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unto all the CARVED IMAGES which Manaffeh had made, and ferved them;

23 And HUMBLED not himself before the LORD, as Manaffeh his Father had humbled himself; but Amon trefpaffed more and more.

24 And his Servants confpired against him, and flew him in his own House.

25 But the People of the Land flew all them that had confpired againft King Amon, and the People of the Land made JOSIAH his Son King in his ftead.

CHA P. XXXIV.

1 Jofiah his good Reign: 3 He deftroyeth Idolatry: 8 He taketh Order for the Repair of the Temple. 14 Hilkiah having found a Book of the Law, Jofiah fendeth to Huldah to enquire of the LORD. 23 Huldah prophefieth the DeftruEtion of Jerufalem, but refpite thereof in Jofiah's Time. 29 Jofiah causing it to be read in a folemn Assembly, reneweth the Covenant with GOD.

Ver. 1 JOSIAH was eight Years old when he began to

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reign, and he reigned in Jerufalem one and thirty

2 And he did that which was right in the fight of the LORD, and walked in the Ways of DAVID his Father, and declined neither to the Right Hand nor to the Left.

3 For in the eighth Year of his Reign, while he was yet YOUNG, he began to SEEK after the GOD of David his Father and in the twelfth Year he began to purge Judah and Jerufalem from the high Places, and the Groves, and the carved Images, and the molten Images.

2 KINGS XXIII.

10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Children of Hinnom, that no Man might make his Son or his Daughter to pafs through the Fire to Molech.

11 And he took away the Horfes that the Kings of Judah had given to the SUN, at the Entring in of the Houfe of the LORD, by the Chamber of Nathan-Melech the Chamberlain which was in the Suburbs, and burnt the Chariots of the Sun with Fire.

12 And the Altars that were on the top of the upper Chamber

Chamber of Ahaz, which the Kings of Judah had made, and the Altars which Manaffeh had made in the two Courts of the House of the LORD, did the King beat down, and brake them down from thence, and caft the Duft of them into the Brook Kidron.

13 And the high Places that were before Jerufalem, which were on the right hand of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon the King of Ifrael had builded for Afhtoreth the Abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemofh the Abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the Abomination of the Children of Ammon, did the King defile.

14 And he brake in pieces the Images, and cut down the Groves, and filled their Places with the Bones of Men.

15 Moreover, the Altar that was at Beth-el, and the high Place which Jeroboam, had made, both that Altar and the high Place he brake down, and burnt the high Place, and stampt it small to Powder, and burnt the Grove.

2 CHRON. XXXIV.

4"And they brake down the Altars of BAALIM in his Prefence; and the Images that were on high above them, he cut down, and the Groves, and the carved Images, and the molten Images he brake in pieces, and made Duft of them, and STROWED it upon the Graves of them that had facrificed unto them.

I Kings xiii. 1 And there came a MAN of GOD unto Beth-el. in the Word of the LORD, and said, 2 And he cried against the Altar O Altar, Altar, thus faith the LORD, Behold, a Child fhall be born unto the House of David, Jofiah by Name, and upon thee fhall he offer the Priests of the high Places that burnt Incense upon thee, and Mens Bones fhall be burnt upon thee.

5 And he burnt the BONES of the PRIESTS upon their Altars, and cleanfed Judah and Jerufalem.

6 And fo did he in the Cities of Manaffeh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali.

7 And when he had broken down the Altars and the Groves, and had beaten the graven Images into Powder, and cut down all the Idols throughout all the Land of Ifrael, he returned to Jerufalem.

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Jer. i. 1 The Words of Jeremiah the Son of Hilkiah, of the Priefts that

were in Anathoth in the Land of Ben

jamin:

This Prophecy was about 340 Years before Jofiah's Birth.

t Dr. Lightfoot obferves, That as Mofes was a Teacher in the Wilderness forty Years; fo was Jeremy in their own Land a Prophet and Teacher of the Ifraelites, before they went into the Wilderness of the Heathen.

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2 To whom the Word of the LORD came in the Days of JOSIAH the Son of Amon King of Judah, in the thirteenth Year of his Reign.

House, he fent Shaphan, and
Maafeiah the Governour of
the City, and Joah the Re-
corder, to repair the House of the LORD his GOD.

9 And when they came to Hilkiah the High Prieft, they delivered the Money that was brought into the House of GOD, which the Levites had gathered, of all the REMNANT of Ifrael, and of all Judah, and Benjamin.

10 And they put it into the Hand of the Workmen, that had the Overfight of the House of the LORD, to repair and mend the House.

12 And the Men did the Work faithfully.

14 And Hilkiah the Prieft found a Book of the Law of the LORD given by MOSES.

15 And Hilkiah faid to Shaphan the Scribe, I have found the Book of the LAW in the Houfe of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the Book to Shaphan :

16 And Shaphan carried the Book to the King.

18 And Shaphan read it before the King.

19 And it came to pafs when the King had heard the WORDS of the LAW, that he rent his Cloaths.

20 And the King commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam, and Abdon, and Shaphan, and Afaiah, faying,

21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are LEFT in ISRAEL, and in Judah, concerning the WORDS of the Book that is found: for great is the WRATH of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our Fathers have not KEPT the Word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this Book.

22 And Hilkiah, and they that the King had appointed, went to HULDAH the PROPHETESS, and they spake to her to that Effect.

23 And fhe answered them, Thus faith the LORD GOD of Ifrael, Tell ye the Man that fent you to me,

24 Thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will bring Evil upon this Place, and upon the Inhabitants thereof, even all the CURSES that are written in the Book which they have read before the King of Judah :

25 Because they have FORSAKEN me, and have burned Incense unto other Gods, that they might provoke me to Anger with all the Works of their Hands; therefore my Wrath fhall be poured out upon this Place, and fhall not be. quenched.

26 And as for the King of Judah, who fent you to enquire of the LORD, fo fhall ye fay unto him, Thus faith the LORD GOD of Ifrael concerning the Words which thou haft heard.

27 Because thine HEART was TENDER, and thou didst HUMBLE thyself before GOD, when thou heardeft his WORDS against this Place, and against the Inhabitants thereof, and humbleft thyself before me, and didft rend thy Cloaths, and weep before me; I have even HEARD thee alfo, faith the LORD.

28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy Fathers, and thou fhalt be gathered to thy Grave in PEACE, neither shall thine Eyes fee all the Evil that I will bring upon this Place, and upon the INHABITANTS of the fame. So they brought the King word again.

29 Then the King sent and gathered together all the Elders of Judah.

30 And the King went up into the House of the LORD, and the Priefts, and the Levites, and all the People, great and small and he read in their Ears all the Words of the Book of the COVENANT, that was found in the House of the LORD.

31 And the King ftood in his Place, and made a COVENANT before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his Commandments, and his Teftimonies, and his Statutes, with all his HEART, and with all his Soul, to perform the Words of the COVENANT which are written in this Book.

32 And he caused all that were present in Jerufalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the Inhabitants of Jerufalem did according to the Covenant of GOD, the GOD of their Fathers,

33 And Jofiah took away all the Abominations out of all the Countries that pertained to the Children of Ifrael, and made all that were prefent in Ifrael to ferve the LORD their GOD. And all his Days they departed not from following the LORD, the GOD of their Fathers.

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1 Jofiah keepeth a moft folemn Paffover: 20 He provoking Pharash-necho, is flain at Megiddo. 25 Lamentation for Jofiah.

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Oreover, Jofiah kept a Paffover unto the LORD in Jerufalem and they killed the Paflover on the fourteenth Day of the firft Month.

2 And he fet the Priests in their Charges, and encouraged them to the Service of the House of the LORD,

3 And faid unto the Levites that taught all Ifrael which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy Ark in the House which Solomon did build; it fhall not be a Burden upon your Shoulders: SERVE now the LORD your God, and his People Ifrael.

4 And PREPARE yourselves after your Courses, according to the writing of David, and of Solomon.

5 And ftand in the holy Place according to the Divifions of your Families.

6 So kill the Paffover, and SANCTIFY yourselves, and prepare your Brethren, that they may do according to the Word of the LORD by the Hand of Mofes.

7 And Jofiah gave to the People, of the Flock, Lambs and Kids, for all the Paffover-offerings.

10 So the Service was prepared, and the Priests stood in their PLACE, and the Levites in their COURSES, according to the King's Commandment.

11 And they killed the Paffover, and the Priests sprinkled the Blood from their Hands, and the Levites flayed them.

13 And they roafted the Paffover with Fire, according to the ORDINANCE: but the other holy Offerings divided they speedily among all the People.

14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the Priests: because the Priests the Sons of Aaron were bufied in offering of Burnt-offerings.

15 And the Singers the Sons of Afaph were in their Place, according to the Commandment of David, and Afaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the King's Seer.

16 So all the Service of the LORD was prepared the fame Day, to keep the Paflover, and to offer Burnt-offerings upon the Altar of the LORD, according to the Commandment of King Jofiah.

17 And the Children of Ifrael that were prefent, kept the Paffover at that Time, and the Feaft of unleavened Bread feven Days.

18 And there was no Paffover like to that kept in Ifrael, from the Days of Samuel the Prophet, neither did all the Kings of Ifrael keep fuch a Paflover as Jofiah kept.

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