religious_a sign_n and_o monument_n as_o altar_n also_o be_v esay_n 19_o 19_o there_o be_v also_o pillar_n for_o civil_a monument_n as_o rachel_n pillar_n on_o her_o grave_n ch_z 35._o 20._o and_o absaloms_n pillar_n 2_o sam._n 18._o 18._o the_o pillar_n galecd_v gen._n 31._o 45_o 47_o 52._o but_o when_o the_o law_n be_v give_v by_o moses_n pillar_n for_o religious_a use_n be_v forbid_v leu._n 26._o 1_o deut._n 16._o 22._o in_o the_o margin_n hos._n 10._o 1._o and_o the_o pillar_n of_o idolater_n command_v to_o be_v break_v down_o deut._n 12_o 3._o 7._o 5._o and_o pour_v oil_n which_o he_o have_v for_o food_n or_o to_o anoint_v his_o body_n in_o travel_n jacob_n pour_v it_o on_o the_o top_n or_o the_o pillar_n to_o consecrate_v it_o for_o holy_a use_n thus_o oil_n of_o consecration_n in_o use_n before_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n so_o again_o ch_n 35._o 14._o as_o after_o in_o the_o law_n there_o be_v a_o anoint_v oil_n to_o sanctify_v the_o thing_n use_v in_o god_n service_n exod._n 25._o 6._o 30._o 22_o 25_o 29_o to_o 34._o 40._o 9_o to_o 16._o or_o rather_o here_o jacob_n pour_v it_o as_o to_o a_o offering_n of_o thanksgiving_n to_o god_n have_v no_o other_o sacrifice_n at_o hand_n as_o david_n pour_v out_o the_o water_n of_o the_o well_o of_o bethlehem_n 2_o sam._n 23._o 16._o see_v ch_n 35._o 14._o but_o these_o rite_n and_o manner_n of_o worship_n with_o all_o the_o levitical_a ceremony_n and_o consecration_n of_o place_n person_n and_o thing_n to_o divine_a service_n be_v take_v away_o by_o the_o gospel_n john_n 4._o 20._o 1_o tim._n 2._o 8._o yet_o the_o rule_n of_o religious_a order_n and_o decency_n in_o the_o time_n place_n and_o particular_n of_o christian_a worship_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v v._o 19_o bethel_n the_o city_n luz_n hard_a by_o this_o place_n and_o after_o hereupon_o call_v bethel_n bethel_n be_v on_o a_o high_a hill_n and_o therefore_o we_o read_v of_o mount_n bethel_n josh._n 16._o 1._o it_o be_v nigh_o to_o hui_o or_o ai_fw-fr and_o west_n of_o it_o gen._n 12._o 8._o josh._n 7._o 2._o ch_n 8â—_n 9_o 12_o ch_n 12._o 9_o and_o therefore_o the_o man_n of_o bethel_n and_o ai_fw-fr be_v join_v together_o ezra_n 2._o 28._o nehem._n 7_o 32._o bethlehem_n and_o shilo_n be_v not_o far_o from_o it_o gen._n 35._o 16_o 19_o judg._n 21_o 19_o abraham_n pitch_v his_o tent_n close_o by_o it_o iâ—_n not_o there_o gen._n 12._o 8._o 13._o 3._o as_o jacob_n have_v this_o dream_n and_o vision_n here_o whereupon_o he_o call_v the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n bethel_n so_o god_n himself_o bid_v he_o return_v from_o laban_n be_v please_v to_o call_v himself_o the_o god_n of_o bethel_n ch_n 31._o 13._o and_o upon_o his_o return_n god_n bid_v he_o go_v and_o dwell_v there_o which_o command_n he_o obey_v and_o here_o make_v a_o altar_n and_o upon_o a_o second_o vision_n and_o promise_n make_v he_o the_o second_o time_n erect_v a_o pillar_n and_o renew_v the_o name_n of_o bethel_n ch_n 35._o 1_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 9_o 13_o 14_o 15._o hos_fw-la 12._o 4._o in_o joshuths_n time_n it_o have_v a_o king_n josh._n 12._o 16._o joshuah_n and_o after_o the_o house_n of_o joseph_n conquer_v it_o josh._n 12._o 16._o judg._n 1._o 22_o 23_o 24_o 25._o it_o fall_v then_o by_o lot_n to_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n josh._n 18._o 22._o there_o be_v another_o of_o the_o name_n it_o seem_v that_o fell_a to_o ephraim_n 1_o chron._n 7._o 28._o it_o be_v one_o of_o the_o three_o place_n whither_o samuel_n rede_v circuit_n yearly_a and_o judge_v israel_n 1_o sam_n 7._o 16._o saul_n in_o his_o time_n meet_v three_o man_n go_v up_o to_o god_n to_o bethel_n â—_o sam_n 10._o 3._o &_o have_v two_o thousand_o man_n of_o his_o army_n with_o he_o there_o and_o in_o micmash_n 1_o sam._n 13._o 2._o david_n send_v of_o the_o spoil_n of_o the_o amalckite_n to_o they_o of_o bethel_n if_o under_o that_o name_n in_o that_o place_n kiriah-jearim_a the_o house_n of_o god_n where_o the_o ark_n then_o be_v and_o abide_v be_v not_o understand_v jeroboam_n in_o his_o time_n set_v up_o here_o one_o of_o his_o golden_a calf_n make_v a_o altar_n and_o settle_a priest_n 1_o king_n 12._o 28._o 29_o 32_o 33._o and_o hence_o bethel_n the_o house_n of_o god_n seem_v to_o be_v call_v bethaven_n the_o house_n of_o vanity_n hos._n 4._o 15._o 5._o 8._o 10._o 5._o and_o yet_o there_o be_v another_o place_n proper_o call_v bethaven_n and_o nigh_o to_o bâ—thel_n josh._n 7._o 2._o 18._o 12._o 1_o sam._n 13._o 5._o 14._o 23._o thither_o come_v a_o man_n of_o god_n while_o jeroboam_n stand_v by_o the_o altar_n to_o burn_v incense_n and_o prophesy_v against_o it_o and_o heal_v the_o king_n hand_n that_o be_v dry_v up_o for_o stretch_v it_o out_o against_o he_o which_o prophet_n be_v after_o slay_v by_o a_o lion_n for_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v seduce_v by_o a_o old_a prophet_n that_o dwell_v in_o bethel_n and_o come_v out_o of_o samaria_n 1_o king_n 13._o 2_o king_n 23._o 18._o abijah_n the_o son_n of_o rchoboam_n take_v from_o jeroboam_n bethel_n with_o the_o town_n thereof_o 2_o chron._n 13_o 9_o whereupon_o and_o upon_o the_o captivity_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n jeremy_n use_v these_o word_n that_o the_o house_n of_o israel_n be_v ashamed_a of_o bethel_n their_o confidence_n jer._n â—8_o 13._o and_o before_o that_o captivity_n hosea_n threaten_v that_o bethel_n shall_v do_v so_o unto_o they_o as_o shalman_n have_v spoil_v beth-arbel_a in_o the_o day_n of_o battle_n hos_n 10._o 14_o 15._o in_o ahaziah_n time_n or_o rather_o jehoram_n king_n of_o israel_n elias_n come_v thither_o with_o elizcus_n immediate_o before_o his_o take_n up_o into_o heaven_n and_o upon_o elizcus_n his_o return_n thither_o the_o little_a child_n out_o of_o the_o city_n come_v and_o mock_v he_o calling_z him_z bald-head_n and_o forty_o two_o of_o they_o be_v tear_v by_o bear_n 2_o king_n 2._o in_o the_o day_n of_o jeroboam_n the_o second_o amos_n the_o prophet_n in_o scorn_n bid_v the_o ten_o tribe_n come_v to_o bethel_n and_o
there_o 2_o sam._n vi_o 12_o 17._o whereupon_o zion_n be_v call_v the_o city_n of_o god_n god_n holy_a hill_n the_o northern_a and_o low_a part_n belong_v to_o benjamin_n wherein_o the_o temple_n stand_v on_o mount_n moriah_n 2_o chon_n iii_o 1._o honourable_a thing_n be_v speak_v of_o this_o city_n psal._n lxxxvii_o 2_o 3._o this_o city_n be_v call_v the_o city_n of_o god_n of_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n of_o the_o great_a king_n the_o holy_a place_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o the_o most_o high_a psal._n xlvi_o 4._o and_o xlviii_o 8._o the_o throne_n of_o the_o lord_n jer._n iii_o 17._o jehovah-shammah_a in_o that_o visionarie_a description_n ezek._n xlviii_o 35._o it_o be_v call_v the_o city_n of_o solemnity_n esay_n xxxiii_o 20._o a_o city_n of_o righteousness_n esay_n v._n 26._o a_o city_n of_o truth_n zech._n viii_o 3._o a_o faithful_a city_n esay_n i._n 26._o a_o city_n seek_v out_o and_o not_o forsake_v esay_n lxii_o 12._o the_o wall_n thereof_o be_v call_v salvation_n and_o her_o gate_n praise_v and_o they_o be_v ever_o in_o god_n sight_n esay_n xlix_o 16._o and_o lx._n 18._o hoham_n these_o other_o four_o king_n be_v all_o south_n of_o jerusalem_n chapter_n x_o verse_n 3_o and_o all_o five_o do_v after_o belong_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n lachish_n of_o this_o city_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o micah_n i._n 13._o the_o lord_n say_v the_o lord_n speak_v to_o joshua_n verse_n 8_o sometime_o immediate_o by_o himself_o sometime_o be_v consult_v with_o by_o urim_n and_o thummim_n hailstone_n god_n be_v two_o miracle_n in_o this_o battle_n verse_n 11_o i._n by_o wondrous_a hailstone_n like_o those_o in_o egypt_n exod._n ix_o 18_o 25._o which_o kill_v more_o amorites_n then_o be_v slay_v by_o the_o sword_n brain_v likely_a the_o body_n of_o their_o host_n as_o they_o flee_v where_o they_o be_v thick_a and_o those_o that_o be_v foremost_a in_o the_o flight_n and_o not_o hurt_v the_o pursuer_n who_o be_v intermingle_v yet_o likely_a mostwhat_o in_o the_o rear_n of_o the_o enemy_n ii_o by_o the_o miraculous_a stand_v still_o upon_o joshua_n prayer_n first_o private_o make_v and_o grant_v after_o public_o pronounce_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o israel_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o of_o the_o moon_n and_o with_o they_o of_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o heaven_n about_o a_o whole_a day_n till_o the_o people_n have_v avenge_v themselves_o upon_o their_o enemy_n jasher_n the_o book_n of_o jasher_n record_v the_o miracle_n verse_n 13_o no_o heathen_a history_n be_v so_o ancient_a this_o book_n seem_v to_o be_v carry_v on_o and_o enlarge_v still_o with_o the_o story_n of_o thing_n act_v in_o after-age_n for_o there_o be_v mention_n of_o it_o in_o david_n time_n 2_o sam._n i_o 18._o and_o this_o book_n be_v no_o part_n of_o canonical_a inspire_a scripture_n but_o a_o civil_a chronicle_n or_o annal_n among_o the_o jew_n be_v since_o perish_v as_o divers_a other_o of_o like_a nature_n among_o which_o be_v those_o book_n of_o chronicle_n not_o canonical_a but_o civil_a so_o often_o cite_v in_o our_o two_o book_n of_o the_o king_n no_o day_n that_o day_n in_o hezekiah_n time_n verse_n 14_o be_v in_o some_o thing_n like_o this_o 2_o king_n xx._n 11._o but_o that_o not_o till_o many_o age_n after_o and_o this_o book_n first_o write_v return_v if_o joshua_n here_o resolve_v to_o return_v to_o gilgal_n verse_n 15_o yet_o many_o other_o victory_n in_o the_o southern_a part_n even_o from_o kadesh-barnea_a unto_o gaza_n in_o a_o short_a time_n intervene_v ver_fw-la 16_o 42._o before_o he_o actual_o return_v thither_o ver_fw-la 43._o joshua_n and_o c._n xi_o verse_n 36_o 31._o joshua_n take_v hebron_n or_o kiriath-arba_n and_o debir_n or_o kiriath-seph_a and_o cut_v off_o the_o anakim_v yet_o under_o the_o conduct_n of_o caleb_n this_o be_v perfect_v joshua_n assign_v he_o out_o of_o his_o army_n the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n for_o his_o assistance_n therein_o ch._n fourteen_o 6_o 15._o and_o ch._n xv._o 13_o 19_o which_o thing_n seem_v to_o be_v repeat_v judg._n i._n 10_o 15._o rather_o then_o a_o new_a conquest_n make_v again_o after_o the_o death_n of_o joshua_n goshen_n and_o ch._n xi_o verse_n 41_o 16._o and_o ch._n xv._o 51._o this_o goshen_n in_o canaan_n differ_v from_o that_o in_o egypt_n sand_n hyperbolees_n much_o use_v in_o scripture_n chapter_n xi_o verse_n 4_o so_o gen._n xxii_o 17._o and_o xli_o 49._o judg._n vii_o 12._o and_o ch._n xx._n 16._o 1_o sam._n xiii_o 5._o 2_o sam._n i._n 23._o 1_o king_n i._n 40._o and_o iu_o 20_o 29._o 2_o king_n xix_o 24._o 1_o chron._n xii_o 8._o and_o xvi_o 33._o 2_o chron._n i._n 9_o and_o xxviii_o 9_o job_n xx._n 6._o and_o xxii_o 24._o and_o xl._n 23._o psal._n vi_o 6._o esay_n xxxiv_o 3_o 5_o 7_o 9_o and_o xlviii_o 19_o jer._n iu._n 24._o and_o xv._o 8._o joel._n iii_o 18._o amos_n ii_o 9_o and_o ix_o 13._o john_n xxi_o 25._o a_o long_a time_n after_o the_o battle_n at_o the_o water_n of_o merom_n verse_n 18_o joshua_n do_v make_v war_n a_o long_a time_n with_o all_o those_o northern_a king_n in_o canaan_n about_o six_o year_n as_o be_v gather_v out_o of_o ch._n fourteen_o 6_o 15._o arnon_n arnon_n the_o river_n chapter_n xii_o verse_n 1_o arise_v not_o far_o from_o the_o head-spring_n of_o the_o river_n jabbok_n and_o both_o from_o rocky_a mountain_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o east_n part_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o gad._n it_o run_v southward_o and_o fall_v into_o the_o north-east_n corner_n of_o the_o dead_a sea_n it_o be_v the_o border_n between_o sihon_n or_o reuben_n on_o the_o west_n and_o ammon_n on_o the_o east_n and_o between_o sihon_n or_o reuben_n on_o the_o north_n and_o moab_n on_o the_o south_n jabbok_n jabbok_n the_o river_n verse_n 2_o arise_v as_o arnon_n but_o run_v north_n a_o little_a and_o after_o turn_v his_o stream_n west_n and_o fall_v into_o jordan_n a_o little_a below_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n it_o divide_v the_o land_n of_o gilead_n between_o sihon_n and_o og_n and_o afterward_o between_o gad_n on_o the_o south_n and_o half_a manasseh_n on_o the_o north._n remain_v yet_o the_o land_n both_o conquer_a chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 1_o and_o unconquered_a be_v to_o be_v divide_v by_o lot_n among_o the_o nine_o tribe_n and_o a_o half_a so_o josh._n xxiii_o 4_o 5._o begin_v at_o gilgal_n ch._n fourteen_o 6._o and_o ch._n xv._o and_o ch._n xvi_o and_o ch._n xvii_o resume_v and_o perfect_v at_o shiloh_n ch._n xviii_o and_o xix_o but_o we_o never_o read_v that_o they_o do_v conquer_v the_o whole_a land_n and_o all_o their_o several_a share_n and_o lot_n through_o their_o own_o default_n and_o breach_n of_o covenant_n with_o god_n by_o disobedience_n chapt._n xxiii_o 13._o aroer_n the_o city_n aroer_n be_v near_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o river_n arnon_n verse_n 16_o and_o in_o the_o confine_n between_o the_o reubenites_n and_o gadites_n as_o also_o heshbon_n dibon_n and_o ataroth_n which_o be_v border_a city_n be_v say_v to_o belong_v to_o they_o both_o sometime_o to_o the_o one_o sometime_o to_o the_o other_o to_o reuben_n josh._n xiii_o 16_o 17._o num._n xxxii_o 37._o to_o gad_n josh._n xxi_o 39_o num._n xxxii_o 34._o 1_o chron._n vi_o 81._o distribute_v the_o whole_a country_n chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 1_o seem_v to_o be_v divide_v into_o so_o many_o part_n as_o there_o be_v tribe_n to_o possess_v they_o yet_o so_o as_o that_o the_o bound_n of_o every_o part_n or_o province_n be_v not_o so_o precise_o limit_v before_o the_o tribe_n have_v draw_v the_o lot_n but_o that_o afterward_o they_o may_v be_v enlarge_v or_o lessen_v according_a to_o the_o greatness_n or_o smallness_n of_o the_o number_n that_o belong_v to_o it_o num._n xxvi_o 53_o 56._o and_o chap._n xxxiii_o 54._o which_o last_v point_n of_o division_n be_v leave_v to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o the_o high_a priest_n joshua_n and_o the_o elder_n who_o god_n have_v appoint_v to_o divide_v it_o ver_fw-la 1._o and_o ch._n xvii_o 14_o 18._o by_o lot_n lot_n fall_v out_o providentia_o to_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 2_o in_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n in_o relation_n partly_o to_o their_o birth_n partly_o to_o the_o prophetical_a blessing_n of_o they_o by_o jacob_n gen._n xlix_o and_o moses_n deut._n xxxiii_o and_o so_o in_o the_o city_n of_o the_o levite_n the_o lot_n cast_v the_o thirteen_o city_n of_o the_o priest_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n benjamin_n and_o simeon_n which_o be_v near_a the_o temple_n josh._n xxi_o 9_o 10_o 17._o when_o it_o be_v build_v old_a calebs_n age_n verse_n 7_o when_o he_o be_v send_v among_o the_o spy_n from_o kadesh-barnea_a be_v forty_o at_o this_o division_n of_o the_o land_n eighty_o five_o so_o that_o forty_o five_o year_n intervene_v viz._n 38._o in_o the_o
wilderness_n and_o seven_o of_o joshua_n government_n until_o this_o time_n and_o caleb_n here_o ver_fw-la 9_o 14._o and_o joshua_n ch._n xix_o 49_o 50._o do_v both_o ask_v and_o both_o have_v certain_a inheritance_n give_v they_o two_o according_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o city_n and_o suburb_n of_o hebron_n be_v give_v to_o the_o priest_n for_o a_o city_n of_o refuge_n the_o field_n and_o village_n thereof_o to_o caleb_n ch._n xxi_o 11_o 12_o 13._o caleb_n not_o that_o caleb_n chapter_n xv_o verse_n 16_o 1_o chron._n ii_o 18_o 42._o the_o son_n of_o hezron_n unless_o by_o son_n we_o understand_v great-grand-childe_n but_o caleb_n that_o be_v constant_o call_v the_o son_n of_o jephunne_v and_o othniel_n constant_o call_v the_o son_n of_o kenaz_n be_v here_o yet_o call_v brethren_n and_o othniel_n be_v again_o call_v the_o young_a brother_n of_o caleb_n judg._n i._n 13._o and_o iii_o 9_o which_o can_v not_o be_v except_o by_o one_o mother_n but_o othniel_n marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o caleb_n ver_fw-la 17._o and_o cousin-germans_a nephew_n and_o the_o like_o be_v often_o call_v brethren_n in_o scripture_n it_o be_v likely_a that_o either_o jephunne_v and_o kenaz_n be_v brethren_n and_o so_o caleb_n and_o othniel_n cousin-germans_a or_o that_o caleb_n and_o kenaz_n be_v brethren_n and_o so_o othniel_n calebs_n nephew_n or_o that_o the_o kenezite_n mention_v num._n xxxii_o 12._o may_v be_v grandfather_n to_o they_o both_o but_o no_o certainty_n appear_v for_o any_o further_a determination_n separate_a the_o border_a city_n of_o the_o child_n of_o ephraim_n chapter_n xvi_o verse_n 9_o be_v between_o or_o among_o the_o inheritance_n of_o the_o child_n of_o manasseh_n see_v also_o ch_n xvii_o 8_o 9_o and_o as_o ephraim_n have_v part_n in_o manasseh_n so_o manasseh_n have_v city_n in_o issachar_n and_o in_o asher_n ch_n xvii_o 11._o the_o portion_n ten_n portion_n to_o manasseh_n chapter_n xvii_o verse_n 5_o that_o be_v five_o portion_n to_o the_o five_o son_n mention_v ver_fw-la 2._o and_o the_o portion_n of_o the_o six_o son_n who_o be_v hopher_n be_v divide_v into_o five_o portion_n among_o his_o grandchild_n the_o daughter_n of_o zelophahad_n which_o so_o make_v up_o ten_o portion_n though_o the_o five_o last_o be_v but_o as_o big_a as_o one_o of_o the_o former_a five_o one_o lot_n both_o ephraim_n and_o manasseh_n seek_v for_o a_o large_a portion_n and_o lot_n then_o what_o do_v befall_v they_o in_o the_o general_n division_n verse_n 14_o shiloh_n shiloh_n be_v on_o the_o north-side_n of_o bethel_n chapter_n xviii_o verse_n 1_o on_o the_o east-side_n of_o the_o highway_n from_o bethel_n to_o shechem_n on_o the_o south_n of_o that_o lebanon_n judg._n xxi_o 19_o and_o so_o situate_v on_o the_o border_n between_o ephraim_n and_o benjamin_n yet_o belong_v to_o ephraim_n not_o to_o benjamin_n judg._n xxi_o 1_o 21._o there_o be_v the_o tabernacle_n as_o be_v former_o say_v there_o be_v the_o lot_n cast_v for_o seven_o tribe_n josh._n xviii_o 8._o thence_o be_v the_o two_o tribe_n and_o a_o half_a dismiss_v to_o their_o possession_n after_o the_o war_n josh._n xxii_o 9_o and_o thither_o be_v the_o whole_a congregation_n of_o israel_n gather_v to_o go_v up_o to_o war_n against_o they_o upon_o a_o wrong_a surmise_n concern_v the_o altar_n ed_n ver_fw-la 12._o thither_o come_v all_o the_o other_o tribe_n to_o ask_v counsel_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o their_o war_n against_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n and_o there_o be_v their_o camp_n judg._n xx._n 18._o and_o xxi_o 12._o and_o xix_o 18._o thither_o come_v elkanah_n and_o hannah_n to_o worship_n and_o samuel_n minister_v there_o before_o the_o lord_n 1_o sam._n i._n 3._o and_o ii_o 11._o and_o iii_o 21._o and_o there_o the_o prophet_n ahijah_n dwell_v in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o first_o jeroboam_n 1_o king_n fourteen_o 2._o tabernacle_n the_o tabernacle_n come_v over_o jordan_n be_v first_o set_v up_o in_o gilgal_n not_o that_o gilgal_n of_o the_o nation_n josh._n xii_o 23._o gen._n fourteen_o 1._o esay_n ix_o 1._o whence_o haply_o galilee_n may_v take_v its_o name_n but_o that_o gilgal_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n josh._n iu_o 19_o 20._o afterward_o in_o joshua_n time_n it_o be_v set_v up_o here_o in_o shiloh_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o ephraim_n near_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o land_n which_o be_v by_o sichem_n ch._n xxiv_o 1_o 25_o 26._o and_o bochim_n judg._n ii_o 1_o 5._o may_v seem_v to_o be_v conjoin_v to_o it_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v fetch_v thence_o for_o a_o present_a use_n to_o that_o solemn_a assembly_n at_o shechem_n in_o joshua_n time_n ch._n xxiv_o 1_o 26._o but_o be_v return_v to_o shiloh_n it_o continue_v there_o above_o three_o hundred_o year_n at_o least_o till_o the_o death_n of_o eli_n 1_o sam._n i._n 3_o 9_o 24._o and_o ii_o 14._o and_o iii_o 3_o 21._o and_o iu_o 3._o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v again_o at_o gilgal_n with_o the_o ark_n in_o samuel_n and_o saul_n time_n 1_o sam._n x._o 8._o and_o ch._n xi_o 15._o but_o soon_o after_o we_o sure_o find_v it_o to_o be_v at_o nob_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n near_o anathoth_n neh._n xi_o 32._o when_o david_n come_v thither_o in_o his_o flight_n from_o saul_n 1_o sam._n xxi_o 1_o 9_o after_o that_o sacrilegious_a slaughter_n of_o eighty_o five_o priest_n by_o saul_n at_o nob_n 1_o sam_n xxii_o 18._o it_o be_v soon_o remove_v in_o the_o day_n of_o david_n to_o gibeon_n in_o the_o same_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n and_o not_o far_o from_o bethel_n the_o city_n first_o of_o the_o wily_a gibeonite_n hivites_n but_o after_o give_v to_o the_o priest_n josh._n ix_o and_z ch_z xxi_o 17._o see_v 1_o chron._n xvi_o 39_o 40._o and_o xxi_o 29._o and_o 2_o chron._n i_o 3_o 5_o 6_o 13._o 1_o king_n iii_o ver_fw-la 4_o 5._o and_o last_o when_o solomon_n have_v build_v the_o temple_n he_o bring_v the_o tabernacle_n thence_o to_o jerusalem_n 1_o king_n viii_o 4._o 2_o chron._n i._n 3_o 5_o 6_o 13._o and_o ch_n v._o 5._o and_o place_v it_o likely_a in_o and_o among_o the_o treasury_n of_o the_o temple_n for_o the_o ark_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o sam._n iu_o 3._o tabor_n a_o mountain_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o issachar_n chapter_n xix_o verse_n 22_o or_o border_v on_o it_o near_o to_o mount_n carmel_n see_v joshua_n xix_o 26_o 34._o here_o barak_n be_v with_o his_o ten_o thousand_o man_n against_o sisera_n judg._n iu._n 6_o 12_o 14._o see_v more_o of_o this_o in_o my_o annotation_n on_o hos._n v._n 1._o tyre_n called_n the_o strong_a city_n verse_n 29_o whence_o it_o have_v its_o name_n tsor_n in_o hebrew_n signify_v a_o rock_n situate_v like_a venice_n in_o the_o sea_n a_o famous_a port_n and_o mart-town_n in_o phoenicia_n the_o low_a part_n of_o syria_n whence_o the_o whole_a country_n be_v suppose_v to_o take_v the_o name_n of_o syria_n omit_v the_o letter_n t_o in_o tsor_n more_o of_o this_o see_v in_o my_o annotation_n on_o amos._n i._n 9_o bethshemesh_n a_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o naphtali_n verse_n 38_o ver_fw-la 32._o and_o 39_o judg._n i._n 33._o another_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n give_v to_o the_o priest_n josh._n xxi_o 16._o 1_o chron._n vi_o 59_o 1_o sam._n vi_o 12._o 2_o king_n fourteen_o 13._o another_o also_o in_o egypt_n jer._n xliii_o 13._o the_o same_o as_o be_v suppose_v with_o on_o gen._n xli_o 45._o by_o the_o greek_n call_v heliopolis_n and_o now_o damiata_n the_o word_n signify_v a_o city_n or_o house_n of_o the_o sun_n as_o also_o kirharesh_v a_o city_n in_o moab_n esay_n xvi_o 7._o have_v the_o same_o denomination_n and_o all_o because_o of_o temple_n and_o idol-service_n use_v there_o by_o the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n to_o the_o sun_n from_o which_o the_o jew_n sometime_o be_v not_o altogether_o free_a 2_o king_n xxiii_o 5_o 11._o city_n of_o refuge_n the_o six_o city_n of_o refuge_n belong_v to_o the_o levite_n chapter_n xx_o verse_n 2_o that_o be_v hebron_n and_o shechem_n to_o the_o koathite_n golan_n and_o kedesh_n to_o the_o gershonite_n bezer_n and_o ramoth_n to_o the_o merarite_n josh._n xx._n and_o xxi_o chapter_n in_o galilee_n galilee_n be_v often_o mention_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n verse_n 7_o see_v ch_n xxi_o 32._o 1_o king_n ix_o 11._o 2_o king_n xv._o 29._o 1_o chron._n vi_o 76._o esay_n ix_o 1._o galilee_n divide_v into_o the_o upper_a in_o the_o tribe_n of_o naphtali_n and_o the_o low_a in_o the_o tribe_n of_o zabulon_n verse_n 11_o both_o coast_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o jordan_n the_o upper_a be_v call_v galilee_n of_o the_o gentile_n because_o both_o populous_a and_o replenish_v with_o many_o gentile_n as_o lie_v near_o to_o they_o 1_o king_n ix_o 11._o matth._n xv._o 21._o mar._n vii_o 31._o and_o so_o be_v harosheth_n
the_o house_n of_o dagon_n thence_o to_o gath_n thence_o to_o ekron_n and_o after_o they_o have_v keep_v it_o seven_o month_n they_o carry_v it_o to_o beth-shemesh_a a_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n give_v to_o the_o priest_n 1_o chron._n vi_o 57_o 59_o josh._n xxi_o 16._o and_o it_o be_v fetch_v thence_o to_o kiriath-jearim_a a_o city_n of_o judah_n likewise_o 1_o chron._n xiii_o 6._o and_o judg._n xviii_o 12._o so_o call_v it_o may_v be_v from_o kiriath-jearim_a the_o son_n of_o shebal_n grandchild_n of_o caleb_n the_o son_n of_o hur_z 1_o chron._n ii_o 50_o 52_o 53._o if_o kiriath-jearim_a be_v there_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o name_n of_o a_o man_n and_o not_o of_o the_o city_n or_o thus_o call_v from_o its_o seat_n in_o a_o wood_n or_o woody_a country_n as_o the_o name_n signify_v see_v ou_fw-fr psal._n cxxxii_o 6._o it_o be_v call_v also_o kiriath-baal_n josh._n xviii_o 14_o 15._o and_o baalah_n josh._n xv._o 9_o 10._o 1_o chron._n xiii_o 6._o and_o baale_n of_o judah_n 2_o sam._n vi_o 2._o it_o be_v bring_v thither_o into_o the_o house_n of_o abinadab_n a_o levite_n build_v in_o the_o hill_n or_o gibeah_n there_o 1_o sam._n vii_o 1._o 2_o sam._n vi_o 3_o 4._o it_o abide_v there_o twenty_o year_n till_o the_o time_n of_o the_o repentance_n and_o reformation_n wrought_v by_o samuel_n 1_o sam._n vii_o 2_o 6._o and_o after_o in_o the_o time_n of_o saul_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v fetch_v thence_o to_o giglal_n 1_o sam._n x._o 8._o and_o ch._n xi_o 15._o and_o ch_n xii_o 3._o and_o chap._n xiii_o 8_o 9_o and_o after_o to_o gibeah_n of_o benjamin_n compare_v together_o 1_o sam._n xiii_o 6._o and_o chap._n fourteen_o 2_o 18._o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v thus_o fetch_v into_o extraordinary_a assembly_n upon_o extraordinary_a occasion_n both_o in_o war_n and_o peace_n but_o be_v return_v to_o kiriath-jearim_a and_o the_o honse_n of_o abinadab_n it_o be_v fetch_v thence_o by_o david_n 1_o chron._n xiii_o 5._o sixty_o seven_o year_n after_o it_o be_v first_o bring_v thither_o and_o be_v bring_v by_o he_o to_o the_o house_n of_o obed-edom_n 2_o sam._n vi_o 10._o a_o levite_n and_o porter_n on_o the_o southside_n of_o the_o temple_n 1_o chron._n xv._o 18_o 24._o and_o chap._n xvi_o 38._o and_o chap._n xxvi_o 4_o 8_o 15._o if_o not_o a_o singer_n also_o 1_o chron._n xv._o 21._o and_o chap_n xvi_o 5._o and_o one_o of_o his_o race_n and_o name_n be_v treasurer_n in_o the_o temple_n in_o the_o day_n of_o king_n amatziah_n 2_o chron._n xxv_o 24._o he_o be_v call_v a_o gittite_n likely_a because_o bear_v at_o gath-rimmon_n a_o city_n of_o the_o kohathites_n levites_n josh._n xxi_o 24_o 25._o situate_v near_o gath_n of_o the_o philistine_n the_o ark_n be_v there_o three_o month_n 2_o sam._n vi_o 11._o 1_o chron._n xiii_o 13_o 14._o and_o then_o and_o thence_o fetch_v by_o david_n with_o great_a solemnity_n into_o the_o tent_n which_o he_o prepare_v for_o it_o in_o the_o city_n of_o david_n in_o jerusalem_n 1_o chron._n xv._o 1_o 29._o and_o xvi_o 1._o 2_o chron._n i._n 4._o and_o thence_o seem_v to_o be_v carry_v into_o joabs_n camp_n before_o rabbah_n 2_o sam._n xi_o 11._o and_o begin_v to_o be_v carry_v with_o david_n in_o his_o flight_n from_o absalon_n 2_o sam._n xv._o 24_o 25._o and_o be_v return_v to_o david_n tent_n for_o it_o in_o jerusalem_n solomon_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o have_v build_v the_o temple_n bring_v it_o thence_o with_o great_a solemnity_n and_o place_v it_o in_o the_o holy_a oracle_n 2_o chron._n v._o two_o 14._o and_o chap._n xxxv_o 3._o about_o one_o hundred_o and_o twelve_o year_n after_o it_o first_o leave_v shiloh_n and_o last_o of_o all_o be_v burn_v with_o the_o temple_n by_o nabuchadnezzar_n and_o no_o more_o to_o be_v mind_v or_o remember_v in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o messiah_n jer._n iii_o 16._o the_o hand_n of_o god_n the_o hand_n of_o god_n in_o punishment_n upon_o the_o philistine_n chapter_n v._o vi._n for_o detain_v the_o ark_n be_v mouse_n mar_v the_o land_n chap._n vi_o 5._o and_o in_o their_o body_n emerod_v and_o some_o other_o disease_n or_o plague_n whereof_o most_o die_v chap._n v._o 12._o the_o house_n of_o dagon_n this_o dagon_n be_v the_o idol_n or_o god_n of_o the_o philistine_n chapter_n v_n judg._n verse_n 2_o xvi_o 22._o they_o live_v on_o the_o coast_n of_o the_o midland-sea_n on_o the_o east-end_n of_o it_o from_o we_o this_o dagon_n seem_v to_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o sea-god_n have_v his_o name_n from_o dag_n which_o signify_v a_o fish_n and_o be_v think_v to_o be_v portray_v like_o a_o fish_n from_o the_o middle_n downward_o and_o his_o upper_a part_n like_o a_o man_n if_o not_o a_o maid_n 1_o sam._n v._o 4._o such_o idol_n other_o heathen_n worship_v as_o the_o god_n of_o the_o sea_n as_o neptune_n triton_n this_o house_n or_o temple_n of_o dagon_n be_v a_o marvellous_a house_n judg._n xvi_o 27._o hither_o the_o philistine_n bring_v samson_n to_o make_v they_o sport_n and_o he_o bring_v down_o the_o house_n upon_o they_o judg._n xvi_o 30._o hither_o they_o bring_v the_o ark_n of_o god_n as_o a_o captive_a in_o triumph_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o idol_n and_o dagon_n fall_v down_o before_o the_o ark_n break_v in_o piece_n 1_o sam._n v._o 3_o 4._o and_o here_o they_o fasten_v the_o head_n of_o saul_n who_o they_o slay_v in_o gilboa_n 1_o chron._n x._o 10._o bethshemesh_n bethshemesh_n a_o city_n of_o the_o priest_n chapter_n vi_o verse_n 9_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n on_o the_o north-border_n of_o it_o josh._n ii_o 16._o and_o xv._o 10._o 1._o chron._n vi_o 59_o here_o amaziah_n of_o judah_n fight_v against_o jehoash_n of_o israel_n be_v vanquish_v and_o take_v 2_o king_n fourteen_o 2_o chron._n xxv_o there_o be_v another_o bethshemesh_n a_o fence_a city_n of_o naphtali_n josh_n xix_o 38._o judg._n i._n 33._o another_o bethshemesh_n a_o prime_a city_n in_o egypt_n jer._n xliii_o 13._o call_v ancient_o on_o in_o late_a time_n damieta_n bethshemesh_n signify_v the_o house_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o city_n so_o call_v from_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o sun_n build_v therein_o and_o the_o idol-worship_n of_o the_o sun_n by_o the_o ancient_a inhabitant_n practise_v there_o fifty_o thousand_o and_o seventy_o man_n these_o be_v not_o all_o of_o the_o city_n bethshemesh_n verse_n 19_o but_o of_o the_o people_n also_o of_o neighbour_a town_n and_o place_n that_o come_v rejoice_v ro_o see_v the_o ark_n return_v but_o overbold_o gaze_v on_o it_o bare_a and_o uncover_v by_o the_o philistine_n or_o by_o themselves_o contrary_a to_o the_o law_n num._n iu._n 5_o 20._o if_o not_o pry_v presumptuous_o into_o it_o out_o of_o a_o impious_a curiosity_n or_o a_o pretence_n to_o see_v whether_o the_o philistine_n have_v take_v aught_o out_o of_o it_o or_o put_v any_o thing_n into_o it_o kiriath-jearim_a a_o city_n chapter_n vii_o verse_n 1_o not_o of_o the_o levite_n or_o priest_n and_o seat_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh._n xv._o 9_o former_o call_v kiriath-baal_n ver_fw-la 60._o and_o xviii_o 14._o of_o this_o city_n see_v more_o in_o the_o observation_n on_o ch._n iu._n 3._o and_o on_o psal._n cxxxii_o 6._o these_o citizen_n fetch_v the_o ark_n but_o bear_v and_o carry_v by_o the_o priest_n of_o bethshemesh_n twenty_o year_n till_o this_o time_n of_o lamentation_n and_o repentance_n verse_n 2_o and_o a_o long_a time_n after_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o josh._n vi_o 6._o thunder_v by_o thunder_n here_o by_o hailstone_n verse_n 10_o josh._n x._o 10_o 11._o now_o make_v we_o a_o king_n the_o danger_n by_o nahash_n chapter_n viii_o verse_n 5_o as_o well_o as_o the_o wickedness_n of_o samuel_n son_n make_v the_o israelite_n ask_v a_o king_n 1_o sam._n xii_o 12._o which_o they_o may_v have_v do_v warrantable_o if_o they_o have_v wait_v patient_o and_o faithful_o as_o well_o for_o the_o time_n when_o as_o the_o person_n who_o god_n shall_v choose_v but_o not_o tumultuous_o and_o distrustful_o as_o they_o do_v now_o 1_o sam._n viii_o 5_o etc._n etc._n and_o ch._n xii_o 19_o hos._n viii_o 4._o this_o will_v be_v the_o manner_n this_o manner_n of_o a_o king_n speak_v in_o many_o thing_n more_o than_o what_o be_v the_o lawful_a power_n verse_n 11_o and_o duty_n of_o a_o good_a king_n more_o what_o he_o will_v do_v than_o what_o he_o ought_v to_o do_v the_o four_o part_n of_o a_o shekel_n samuel_n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 8_o and_o god_n in_o he_o condescend_v to_o answer_v touch_v saul_n ass_n as_o ahijah_n do_v touch_v the_o sickness_n of_o jeroboam_n child_n 1_o king_n fourteen_o and_o elias_n do_v also_o of_o ahaziah_n 2._o king_n 1._o and_o samuel_n in_o humility_n seem_v to_o accept_v of_o a_o trifle_n they_o have_v
temple_n verse_n 12_o which_o be_v burn_v but_o fifty_o two_o year_n before_o weep_v at_o the_o lay_n of_o the_o foundation_n of_o this_o temple_n either_o at_o the_o remembrance_n of_o the_o wondrous_a glory_n of_o the_o former_a temple_n so_o burn_v and_o consume_v and_o consider_v the_o small_a preparation_n and_o mean_n for_o the_o building_n and_o furnish_v of_o this_o ezra_n i._n 4_o 6_o 68_o 69._o and_o chap._n vi_o 8_o 9_o and_o chap._n vii_o 15_o 22._o and_o chap._n viii_o 25_o 26_o 27._o 33_o 34._o neh._n vii_o 70_o 71_o 72._o in_o comparison_n of_o those_o for_o the_o former_a temple_n hag._n ii_o 3._o in_o which_o case_n god_n comfort_v they_o hag._n ii_o 7_o 9_o zech._n iu._n 6_o 10._o and_o viii_o 6_o 9_o mal._n iii_o 1._o or_o else_o see_v these_o foundation-stone_n not_o so_o goodly_a and_o precious_a as_o those_o be_v know_v to_o be_v that_o be_v in_o solomon_n temple_n 1_o king_n vii_o 9_o 10._o for_o as_o for_o the_o largeness_n and_o compass_n of_o the_o foundation_n it_o be_v not_o inferior_a to_o that_o of_o solomon_n 1_o king_n vi_o 2._o yea_o far_a superior_a if_o that_o decree_n of_o cyrus_n and_o the_o record_n of_o it_o find_v by_o darius_n ezra_n vi_o 1_o 2_o 3._o mistake_v not_o and_o the_o cubit_n be_v the_o same_o esarhaddon_a the_o son_n of_o sennacherib_n chapter_n iv_o verse_n 2_o 2_o king_n xix_o 37._o and_o grandchild_n of_o salmaneser_n and_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o last_o of_o the_o assyrian_a king_n and_o the_o same_o with_o asnapper_n and_o to_o be_v he_o that_o carry_v manasseh_n prisoner_n to_o babylon_n then_o under_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n 2_o chron._n xxxiii_o 11._o and_o be_v likely_a the_o man_n who_o ptolemy_n call_v assaradinus_fw-la and_o the_o greek_n sardanapalus_n of_o sar_n for_o esar_n haddon_n and_o pull_v pull_v be_v much_o use_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o assyrian_a and_o chaldean_a king_n bring_v we_o up_o hither_o so_o that_o those_o adversary_n ver_fw-la 1._o seem_v to_o be_v the_o 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21._o 1_o chron._n 21._o 26._o 2_o chron._n 7._o 1._o 1_o king_n 18._o 38._o or_o it_o may_v be_v by_o some_o other_o way_n unto_o abel_n and_o to_o his_o offering_n to_o the_o man_n first_o to_o the_o offer_n for_o the_o man_n sake_n as_o a_o fruit_n of_o his_o faith_n he_o righteous_a matth._n 23_o 35._o v._o 5._o not_o respect_v through_o his_o want_n of_o faith_n and_o sincerity_n in_o this_o service_n of_o god_n 1_o john_n 3_o 12._o very_a wrath_n at_o god_n and_o abel_n both_o v._o 7._o sin_n lie_v sin_n be_v anomy_a or_o enormity_n and_o the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n which_o like_o a_o sergeant_n or_o they_o be_v couch_v and_o lie_v watch_v ready_a to_o seize_v upon_o thou_o and_o tear_v thou_o and_o unto_o thou_o shall_v be_v his_o desire_n subject_v to_o thou_o as_o to_o the_o firstborn_a as_o chap._n 3._o 16._o this_o be_v to_o allay_v his_o wrath_n and_o incense_a spirit_n v._o 8._o talk_v in_o a_o brotherly_a manner_n dissemble_v his_o hatred_n that_o he_o may_v get_v the_o better_a opportunity_n to_o kill_v he_o when_o abel_n shall_v not_o think_v of_o it_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o chap._n 35._o 22._o v._o 11._o curse_a from_o the_o earth_n the_o earth_n shall_v plague_v thou_o that_o receive_v thy_o brother_n blood_n as_o be_v show_v in_o the_o next_o word_n v._o 12._o when_o thou_o till_a a_o punishment_n the_o more_o proper_a because_o he_o be_v a_o tiller_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o proper_a to_o cain_n portion_n where_o ever_o he_o be_v not_o a_o second_o general_a curse_n upon_o all_o the_o earth_n a_o fugitive_n cast_v out_o from_o society_n with_o thy_o kindred_n and_o acquaintance_n from_o god_n presence_n and_o the_o communion_n of_o his_o church_n and_o pursue_v still_o with_o a_o guilty_a conscience_n so_o in_o ver_fw-la 14_o 16._o v._o 14._o of_o the_o earth_n of_o this_o earth_n where_o i_o now_o dwell_v with_o my_o parent_n and_o kindred_n else_o he_o speak_v like_o a_o man_n distract_v by_o a_o guilty_a conscience_n he_o dilate_v his_o punishment_n that_o deny_v his_o sin_n every_o one_o that_o find_v i_o shall_v slay_v i_o there_o may_v be_v many_o live_n by_o this_o time_n of_o abel_n murder_n of_o who_o he_o may_v stand_v in_o fear_n yea_o of_o they_o as_o yet_o unborn_a and_o his_o guilty_a conscience_n now_o fear_v every_o one_o as_o have_v make_v himself_o odious_a to_o every_o one_o and_o such_o flee_v when_o none_o pursue_v yea_o the_o sound_n of_o a_o shake_a leaf_n do_v chase_v they_o and_o he_o may_v just_o fear_v the_o beast_n of_o the_o field_n among_o the_o ancient_a roman_n greek_n and_o other_o such_o notorious_a offender_n whosoever_o will_v may_v sure_o kill_v they_o and_o what_o large_a power_n be_v give_v to_o the_o revenger_n of_o blood_n by_o god_n law_n we_o may_v see_v in_o numb_a 35._o 19_o 21._o v._o 15._o seven_o fold_n god_n will_v have_v he_o preserve_v alive_a though_o a_o life_n likely_o worse_o than_o death_n as_o a_o monument_n of_o his_o justice_n against_o murder_n and_o tratricide_n psal._n 59_o 11._o not_o for_o love_n to_o cain_n but_o to_o prevent_v future_a murder_n mark_v a_o mark_n of_o protection_n and_o of_o ignominy_n too_o likely_a a_o kind_n of_o palsy_n and_o ghastly_a look_n or_o some_o worse_a mark_n that_o make_v he_o a_o horrible_a spectacle_n of_o god_n vengeance_n against_o so_o heinous_a a_o crime_n v._o 16._o from_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n not_o of_o his_o general_a providence_n but_o of_o his_o special_a presence_n by_o grace_n in_o the_o place_n of_o his_o worship_n and_o service_n of_o which_o place_n and_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o lord_n there_o with_o adam_z and_o his_o godly_a seed_n it_o may_v be_v say_v as_o gen._n 28._o 17._o this_o be_v no_o other_o but_o the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o this_o be_v the_o gate_n of_o heaven_n nod_v so_o call_v by_o anticipation_n from_o his_o wander_v there_o v._o 17._o build_v a_o city_n at_o last_o build_v or_o rather_o be_v building_n begin_v to_o build_v as_o the_o bvilder_n of_o babel_n gen._n 11._o as_o in_o many_o hundred_o year_n after_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n well_o may_v and_o yet_o he_o be_v a_o vagabond_n in_o body_n and_o mind_n nevertheless_o v._o 19_o two_o wife_n the_o first_o bigamist_n and_o corrupt_a of_o wedlock_n v._o 23_o i_o have_v slay_v etc._n etc._n beasting_o he_o speak_v of_o his_o valour_n and_o wrath_n to_o asray_v and_o appease_v the_o brawl_n of_o his_o wife_n between_o themselves_o and_o the_o vex_v of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v a_o man_n that_o will_v not_o suffer_v the_o least_o injury_n of_o they_o or_o of_o any_o man_n but_o he_o will_v avenge_v himself_o and_o that_o full_o or_o vaunt_v himself_o to_o his_o wife_n of_o his_o valour_n to_o appease_v their_o fear_n of_o he_o lest_o hurt_n shall_v come_v to_o he_o from_o other_o through_o his_o fierceness_n and_o boisterous_a violence_n brag_v what_o heavy_a vengeance_n he_o will_v take_v of_o he_o that_o shall_v set_v upon_o lamech_v many_o time_n more_o than_o god_n himself_o appoint_v to_o be_v take_v for_o the_o avengement_n of_o cain_n or_o if_o he_o have_v slay_v a_o man_n and_o be_v wound_v himself_o and_o thereupon_o his_o wife_n afraid_a of_o his_o life_n he_o seek_v to_o appease_v they_o but_o in_o a_o fierce_a and_o insolent_a manner_n as_o scorn_v their_o fear_n of_o his_o danger_n and_o think_v it_o a_o disparagement_n to_o he_o and_o his_o valour_n and_o upon_o this_o reason_n too_o that_o he_o have_v a_o just_a cause_n for_o what_o he_o have_v do_v than_o cain_n have_v and_o therefore_o may_v be_v the_o more_o secure_a that_o if_o cain_n death_n shall_v be_v avenge_v much_o more_o his_o or_o rather_o in_o a_o atheistical_a scorn_n vaunt_v that_o if_o god_n do_v set_v such_o a_o guard_n upon_o cain_n sure_o lamech_v they_o need_v not_o to_o doubt_v shall_v escape_v well_o enough_o cain_n impunity_n may_v well_o serve_v for_o his_o security_n thus_o various_o may_v these_o vaunt_a word_n of_o this_o wrathful_a lustful_a man_n be_v understand_v and_o take_v bear_v himself_o haply_o the_o more_o proud_o upon_o his_o son_n invention_n v._o 20_o 21_o 22._o v._o 25._o seth_n borne_n when_o adam_n be_v 130._o year_n old_a ch_n 5._o 3._o therefore_o in_o all_o probability_n cain_n slay_v abel_n not_o long_o before_o that_o time_n for_o god_n eve_n rejoice_v that_o her_o whole_a number_n of_o child_n in_o he_o be_v fill_v up_o again_o for_o it_o be_v not_o imaginable_a that_o she_o have_v no_o more_o than_o cain_n and_o abel_n in_o all_o that_o time_n and_o it_o may_v be_v she_o foresee_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n that_o seth_n shall_v be_v like_o righteous_a faithful_a
one_o certain_a time_n and_o these_o two_o evening_n in_o the_o large_a or_o strict_a signification_n to_o be_v contiguous_a or_o continue_v rather_o to_o be_v that_o communis_fw-la terminus_fw-la which_o couple_n the_o end_n of_o the_o day_n and_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o night_n together_o or_o the_o two_o extremity_n of_o our_o evening-tide_n whereof_o the_o former_a belong_v to_o the_o end_n and_o shut_v up_o of_o the_o natural_a day_n precede_v and_o the_o late_a to_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o night_n which_o lead_v on_o and_o usher_n in_o the_o natural_a or_o civil_a day_n follow_v as_o the_o first_o part_n of_o it_o so_o that_o this_o time_n be_v a_o participle_n of_o both_o or_o a_o borderer_n betwixt_o both_o as_o the_o large_a annotation_n fit_o express_v it_o two_o side-post_n in_o this_o first_o passeover_n each_o head_n of_o a_o family_n serve_v as_o a_o priest_n verse_n 7_o divers_a rite_n be_v enjoin_v which_o be_v not_o observe_v or_o require_v afterward_o and_o the_o second_o month_n also_o allow_v for_o it_o num._n ix_o 11_o and_o other_o seven_o day_n 2_o chron._n xxx_o 23._o no_o manner_n of_o work_n on_o divers_a feast-daye_n of_o the_o jew_n it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o they_o to_o do_v any_o servile_a work_n verse_n 16_o on_o other_o any_o kind_n or_o manner_n of_o work_n save_v that_o which_o every_o man_n must_v eat_v but_o on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o so_o likely_a on_o the_o day_n of_o expiation_n that_o itself_o be_v unlawful_a or_o to_o kindle_v a_o fire_n on_o it_o exod._n xii_o 16._o and_o ch._n xvi_o 5_o 23._o and_o ch._n xxxv_o 2_o 3._o and_o much_o more_o to_o do_v any_o manner_n of_o work_n upon_o it_o neh._n xiii_o v._o 15_o 22._o jer._n xvii_o 21_o 22._o though_o for_o the_o make_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n itself_o exod._n xxxi_o 11_o 12_o 13._o or_o at_o any_o time_n in_o earing-time_n or_o harvest_n exod._n xxxiv_o 21._o and_o that_o upon_o pain_n of_o death_n exod._n xxxv_o 2._o for_o ever_o many_o legal_a ceremony_n verse_n 17_o or_o ordinance_n be_v enjoin_v the_o jew_n to_o be_v observe_v throughout_o their_o generation_n for_o ever_o all_o which_o yet_o end_v at_o the_o come_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o flesh_n and_o some_o such_o enjoin_v in_o like_a term_n yet_o end_v in_o the_o year_n of_o jubilee_n exod._n xxi_o 6._o levit._fw-la xxv_o 40._o of_o this_o see_v more_o in_o the_o observation_n on_o deut._n xv._o 17._o 430_o year_n these_o do_v commence_v from_o the_o first_o promise_v make_v to_o abram_n verse_n 40_o in_o ur_fw-la of_o the_o chaldee_n whence_o 30_o of_o the_o year_n be_v make_v up_o thus_o viz_o 5._o in_o haran_n 11_o in_o canaan_n when_o ishmael_n be_v bear_v gen_n xvi_o 3._o and_o 14_o year_n of_o ishmaels_n age_n when_o isaac_n be_v bear_v gen._n xvii_o 25._o and_o ch._n xviii_o 10._o and_o xvi_o 16._o and_o xxi_o 5._o and_o the_o 400._o begin_v from_o isaac_n birth_n as_o be_v show_v on_o gen._n xv._o 13._o by_o day_n in_o a_o pillar_n of_o a_o cloud_n the_o pillar_n of_o a_o cloud_n by_o day_n and_o of_o fire_n by_o night_n chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 21_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v two_o pillar_n exod._n xiii_o 21._o 22._o nehem._n ix_o 12_o 19_o num._n fourteen_o 14._o or_o rather_o seem_v to_o be_v one_o pillar_n exod._n fourteen_o 19_o 20_o 24._o spread_v as_o a_o cloud_n by_o day_n to_o cover_v they_o from_o heat_n and_o gather_v up_o into_o a_o pillar_n of_o fire_n by_o night_n to_o guide_v they_o out_o of_o which_o god_n speak_v unto_o they_o psal._n xcix_o 7._o num._n xii_o 5_o 10._o deut._n xxxi_o 15._o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o esay_n iu_o 5._o migdol_n a_o strong_a city_n or_o fort_n chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 2_o situate_v in_o the_o territory_n of_o bethshemesh_n in_o egypt_n not_o far_o from_o the_o red-sea_n num._n xxxiii_o 7_o 8._o jer_n xliv_o 1._o before_o the_o testimony_n this_o command_n for_o aaron_n to_o lay_v up_o the_o pot_n of_o manna_n before_o the_o lord_n chapter_n xvi_o verse_n 34_o be_v perform_v by_o he_o in_o lay_v it_o not_o before_o the_o testimony_n not_o at_o this_o time_n of_o the_o command_n here_o but_o after_o the_o ark_n and_o two_o table_n of_o the_o covenant_n be_v make_v exod._n xxxiii_o 29._o and_o ch._n xxxvii_o 1_o etc._n etc._n a_o omer_n the_o omer_n and_o ephah_n here_o seem_v quite_o alter_v in_o that_o visionary_a new_a state_n of_o israel_n chapter_n xvi_o verse_n 36_o ezek._n xlv_o 11._o unless_o gnomer_n and_o chomer_n be_v two_o several_a measure_n which_o i_o rather_o incline_v unto_o and_o conceive_v the_o truth_n to_o be_v this_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exod._n xvi_o 36._o be_v the_o ten_o part_n of_o a_o ephah_n as_o be_v there_o set_v down_o whereunto_o accord_v that_o ver_fw-la 16._o it_o be_v the_o measure_n of_o the_o eat_n of_o manna_n sufficient_a for_o a_o man_n by_o the_o day_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ezek._n xlv_o contain_v ten_o ephah_n or_o bath_n both_o be_v of_o the_o same_o measure_n v._o 11._o and_o 14._o and_o hereunto_o accord_v that_o esay_n v._n 10._o where_n one_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o so_o the_o word_n be_v there_o write_v as_o it_o be_v in_o ezek._n xlv_o yield_v but_o one_o ephah_n i_o e._n the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o seed_n it_o be_v a_o judgement_n of_o famine_n there_o denounce_v see_v also_o levit._n xxvii_o 16._o and_o this_o may_v serve_v for_o the_o better_a explication_n of_o my_o annotation_n upon_o that_o place_n of_o ezekiel_n contain_v in_o the_o second_o edition_n of_o the_o great_a annotation_n print_v 1651._o rock_n rock_n twice_o smite_v chapter_n xvii_o verse_n 6_o this_o rock_n exod._n xvii_o 6._o and_o that_o water_n go_v likely_a into_o the_o red_a sea_n and_o so_o fail_v they_o in_o the_o 32._o station_n at_o ezion-gabe_a upon_o their_o new_a murmur_a another_o rock_n be_v smite_v 39_o year_n after_o num._n 20._o 1_o 13._o and_o both_o call_v the_o water_n of_o meribah_n go_v up_o moses_n nine_a or_o ten_o time_n go_v up_o to_o the_o lord_n on_o mount_n sinai_n chapter_n xix_o verse_n 3_o see_v exod._n xix_o 3_o 7_o 8_o 10_o 14_o 20_o 21_o 25._o and_o ch._n xx._n 21._o and_o ch._n xxiv_o 3_o 12_o 13_o 15_o 18._o and_o ch._n xxxii_o 7_o 15_o 30._o and_o ch._n xxxiii_o 6_o 7_o 21._o and_o ch._n xxxiv_o 2_o 29_o 34._o moses_n speak_v this_o speech_n verse_n 19_o not_o mention_v what_o it_o be_v but_o seem_v to_o be_v that_o record_v heb._n xii_o 21._o priest_n so_o verse_n 22_o v._n 24._o these_o priest_n probable_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o father_n of_o the_o family_n the_o young_a man_n exod._n xxiv_o 5._o might_n possible_o be_v of_o those_o primogeniti_fw-la or_o firstborn_a which_o god_n first_o challenge_v to_o himself_o within_o one_o quarter_n of_o a_o year_n before_o exod._n xiii_o 2._o and_o ch._n xxii_o 29._o and_o for_o they_o the_o levite_n be_v take_v in_o afterward_o num._n iii_o 12_o 13_o 40_o 41_o 45._o and_o ch._n viii_o 18._o or_o else_o such_o as_o moses_n please_v to_o employ_v in_o slay_v and_o dress_v at_o least_o of_o these_o sacrifice_n call_v young_a man_n likely_a as_o those_o servant_n of_o the_o king_n of_o assyria_n be_v call_v in_o the_o original_a young_a man_n 2_o king_n xix_o 6._o a_o altar_n these_o altar_n mention_v in_o this_o verse_n chapter_n xx_o verse_n 24_o and_o v._o 25_o 26._o be_v allow_v and_o appoint_v for_o the_o time_n much_o differ_v from_o those_o by_o appointment_n make_v when_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o temple_n be_v erect_v and_o build_v exod._n xxvii_o 1_o etc._n etc._n 2_o chron._n iu_o 1._o of_o altar_n see_v more_o on_o levit._n xvii_o 3._o in_o the_o seven_o in_o the_o seven_o and_o sabbatical_a year_n chapter_n xxi_o verse_n 2_o beginning_n in_o september_n as_o the_o jubilee_n do_v the_o book_n of_o the_o law_n be_v to_o be_v read_v public_o and_o solemn_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o year_n the_o land_n be_v to_o rest_v from_o culture_n lend_n vouchsafe_v to_o poor_a hebrew_n and_o then_o due_a be_v to_o be_v release_v and_o intermit_v if_o not_o 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neh._n xiii_o 23._o a_o reason_n be_v give_v deut._n vii_o 4._o neh._n xiii_o 26._o exod._n xxxiv_o 16._o the_o mischief_n of_o that_o marriage_n between_o jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o jehoshaphat_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o athaliah_n the_o daughter_n of_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n be_v record_v 2_o king_n viii_o 18._o yet_o in_o case_n they_o become_v proselyte_n convert_v to_o the_o true_a religion_n the_o marriage_n with_o all_o of_o they_o seem_v lawful_a as_o in_o that_o case_n deut._n xxi_o 10_o 13._o and_o in_o the_o case_n of_o rahab_n and_o ruth_n of_o the_o wife_n of_o joseph_n in_o egypt_n of_o the_o wife_n of_o moses_n of_o maacah_n the_o daughter_n of_o the_o king_n of_o geshur_n with_o david_n and_o of_o pharaoh_n daughter_n with_o solomon_n and_o this_o make_v jacobs_n son_n propound_v or_o pretend_v the_o condition_n of_o circumcision_n to_o shechem_n and_o the_o shechemite_n gen_n xxxiv_o 14_o 15_o 16._o in_o the_o new_a testament_n we_o read_v the_o prohibition_n 2_o cor._n vi_o 14._o and_o the_o precept_n 1_o cor._n vii_o 12_o 16._o which_o rule_v touch_v infidel_n seem_v to_o serve_v for_o the_o case_n of_o gross_a heretic_n and_o apostate_n against_o unlawful_a marriage_n see_v more_o judg._n iii_o 6_o 7._o and_o fourteen_o 2_o 3._o 1_o king_n xi_o 2._o ezra_n ix_o and_o x._o chapter_n neh._n x._o 30._o and_o xiii_o 3_o 30._o raiment_n the_o raiment_n wax_v not_o old_a on_o the_o israelite_n in_o the_o wilderness_n chapter_n viii_o verse_n 4_o be_v a_o miracle_n sufficient_a though_o it_o grow_v not_o great_a still_o with_o the_o grow_a child_n deut._n xxix_o 5._o neh._n ix_o 21._o this_o day_n be_v take_v sometime_o proper_o sometime_o as_o for_o a_o short_a time_n here_o sometime_o for_o a_o long_a time_n indefinite_o as_o hester_n i._n 18._o and_o the_o phrase_n since_o yesterday_o and_o the_o three_o day_n be_v sometime_o take_v proper_o or_o for_o a_o short_a time_n gen._n xxxi_o 2_o 5._o exod._n iu_o 10._o and_o xxi_o 36._o 2_o sam._n 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xxxii_o 40._o luke_n i._n 33._o and_o so_o never_o be_v take_v sometime_o for_o a_o long_a time_n sometime_o for_o almost_o all_o time_n of_o a_o man_n life_n luke_n xv._o 29._o sometime_o for_o a_o man_n life_n 2_o sam._n xii_o 10._o sometime_o for_o eternity_n the_o flock_n and_o the_o herd_n ox_n chapter_n xvi_o verse_n 2_o kid_n sheep_n and_o bullok_n be_v use_v in_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o passeover_n that_o be_v in_o the_o feast_n of_o unleavened_a bread_n the_o bread_n of_o affliction_n for_o seven_o day_n exod._n xiii_o 6_o 7._o num._n xxviii_o 16_o 24._o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 7_o 8._o 9_o and_o ch._n xxx_o 24._o all_o which_o festival_n time_n be_v call_v the_o passeover_n and_o so_o joh._n xviii_o 28._o a_o lamb_n or_o a_o kid_n may_v be_v use_v for_o the_o passeover_n proper_o so_o call_v on_o the_o fourteen_o day_n at_o the_o go_v down_o of_o the_o sun_n exod._n xii_o 5._o deut._n xvi_o 6._o a_o matter_n too_o hard_o as_o judges_n and_o officer_n be_v to_o be_v appoint_v in_o all_o city_n in_o canaan_n chapter_n xvii_o verse_n 8_o 13._o deut._n xvi_o 18_o 19_o 20._o so_o here_o the_o high_a court_n of_o judicature_n over_o the_o whole_a land_n in_o difficult_a cause_n and_o for_o matter_n of_o appeal_n be_v appoint_v to_o be_v in_o that_o one_o place_n which_o the_o lord_n shall_v choose_v which_o in_o aftertime_n appear_v to_o be_v the_o city_n jerusalem_n and_o here_o it_o be_v not_o sure_a and_o evident_a whether_o this_o supreme_a court_n be_v to_o be_v one_o mix_v of_o the_o priest_n and_o the_o civil_a judge_n joint_o or_o though_o this_o not_o so_o likely_a two_o distinct_a court_n ecclesiastical_a and_o civil_a both_o supreme_a in_o their_o kind_n judgement_n of_o death_n be_v award_v upon_o presumptuous_a disobedience_n to_o their_o sentence_n and_o more_o of_o this_o supreme_a court_n moses_n do_v not_o deliver_v yet_o upon_o this_o the_o jew_n in_o after-age_n ground_v their_o great_a sanhedrin_n in_o jerusalem_n and_o not_o upon_o the_o lxx_o num._n xi_o for_o those_o be_v only_o add_v to_o assist_v moses_n in_o his_o troublesome_a government_n of_o that_o unruly_a camp_n of_o the_o jew_n in_o the_o wilderness_n as_o likewise_o those_o ruler_n and_o judge_n exod._n xviii_o the_o priest_n due_a of_o the_o very_a great_a maintenance_n of_o the_o priest_n verse_n 3_o see_v on_o num._n chapter_n xviii_o xviii_o 24._o three_o city_n more_o three_o other_o city_n of_o refuge_n chapter_n xix_o verse_n 9_o over_o and_o above_o the_o six_o here_o allow_v and_o conditional_o enjoin_v yet_o we_o never_o read_v more_o of_o they_o that_o they_o be_v separate_v and_o set_v out_o
and_o bathshebah_n be_v mention_v now_o there_o be_v four_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o year_n from_o the_o come_n of_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n out_o of_o egypt_n to_o the_o building_n of_o the_o temple_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o solomon_n 1_o king_n vi_o 1._o whereof_o forty_o year_n be_v spend_v in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o seventy_o in_o david_n life_n time_n 2_o sam._n v._o 4._o and_o four_o in_o solomon_n reign_n the_o remain_v time_n between_o rahab_n receive_v the_o spy_n and_o david_n birth_n must_v be_v 366._o which_o may_v and_o must_v be_v make_v up_o in_o some_o such_o reckon_n as_o this_o viz._n suppose_v rahab_n to_o be_v eighteen_o year_n old_a when_o she_o receive_v the_o spy_n and_o sixty_o six_o when_o she_o do_v bear_v boaz_n to_o salmon_n then_o of_o necessity_n must_v boaz_n beget_v obed_n and_o obed_n beget_v jesse_n and_o jesse_n beget_v david_n each_o about_o the_o age_n of_o 106._o which_o well_o consider_v evidence_v and_o evince_v these_o two_o thing_n 1._o that_o the_o year_n of_o the_o six_o oppressor_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n ch._n iii_o 8_o 14._o and_o iu_o 3._o and_o vi_o 1._o and_o x._o 8._o and_o xiii_o 1._o which_o amount_v to_o 111._o year_n can_v be_v reckon_v distinct_a and_o apart_o but_o be_v to_o be_v include_v within_o the_o year_n of_o the_o judge_n and_o of_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o land_n for_o otherwise_o the_o year_n between_o rahab_n receive_v the_o two_o spy_n and_o david_n birth_n will_v rise_v to_o 477._o which_o can_v be_v true_a and_o second_o that_o the_o year_n 480._o which_o be_v that_o famous_a link_n of_o time_n 1_o king_n vi_o 1._o not_o possible_o be_v force_v to_o any_o more_o than_o 480._o much_o less_o to_o 580._o as_o some_o learned_a man_n of_o late_a will_v have_v it_o and_o contrary_a to_o that_o sacred_a text_n 1_o king_n vi_o 1._o which_o never_o receive_v any_o veriâ—â—s_n lection_n and_o contrary_a to_o the_o clear_a evidence_n and_o notation_n of_o paâ—â—â—cular_a time_n set_v 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josh._n xv._o 6._o 61._o and_o xviii_o 22._o though_o some_o not_o so_o right_o place_v the_o foresay_a town_n high_o upon_o the_o river_n more_o than_o twenty_o mile_n above_o adam_n and_o far_o off_o from_o the_o border_n of_o judah_n at_o this_o passage_n the_o altar_n ed_n seem_v to_o be_v build_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o reuben_n josh._n xxii_o 11._o twelve_o man_n reuben_n verse_n 2_o and_o gad_n be_v here_o include_v in_o the_o twelve_o though_o their_o possession_n be_v beyond_o jordan_n and_o of_o these_o two_o tribe_n and_o half_a manasseh_n about_o forty_o thousand_o arm_a man_n pass_v over_o jordan_n to_o the_o war_n ver_fw-la 13._o which_o be_v yet_o but_o a_o few_o more_o than_o one_o three_o part_n of_o their_o military_a man_n num._n xxvi_o 7_o 18_o 34._o the_o rest_n stay_v behind_o for_o their_o many_o necessary_a occasion_n come_v up_o they_o come_v over_o jordan_n verse_n 19_o on_o the_o ten_o day_n of_o the_o first_o month_n be_v circumcise_a the_o eleven_o and_o do_v eat_v the_o passeover_n on_o the_o fourteen_o ch._n v._o 2_o 10._o both_o which_o be_v omit_v in_o the_o wilderness_n at_o least_o since_o the_o return_v of_o the_o twelve_o spy_n and_o after_o that_o passeover_n at_o mount_n sinai_n num._n ix_o 5._o see_v josh._n v._o 5_o 7._o and_o on_o the_o xvi_o day_n manna_n cease_v ver_fw-la 12._o the_o second_o time_n not_o that_o these_o be_v circumcise_a once_o before_o chapter_n five_o verse_n 2_o see_v ver_fw-la 7._o it_o be_v neglect_v or_o omit_v many_o year_n for_o some_o reason_n and_o at_o this_o time_n upon_o many_o reason_n renew_v and_o again_o enjoin_v by_o god_n see_v the_o annotation_n upon_o this_o text_n gilgal_n of_o this_o place_n verse_n 9_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o hos._n iu._n 15._o a_o man_n this_o captain_n of_o the_o lord_n host_n verse_n 13_o be_v not_o gabriel_n or_o any_o other_o create_v angel_n but_o michael_n the_o archangel_n jude_n 9_o michael_n the_o great_a prince_n of_o god_n people_n dan._n x._o 21._o and_o xii_o 1._o the_o angel_n of_o the_o covenant_n mal._n iii_o 1._o christ_n the_o son_n of_o god_n appear_v here_o and_o sundry_a other_o time_n in_o the_o shape_n of_o man_n as_o a_o forego_n presage_n and_o prologue_n to_o typify_v his_o future_a incarnation_n and_o this_o appear_v by_o ioshua_n adoration_n of_o he_o as_o his_o lord_n jehovah_n ch._n vi_o 2._o and_o by_o his_o acceptance_n of_o it_o which_o a_o angel_n will_v have_v refuse_v apoc._n xix_o 10._o by_o his_o command_v joshua_n to_o put_v off_o his_o shoe_n because_o the_o place_n be_v holy_a like_v to_o that_o exod._n iii_o 5._o not_o that_o the_o place_n be_v capable_a of_o any_o inherent_a holiness_n in_o itself_o but_o hallow_v by_o god_n holy_a presence_n in_o it_o and_o in_o that_o relation_n only_o so_o esteem_v and_o which_o cease_v so_o to_o be_v when_o his_o presence_n be_v withdraw_v from_o it_o this_o captain_n instruct_v joshua_n about_o the_o manner_n of_o besiege_v and_o conquer_a jericho_n ch._n vi_o 2_o 5._o seven_o day_n chapter_n vi_o the_o sabbath-day_n must_v needs_o be_v one_o of_o the_o seven_o wherein_o the_o camp_n of_o israel_n do_v march_v round_o about_o the_o wall_n of_o jericho_n verse_n 4_o if_o not_o the_o seven_o wherein_o they_o compass_v the_o city_n seven_o time_n and_o take_v it_o and_o this_o by_o the_o command_n of_o he_o who_o be_v the_o sovereign_a lord_n of_o the_o sabbath_n priest_n shall_v blow_v with_o the_o trumpet_n priest_n not_o levites_n and_o priest_n not_o levites_n carry_v the_o ark._n see_v the_o observation_n on_o num._n x._o 8._o and_o on_o ch._n vii_o v._o 1_o 9_o achan_n achan_n be_v call_v also_o achar_n chapter_n vii_o
verse_n 1_o 1_o chron._n ii_o 7._o which_o signify_v a_o troubler_n and_o the_o place_n of_o his_o execution_n be_v call_v the_o valley_n of_o anchor_n v._o 26._o that_o be_v trouble_v he_o be_v grandchild_n of_o zabdi_n otherwise_o call_v zimri_n 1_o chron._n ii_o 6._o ai_fw-fr ai_fw-fr be_v call_v hai_o verse_n 2_o gen._n xii_o 8._o and_o aijah_n neh._n xi_o 31._o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n very_o near_o to_o bethel_n ezra_n ii_o 28._o neh._n vii_o 32._o and_o differ_v from_o that_o ai_fw-fr situate_v between_o heshbon_n and_o rabbah_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o god_n yet_o take_v by_o the_o ammonite_n whereof_o see_v jeremy_n xlix_o 3._o bethaven_n bethaven_n and_o bethel_n two_o distinct_a town_n not_o far_o asunder_o near_o the_o north_n bound_n of_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n yet_o hosea_n call_v bethel_n by_o the_o name_n of_o bethaven_n the_o house_n of_o vanity_n and_o vain_a idol_n in_o scorn_n and_o derision_n for_o jeroboam'_v golden_a calf_n there_o set_v up_o hos._n iu._n 15._o and_o v._o 8._o and_o x._o 5._o see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o king_n xii_o 29_o 32._o verse_n 14_o take_v by_o divine_a instinct_n and_o command_n lot_n be_v here_o use_v in_o which_o case_n their_o judgement_n be_v infallible_a of_o lot_n see_v my_o annotation_n on_o jonah_n i._o 7._o verse_n 24_o and_o his_o son_n god_n severe_a judgement_n upon_o his_o whole_a family_n ver_fw-la 24_o 25._o be_v warrant_v by_o he_o who_o be_v sole_a dispenser_n and_o sovereign_a lord_n over_o his_o own_o law_n deut._n xxiv_o 16._o and_o at_o the_o most_o his_o sacrilege_n be_v but_o the_o occasion_n not_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n judgement_n upon_o his_o family_n they_o have_v sin_n enough_o in_o themselves_o otherwise_o for_o god_n justice_n to_o work_v upon_o though_o they_o have_v no_o hand_n in_o this_o sacrilegious_a act_n chapter_n viii_o verse_n 2_o ambush_n god_n appoint_v both_o the_o end_n and_o the_o mean_n 1_o chron._n fourteen_o 14_o 15._o and_o god_n people_n have_v the_o assurance_n of_o god_n particular_a promise_n do_v yet_o careful_o use_v the_o mean_n as_o josh._n xi_o 7._o and_o x._o 9_o act_v xxvii_o 24_o 31._o judg._n xx._n 28_o 29._o stratagem_n in_o war_n be_v lawful_a verse_n 3_o choose_v out_o not_o likely_a that_o the_o 30000._o do_v lie_v in_o wait_n behind_o ai_fw-fr westward_n between_o a_z and_o bethel_n but_o only_o 5000._o ver_fw-la 12_o 17._o gibeon_n gibeon_n be_v a_o great_a city_n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 3_o a_o royal_a city_n of_o the_o hivites_n and_o all_o the_o man_n mighty_a ch._n x._o 2._o and_o xi_o 19_o allot_v afterward_o to_o benjamin_n and_o out_o of_o that_o tribe_n to_o the_o priest_n ch._n xxi_o 13_o 17._o the_o tabernacle_n and_o altar_n be_v here_o in_o david_n and_o solomon_n time_n 1_o chron._n xxi_o 20._o 2_o chron._n i._n 3._o david_n order_v the_o service_n of_o it_o here_o 1_o chron._n xvi_o 30._o solomon_n sacrifice_v at_o this_o high_a place_n god_n appear_v to_o he_o here_o and_o he_o bring_v the_o tabernacle_n and_o altar_n thence_o to_o the_o treasury_n of_o the_o temple_n 1_o king_n iii_o 4._o here_o joshua_n vanquish_v the_o five_o king_n of_o the_o amorites_n ch._n x._o and_o have_v the_o sun_n stand_v still_o upon_o his_o prayer_n here_o david_n smite_v the_o philistine_n 1_o chron._n fourteen_o 16._o by_o the_o pool_n of_o gibeon_n be_v that_o mortal_a fight_n between_o twelve_o of_o abner_n and_o twelve_o of_o joabs_n man_n whence_o the_o place_n be_v call_v the_o field_n of_o strong_a man_n in_o gibeon_n here_o abner_n in_o his_o flight_n slay_v asabel_n the_o brother_n of_o joab_n and_o joab_n pursue_v abner_n by_o the_o way_n of_o the_o wilderness_n of_o gibeon_n 2_o sam._n ii_o 12_o 16_o 24._o and_o ch._n iii_o 30._o at_o the_o great_a stone_n in_o gibeon_n joab_n slay_v amasa_n his_o cousen-german_a 2_o sam._n xx._n 8._o and_o by_o the_o great_a water_n that_o be_v in_o gibeon_n johanan_n fight_v and_o put_v to_o flight_n ishmael_n jer._n xli_o 12._o the_o gibeonite_n be_v hivites_n josh._n ix_o 7._o yet_o call_v also_o by_o the_o more_o general_a name_n of_o amorites_n 2_o sam._n xxi_o 2._o they_o be_v those_o which_o in_o aftertime_n be_v call_v nethinim_n etc._n etc._n that_o be_v deodand_n give_v and_o devote_v to_o that_o drudgery_n ver_fw-la 23_o 27._o of_o who_o see_v 2_o sam._n xxi_o 2._o 1_o chron._n ix_o 2._o ezra_n ii_o 43_o 58_o 62_o 70._o and_o vii_o 7_o 24._o and_o viii_o 17_o 20._o neh._n vii_o 46_o 60_o 73._o and_o x._o 28._o and_o xi_o 3_o 21._o something_o like_a to_o these_o be_v those_o other_o of_o these_o nation_n on_o who_o solomon_n do_v raise_v a_o tribute_n of_o bondage_n 1_o king_n ix_o 20_o 21._o of_o who_o see_v more_o on_o that_o place_n the_o oath_n and_o league_n make_v with_o the_o gibeonite_n and_o their_o city_n ver_fw-la 17._o though_o surreptitious_o and_o fraudulent_o get_v and_o also_o rash_o grant_v yet_o seem_v in_o the_o substance_n of_o it_o to_o be_v lawful_a otherwise_o a_o unlawful_a oath_n shall_v be_v break_v whereas_o this_o be_v keep_v with_o all_o faithfulness_n joshua_n fight_v in_o their_o defence_n and_o that_o by_o the_o lord_n approbation_n and_o encouragement_n ch._n x._o 7_o 8._o and_o this_o seem_v lawful_a because_o they_o sue_v for_o peace_n before_o they_o be_v besiege_v and_o willing_o submit_v to_o all_o condition_n without_o any_o reservation_n of_o their_o land_n good_n law_n liberty_n much_o less_o of_o their_o superstition_n and_o idolatry_n which_o otherwise_o may_v have_v ensnare_v the_o israelite_n but_o of_o their_o life_n only_o and_o they_o to_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o israelite_n service_n city_n and_o people_n of_o other_o nation_n than_o these_o very_o far_o off_o may_v be_v receive_v upon_o far_o easy_a term_n and_o condition_n but_o upon_o all_o these_o condition_n other_o of_o these_o nation_n themselves_o may_v have_v be_v spare_v their_o life_n yet_o god_n in_o his_o providence_n so_o order_v that_o there_o be_v not_o a_o city_n that_o make_v peace_n with_o the_o israelity_n save_v these_o hittite_n of_o gibeon_n only_o and_o their_o city_n all_o other_o they_o take_v in_o battle_n for_o it_o be_v of_o the_o lord_n so_o to_o harden_v their_o heart_n that_o they_o may_v be_v destroy_v ch._n xi_o 19_o 20._o and_o therefore_o the_o congregation_n here_o murmur_v unjust_o haply_o through_o ignorance_n against_o joshua_n and_o the_o prince_n for_o this_o league_n and_o oath_n and_o saul_n be_v just_o punish_v and_o that_o grievous_o in_o his_o posterity_n and_o the_o land_n also_o with_o famine_n many_o age_n after_o this_o because_o he_o seek_v to_o slay_v and_o destroy_v they_o from_o remain_v in_o any_o of_o the_o coast_n of_o israel_n contrary_a to_o this_o league_n and_o oath_n though_o soul_n do_v it_o in_o a_o pretend_a or_o wrong_a zeal_n to_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n 2_o sam._n xxi_o 1_o 6._o adoni-zedek_a seem_v chapter_n x_o verse_n 1_o in_o after-age_n to_o have_v succeed_v that_o melchizedeâ—_n gen._n fourteen_o 18._o but_o adonibezeck_a judg._n i._n 7._o seem_v not_o any_o successor_n to_o this_o adonizedeek_n much_o less_o himself_o he_o himself_o be_v slay_v ver_fw-la 23_o 26._o but_o adonibezeck_a be_v lord_n or_o king_n not_o of_o jerusalem_n but_o of_o bezeck_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n where_o saul_n number_v against_o nahash_n 330000._o man_n 1_o sam._n xi_o 8._o jerusalem_n be_v call_v also_o jebus_n judg._n xix_o 10._o 1_o chron._n xi_o 4_o 5._o of_o jebusi_n the_o son_n of_o canaan_n gen._n x._o 16._o and_o salem_n gen._n fourteen_o 18._o psal._n lxxvi_o 2._o the_o name_n seem_v compose_v of_o they_o if_o not_o then_o of_o jireh_n and_o salem_n the_o place_n salem_n gen._n fourteen_o 18._o psal._n lxxvi_o 2._o where_o god_n appear_v gen._n xxii_o 14._o or_o jiereh_n shalem_n signify_v the_o vision_n of_o peace_n or_o possession_n of_o peace_n or_o peace_n shall_v be_v see_v or_o provide_v a_o place_n of_o providence_n gen._n xxii_o 14._o see_v hebr._n vii_o 1_o 2._o and_o it_o be_v of_o the_o dual_a number_n be_v a_o double_a city_n belong_v to_o two_o tribe_n judah_n and_o benjamin_n josh._n xv._o 8_o 63._o and_o xviii_o 28._o judg._n i._n 8_o 21._o jer._n thirty-nine_o 3._o the_o southern_a and_o high_a part_n belong_v to_o judah_n wherein_o the_o strong_a hold_n of_o zion_n be_v take_v at_o last_o by_o david_n present_o after_o his_o anoint_v king_n over_o all_o israel_n and_o build_v and_o call_v his_o city_n 2_o sam._n v._o 6_o 9_o 1_o chron._n xi_o 4_o 8._o and_o become_v the_o burial-place_n of_o the_o king_n of_o judah_n and_o david_n sepulchre_n continue_v there_o till_o the_o apostle_n time_n act_n ii_o 29._o near_o 1100._o year_n and_o the_o ark_n for_o a_o time_n be_v place_v
call_v harosheth_n of_o the_o gentile_n judg._n iu._n 2._o as_o lie_v in_o that_o tribe_n of_o naphtali_n thirteen_o thirteen_o city_n with_o their_o suburb_n in_o title_n and_o dominion_n give_v to_o the_o priest_n josh._n chapter_n xxi_o verse_n 19_o xxi_o 4._o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o 1_o chron._n vi_o 59_o though_o one_o of_o they_o at_o that_o time_n be_v too_o much_o for_o their_o present_a use_n and_o habitation_n we_o read_v but_o of_o three_o of_o they_o in_o number_n about_o fifty_o year_n before_o this_o time_n call_v the_o two_o tribe_n and_o a_o half_a dismiss_v chapter_n xxii_o verse_n 1_o likely_a at_o the_o end_n of_o six_o or_o seven_o year_n before_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n and_o stay_v not_o fourteen_o year_n till_o after_o the_o division_n which_o division_n may_v yet_o possible_o be_v make_v soon_o than_o so_o josh._n xx._n 11._o divide_v this_o divide_v the_o spoil_n with_o their_o brethren_n verse_n 8_o those_o that_o stay_v at_o home_n beyond_o jordan_n seem_v to_o relate_v to_o that_o num._n xxxi_o 27._o and_o david_n seem_v hereupon_o to_o revive_v and_o enact_v that_o law_n of_o like_a division_n 1_o saem_n xxx_o 24_o 25._o mention_v of_o the_o name_n the_o not_o name_v of_o idol_n be_v mention_v chapter_n xxiii_o verse_n 7_o as_o here_o so_o exod._n xxiii_o 13._o deut._n xii_o 3._o psal._n xvi_o 4._o and_o a_o like_a ephes._n v._n 3._o yet_o the_o thing_n in_o itself_o be_v not_o simple_o and_o absolute_o unlawful_a shechem_n shechem_n be_v a_o city_n in_o mount_n ephraim_n chapter_n xxiv_o verse_n 1_o josh._n xx._n 7._o north-north-east_n from_o shiloh_n and_o bethel_n and_o close_o by_o mount_n gerizim_n and_o ebal_n judg._n ix_o 7._o here_o abraham_n and_o jacob_n have_v sojourn_v and_o jacob_n two_o son_n simeon_n and_o levi_n young_a man_n upon_o dinah_n ravishment_n murder_v the_o citizen_n gen._n xxxiv_o here_o after_o gideon_n death_n the_o citizen_n worship_v baal-berith_a and_o rebel_v with_o abimelech_n and_o be_v after_o punish_v and_o spoil_v by_o he_o judg._n ix_o this_o city_n in_o ioshua_n time_n be_v make_v a_o city_n of_o refuge_n and_o give_v to_o the_o kohathite-levite_n josh._n xxi_o 21._o and_o here_o joshua_n make_v a_o covenant_n with_o all_o the_o people_n to_o serve_v the_o lord_n chap._n xxiv_o ver_fw-la 25._o the_o mount_n ephraim_n whereon_o the_o city_n stand_v be_v famous_a for_o burial_n here_o they_o bury_v josephs_n bone_n in_o shechem_n in_o a_o parcel_n of_o ground_n which_o jacob_n buy_v of_o the_o child_n of_o hamor_n or_o emor_n josh._n xxiv_o 32._o act_n vii_o 16._o gen._n xxxiii_o 19_o here_o be_v great_a joshua_n himself_o a_o ephraimite_n bury_v in_o his_o inheritance_n in_o timnath-scrah_a or_o here_o be_v which_o be_v in_o mount_n ephraim_n on_o the_o north-side_n of_o the_o hill_n goash_fw-mi josh._n xxiv_o 30._o judg._n ii_o 9_o and_o here_o be_v the_o highpriest_n eleazar_n bury_v in_o a_o hill_n that_o pertain_v to_o phineas_n his_o son_n which_o be_v give_v he_o in_o mount_n ephraim_n josh._n xxiv_o 33._o here_o deborah_n dwell_v judg._n iu._n 5._o and_o tola_n the_o judge_n ch_n x._o 1._o hither_o come_v rehoboam_n to_o be_v make_v king_n but_o jeroboam_n be_v there_o make_v king_n in_o his_o stead_n who_o build_v or_o fortify_v the_o city_n and_o dwell_v there_o 1_o king_n xii_o 1_o 20_o 25._o judge_n the_o book_n of_o judge_n contain_v a_o history_n not_o of_o four_o hundred_o and_o ten_o year_n but_o of_o two_o hundred_o ninty_a and_o nine_o year_n so_o count_v the_o year_n of_o the_o vi_o oppressor_n within_o the_o year_n and_o time_n of_o the_o judge_n as_o i_o have_v show_v they_o necessary_o must_v upon_o rahabs_n marriage_n with_o prince_n salmon_n josh._n ii_o and_o so_o expound_v the_o text_n follow_v according_a to_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o time_n thus_o that_o the_o land_n have_v rest_n by_o othniel_n in_o the_o fourti_v year_n after_o it_o be_v first_o settle_v in_o rest_n by_o joshua_n at_o his_o death_n judg._n iii_o 11._o not_o after_o the_o death_n of_o moses_n and_o again_o have_v rest_n by_o ehud_n in_o the_o eighti_v year_n after_o the_o former_a rest_n by_o othniel_n ch._n iii_o 30._o and_o again_o have_v rest_n by_o deborah_n in_o the_o fourti_v year_n after_o the_o former_a rest_n by_o ehud_n ch._n v._o 31._o and_o again_o have_v rest_n by_o gideon_n in_o the_o fourti_v year_n after_o the_o former_a rest_n by_o deborah_n ch._n viii_o 28._o these_o make_v up_o two_o hundred_o year_n and_o then_o follow_v three_o of_o abimelech_n twenty_o three_o of_o tolah_n twenty_o two_o of_o jair_a six_o of_o jephthah_n seven_o of_o ibzan_n ten_o of_o elon_n eight_o of_o abdon_n twenty_o of_o samson_n which_o make_v np_v the_o other_o ninty_a nine_o year_n in_o all_o two_o hund_v ninty_a nine_o the_o text_n judg._n iu._n 3_o 4._o seem_v to_o accord_v with_o rhis_n reckon_n and_o to_o account_v jabins_n oppression_n within_o the_o year_n of_o deborah_n but_o yet_o count_v beside_o these_o the_o time_n of_o the_o vi_o oppressor_n distinct_o over_o and_o above_o which_o amount_v to_o one_o hundred_o and_o eleven_o year_n and_o be_v according_a to_o the_o seem_a letter_n of_o the_o text_n and_o then_o forty_o year_n of_o eli_n be_v add_v thereunto_o the_o sum_n arise_v to_o those_o 450._o year_n mention_v by_o paul_n act_v xiii_o 20._o but_o read_v the_o word_n of_o saint_n paul_n as_o in_o order_n they_o stand_v there_o in_o the_o original_a and_o after_o these_o thing_n about_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n he_o give_v they_o judge_n until_o samuel_n the_o prophet_n we_o may_v rather_o conceive_v the_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n to_o comprehend_v all_o the_o time_n from_o the_o choose_n of_o the_o father_n till_o the_o division_n of_o the_o land_n by_o joshua_n it_o be_v four_o hundred_o fifty_o two_o from_o the_o birth_n of_o isaac_n and_o four_o hundred_o forty_o seven_o from_o the_o rejection_n of_o ishmael_n both_o way_n about_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o wherein_o those_o thing_n mention_v ver_fw-la 18_o 19_o 20._o be_v do_v and_o accomplish_v and_o after_o that_o time_n he_o give_v they_o judge_n until_o samuel_n the_o prophet_n and_o after_o that_o time_n he_o give_v they_o king_n and_o thus_o the_o most_o learned_a primate_n of_o all_o ireland_n have_v it_o in_o his_o learned_a annal_n this_o book_n seem_v write_v of_o and_o concern_v the_o judge_n as_o the_o book_n of_o ruth_n concern_v ruth_n and_o long_o after_o their_o time_n as_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v gather_v by_o those_o phrase_n remain_v unto_o this_o day_n and_o the_o like_a ch._n i._n 21_o 26._o and_o vi_o 24._o and_o x._o 4._o and_o xv._o 19_o and_o ch._n xviii_o 30._o must_v needs_o have_v relation_n at_o soon_a to_o the_o captivity_n of_o the_o ark_n in_o the_o day_n of_o samuel_n 1_o sam._n iu_o 17._o psal._n lxxviii_o 60_o 61._o ask_v they_o ask_v the_o lord_n chapter_n i_o verse_n 1_o by_o phineas_n the_o high_a priest_n who_o by_o urim_n and_o thummim_n make_v answer_v num._n xxvii_o 21._o both_o which_o be_v on_o or_o in_o the_o breastplate_n and_o the_o breastplate_n be_v annex_v to_o the_o ephod_n exod._n xxviii_o 28_o 30._o and_o thirty-nine_o 21._o which_o make_v david_n call_v for_o the_o ephod_n and_o high_a priest_n thereby_o to_o inquire_v of_o the_o lord_n 1_o sam._n xxiii_o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12._o and_o ch._n xxviii_o 6._o so_o ezra_n ii_o 63._o see_v more_o on_o 1_o sam._n xxiii_o 9_o bezek_n bezek_n a_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n verse_n 4_o not_o far_o from_o jerusalem_n lie_v from_o it_o south-west_n and_o midway_n between_o 〈◊〉_d and_o bethlehem_n adoni-bezek_n verse_n 5_o of_o he_o see_v on_o josh._n x._o 1._o say_a verse_n 7_o seventy_o king_n his_o seventy_o king_n subdue_v and_o mangle_v by_o he_o must_v needs_o be_v very_o petty_a king_n of_o province_n or_o city_n if_o not_o such_o prince_n as_o be_v now_o in_o germany_n where_o all_o the_o brethren_n of_o a_o prince_n be_v call_v prince_n likewise_o and_o these_o seventy_o be_v such_o as_o in_o the_o time_n of_o all_o his_o reign_n and_o tyranny_n adoni-bezek_a have_v subdue_v he_o be_v bring_v from_o bezek_n to_o jerusalem_n to_o be_v make_v a_o public_a example_n there_o jerusalem_n judah_n have_v take_v jerusalem_n verse_n 8_o slay_v the_o inhabitant_n and_o burn_v the_o city_n i._n e._n that_o part_n of_o it_o which_o belong_v to_o judah_n josh._n xv._o 8._o yet_o so_o as_o the_o jebusite_n still_o dwell_v therein_o with_o the_o child_n of_o judah_n ver_fw-la 63._o even_o till_o david_n time_n 2_o sam._n v._o 6_o 7_o 8._o and_o benjamin_n do_v the_o like_a and_o no_o more_o with_o their_o part_n of_o jerusalem_n judg._n i._n 21._o yet_o both_o have_v little_o hold_v in_o it_o
vii_o 8._o 13_o and_o of_o saul_n slay_v by_o they_o this_o deliverance_n be_v not_o perfect_v till_o david_n day_n drink_v no_o wine_n the_o mother_n be_v thus_o forbid_a verse_n 7_o ver_fw-la 14._o likely_a because_o the_o infant_n be_v to_o receive_v hutriment_n and_o suck_v from_o she_o if_o the_o lord_n a_o good_a plea_n and_o comfort_n verse_n 23_o and_o a_o good_a example_n for_o our_o imitation_n to_o comfort_v we_o in_o sundry_a case_n and_o condition_n samson_n sampson_n birth_n have_v relation_n to_o that_o verse_n 24_o ch._n x._o 7._o where_o the_o philistine_n be_v mention_v before_o the_o ammonite_n and_o he_o begin_v to_o deliver_v israel_n be_v young_a and_o die_v about_o forty_o to_o move_v he_o inspire_v he_o with_o magnanimous_a verse_n 25_o heroical_a thought_n and_o endow_v he_o with_o miraculous_a strength_n timnath_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n chapter_n fourteen_o verse_n 1_o east_n from_o ekron_n of_o the_o philistine_n here_o samson_n intend_v to_o have_v his_o first_o wife_n and_o judah_n have_v his_o sheep-shearing_n gen._n xxxviii_o 12._o this_o city_n be_v give_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n josh._n xv._o 57_o and_o after_o out_o of_o that_o tribe_n to_o dan_n josh._n xix_o 43._o but_o the_o philistine_n most_o what_o possess_v it_o and_o in_o the_o day_n of_o wicked_a ahaz_n we_o read_v that_o they_o take_v it_o from_o he_o 2_o chron_n xxviii_o 18._o some_o make_v this_o in_o dan_o and_o that_o in_o judah_n to_o be_v divers_a city_n samson_n samson_n by_o extraordinary_a motion_n of_o the_o lord_n the_o lawful_a dispenser_n with_o his_o own_o law_n seek_v a_o marriage_n though_o a_o nazarite_n with_o a_o philistine_n have_v thirty_o of_o the_o philistine_n bring_v as_o companion_n to_o be_v with_o he_o at_o the_o nuptial_a feast_n to_o honour_v he_o in_o show_n but_o more_o in_o jealousy_n and_o fear_n of_o he_o see_v and_o note_v some_o thing_n extraordinary_a in_o his_o person_n his_o wife_n weep_v before_o he_o the_o seven_o day_n while_o the_o feast_n last_v but_o more_o after_o the_o three_o day_n and_o most_o upon_o the_o seven_o and_o last_o day_n he_o expound_v his_o riddle_n to_o she_o and_o she_o to_o the_o companion_n he_o perform_v what_o he_o have_v promise_v thereupon_o and_o in_o anger_n for_o their_o fraud_n and_o her_o treachery_n he_o go_v away_o leave_v they_o and_o she_o too_o behind_o he_o fox_n the_o lanâ—_n be_v full_a of_o they_o chapter_n xv_o verse_n 4_o and_o beside_o his_o own_o art_n and_o industry_n by_o sundry_a mean_n to_o take_v they_o he_o be_v not_o debar_v the_o help_n of_o other_o and_o above_o all_o god_n providence_n eoncur_v therein_o hippolito_n samson_n hip_n and_o thigh_n verse_n 8_o pell-mell_o haply_o with_o his_o leg_n and_o foot_n only_o slay_v the_o philistine_n with_o a_o great_a slaughter_n and_o afterward_o slay_v one_o thousand_o of_o they_o with_o lehi_n that_o be_v the_o jawbone_n of_o a_o ass_n upon_o that_o occasion_n he_o call_v the_o place_n jawbone_n or_o lehi_n and_o at_o his_o prayer_n have_v a_o well_o of_o water_n which_o he_o therefore_o call_v en-hakkore_a spring_v in_o that_o place_n of_o lehi_n to_o revive_v his_o spiri_n be_v near_o dead_a with_o thirst_n rock_n etam_n we_o read_v of_o a_o city_n of_o that_o name_n 1_o chron._n iu_o 32._o call_v also_o ethar_n josh_n xix_o 7._o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o simeon_n as_o it_o join_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o dan_n and_o judah_n in_o the_o north-east_n corner_n of_o simeon_n and_o not_o very_o far_o from_o zorah_n in_o the_o southeast_n corner_n of_o dan_o where_o samson_n be_v bear_v ver_fw-la 2._o not_o mean_v that_o dan_n or_o that_o so_o far_o distinct_a portion_n of_o dan_n that_o lie_v in_o the_o north-bound_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n of_o judah_n judah_n join_v to_o dan_n verse_n 11_o on_o the_o east-side_n of_o it_o twenty_o year_n these_o twenty_o year_n verse_n 20_o in_o the_o just_a computation_n of_o the_o time_n do_v fall_n in_o with_o the_o former_a half_n of_o eli_n his_o forty_o 1_o sam._n iu_o 18._o gaza_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o amos_n i._n chapter_n xvi_o 6._o harlot_n sampson_n sin_v yet_o upon_o repentance_n pardon_v and_o he_o register_v among_o those_o worthy_n heb._n xi_o 32._o take_v the_o door_n his_o strength_n come_v up_o to_o a_o miracle_n verse_n 3_o before_o hebron_n not_o so_o far_o as_o hebron_n of_o hebron_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o gen._n xxiii_o 2._o sorek_n the_o river_n or_o torrent_n of_o this_o name_n divide_v dan_n verse_n 4_o and_o simeon_n delilah_n the_o chief_a passage_n of_o this_o part_n of_o the_o history_n be_v these_o that_o delilah_n have_v a_o very_a great_a sum_n pay_v in_o hand_n for_o betray_v of_o samson_n ver_fw-la 5_o 18._o who_o strength_n yet_o lie_v not_o in_o his_o hair_n in_o the_o have_v of_o it_o or_o in_o the_o grow_n of_o it_o again_o the_o hair_n be_v but_o a_o ceremonial_a sign_n of_o it_o but_o in_o god_n presence_n with_o he_o and_o so_o his_o weakness_n not_o in_o the_o lose_n of_o his_o hair_n which_o here_o he_o lose_v unwitting_o and_o unwilling_o but_o in_o the_o lord_n depart_v from_o he_o for_o his_o sin_n ver_fw-la 20._o the_o shaver_n may_v easy_o have_v cut_v his_o throat_n be_v asleep_a but_o god_n providence_n be_v in_o and_o over_o all_o and_o blind_a samson_n come_v at_o last_o to_o see_v his_o sin_n and_o repent_v and_o be_v bring_v into_o the_o magnificent_a house_n and_o idol-temple_n contain_v about_o three_o thousand_o person_n spectator_n upon_o the_o roof_n of_o it_o very_o a_o wondrous_a building_n be_v move_v by_o a_o extraordinary_a instinct_n of_o god_n spirit_n in_o his_o last_o act_n not_o to_o murder_v himself_o but_o to_o undervalue_v his_o own_o life_n so_o as_o he_o may_v therewithal_o as_o a_o judge_n and_o public_a person_n execute_v god_n mighty_a vengeance_n upon_o his_o own_o and_o god_n people_n enemy_n and_o oppressor_n ver_fw-la 30._o wherein_o many_o make_v he_o a_o type_n of_o christ_n victorious_a conquest_n over_o our_o spiritual_a enemy_n at_o and_o by_o his_o death_n or_o at_o least_o do_v take_v a_o occasion_n to_o use_v a_o allusion_n from_o the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o dagon_n dagon_n seem_v to_o have_v his_o name_n from_o dag_n verse_n 23_o signify_v a_o fish_n in_o hebrew_n and_o be_v portray_v in_o the_o likeness_n of_o a_o fish_n from_o the_o middle_n downward_o and_o of_o a_o man_n from_o the_o middle_n upward_o 1_o sam._n v._o 4._o a_o sea-idol_n worship_v by_o they_o of_o gaza_n and_o the_o philistine_n that_o dwell_v on_o the_o sea-coast_n as_o the_o heathen_n do_v their_o neptune_n or_o triton_n and_o the_o idolater_n do_v here_o ascribe_v it_o to_o this_o idol_n their_o god_n that_o he_o deliver_v samson_n into_o their_o hand_n and_o therefore_o offer_v a_o great_a sacrifice_n to_o he_o in_o his_o most_o stately_a temple_n they_o fasten_v the_o head_n of_o king_n saul_n 1_o chron._n x._o 10._o and_o at_o ashdod_n by_o dagon_n in_o the_o house_n of_o dagon_n for_o he_o have_v many_o temple_n they_o place_v the_o ark_n of_o god_n 1_o sam._n v._o 2._o of_o this_o again_o you_o may_v see_v more_o in_o the_o observation_n upon_o that_o text_n 1_o sam._n v._o 2._o these_o five_o last_o chapter_n of_o judge_n contain_v history_n of_o thing_n do_v soon_o after_o the_o death_n of_o joshua_n chapter_n xvii_o and_o those_o elder_n that_o outlive_v he_o chapter_n xviii_o judg._n chapter_n xix_o xx._n xxi_o ii_o 7._o soon_o after_o the_o idolatry_n and_o apostasy_n of_o the_o people_n mention_v ch._n ii_o 11_o 12_o in_o the_o time_n if_o not_o before_o the_o time_n of_o all_o the_o judge_n who_o time_n and_o history_n be_v record_v ch._n iii_o and_o along_o to_o the_o xvii_o chapter_n without_o any_o interruption_n and_o this_o appear_v by_o very_a many_o passage_n in_o these_o five_o last_o chapter_n cursedst_v so_o prov._n chapter_n xvii_o verse_n 2_o xxix_o 24._o that_o be_v do_v adjure_v with_o a_o execration_n if_o a_o answer_n be_v not_o make_v in_o truth_n and_o fidelity_n thus_o 1_o king_n viii_o 31._o levit._fw-la v._n 1._o num._n v._o 21._o and_o so_o it_o be_v expound_v 1_o thes._n v._o 27._o and_o so_o put_v to_o our_o saviour_n matth._n xxvi_o 63._o and_o so_o use_v 1_o sam._n fourteen_o 24._o 2_o chron._n xviii_o 15._o neh._n xiii_o 25._o the_o lord_n micha_n mother_n dedicate_v this_o silver_n to_o the_o lord_n jehovah_n verse_n 3_o to_o make_v both_o a_o grave_v and_o a_o moult_a image_n ch._n xviii_o 18._o to_o worship_n jehovah_n in_o and_o by_o they_o and_o not_o any_o false_a god_n for_o in_o this_o point_n of_o the_o object_n or_o thing_n worship_v the_o idolatry_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o of_o the_o heathen_n most_o what_o differ_v see_v
the_o room_n of_o joab_n 1_o king_n ii_o 34_o 35._o of_o he_o see_v more_o 2_o sam._n xxiii_o 20_o 21_o 22._o this_o benajah_n the_o son_n of_o jehoiada_n of_o kabzeel_n be_v call_v also_o a_o chief_a priest_n or_o principal_a officer_n 1_o chron._n xxvii_o 5._o another_o benajah_n a_o pirathonite_n be_v one_o of_o david_n thirty_o worthy_n 2_o sam._n xxiii_o 30._o and_o other_o benajah_n there_o be_v beside_o that_o be_v priest_n and_o levite_n and_o divers_a of_o the_o captain_n for_o the_o twelve_o month_n be_v of_o the_o number_n of_o david_n worthy_n and_o among_o the_o thirty_o be_v a_o son_n of_o achitophel_n uriah_n the_o hittite_n and_o the_o armourbearer_n of_o joab_n likewise_o although_o my_o house_n rather_o thus_o interrogative_o verse_n 5_o and_o be_v not_o my_o house_n so_o with_o god_n seven_o year_n seven_n year_n of_o famine_n here_o propound_v to_o david_n chapter_n xxiv_o verse_n 13_o and_o three_o year_n 1_o chron._n xxi_o 12._o that_o be_v three_o more_o to_o 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chron._n xxxvi_o 22_o 23._o the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n or_o iii_o contain_v a_o history_n of_o one_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o year_n viz._n of_o solomon_n and_o after_o he_o of_o rehoboam_n abia_n asa_n jehoshaphat_n king_n of_o judah_n jeroboam_n nadab_n baasha_n elah_n zimri_n tibni_n omri_n and_o ahab_n king_n of_o israel_n act_n of_o solomon_n rehoboam_n and_o abijah_n be_v write_v in_o book_n of_o nathan_n the_o prophet_n of_o shemaiah_n the_o prophet_n of_o the_o prophecy_n of_o ahijah_n the_o shilomite_n of_o the_o vision_n and_o story_n of_o iddo_n the_o seer_n and_o prophet_n 2_o chron._n ix_o 29._o and_o xii_o 15._o and_o xiii_o 22._o which_o be_v lose_v and_o never_o be_v canonical_a scripture_n yet_o those_o of_o solomon_n seem_v to_o some_o to_o be_v write_v by_o nathan_n ahijah_n and_o iddo_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o king_n 2_o chron._n i_o 29._o adonijah_n the_o elder_a son_n than_o live_v chapter_n i_o verse_n 5_o 2_o sam._n iii_o 3_o 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see_v my_o observation_n on_o that_o text_n of_o jonah_n abiathar_n abiathar_n the_o four_o from_o eli_n verse_n 35_o of_o the_o race_n of_o ithamar_n the_o young_a brother_n be_v high_a priest_n till_o solomon_n put_v zadok_v in_o his_o room_n be_v indeed_o the_o right_a heir_n of_o the_o right_a line_n of_o eleazar_n and_o phineas_n 1_o chron._n vi_o 3_o etc._n etc._n num._n xxv_o 13._o high_a place_n high_n place_n call_v so_o chapter_n iii_o verse_n 2_o because_o mostwhat_o on_o mountain_n esay_n lvii_o 7._o whence_o name_v bamah_n ezek._n xx._n 28_o 29._o there_o they_o build_v house_n of_o the_o high_a place_n temple_n chapel_n altar_n etc._n etc._n and_o put_v their_o idol_n and_o image_n there_o and_o deck_v all_o with_o tapestry_n and_o garment_n of_o divers_a colour_n they_o make_v priest_n of_o the_o high_a place_n and_o there_o they_o sacrifice_v yea_o sometime_o their_o child_n and_o burn_v incense_n 1_o king_n xii_o 31_o 32._o 2_o king_n xvii_o 29_o 32._o ezek._n xvi_o 16_o 17_o 18_o 24_o 25_o 31._o jer._n xix_o 5._o the_o high_a place_n of_o heathen_a idolater_n be_v always_o abominable_a these_o high_a place_n god_n command_v the_o israelite_n to_o destroy_v and_o quite_o pluck_v down_o num._n xxxiii_o 52._o while_o the_o ark_n and_o tabernacle_n be_v part_v one_o from_o the_o other_o and_o both_o from_o shiloh_n and_o remove_v from_o place_n to_o place_n till_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o there_o fix_v and_o settle_v we_o read_v of_o high_a place_n lawful_o resort_v to_o and_o use_v by_o samuel_n 1_o sam._n ix_o 12_o 13_o 14_o 19_o 25._o and_o by_o other_o chap._n x._o 5_o 12_o 13._o and_o not_o much_o unlawful_o by_o these_o here_o 1_o king_n iii_o 2_o 3._o and_o gibeon_n itself_o when_o the_o tabernacle_n and_o altar_n be_v there_o be_v call_v the_o great_a high_a place_n 1_o king_n iii_o 4._o but_o when_o the_o temple_n be_v since_o build_v than_o all_o other_o high_a place_n for_o god_n solemneworship_n and_o ceremonial_a service_n be_v count_v abominable_a and_o in_o this_o sin_n the_o ten_o tribe_n after_o the_o division_n of_o the_o kingdom_n by_o jeroboam_fw-la continua_o abound_v they_o make_v house_n and_o priest_n of_o high_a place_n in_o mountain_n and_o in_o all_o the_o city_n of_o samaria_n and_o their_o altar_n be_v as_o heap_n in_o the_o furrow_n of_o the_o field_n 1_o king_n xiii_o 32._o hos._n xii_o 11._o yea_o and_o solomon_n himself_o afore_o that_o in_o his_o late_a day_n fearful_o offend_v in_o this_o kind_n 1_o king_n xi_o 7._o 8._o and_o judah_n itself_o fall_v into_o this_o sin_n even_o in_o rehoboam_n reign_v 1_o king_n fourteen_o 23._o and_o in_o aftertime_n they_o build_v high_a place_n to_o baal_n and_o to_o the_o idol_n of_o neighbour_a nation_n 2_o chr._n xxv_o 14._o in_o tophet_n in_o the_o valley_n of_o the_o son_n of_o hinnom_n on_o mount_n olivet_n in_o jerusalem_n in_o all_o the_o city_n of_o judah_n and_o in_o every_o street_n of_o the_o city_n micah_n i._n 5._o 1_o king_n fourteen_o 23._o jer._n vii_o 31._o and_o xix_o 5._o and_o xxxii_o 35._o ezek._n xvi_o 16_o 31._o and_o this_o special_o in_o the_o reign_v of_o ahaz_n joram_n and_o manasseh_n and_o in_o the_o reign_v of_o divers_a good_a king_n of_o judah_n as_o joash_n amatziah_n vzziah_n jotham_n it_o be_v record_v as_o a_o blemish_n in_o they_o that_o they_o do_v not_o take_v away_o the_o high_a place_n but_o the_o people_n sacrifice_v and_o burn_v incense_n in_o they_o of_o good_a asa_n it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o do_v and_o he_o do_v not_o take_v they_o away_o 1_o king_n xv._o 14_o 2_o chron._n xv._o 17._o and_o so_o of_o
the_o country_n five_o piece_n of_o silver_n or_o five_o silvering_n see_v these_o observation_n on_o exod._n xxxviii_o 24._o say_v say_v to_o the_o elder_n chapter_n vii_o verse_n 1_o to_o the_o messinger_n and_o to_o the_o king_n jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n ver_fw-la 17._o 18._o a_o measure_n see_v my_o observation_n on_o gen_n xviii_o 6._o twilight_n in_o the_o evening_n verse_n 5_o ver_fw-la 9_o 12._o edom_n edom_n revolt_v from_o judah_n chapter_n viii_o verse_n 20_o 1_o king_n xxii_o 47._o as_o moab_n have_v do_v from_o israel_n 2_o king_n iii_o 5._o libna_fw-it a_o city_n verse_n 22_o which_o with_o the_o king_n thereof_o be_v destroy_v by_o joshuah_n josh._n x._o 29._o and_o xii_o 15._o after_o fall_v by_o lot_n to_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n and_o give_v to_o the_o priest_n josh._n xxi_o 13._o 1_o chron._n vi_o 57_o it_o rebel_v wonder_v it_o shall_v against_o judah_n in_o the_o day_n of_o wicked_a jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o good_a jehoshaphat_n 2_o chron._n xxi_o 10._o senacherib_n do_v war_n against_o it_o in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n xix_o 8._o esay_n xxxvii_o 8._o and_o there_o likely_a have_v his_o army_n or_o a_o great_a part_n of_o it_o slay_v by_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n there_o be_v another_o place_n call_v libna_n the_o seventeen_o station_n of_o the_o israelite_n mention_v num._n xxxiii_o 20_o 21._o son-in-law_n his_o father_n be_v so_o verse_n 27_o and_o himself_o may_v be_v to_o that_o house_n ramoth-gilead_n a_o city_n of_o refuge_n verse_n 28_o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o gad_n give_v to_o the_o merarite_n deut._n iu._n 43._o josh._n xiii_o 26._o and_o chap._n xxi_o 38._o this_o be_v take_v by_o the_o king_n of_o syria_n and_o ahab_n with_o the_o joint_a force_n of_o jehoshaphat_n seek_v to_o recover_v it_o yet_o fail_v of_o his_o purpose_n and_o be_v there_o slay_v by_o benhadad_n who_o life_n he_o have_v unjust_o spare_v 1_o king_n xx._n 30_o 42._o and_o xxii_o 3_o 35._o and_o jehoram_n the_o son_n of_o ahab_n 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meet_v with_o this_o pull_v in_o the_o day_n of_o menahem_n king_n of_o israel_n tiglath-pelese_a or_o tilgath-pilnese_a in_o the_o day_n of_o pekah_n king_n of_o israel_n and_o of_o ahaz_n king_n of_o judah_n who_o carry_v away_o captive_n the_o reubenites_n and_o the_o gadite_n and_o the_o half_a tribe_n of_o manasseh_n into_o assyria_n 1_o chron._n v._n 26._o and_o both_o help_v and_o afflict_a ahaz_n 2_o king_n 16._o with_o shalmanesar_n or_o shalman_n hos._n x._o 14._o or_o enemessar_n tobit_n i._n 2._o 15._o in_o the_o day_n of_o hoshea_n king_n of_o israel_n who_o subdue_v hoshea_n besiege_v and_o take_v samaria_n carry_v israel_n captive_a into_o assyria_n and_o extirpate_v that_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n 2_o king_n xvii_o 4_o 5_o 6._o and_o xviii_o 9_o 10._o with_o sargon_n mention_v esay_n xx._n 1._o if_o he_o be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o sennacherib_n with_o sennacherib_n in_o the_o day_n of_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 13._o who_o host_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o angel_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o himself_o by_o his_o own_o son_n 2_o king_n 19_o with_o esarhaddon_n or_o esar-haddon_n who_o seem_v to_o be_v call_v asnapper_n ezra_n iu._n 10._o and_o sarchedonus_fw-la tobit_n 1._o 21._o with_o another_o king_n of_o assyria_n not_o name_v but_o live_v in_o the_o day_n of_o josiah_n in_o who_o behalf_n josiah_n fight_v against_o pharaoh_n necho_n king_n of_o egypt_n at_o megiddo_n be_v slay_v there_o 2_o king_n xxiii_o see_v this_o same_o with_o some_o little_a variation_n in_o my_o observation_n on_o 1_o chron._n v._n 26._o kir_fw-fr this_n be_v cyrene_n chapter_n xvi_o verse_n 9_o mention_v act_v ii_o 10._o of_o this_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o amos_n i._n 5._o and_o ix_o 7._o if_o rather_o
xviii_o 9_o 10._o or_o enemessar_n tobit_n l._n 2_o 15._o sennacharib_o who_o come_v against_o hezekiah_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 13._o esarhaddon_n or_o asnapper_n esay_n xxxvii_o 38._o 2_o king_n xix_o 37._o ezra_n iu._n 2_o 10._o call_v also_o sarchedonus_fw-la tobit_n i._n 22._o and_o another_o king_n of_o assyria_n against_o who_o pharaoh-necho_n king_n of_o egypt_n fight_v at_o carchemish_n by_o euphrates_n in_o the_o last_o year_n of_o king_n josiah_n 2_o king_n xxiii_o 29._o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o but_o many_o leave_n out_o jareb_n as_o no_o proper_a name_n of_o a_o king_n and_o make_v sargon_n to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o senna_n harib_n and_o some_o place_n jareb_n before_o pull_v and_o sargon_n after_o shalmanesar_n and_o no_o doubt_n there_o be_v many_o king_n of_o assyria_n it_o be_v the_o first_o monarchy_n before_o pull_v though_o their_o name_n be_v not_o in_o scripture_n though_o the_o assyrian_n take_v the_o name_n from_o ashur_n the_o son_n of_o shem_n gen._n x._o 22._o 1_o chron._n i._n 17._o yet_o the_o kingdom_n seem_v to_o be_v raise_v among_o they_o by_o the_o posterity_n of_o cush_n the_o son_n of_o cham_n gen._n x._o 6_o 11._o a_o singer_n heman_n chapter_n vi_o verse_n 33_o of_o kohath_n stand_v in_o the_o midst_n asaph_n of_o gershom_n on_o the_o right_a hand_n ethan_n of_o merari_fw-la on_o the_o left_a ver_fw-la 38_o 39_o 44_o 47._o see_v more_o of_o the_o singer_n 1_o chron._n xv._o ver_fw-la 16_o 22._o all_o their_o city_n the_o kohathite_n have_v twenty_o three_o city_n verse_n 60_o 63._o the_o gershonite_n thirteen_o the_o merarite_n twelve_o in_o all_o forty_o eight_o city_n reckon_v issachar_n a_o numerous_a tribe_n chapter_n vii_o ephraim_n the_o line_n from_o ephraim_n to_o joshuah_n verse_n 5_o be_v num._n verse_n 20_o i._n 10._o and_o chap._n xxvi_o 35_o 1_o chron._n vii_o 20_o 26_o 27._o shephuphan_n verse_n 5_o and_o huram_fw-la chapter_n viii_o verse_n 33_o either_o of_o these_o have_v three_o name_n never_o never_o have_v kish_n the_o father_n of_o saul_n and_o another_o son_n never_o the_o father_n of_o abner_n 1_o sam._n fourteen_o 50_o 51._o genealogy_n this_o chapter_n chapter_n ix_o verse_n 1_o and_o chap._n iii_o 19_o 24._o be_v some_o parcel_n of_o the_o last_o passage_n for_o history_n of_o the_o old_a testament_n see_v more_o on_o neh._n xii_o 10_o 11._o david_n and_o samuel_n david_n and_o samuel_n the_o seer_n though_o he_o die_v in_o the_o time_n of_o saul_n reign_n ordain_v and_o order_v the_o priest_n verse_n 22_o and_o levites_n singer_n and_o porter_n in_o their_o set_a office_n and_o course_n see_v ver_fw-la 10_o 14_o 22_o and_o chapter_n xxiii_o xxiv_o xxv_o xxvi_o as_o the_o lord_n god_n of_o israel_n have_v command_v he_o 1_o chron._n xxiv_o 19_o by_o the_o spirit_n and_o by_o god_n and_o nathan_n 1_o chron._n xxviii_o 12_o 19_o 2_o chron._n xxix_o 25._o and_o viii_o 14._o and_o xxxv_o 4_o 15._o and_o solomon_n do_v according_a to_o he_o 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 4._o neh._n xii_o 45._o day_n and_o night_n verse_n 33_o verse_n 9_o the_o singer_n employ_v in_o that_o work_n day_n and_o night_n tiding_n unto_o their_o idol_n idolater_n ascribe_v their_o victory_n chapter_n x_o and_o prosperous_a success_n to_o their_o idol_n so_o judg._n xvi_o 23_o 24._o 1_o king_n xx._n 23._o 2_o chron._n xxviii_o 23._o hab._n i._n 11._o they_o bring_v their_o idol_n to_o their_o camp_n 1_o chron._n fourteen_o 12._o as_o the_o israelit_v the_o ark_n 1_o sam._n iu_o 3._o castle_n of_o zion_n david_n take_v the_o castle_n chapter_n xi_o verse_n 5_o or_o strong_a hold_n of_o zion_n dwell_v in_o it_o build_v round_o about_o it_o call_v it_o the_o city_n of_o david_n and_o joab_n repair_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o city_n 2_o sam._n v._o 9_o come_v to_o david_n there_o come_v to_o david_n to_o ziklag_n a_o great_a host_n chapter_n xii_o verse_n 1_o like_o the_o host_n of_o god_n and_o to_o hebron_n to_o make_v he_o king_n over_o all_o israel_n 340822._o and_o among_o they_o very_o many_o priest_n and_o levite_n ver_fw-la 26_o 27_o 28._o beside_o other_o intimate_v for_o 32._o jehoiada_n verse_n 27_o the_o leader_n of_o the_o 3700._o aaronites_n that_o come_v to_o david_n to_o hebron_n to_o make_v he_o king_n over_o all_o israel_n 1_o chron._n xii_o 27._o jehoiada_n a_o chief_a priest_n 2_o chron._n xxiv_o 6._o marry_v jehoshabeath_n or_o jehosheba_n the_o daughter_n of_o king_n jehoram_n and_o sister_n of_o king_n ahaziah_n 2_o king_n xi_o 2_o 3._o 2_o chron._n xxii_o 11._o he_o cause_v usurp_v and_o murder_a athaliah_n the_o daughter_n of_o ahab_n and_o jezebel_n and_o wife_n of_o king_n jehoram_n and_o mother_n of_o king_n ahaziah_n 2_o chron._n xxi_o 6._o and_o xxii_o 1_o 2._o to_o be_v murtheredh_a self_n 2_o king_n xi_o 16._o and_o cause_v joash_n grandchild_n of_o athaliah_n and_o his_o wife_n nephew_n and_o son_n and_o heir_n of_o ahaziah_n to_o be_v crown_v king_n when_o he_o be_v seven_o year_n old_a 2_o king_n xi_o 11_o 12_o 21._o 2_o chron_n xxiii_o 11._o of_o who_o see_v more_o on_o 2_o king_n xi_o 4._o jehoiada_n the_o son_n of_o benaiah_n david_n counsellor_n next_o to_o ahitophel_n 1_o chron._n xxvii_o 34._o bring_v again_o the_o ark_n david_n so_o soon_o as_o ever_o he_o be_v settle_v upon_o his_o throne_n over_o all_o israel_n chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 3_o take_v the_o strong_a fort_n of_o zion_n from_o the_o jebusite_n bring_v the_o ark_n of_o god_n with_o all_o solemnity_n yet_o not_o after_o the_o due_a manner_n from_o kiriath-jearim_a and_o the_o house_n of_o abinadab_n and_o upon_o the_o death_n of_o uzza_n by_o the_o way_n at_o the_o thresh_a floor_n of_o nachon_n or_o chidon_n he_o carry_v it_o aside_o into_o the_o house_n of_o obed-edom_n where_o it_o remain_v three_o month_n 1_o chron._n xiii_o hiram_n send_v to_o david_n messenger_n workman_n and_o material_n to_o build_v he_o a_o house_n in_o zion_n and_o david_n take_v more_o wife_n at_o jerusalem_n and_o obtain_v two_o victory_n against_o the_o philistine_n chap._n fourteen_o and_o with_o great_a solemnity_n in_o the_o due_a manner_n he_o bring_v the_o ark_n from_o obed-edoms_n house_n and_o set_v it_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n or_o tent_n which_o he_o have_v prepare_v for_o it_o in_o the_o city_n of_o david_n in_o zion_n chap._n xv._o where_o he_o offer_v sacrifice_n order_v a_o choir_n give_v they_o a_o psalm_n of_o thanksgiving_n and_o appoint_v minister_n porter_n priest_n and_z musicians_z to_o attend_v on_o the_o ark_n continualy_fw-fr ch_n xvi_o in_o 2_o sam._n v._o david_n take_v the_o strong_a fort_n of_o zion_n build_v dwell_v in_o it_o have_v messenger_n send_v to_o he_o from_o hiram_n king_n of_o tyre_n with_o material_n workman_n for_o his_o build_n grow_v great_a take_v more_o wife_n and_o concubine_n at_o jerusalem_n get_v two_o victory_n over_o the_o philistine_n in_o two_o set_a battle_n chap._n v._n and_o he_o bring_v up_o the_o ark_n from_o kiriath-jearim_a and_o carry_v it_o aside_o into_o the_o house_n of_o obed-edom_n and_o after_o three_o month_n he_o bring_v it_o thence_o into_o the_o city_n of_o david_n with_o great_a solemnity_n and_o joy_n 2_o sam._n vi_o now_o whether_o the_o thing_n contain_v in_o 1_o chr._n fourteen_o and_o 2_o sam._n v._o after_o the_o take_n of_o zion_n do_v intervene_v in_o that_o three_o month_n space_n while_o the_o ark_n be_v in_o the_o house_n of_o obed-edom_n or_o be_v act_v before_o the_o ark_n be_v remove_v from_o kiriath-jearim_a be_v a_o matter_n of_o conjectural_a probability_n on_o either_o side_n yet_o i_o rather_o incline_v to_o the_o late_a opinion_n from_o shihor_n of_o egypt_n this_o shihor_n chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 5_o or_o shichor_n or_o sihor_n have_v a_o notion_n of_o blackness_n in_o it_o and_o be_v not_o that_o rill_n or_o drill_v of_o water_n call_v by_o foreign_a writer_n rhinocolura_n but_o be_v much_o rather_o the_o same_o with_o nilus_n otherwise_o not_o once_o name_v in_o scripture_n ancient_o by_o the_o ethiopian_n call_v siris_n by_o the_o greek_n melas_n by_o the_o latin_v melo_n from_o the_o blackness_n of_o the_o water_n or_o rather_o of_o the_o mud_n and_o slime_n that_o it_o bring_v down_o with_o it_o or_o the_o black_a colour_n of_o the_o ground_n and_o soil_n it_o pass_v through_o it_o be_v call_v by_o way_n of_o excellency_n the_o river_n esay_n xxiii_o 3._o ezek._n xxix_o 3_o 9_o and_o the_o river_n or_o flood_n of_o egypt_n amos_n viii_o 8._o and_o chap._n ix_o 5._o this_o river_n rise_v in_o the_o south_n from_o unknown_a head_n run_v in_o one_o entire_a stream_n northward_o to_o the_o head_n delta_n in_o egypt_n where_o it_o divide_v itself_o into_o two_o main_a channel_n and_o afterward_o branch_v into_o seven_o several_a stream_n esay_n xi_o 15._o empty_v themselves_o
long_o before_o david_n death_n and_o his_o instruct_n and_o encourage_v of_o solomon_n to_o the_o build_n of_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o make_n of_o he_o king_n and_o upward_a to_o fifty_o year_n verse_n 3_o num._n iu_o 3._o after_o fifty_o they_o be_v free_v from_o the_o service_n in_o the_o temple_n and_o keep_v in_o their_o several_a city_n in_o their_o several_a tribe_n to_o teach_v the_o people_n and_o to_o instruct_v and_o judge_v in_o matter_n bring_v before_o they_o as_o have_v best_a insight_n in_o the_o judicial_a law_n and_o the_o whole_a word_n of_o god_n david_n divide_v chap._n verse_n 6_o xxv_o 1_o as_o a_o prophet_n and_o by_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o gad_n the_o king_n seer_n and_o nathan_n the_o prophet_n 2_o chron._n xxix_o 25._o and_o these_o division_n and_o course_n his_o son_n solomon_n punctual_o retain_v 2_o chron._n viii_o 14._o and_o jehoiada_n 2_o chr._n xxiii_o 18._o and_o josiah_n 2_o chron._n xxxv_o 4._o and_o so_o after_o the_o return_n from_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n ezra_n iii_o 10._o and_o so_o by_o god_n spirit_n david_n have_v all_o the_o pattern_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o in_o write_n he_o deliver_v to_o his_o son_n solomon_n 1_o chron._n xxviii_o 12_o 19_o 2_o chron._n iii_o 3._o of_o twenty_o year_n num._n verse_n 24_o viii_o 24._o from_o twenty_o five_o year_n old_a they_o begin_v to_o wait_v upon_o the_o service_n of_o the_o tabernacle_n here_o david_n by_o new_a warrant_n enter_v they_o into_o the_o work_n for_o the_o service_n of_o the_o temple_n at_o twenty_o year_n of_o age_n likely_o more_o now_o be_v needful_a for_o this_o service_n ver_fw-la 27._o 2_o chron._n xxxi_o 17._o yet_o they_o come_v not_o to_o the_o full_a possession_n and_o fruition_n of_o their_o place_n and_o office_n till_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n 1_o chron._n xxiii_o 3._o num._n iv_o 3_o 4_o 7._o and_o to_o offer_v at_o all_o offering_n to_o fit_a and_o prepare_v the_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o priest_n verse_n 31_o who_o be_v to_o offer_v they_o on_o the_o altar_n the_o eight_o to_o abijah_n zacharias_n the_o father_n of_o john_n baptist_n be_v of_o this_o course_n chapter_n xxiv_o verse_n 10_o luke_n i_o 5._o according_a to_o their_o manner_n to_o come_v on_o a_o sabbath_n day_n verse_n 19_o and_o to_o continue_v their_o service_n there_o in_o the_o temple_n for_o that_o whole_a week_n ch._n ix_o 25._o 2_o king_n xi_o 5_o 6._o over_o against_o their_o brethren_n that_o the_o first_o course_n of_o levite_n may_v attend_v on_o the_o first_o course_n of_o the_o priest_n verse_n 31_o and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n with_o harp_n much_o music_n use_v in_o god_n service_n chapter_n xxv_o verse_n 1_o 8_o see_v 1_o chron._n ix_o 33._o and_o xvi_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 41_o 42._o 2_o chron._n v._n 12_o 13._o and_o vii_o 6._o and_o ch_n xxix_o 30._o psal._n lxviii_o 24_o 25._o and_o lxxxi_o 1_o 2_o 3._o and_o so_o in_o the_o tabernacle_n num._n x._o 10._o and_o xxix_o 1._o in_o bring_v up_o the_o ark_n 1_o chron._n xiii_o 8._o and_o chap._n xv._o 16_o 24._o in_o go_v up_o to_o god_n house_n and_o come_v from_o it_o 1_o sam._n x._o 3_o 5._o esay_n xxx_o 29._o this_o music_n be_v by_o skilful_a voice_n and_o by_o various_a instrument_n both_o wind-instrument_n and_o hand-instrument_n and_o these_o both_o string_v and_o touch_v with_o finger_n or_o strike_v over_o with_o quill_n or_o bow_v or_o else_o shake_v or_o beat_v with_o hand_n or_o stick_v prophesy_v see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o sam._n verse_n 1_o xviii_o 10._o and_o on_o zeph._n iii_o 4._o of_o asaph_n see_v 1_o chron._n verse_n 2_o vi_o 39_o and_o chap._n xv._o 17_o 19_o and_o xvi_o 5_o 7._o and_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o 1_o chron._n xxv_o 1_o 2_o 6_o 9_o and_o see_v the_o title_n of_o sundry_a psalm_n of_o heman_n see_v the_o annotation_n on_o 1_o chron_n vi._n verse_n 4_o 33._o see_v likewise_o 1_o chron._n xv._o 17._o and_o chap._n xvi_o 41._o 2_o chron._n v._n 12._o and_o xxix_o 14._o and_o chap._n xxxv_o 15._o jeduthun_n see_v 1_o chron._n verse_n 6_o xvi_o 41_o 42._o 2_o chron._n vi_o 12._o and_o chap._n xxix_o 14._o and_o xxxv_o 15._o and_o the_o title_n of_o psal._n thirty-nine_o 62_o 77._o the_o four_o and_o twenty_o as_o many_o course_n and_o company_n of_o musician_n or_o singer_n verse_n 31_o as_o there_o be_v of_o priest_n chap._n xxiv_o 18._o and_o of_o levite_n attend_v on_o the_o priest_n chap._n xxiv_o 31._o these_o as_o the_o other_o in_o their_o week_n and_o course_n attend_v porter_n of_o their_o office_n chapter_n xxvi_o verse_n 1_o see_v 2_o chron._n xxiii_o 19_o and_o the_o annotation_n on_o this_o text_n their_o number_n 1_o chron._n xxiii_o 5._o korhites_n descend_v from_o that_o korah_n num._n xvi_o 1._o great_a grandchild_n of_o levi_n from_o which_o korah_n descend_v likewise_o elkanah_n and_o samuel_n the_o prophet_n and_o heman_n the_o singer_n 1_o chron._n vi_o 27._o 33_o 37_o 38._o 1_o sam._n i._n 1._o treasure_n many_o sort_n of_o treasure_n verse_n 20_o and_o many_o treasurer_n in_o god_n temple_n ver_fw-la 20_o 26._o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o this_o text_n all_o that_o samuel_n samuel_n verse_n 28_o and_o saul_n and_o abner_n and_o joab_n do_v dedicate_v part_n of_o the_o spoil_v win_v in_o battle_n to_o maintain_v the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n izbarite_n the_o hebronites_n verse_n 29_o ver_fw-la 30_o 31_o 32._o being_n levite_n 1_o chr._n xxiii_o 12._o num._n iii_o 27._o 1_o chron._n xxiv_o 20_o 24._o be_v employ_v also_o for_o the_o outward_a business_n over_o israel_n for_o officer_n and_o judge_n on_o this_o side_n jordan_n westward_o in_o all_o business_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o in_o the_o service_n of_o the_o king_n and_o some_o of_o they_o make_v ruler_n over_o the_o reubenites_n and_o the_o gadite_n and_o the_o half_a tribe_n of_o manasseh_n for_o every_o matter_n pertain_v to_o god_n and_o affair_n of_o the_o king_n month_n by_o month_n david_n have_v twelve_o captain_n for_o the_o twelve_o month_n chapter_n xxvii_o verse_n 1_o each_o with_o their_o company_n in_o their_o several_a month_n and_o course_n attend_v the_o king_n and_o solomon_n have_v the_o like_a after_o he_o 1_o king_n iu_o each_o captain_n in_o david_n time_n have_v twenty_o four_o thousand_o under_o he_o which_o in_o all_o arise_v to_o 288000._o david_n 〈…〉_o and_o husbandry_n a_o chief_a priest_n the_o word_n so_o most_o usual_o signify_v 〈…〉_o time_n it_o signify_v also_o a_o prince_n verse_n 5_o or_o temporal_a ruler_n and_o 〈◊〉_d viii_o 18._o and_o xx._n 26._o and_o 1_o king_n iu_o 5._o and_o 2_o king_n x_o 11._o and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o fathers-in-law_n of_o joseph_n gen._n xli_o 45_o and_o of_o moses_n exod._n iii_o 1._o be_v prince_n for_o they_o will_v not_o marry_v the_o daughter_n of_o idolatrous_a priest_n the_o word_n come_v thus_o to_o be_v use_v in_o both_o sense_n because_o the_o same_o person_n at_o first_o be_v both_o priest_n and_o ruler_n as_o the_o firtst-borne_a before_o the_o law_n moses_n psal._n xcix_o 6._o and_o eli._n and_o samuel_n under_o the_o law_n and_o among_o the_o heathen_a famous_a be_v that_o of_o anius_n rex_fw-la idem_fw-la hominum_fw-la chapter_n i_o phoebique_fw-la sacerdos_n over_o the_o tribe_n these_o be_v commander_n in_o peace_n verse_n 16._o 22._o prince_n or_o ruler_n of_o the_o tribe_n where_o thirteen_o be_v name_v or_o who_o one_o be_v name_v of_o the_o levite_n and_o another_o of_o the_o aaronites_n one_o of_o the_o half_a tribe_n of_o manasseh_n and_o another_o of_o the_o other_o half_o and_o gad_n and_o asher_n be_v leave_v out_o stand_v up_o be_v now_o well-nigh_o bedrid_a chapter_n xxviii_o immediate_o before_o or_o immediate_o after_o adonijah_n his_o conspiracy_n verse_n 2._o ii_o candlestick_n of_o silver_n for_o the_o use_n of_o the_o court_n verse_n 15_o chamber_n etc._n etc._n yet_o young_a and_o tender_a of_o solomon_n age_n chapter_n xxix_o verse_n 1_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o king_n iii_o 7._o three_o thousand_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o chap._n verse_n 4_o xxii_o 14._o thou_o like_o the_o doxology_n of_o the_o lord_n prayer_n verse_n 11_o keep_v this_o david_n remarkable_a prayer_n verse_n 18_o the_o second_o time_n and_o anoint_v he_o the_o rather_o because_o the_o first_o anoint_v be_v in_o a_o time_n of_o tumult_n verse_n 22_o when_v adonia_n the_o next_o brother_n to_o absalon_n seek_v to_o reign_v 1_o king_n i._n 39_o but_o whether_o the_o late_a anoint_v be_v before_o or_o after_o david_n death_n it_o be_v not_o clear_a but_o sure_o it_o be_v that_o david_n himself_o be_v thrice_o anoint_v once_o at_o bethlehem_n by_o samuel_n and_o twice_o at_o hebron_n 1_o sam._n xvi_o 13._o 2._o sam._n ii_o 4._o 1_o chron._n xi_o
and_o oppress_v chap._n v._o 11_o 12_o 13._o and_o his_o heat_n and_o wrath_n against_o sin_n chap._n xiii_o 25._o and_o his_o wonderful_a bounty_n chap._n v._o 14_o 15_o 17_o 18._o be_v all_o very_a remarkable_a a_o time_n twelve_o year_n verse_n 6_o chap._n v._o 14._o and_o xiii_o 6._o sanballat_n as_o the_o samaritan_n oppose_v and_o hinder_v zerubbabâ—l_o in_o the_o building_n of_o the_o temple_n ezra_n iu._n so_o the_o moabite_n ammonite_n and_o arabian_a disturb_v nehemiah_n in_o the_o build_n of_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n neh._n two_o 10_o 19_o and_o iu_o 1_o etc._n etc._n and_o vi_o 1_o etc._n etc._n which_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d m_o be_v use_v in_o the_o end_n of_o a_o word_n which_o never_o use_v so_o to_o be_v and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d m_o proper_a to_o the_o end_n of_o a_o word_n be_v find_v in_o the_o middle_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o esay_n ix_o 7._o eliashib_n eliashib_n the_o son_n of_o jojakim_n chapter_n iii_o &_o grandchild_n of_o jeshua_n which_o jeshua_n come_v up_o with_o zerubbabel_n neh_n xii_o 10._o ezra_n ii_o 2._o and_o live_v to_o finish_v the_o building_n of_o the_o temple_n hag._n i._n 14._o be_v high_a priest_n in_o the_o beginning_n of_o nehemiah_n twelve_o year_n government_n in_o the_o twenty_o year_n of_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la neh._n iii_o 1._o 20._o as_o be_v say_v before_o about_o sixty_o year_n after_o the_o temple_n be_v finish_v gate_n for_o the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n we_o read_v of_o the_o citie-gate_n 2_o chron._n xxxii_o 6._o the_o first_o gate_n zech._n fourteen_o 10._o the_o gate_n of_o benjamin_n jer._n xxxvii_o 12_o 13._o and_o xxxviii_o 7._o zech._n fourteen_o 10._o situate_v in_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n in_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n northward_o yet_o say_v to_o be_v in_o the_o house_n of_o the_o lord_n jer._n xx._n 2._o that_o be_v by_o it_o as_o the_o particle_n beth_n be_v use_v num._n xxxiii_o 37._o josh._n v._n 13._o and_o chap._n xxiv_o ver_fw-la 25_o 26_o 32._o jer._n xiii_o 5._o and_o xxxii_o 7._o the_o gate_n of_o ephraim_n 2_o king_n fourteen_o 13._o neh._n xii_o 39_o the_o corner_n gate_n 2_o chron._n xxv_o 23._o and_o the_o valley_n gate_n 2_o chron._n xxvi_o 9_o the_o fish_n gate_n 2_o chron._n xxxiii_o 14._o the_o new_a gate_n jer._n xxvi_o 10._o because_o repair_v new_a by_o jotham_n 2_o king_n xv._o 35._o 2_o chron._n xxvii_o 3._o yet_o some_o make_v it_o the_o east_n gate_n some_o the_o west_n gate_n of_o the_o outer_a court_n of_o the_o temple_n wherein_o they_o will_v have_v the_o sanhedrin_n to_o sit_v the_o gate_n between_o two_o wall_n by_o the_o king_n garden_n if_o this_o be_v a_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n 2_o king_n xxv_o 4._o in_o nehemiah_n time_n at_o his_o new_a build_n of_o the_o wall_n of_o the_o city_n we_o read_v of_o the_o sheep_n gate_n of_o the_o fish_n gate_n the_o old_a gate_n the_o east_n gate_n jer._n xix_o 2._o the_o valley_n gate_n the_o dung-gate_n the_o gate_n of_o the_o fountain_n the_o water_n gate_n the_o horse_n gate_n the_o gate_n miphkad_v or_o judicatory_a the_o gate_n of_o ephraim_n the_o prison_n gate_n neh._n ii_o 13_o 14._o and_o chap._n iii_o 1_o 3_o 6_o 13_o 14_o 15_o 26_o 28_o 31._o and_o chap._n xii_o 39_o zech._n fourteen_o 10._o beside_o tower_n upon_o the_o wall_n of_o both_o city_n the_o tower_n of_o meah_n the_o tower_n of_o hananeel_n neh._n xii_o 39_o zech._n fourteen_o 10._o on_o the_o east_n side_n of_o the_o city_n between_o the_o tower_n of_o meah_n and_o the_o corner_n gate_n neh._n iii_o 1._o the_o tower_n of_o the_o furnace_n neh._n iii_o 1_o 11._o and_o ch._n xii_o 38_o 39_o and_o other_o and_o valley_n about_o it_o as_o jer._n xxxi_o 40._o the_o valley_n of_o the_o dead_a body_n under_o mount_n golgotha_n west-north-west_n of_o the_o city_n and_o the_o valley_n of_o ash_n likely_a that_o come_v from_o the_o altar_n of_o burnt-offering_n the_o valley_n of_o jehoshaphat_n on_o the_o east_n and_o the_o valley_n of_o the_o son_n of_o hinnom_n also_o the_o valley_n of_o savey_n or_o the_o king_n vale_n or_o dale_n on_o the_o south_n and_o the_o valley_n of_o rephaim_n or_o giant_n on_o the_o south-west_n and_o field_n mention_v about_o it_o the_o fuller_n field_n on_o the_o south_n esay_n vii_o 1._o and_o the_o porter_n field_n or_o acheldama_n on_o the_o southeast_n jer._n xviii_o 2._o and_o xix_o 2._o and_o xxxi_o 40._o matth._n xxvii_o 7._o and_o hill_n about_o jerusalem_n be_v mount_v olivet_n on_o the_o east_n mount_v calverie_n or_o golgotha_n on_o the_o west-north-west_n mount_n gihen_n west_n mount_n gareb_n north_n jer._n xxxi_o 39_o the_o brook_n kidron_n do_v run_v on_o the_o east-side_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o the_o fountain_n of_o siloam_n or_o water_n of_o gihen_n on_o the_o west_n pool_n two_o of_o note_n be_v near_o jerusalem_n neh._n iii_o 15_o 16._o the_o upper_a pool_n of_o siloah_n call_v also_o the_o old_a pool_n and_o king_n pool_n on_o the_o south_n 2_o king_n xviii_o 17._o esay_n vii_o 2._o and_o xxxvi_o 2._o or_o south-west_n corner_n receive_v its_o water_n from_o the_o river_n gihen_n and_o the_o low_a of_o which_o esay_n xxii_o 9_o 2_o chron._n xxxii_o 30._o which_o be_v make_v long_o after_o neh._n iii_o 16._o on_o the_o west_n and_o draw_v water_n from_o the_o upper_a sanctify_a it_o this_o sanctification_n of_o this_o sheep-gate_n build_v by_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o his_o brethren_n be_v deem_v by_o some_o to_o be_v extraordinary_o ratify_v and_o grace_v with_o that_o miraculous_a gift_n of_o heal_v from_o this_o time_n vouchsafe_v to_o the_o pool_n of_o bethesda_n close_o by_o this_o gate_n of_o which_o mention_n be_v make_v john_n v._n 2._o cover_v not_o their_o iniquity_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o psal._n chapter_n iv_o verse_n 5_o cix_o and_o the_o annotation_n on_o this_o text_n of_o nehemie_n unto_o the_o half_a of_o the_o height_n of_o the_o wall_n verse_n 6_o a_o great_a cry_n of_o oppression_n in_o three_o sort_n chapter_n v._o set_v down_o in_o the_o three_o vers_fw-la follow_v their_o need_n and_o want_n which_o make_v they_o liable_a to_o these_o oppression_n be_v the_o more_o occasion_v by_o their_o labour_n so_o much_o employ_v in_o the_o public_a work_n of_o the_o wall_n usury_n ver._n 10._o of_o this_o see_v the_o inhibition_n verse_n 7_o exod._n xxii_o 25._o leu._n xxv_o 36_o 37._o deut_n 23._o 19_o 20._o ezek._n xviii_o 8._o 13_o 17._o and_o god_n judgement_n against_o it_o prov._n xxviii_o 8._o ezek._n xxii_o 12_o 13._o psal._n xv._o v._o yet_o the_o word_n be_v use_v sometime_o in_o a_o large_a sense_n and_o lawful_a way_n as_o matth._n xxv_o 27._o luke_n xix_o 23._o and_o so_o esay_n xxiv_o 2._o jer._n xv._o 10._o and_o to_o a_o stranger_n the_o jew_n may_v lend_v upon_o usury_n deut._n xxiii_o 20._o even_o this_o day_n without_o delay_n verse_n 11_o as_o gen._n xvii_o 23._o hundred_o part_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v that_o which_o they_o receive_v for_o use_v and_o interest_n likely_a the_o hundred_o part_n by_o the_o month_n of_o what_o they_o lend_v require_v nothing_o here_o be_v more_o than_o be_v ask_v verse_n 12_o or_o rather_o nothing_o more_o than_o what_o thou_o ask_v a_o oath_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o hos._n iu._n 15._o shake_v my_o lap_n see_v such_o like_a rite_n use_v luke_n ix_o 5._o act_n xiii_o 51._o and_o xviii_o 6._o 1_o king_n iu_o 29_o 30._o verse_n 13_o forty_o shekel_n five_o pound_n haply_o each_o day_n verse_n 15_o take_v and_o gather_v from_o among_o they_o all_o daily_o yet_o solomon_n exceed_v far_o verse_n 18_o 1_o king_n iu_o 22_o 23._o ono_n a_o valley_n chapter_n vi_o and_o a_o city_n in_o benjamin_n chap._n xi_o 35._o 1_o chron._n viii_o 12._o not_o far_o from_o jerusalem_n the_o five_o time_n think_v to_o prevail_v by_o impudent_a importunity_n verse_n 5_o their_o king_n a_o charge_n of_o high_a treason_n verse_n 6_o so_o ezra_n iv_o 12_o 13._o john_n xix_o 12._o shemajah_n his_o vile_a hypocrisy_n verse_n 10_o false_a pprophecy_n corruption_n by_o bribery_n so_o attempt_v strong_o to_o hinder_v or_o destroy_v nehemiah_n and_o his_o godly_a proceed_n elul_n about_o our_o august_n verse_n 15_o in_o fifty_o and_o two_o day_n wondrous_a speed_n see_v the_o annotation_n this_o be_v in_o the_o twenty_o or_o one_o and_o twenty_o year_n of_o artaxerxes_n and_o first_o year_n of_o nehemiah_n government_n noble_n of_o judah_n guilty_a likely_a some_o way_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o marry_v strange_a wife_n verse_n 17_o ver_fw-la 18._o these_o be_v the_o child_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o ezra_n chapter_n vii_o verse_n 6_o ii_o 2_o 60._o and_o some_o these_o contribution_n differ_v
dead_a before_o nehemiah_n come_v as_o governor_n into_o judea_n verse_n 26_o yea_o or_o ezra_n with_o his_o commission_n dedication_n of_o the_o wall_n the_o former_a genealogy_n and_o record_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o levite_n seem_v to_o be_v insist_v upon_o verse_n 27_o the_o rather_o because_o they_o have_v so_o prime_a a_o hand_n in_o the_o dedication_n of_o the_o wall_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v here_o so_o careful_o gather_v and_o bring_v together_o 27_o 28_o 29._o and_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v also_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o nehemiah_n government_n purify_a see_v the_o annotation_n verse_n 30_o i_o bring_v up_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o dedication_n of_o the_o wall_n be_v thus_o the_o wall_n be_v thick_a and_o broad_a verse_n 31_o that_o divers_a go_v a_o breast_n on_o it_o nehemiah_n appoint_v two_o great_a company_n consist_v of_o priest_n levite_n prince_n and_o people_n they_o enter_v upon_o the_o wall_n about_o the_o middle_n of_o the_o west_n wall_n near_o the_o dung-gate_n and_o there_o the_o two_o company_n part_v and_o each_o go_v as_o in_o procession_n in_o this_o order_n the_o one_o company_n have_v ezra_n the_o priest_n and_o scribe_n before_o they_o and_o other_o priest_n after_o he_o sound_v their_o trumpet_n after_o they_o the_o levite_n play_v on_o sacred_a musical_a instrument_n and_o singer_n of_o they_o that_o sing_v with_o a_o loud_a voice_n all_o sound_v forth_o god_n praise_n and_o their_o own_o thankfulness_n and_o joy_n ver_fw-la 31_o 42._o after_o they_o the_o prince_n and_o ruler_n after_o they_o the_o people_n and_o last_o of_o all_o some_o great_a prince_n likely_a next_o in_o degree_n to_o nehemiah_n and_o this_o company_n thus_o go_v on_o the_o right_a hand_n southward_o by_o the_o fountain_n gate_n and_o about_o the_o city_n of_o david_n and_o all_o along_o the_o south-wall_n even_o unto_o the_o water-gate_n on_o the_o east_n the_o other_o company_n go_v in_o like_a equipage_n and_o nehemiah_n himself_o the_o last_o of_o they_o and_o they_o make_v their_o procession_n on_o the_o left_a hand_n north-ward_n from_o beyond_o the_o tower_n of_o the_o furnace_n even_o unto_o the_o broad_a wall_n and_o all_o along_o the_o north-side_n from_o above_o the_o gate_n of_o ephraim_n and_o above_o the_o old-gate_n and_o above_o the_o fish-gate_n and_o the_o tower_n of_o hananeel_n and_o the_o tower_n of_o meah_n even_o unto_o the_o sheep-gate_n on_o the_o east_n and_o they_o stand_v still_o in_o the_o prison-gate_n the_o two_o company_n somewhat_o beyond_o this_o gate_n meet_v together_o that_o they_o may_v in_o order_n descend_v from_o this_o east-wall_n to_o go_v into_o the_o house_n of_o god_n and_o likely_a it_o be_v from_o the_o water-gate_n on_o the_o east-wall_n for_o the_o street_n it_o open_v upon_o be_v one_o of_o the_o eminent_a and_o of_o great_a receipt_n in_o the_o city_n deem_v to_o be_v that_o of_o millo_n which_o lie_v between_o the_o temple_n on_o mount_n morea_n and_o the_o palace_n on_o mount_n zion_n by_o which_o the_o king_n and_o courtier_n do_v usua_o pass_v to_o and_o fro_o neh._n iii_o 26._o and_o viii_o 3_o 16._o 2_o chron._n xxix_o 3_o 4._o and_o xxxii_o 6._o ezra_n some_o other_o ezra_n verse_n 33_o ezra_n the_o scribe_n that_o famous_a ezra_n verse_n 36_o gate_n of_o the_o gate_n and_o tower_n in_o this_o procession_n mention_v verse_n 39_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o chap._n iii_o 1._o great_a sacrifice_n as_o in_o like_a case_n of_o joy_n and_o thankfulness_n verse_n 43_o so_o 1_o chr._n xxix_o 21._o 1_o king_n viii_o 62_o 63._o for_o the_o treasure_n 1_n chron._n verse_n 44_o ix_o 26._o and_o so_o in_o hezekiah_n time_n 2_o chr._n xxxi_o 4_o 5_o 11._o see_v again_o neh._n xiii_o 12_o 13._o and_o the_o levite_n sanctify_a they_o unto_o the_o levite_n pay_v to_o the_o priest_n the_o tithe_n of_o all_o their_o tithe_n verse_n 47_o num._n xviii_o 26_o 30._o on_o that_o day_n chapter_n xiii_o verse_n 1_o doubtful_a it_o be_v to_o what_o particular_a time_n this_o relate_v yet_o most_o likely_a to_o that_o interim_n of_o time_n which_o pass_v in_o the_o absence_n of_o nehemiah_n between_o the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o and_o beginning_n of_o his_o second_o government_n write_v deut._n xxiii_o 3._o see_v the_o observation_n on_o that_o text_n they_o meet_v not_o as_o melchizedek_n do_v verse_n 2_o gen._n fourteen_o 17._o separate_a see_v that_o ezra_n chap._n verse_n 3_o ix_o and_o x._o and_o neh._n ix_o 2._o and_o ch_n x._o 30._o and_o chap._n xiii_o 23_o 30._o so_o difficult_a be_v this_o point_n of_o the_o reformation_n and_o so_o ready_a they_o to_o relapse_n into_o this_o sin_n a_o great_a chamber_n pulling_n down_o the_o partition_n verse_n 5_o to_o make_v two_o or_o three_o into_o one_o i_o cast_v forth_o and_o so_o ver_fw-la 9_o verse_n 8_o bring_v i_o again_o by_o my_o command_n and_o authority_n not_o in_o my_o person_n have_v not_o be_v give_v this_n verse_n 10_o and_o other_o matter_n imply_v the_o interim_n of_o 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up_o with_o zerubbabel_n and_o yet_o to_o live_v to_o a_o very_a great_a age_n whether_o he_o be_v the_o penman_n of_o this_o book_n or_o else_o this_o clause_n insert_v by_o some_o other_o prophet_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o book_n remember_v i_o so_o likewise_o verse_n 31_o ver_fw-la 14._o and_o 22._o and_o chap._n v._n 19_o he_o plead_v not_o here_o any_o merit_n of_o his_o own_o but_o all_o he_o plead_v be_v for_o god_n mercy_n sake_n all_o goodness_n in_o he_o still_o proceed_v from_o god_n mere_a grace_n he_o do_v cheer_v up_o himself_o in_o this_o in_o the_o sincerity_n and_o integrity_n of_o his_o heart_n and_o the_o effect_n thereof_o as_o fruit_n and_o sound_a proof_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n grace_n in_o he_o whereupon_o he_o further_o with_o comfort_n expect_v more_o mere_a mercy_n to_o come_v from_o the_o lord_n esther_n the_o book_n of_o esther_n contain_v a_o history_n of_o nine_o year_n express_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o ahasuerus_n 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1_o king_n x._o 11._o he_o arken_v matth._n xvii_o 5._o rom._n x._o 17._o verse_n 10_o o_o daughter_n john_n 1_n 13._o apoc._n xxi_o 9_o 10._o forget_v also_o luke_n ix_o 23._o and_o fourteen_o 26._o matth._n x._o 37._o as_o abraham_n do_v gen._n xii_o 1._o and_o ruth_n chap._n i._n 16_o 17._o so_o shall_v upon_o these_o term_n verse_n 11_o more_o and_o more_o great_o desire_v this_o true_a in_o solomon_n but_o christ_n love_v his_o spouse_n first_o 1_o john_n iu._n 10._o love_v she_o in_o her_o blood_n ezek._n xvi_o 6._o thy_o lord_n 1_o pet._n iii_o 6._o judg._n xix_o 26._o and_o that_o no_o common_a or_o vulgar_a person_n in_o the_o high_a degree_n be_v christ_n so_o to_o his_o spouse_n the_o church_n even_o her_o lord_n and_o god_n worship_n thou_o he_o pharaoh_n daughter_n be_v with_o civil_a worship_n to_o do_v it_o to_o solomon_n with_o civil_a reverend_a incurvation_n and_o adoration_n the_o church_n to_o christ_n with_o religious_a worship_n of_o tyre_n of_o this_o city_n verse_n 12_o see_v the_o annotation_n on_o amos_n i._n 9_o this_o rich_a merchant-citie_n the_o prime_a mart_n for_o traffic_v shall_v bring_v to_o solomon_n spouse_n gift_n and_o nuptial_a present_n and_o much_o more_o tyre_n and_o all_o heathen_a nation_n shall_v bring_v themselves_o and_o their_o gift_n with_o all_o office_n of_o submission_n and_o subjection_n to_o the_o spouse_n of_o christ_n esay_n xlix_o 23._o and_o lxvi_o 12._o psal._n lxxxvii_o 4._o the_o rich_a esay_n lx._n 3_o 10_o 11_o 16._o glorious_a within_n 1_o pet._n ii_o 4_o 5._o verse_n 13_o not_o helen_n without_o and_o hecuba_n within_o this_o true_a in_o solomon_n spouse_n partly_o but_o in_o christ_n spouse_n true_a altogether_o by_o her_o bridegroom_n donation_n and_o operation_n ephes._n v._n 27._o bring_v with_o pomp_n verse_n 14_o joy_n and_o jubilation_n of_o needlework_n as_o former_o costly_a for_o matter_n so_o here_o curious_a for_o art_n and_o work_n as_o the_o like_a exod._n xxviii_o 6_o 8_o 15_o 39_o 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and_o dispraise_v present_a help_n deliverer_n chapter_n xlvi_o verse_n 1_o or_o assistant_n will_v not_o we_o fear_n though_o a_o natural_a fear_n as_o prov._n fourteen_o 16._o and_o xxii_o 3._o verse_n 2_o matth._n viii_o 26._o yet_o not_o a_o godless_a and_o faithless_a fear_n here_o faith_n triumph_v over_o such_o a_o fear_n though_o the_o earth_n hyperbolical_a expression_n usua_o intimate_v the_o fearful_a alteration_n of_o state_n and_o polity_n or_o the_o most_o dreadful_a danger_n a_o river_n allude_v to_o that_o of_o kidron_n gihen_n verse_n 4_o and_o shiloah_n intend_v chief_o that_o ezek._n xlvii_o 1._o joel_n iii_o 18._o apoc._n xxii_o 1._o or_o the_o meaning_n of_o this_o seem_v best_a expound_v in_o the_o next_o verse_n and_o in_o the_o two_o verse_n follow_v he_o make_v esay_n xlv_o 7._o amos_n iii_o 6._o psal._n lxxvi_o 3._o verse_n 9_o exalt_v esay_n xxxiii_o 9_o 10._o and_o xxx_o 15._o verse_n 10_o o_o clap_n a_o sign_n of_o joyful_a acclamation_n use_v at_o the_o 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verse_n 4_o and_o will_v choose_v and_o prepare_v that_o heavenly_a canaan_n that_o inheritance_n incorruptible_a 1_o pet._n i._n 4._o for_o all_o that_o believe_v and_o hope_v in_o he_o for_o we_o the_o jew_n seem_v here_o to_o include_v the_o gentile_n as_o call_v by_o christ_n into_o the_o same_o communion_n of_o the_o covenant_n for_o grace_n and_o glory_n john_n x._o 16._o eph._n ii_o 14._o the_o excellency_n of_o jacob_n high_n and_o glorious_a excellency_n whereby_o jacob_n posterity_n excel_v ezek._n xxiv_o 21._o amos_n vi_o 8._o and_o viii_o 7._o nahum_n ii_o 2._o viz._n the_o temple_n priesthood_n etc._n etc._n all_o those_o most_o excellent_a and_o precious_a promise_n and_o blessing_n make_v in_o christ_n unto_o jacob_n and_o his_o posterity_n god_n be_v go_v up_o when_o the_o ark_n be_v carry_v from_o kiriathjearim_n to_o the_o house_n of_o obed_n edom_n verse_n 5_o thence_o to_o the_o city_n of_o david_n thence_o by_o solomon_n into_o the_o oracle_n 1_o chron._n xiii_o 8._o and_o xv._o 28._o and_o 2_o chron._n v._n 13._o spiritualy_n and_o mystica_o when_o christ_n ascend_v with_o triumph_n into_o heaven_n see_v eph._n iu._n 8._o col._n ii_o 15._o the_o king_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n the_o universal_a kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o of_o christ._n verse_n 7_o so_o again_o verse_n 8._o differ_v from_o earthly_a king_n with_o understanding_n 1_o cor._n fourteen_o 15._o the_o word_n maschil_n be_v here_o use_v for_o psalm_n which_o be_v the_o title_n of_o sundry_a psalm_n signify_v a_o instruct_v psalm_n thereby_o to_o instruct_v yourselves_o and_o other_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n and_o christ_n and_o of_o your_o duty_n of_o throne_n of_o his_o holiness_n psal._n ix_o 4._o apoc._n iu._n 2._o the_o prince_n the_o voluntary_a verse_n 8_o bounteous_a prince_n and_o people_n subject_n themselves_o to_o this_o king_n of_o the_o god_n of_o abraham_n his_o spiritual_a seed_n luke_n iii_o 8._o verse_n 9_o john_n viii_o 33._o etc._n etc._n rom._n iu._n 16_o 17._o shield_n he_n be_v the_o great_a shield_n gen._n xv._o 1._o psal._n v._n 12._o and_o xviii_o 35._o the_o great_a conqueror_n and_o protector_n of_o all_o and_o magistrate_n shield_n under_o he_o hos._n iu._n 18._o psal._n lxxxix_o 18._o great_o exalt_a psal._n xcvii_o 9_o a_o song_n and_o psalm_n chapter_n xlviii_o wherein_o both_o voice_n and_o instrument_n be_v use_v the_o voice_n begin_v and_o the_o instrument_n after_o and_o where_o the_o inscription_n be_v a_o psalm_n and_o song_n there_o likely_a the_o instrument_n begin_v and_o the_o voice_n follow_v of_o the_o former_a sort_n be_v as_o this_o psalm_n to_o psal._n lxvi_o lxxxiii_o cviii_o of_o the_o late_a be_v psal._n lxvii_o lxviii_o lxxv_o lxxxvii_o and_o xcii_o whole_a earth_n or_o land_n of_o judea_n verse_n 2_o as_o exod._n x._o 15._o and_o most_o likely_a matth._n xxvii_o 45._o the_o side_n of_o the_o north_n the_o temple_n on_o mount_n moriah_n and_o the_o city_n of_o jerusalem_n join_v north_n to_o mount_n zion_n moriah_n be_v the_o north_n part_n of_o zion_n so_o esay_n fourteen_o 13._o the_o king_n be_v assemble_v the_o philistian_a prince_n 2_o sam._n v._o or_o those_o verse_n 4_o in_o the_o day_n of_o jehoshaphat_n 2_o chron._n xx._n or_o of_o ezekiah_n 2_o king_n xviii_o upon_o some_o of_o which_o occasion_n this_o psalm_n seem_v to_o be_v compose_v and_o inspire_v psal._n xlvi_o 6._o marvail_v and_o be_v trouble_v at_o sions_n beauty_n verse_n 5_o and_o at_o her_o strength_n and_o their_o own_o overthrow_n thou_o break_v as_o in_o a_o shipwreck_n verse_n 6_o so_o thou_o do_v break_v they_o as_o 2_o sam._n v._o 20._o tarshish_n see_v the_o observation_n on_o 1_o king_n x._o 22._o east_n wind_n see_v ezek._n xvii_o 10._o and_o xix_o 12._o hos._n xii_o 1._o and_o ch._n xiii_o 15._o jonah_n
and_o be_v make_v a_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n for_o we_o 2_o cor._n v._o 21._o esay_n liii_o 6._o yet_o this_o may_v have_v a_o right_a understanding_n of_o christ_n spiritual_a child_n who_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o lapse_n and_o infirmity_n of_o sin_n 1_o john_n i._n 8._o rom._n vii_o 15._o swear_v of_o oath_n verse_n 35_o see_v the_o observation_n on_o hos._n iu._n 15._o as_o the_o moon_n which_o although_o it_o sometime_o wax_v verse_n 37_o and_o sometime_o wain_v and_o sometime_o seem_v to_o be_v go_v a_o fit_a resemblance_n of_o the_o state_n of_o christ_n church_n yet_o be_v continua_o renew_v and_o so_o stable_a witness_v see_v jer._n xxxiii_o 20_o 21._o and_o christ_n be_v so_o call_v apoc._n i._n 5._o esay_n lv._o 4._o but_o thou_o the_o psalmist_n complain_v of_o the_o misery_n of_o the_o church_n verse_n 38_o whereby_o all_o the_o former_a promise_n seem_v to_o be_v frustrate_v youth_n have_v thou_o shorten_v wherein_o by_o thy_o promise_n he_o shall_v have_v flourish_v 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to_o grave_a image_n by_o my_o fail_n in_o my_o prediction_n and_o promise_n of_o the_o rock_n sing_v of_o petra_n verse_n 11._o 13._o the_o chief_a city_n of_o arabia_n chap._n xvi_o 1._o the_o lord_n shall_v go_v forth_o to_o war_n against_o the_o enemy_n of_o his_o people_n i_o have_v the_o word_n of_o god_n himself_o verse_n 14_o he_o long_o restrain_v his_o wrath_n but_o now_o will_v hasten_v the_o execution_n of_o it_o and_o lay_v desolate_a the_o whole_a country_n of_o chaldea_n and_o of_o those_o that_o be_v adjacent_a and_o adjutant_n to_o it_o the_o river_n island_n it_o be_v so_o do_v by_o cyrus_n verse_n 15_o in_o the_o siege_n of_o babylon_n and_o i_o will_v bring_v the_o blind_a partly_o true_a verse_n 16_o in_o the_o return_n of_o the_o jew_n out_o of_o the_o babylonish_n captivity_n more_o true_a spiritualy_a in_o the_o conversion_n of_o jew_n and_o gentile_a to_o grace_v in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o christ_n under_o the_o gospel_n hear_v you_o deaf_a jew_n verse_n 18_o of_o who_o many_o still_o continue_v such_o notwithstanding_o all_o that_o god_n have_v say_v and_o do_v and_o they_o have_v hear_v and_o see_v who_o be_v blind_a a_o reason_n why_o he_o give_v his_o own_o people_n those_o title_n verse_n 19_o ver_fw-la 18_o because_o they_o deserve_v they_o as_o well_o yea_o rather_o than_o any_o other_o as_o he_o that_o be_v perfect_a shall_v be_v so_o and_o have_v best_a mean_n to_o be_v so_o open_v the_o ear_n in_o show_n at_o least_o verse_n 20._o 21._o listen_v he_o will_v magnify_v his_o law_n he_n be_v please_v to_o magnify_v his_o law_n as_o well_o by_o execution_n of_o justice_n upon_o the_o transgressor_n of_o it_o as_o by_o make_v good_a his_o promise_n unto_o those_o that_o observe_v it_o or_o he_o magnify_v and_o dignify_v he_o with_o his_o law_n but_o this_o be_v a_o people_n after_o all_o those_o favour_n and_o honour_n confer_v upon_o they_o verse_n 22_o yet_o see_v what_o calamity_n and_o misery_n be_v befall_v they_o for_o their_o sin_n will_v give_v ear_n to_o this_o to_o amend_v verse_n 23_o and_o grow_v wise_a for_o time_n to_o come_v lay_v it_o not_o to_o heart_n their_o extreme_a stupidity_n verse_n 25_o even_o in_o their_o present_a affliction_n but_o now_o though_o a_o great_a part_n of_o my_o people_n continue_v still_o thus_o obstinate_a and_o impenitent_a chapter_n xlviii_o verse_n 1_o yet_o i_o will_v have_v care_n of_o my_o choose_a once_o among_o they_o who_o i_o will_v protect_v in_o all_o danger_n and_o in_o due_a time_n restore_v i_o give_v egypt_n for_o thy_o ransom_n exod._n verse_n 3_o fourteen_o 20_o 38._o and_o xv._o 9_o 10._o ethiopia_n and_o seba_n for_o thou_o two_o chron._n fourteen_o 9_o 15._o bring_v thy_o seed_n by_o cyrus_n temporaly_a verse_n 5._o 8._o by_o christ_n spiritualy_fw-fr bring_v forth_o the_o blind_a people_n challenge_v the_o gentile_n who_o be_v blind_a and_o deaf_a as_o their_o idol_n to_o see_v if_o they_o can_v yet_o produce_v aught_o in_o defence_n of_o their_o idol_n ver_fw-la 9_o who_o among_o they_o which_o of_o their_o idol_n can_v foretell_v those_o verse_n 9_o or_o the_o like_a thing_n it_o be_v truth_n that_o the_o lord_n alone_o be_v the_o true_a god_n and_o they_o all_o but_o base_a idol_n you_o be_v my_o witness_n you_o my_o people_n verse_n 10_o speak_v thus_o to_o they_o that_o have_v plentiful_a and_o pregnant_a proof_n of_o his_o divine_a power_n and_o providence_n and_o my_o servant_n the_o messiah_n and_o in_o some_o degree_n cyrus_n that_o i_o be_o he_o the_o only_a true_a god_n ver_fw-la 12._o who_o cry_n be_v in_o the_o ship_n verse_n 14_o they_o want_v water_n by_o cyrus_n his_o drayning_n to_o carry_v they_o in_o their_o flight_n away_o or_o they_o cry_v to_o the_o ship_n to_o the_o ship_n for_o safety_n as_o chap_n xxii_o 5._o to_o the_o hill_n to_o the_o hill_n yet_o some_o translate_v thus_o the_o chaldean_n together_o with_o their_o choice_n ship_n which_o they_o vaunt_v of_o which_o make_v a_o way_n in_o the_o sea_n 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sennacherib_n army_n or_o to_o cyrus_n further_a than_o as_o type_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o spiritual_a deliverance_n and_o esay_n use_v to_o slip_v from_o temporal_a deliverance_n in_o a_o close_a way_n unto_o spiritual_a and_o to_o close_v up_o the_o prophecy_n of_o the_o one_o with_o the_o promise_n of_o the_o other_o my_o covenant_n of_o send_v the_o redeemer_n to_o they_o verse_n 21_o and_o of_o continue_v his_o word_n and_o spirit_n to_o zion_n his_o church_n this_o chapter_n contain_v the_o glorious_a state_n of_o the_o church_n under_o the_o messiah_n chapter_n lx_o the_o abundant_a access_n of_o the_o gentile_n and_o their_o king_n and_o chief_a one_o adjoin_v to_o it_o and_o their_o riches_n endowment_n and_o service_n humble_o submit_v and_o cheerful_o yield_v unto_o it_o thy_o light_n be_v come_v the_o night_n of_o affliction_n be_v over_o verse_n 1_o and_o the_o day_n be_v dawn_v the_o light_n of_o the_o morning_n be_v rise_v upon_o thou_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n in_o 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and_o till_o than_o they_o must_v expect_v chap._n xiii_o 22_o and_o xxviii_o 16._o and_o xxxviii_o 18._o hab._n ii_o 3._o luke_n i._n 20._o this_o chapter_n be_v much_o of_o the_o same_o matter_n chapter_n lxi_o and_o to_o the_o like_a purpose_n with_o the_o former_a the_o spirit_n of_o the_o lord_n christ_n calling_n to_o his_o ministry_n verse_n 1_o and_o the_o exercise_n of_o his_o prophetical_a office_n shadow_v out_o in_o that_o of_o esay_n here_o christ_n appli_v this_o to_o himself_o luke_n iu._n 18._o have_v anoint_v i_o in_o a_o special_a manner_n above_o his_o fellow_n ps._n xlv_o 7._o act_n x._o 38._o col._n ii_o 3_o 9_o heb._n i._n 8._o good_a tiding_n whence_o our_o gospel_n signify_v not_o gods-spel_n or_o word_n but_o goodspel_n evangelium_fw-la to_o proclaim_v liberty_n temporal_a by_o cyrus_n spiritual_a by_o christ_n luke_n iu._n 8._o year_n of_o the_o lord_n relate_v to_o the_o jubilee_n verse_n 2_o of_o vengeance_n for_o his_o people_n of_o their_o oppressor_n 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