The reign of Azarias, and Joatham in Juda: and of Zacharias, Sellum, Manahem, Phaceia, and Phacee in Israel.
Azarias beginneth wel, 4. afterward (for offering incense on the altar 2 Paralip. 26.) is strooken with leprosie, cast out of the temple, and from conuersation weth the people, his sonne Ioathan ruling the kingdom. 8. Sellum killeth Zacharias king of Israel and reigneth in his place. 14. After one moneth Manahem killeth Sellum & reigneth also Wickedly. 19. Maketh league With the Syrians. 22. dieth and his sonne Phaceia reigneth. 25. Phacee killeth him, and reigneth. 29. The Assyrians spoyle the countrie, and carie away manie captiues. 30. Osee killeth Phacee and reigneth. 32. In the meane time Ioathan regning in Iuda is infested With enemies. 38. dieth, and his sonne Achaz reigneth.
1In the seven and twentieth year of Jeroboam, king of Israel, reigned Azarias, son of Amasias, king of Juda.L'anno ventesimo settimo di Geroboam re d'Israele, regnò Azaria figliuolo di Amasia re di Giuda.IN the seuen and twenteth yeare of Ieroboam the king of Israel reigned Azarias the sonne of Amasias the king of Iuda.Anno vigesimo septimo Jeroboam regis Israël, regnavit Azarias filius Amasiæ regis Juda. 2He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jechelia, of Jerusalem.Egli avea sedici anni quando cominciò a regnare, e cinquantadue anni regnò in Gerusalemme: sua madre ebbe nome Jechelia, ed ella era di Gerusalemme.He was sixtene yeares old, when he began to reigne, and two and fiftie yeares he reigned in Ierusalem: the name of his mother was Iechelia of Ierusalem,Sedecim annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset, et quinquaginta duobus annis regnavit in Jerusalem: nomen matris ejus Jechelia de Jerusalem. 3And he did that which was pleasing before the Lord, according to all that his father, Amasias, had done.Ed egli fece quello, che era grato al Signore, imitando in tutto, e per tutto Amasia suo padre.And he did that which was liked before our Lord, according to al thinges that his father Amasias did.Fecitque quod erat placitum coram Domino, juxta omnia quæ fecit Amasias pater ejus. 4But the high places he did not destroy, for the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places.Egli però non demolì i luoghi eccelsi: il popolo sacrificava tuttora, e bruciava incenso ne luoghi eccelsi.But the excelses he destroyed not: as yet the people sacrificed, and burnt incense in the excelses.Verumtamen excelsa non est demolitus: adhuc populus sacrificabat, et adolebat incensum in excelsis. 5And the Lord struck the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in a free house apart: but Joatham, the king’s son, governed the palace, and judged the people of the land.E il Signore percosse il re, ed egli fu lebbroso fino al punto di sua morte: ed egli viveva a parte in una casa fuori di mano; e Joatham figliuolo del re governava la corte, e rendeva giustizia al popolo del paese.And our Lord stroke the king, and he was a leper vntil the day of his death, and he dwelt in a free house a part: but Ioathan the kinges sonne gouerned the palace, and iudged the people of the land.Percussit autem Dominus regem, et fuit leprosus usque in diem mortis suæ, et habitabat in domo libera seorsum: Joatham vero filius regis gubernabat palatium, et judicabit populum terræ.
6And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?Il rimanente poi delle azioni di Azaria, e tutto quello, che egli operò, non è egli scritto nel diario de' fatti dei re di Giuda?But the rest of the wordes of Azarias, and al that he did, are not these thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Iuda?Reliqua autem sermonum Azariæ, et universa quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Juda ? 7And Azarias slept with his fathers: and they buried him with his ancestors in the city of David, and Joatham, his son, reigned in his stead.E Azaria si addormentò co' padri suoi, e lo seppellirono co' suoi maggiori nella città di Davidde, e Joatham suo figliuolo gli succedette nel regno.And Azarias slept with his fathers: and they buried him with his ancetors in the citie of Dauid, and Ioathan his sonne reigned for him.Et dormivit Azarias cum patribus suis: sepelieruntque eum cum majoribus suis in civitate David, et regnavit Joatham filius ejus pro eo. 8In the eight and thirtieth year of Azarias, king of Juda, reigned Zacharias, son of Jeroboam, over Israel, in Samaria, six months:L'anno trentesimo ottavo di Azaria re di Giuda regnò Zacharia figliuolo di Geroboam sopra Israele in Samaria per sei mesi:In the eight and thirteth yeare of Azarias the king of Iuda, reigned Zacharias the sonne of Ieroboam ouer Israel in Samaria sixe monethes:Anno trigesimo octavo Azariæ regis Juda, regnavit Zacharias filius Jeroboam super Israël in Samaria sex mensibus. 9And he did that which is evil before the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.Ed ei fece il male nel cospetto del Signore, come avean fatto i padri suoi: egli non si allontanò dai peccati di Geroboam figliuolo di Nabath, il quale indusse Israele a peccare.and he did that which is euil before our Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, who made Israel to sinne.Et fecit quod malum est coram Domino, sicut fecerant patres ejus: non recessit a peccatis Jeroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israël. 10And Sellum, the son of Jabes, conspired against him: and struck him publicly, and killed him, and reigned in his place.E Sellum figliuolo di Jabes ordì una congiura contro di lui: e lo assalì alla scoperta, e lo uccise, e regnò in sua vece.And Sellum the sonne of Iabes conspired against him: and smote him openly, killed him, and reigned for him.Conjuravit autem contra eum Sellum filius Jabes: percussitque eum palam, et interfecit, regnavitque pro eo.
11Now the rest of the acts of Zacharias, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?Il resto poi delle azioni di Zacharia non son elleno scritte nel diario de' fatti dei re d'Israele?But the rest of the wordes of Zacharias, are not these writen in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Israel?Reliqua autem verborum Zachariæ, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Israël ? 12This was the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Jehu, saying: Thy children, to the fourth generation, shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.Questo è quello, che il Signore avea predetto a Jehu, quando disse: I tuoi figliuoli sederanno sul trono d'Israele fino alla quarta generazione. E così avvenne.This is the word of our Lord, which he spake to Iehu, saying: Thy children shal sit vnto the fourth generation vpon the throne of Israel. And so it came to passe.Iste est sermo Domini quem locutus est ad Jehu, dicens: Filii tui usque ad quartam generationem sedebunt super thronum Israël. Factumque est ita. 13Sellum, the son of Jabes, began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Azarias, king of Juda: and reigned one month in Samaria.Sellum figliuolo di Jabes principiò a regnare l'anno trigesimo nono di Azaria re di Giuda: e regnò un mese in Samaria.Sellum the sone of Iabes reigned the nine and thirteth yeare of Azarias the king of Iuda: and reigned one moneth in Samaria.Sellum filius Jabes regnavit trigesimo novo anno Azariæ regis Juda: regnavit autem uno mense in Samaria. 14And Manahem, the son of Gadi, went up from Thersa, and he came into Samaria, and struck Sellum, the son of Jabes, in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.Perocché Manahem figliuolo di Gadi parti da Thersa: e si portò a Samaria, e ferì Sellum figliuolo di Jabes in Samaria; e lo uccise, e regnò in suo luogo.And Manahem the sonne of Gadi went vp from Thersa: and he came into Samaria, and smote Sellum the sonne of Iabes in Samaria, and slew him, & reigned for him.Et ascendit Manahem filius Gadi de Thersa, venitque in Samariam, et percussit Sellum filium Jabes in Samaria, et interfecit eum: regnavitque pro eo. 15And the rest of the acts of Sellum, and his conspiracy which he made, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?Il resto poi delle azioni di Sellum, e la congiura ordita con frode da lui. Queste cose non son elleno scritte nel diario de' fatti dei re d'Israele?But the rest of the wordes of Sellum, & his conspiracie, wherwith he wrought treason, are not these thinges written in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kinges of Israel?Reliqua autem verborum Sellum, et conjuratio ejus, per quam tetendit insidias, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Israël ?
16Then Manahem destroyed Thapsa and all that were in it, and the borders thereof from Thersa, because they would not open to him: and he slew all the women thereof that were with child, and ripped them up.Allora fu che Manahem espugnò Thapsa, e uccise tutti i suoi abitanti, e devastò tutti i suoi confini fino da Thersa, perchè non avean voluto aprir gli le porte; e tutte le donne gravide mise a morte, facendole sparare.Then Manahem stroke Thapsa and al that were in it and the borders therof from Thersa, for they would not open vnto him: and he slew al wemen therof that were withchilde, and ripped them.Tunc percussit Manahem Thapsam, et omnes qui erant in ea, et terminos ejus de Thersa: noluerant enim aperire ei: et interfecit omnes prægnantes ejus, et scidit eas. 17In the nine and thirtieth year of Azarias, king of Juda, reigned Manahem, son of Gadi, over Israel, ten years, in Samaria.L'anno trentesimo nono di Azaria re di Giuda, regnò Manahem figliuolo di Gadi sopra Israele in Samaria per dieci anni.In the nine and thirteth yeare of Azarias the king of Iuda, reigned Manahem the sonne of Gadi ouer Israel ten yeares in Samaria.Anno trigesimo nono Azariæ regis Juda, regnavit Manahem filius Gadi super Israël decem annis in Samaria. 18And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, all his days.Ed ei fece il male nel cospetto del Signore: non si allontanò dai peccati di Geroboam figliuolo di Nabath, il quale indusse Israele a peccare fino che visse.And he did that which was euil before our Lord: he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, who made Israel to sinne al his dayes.Fecitque quod erat malum coram Domino: non recessit a peccatis Jeroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israël, cunctis diebus ejus. 19And Phul, king of the Assyrians, came into the land, and Manahem gave Phul a thousand talents of silver to aid him and to establish him in the kingdom.Phul re degli Assiri venne nel paese, e Manahem diede a Phul mille talenti d'argento, perchè gli desse soccorso, e gli assicurasse il regno.Phul also the king of the Assyrians came into the land, and Manahem gaue to Phul a thousand ralentes of siluer, that he should ayde him, & establish his kingdom.Veniebat Phul rex Assyriorum in terram, et dabat Manahem Phul mille talenta argenti, ut esset ei in auxilium, et firmaret regnum ejus. 20And Manahem laid a tax upon Israel, on all that were mighty and rich, to give the king of the Assyrians, each man fifty sicles of silver: so the king of the Assyrians turned back, and did not stay in the land.E Manahem fece pagare questo argento dai potenti, e facoltosi d'Israele a ragione di cinquanta sicli d'argento per testa, per darlo al re degli Assiri. E il re degli Assiri se n'andò, e non si fermò nel paese.And Manahem put a taxe of siluer vpon Israel, on them that were mightie and riche to geue the king of the Assyrians, fiftie sicles of siluer euerie man: and the king of the Assyrians returned, and taried not in the land.Indixitque Manahem argentum super Israël cunctis potentibus et divitibus, ut daret regi Assyriorum quinquaginta siclos argenti per singulos: reversusque est rex Assyriorum, et non est moratus in terra.
21And the rest of the acts of Manahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?Il resto poi delle azioni di Manahem, e tutto quello, che egli operò, non è egli scritto nel diario de' fatti dei re d'Israele?But the rest of the wordes of Manahem, and al that he did, are not these thinges writen in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kinges of Israel?Reliqua autem sermonum Manahem, et universa quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Israël ? 22And Manahem slept with his fathers: and Phaceia, his son, reigned in his stead.E Manahem si addormentò co' padri suoi: e gli succedette nel regno Phaceia suo figliuolo.And Manahem slept with his fathers: and Phaceia his sonne reigned for him.Et dormivit Manahem cum patribus suis: regnavitque Phaceia filius ejus pro eo. 23In the fiftieth year of Azarias, king of Juda, reigned Phaceia, the son of Manahem, over Israel, in Samaria, two years.L'anno cinquantesimo di Azaria re di Giuda, regnò Phaceia figliuolo di Manahem sopra Israele in Samaria per due anni:In the fifteth yeare of Azarias the king of Inda reigned Phaceia the sonne of Manahem ouer Israel in Samria two yeares:Anno quinquagesimo Azariæ regis Juda, regnavit Phaceia filius Manahem super Israël in Samaria biennio. 24And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.E fece il male nel cospetto del Signore: non si allontanò dai peccati di Geroboam figliuolo di Nabath, il quale indusse Israele a peccare.and he did that which was euil before our Lord: he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, who made Israel to sinne.Et fecit quod erat malum coram Domino: non recessit a peccatis Jeroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israël. 25And Phacee the son of Romelia, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the tower of the king’s house, near Argob, and near Arie, and with him fifty men of the sons of the Galaadites, and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.E ordì congiura contro di lui Phacee figliuolo di Romelia, suo capitano, e lo assalì in Samaria nella torre della casa reale vicino ad Argob, e ad Arie, avendo seco cinquanta uomini di Galaad, e lo uccise, e gli succedette nel regno.And Phacee the sonne of Romelia, his captaine conspired against him, and stoke him in Samaria, in the towre of the kinges house beside, Argob and beside Arie, and with him fiftie men of the children of the Galaadites, and he slewe him, and reigned for him.Conjuravit autem adversus eum Phacee filius Romeliæ, dux ejus, et percussit eum in Samaria in turre domus regiæ, juxta Argob et juxta Arie, et cum eo quinquaginta viros de filiis Galaaditarum: et interfecit eum, regnavitque pro eo.
26And the rest of the acts of Phaceia, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?Il resto poi delle azioni di Phaceia tutto quello, che egli operò, non è egli scritto nel diario de' fatti dei re d'Israele?But the rest of the wordes of Phaceia & al that he did, are not these things written in the Booke of the wordes of the daies of the kings of Israel.Reliqua autem sermonum Phaceia, et universa quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Israël ? 27In the two and fiftieth year of Azarias, king of Juda, reigned Phacee, the son of Romelia, over Israel, in Samaria, twenty years.L'anno cinquantesimo secondo di Azaria re di Giuda, regnò Phacee figliuolo di Romelia sopra Israele in Samaria per venti anni.In the two and fifteth yeares of Azarias the king of Iuda reigned Phacee the sonne Romelia ouer Israel in Samaria twentie yeares.Anno quinquagesimo secundo Azariæ regis Juda, regnavit Phacee filius Romeliæ super Israël in Samaria viginti annis. 28And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.Ed ei fece il male dinanzi al Signore: non si allontanò dai peccati di Geroboam figliuolo di Nabath, il quale indusse Israele a peccare.And he did that which was euil before our Lord: he departed not from the sinnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat, who made Israel to sinne.Et fecit quod erat malum coram Domino: non recessit a peccatis Jeroboam filii Nabat, qui peccare fecit Israël. 29In the days of Phacee, king of Israel, came Theglathphalasar, king of Assyria, and took Aion, and Abel Domum Maacha, and Janoe, and Cedes, and Asor, and Galaad, and Galilee, and all the land of Nephthali: and carried them captives into Assyria.Regnando Phacee re d'Israele, venne Theglathphalasar re di Assur, e prese Aion, e Abel-casa di Maacha, e Janoe, e Cedes, e Asor, e Galaad, e la Galilea, e tutta la terra di Nephthali; e trasportò la gente nell'Assiria.In the daies of Phacee the king of Israel came Theglath phalasar the king of Assur, & tooke Aion, and Abel the house of Maachat and Ianoe, and Cedes, and Asor, and Galaad, and Galilee, and al the land of Nepthali: and transported them vnto the Assyrians.In diebus Phacee regis Israël, venit Theglathphalasar rex Assur, et cepit Ajon, et Abel-Domum, Maacha et Janoë, et Cedes, et Asor, et Galaad, et Galilæam, et universam terram Nephthali: et transtulit eos in Assyrios. 30Now Osee, son of Ela, conspired, and formed a plot against Phacee, the son of Romelia, and struck him, and slew him: and reigned in his stead in the twentieth year of Joatham, the son of Ozias.E Osea figliuolo di Eia fece congiura, e tese insidie a Phacee figliuolo i Romelia, e lo assalì, e lo uccise, e regnò in sua vece l'anno ventesimo di Joatham figliuolo di Ozia.And Osee the sonne of Ela conspired, and lay in wayte against Phacee the sonne of Romelia, and stroke him, and slew him: and he reigned for him the twentith yeare of Ioatham the sonne of Ozias.Conjuravit autem et tetendit insidias Osee filius Ela contra Phacee filium Romeliæ, et percussit eum, et interfecit: regnavitque pro eo vigesimo anno Joatham filii Oziæ.
31But the rest of the acts of Phacee, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?Il resto poi delle azioni di Phacee, e tutto quello, che egli operò, non è egli scritto nel diario de' fatti dei re d'Israele.But the rest of the wordes of Phacee, and al that he did, are not these things written in the Booke of the wordes of the dayes of the kings of Israel?Reliqua autem sermonum Phacee, et universa quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Israël ? 32In the second year of Phacee, the son of Romelia king of Israel, reigned Joatham, son of Ozias, king of Juda.L'anno secondo di Phacee figliuolo di Romelia re d'Israele, cominciò a regnare Joatham figliuolo di Ozia re di Giuda.In the second yeare of Phacee the sonne of Romelia the king of Israel, reigned Ioatham the sonne of Ozias the king of Iuda.Anno secundo Phacee filii Romeliæ regis Israël, regnavit Joatham filius Oziæ regis Juda. 33He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Jerusa, the daughter of Sadoc.Egli avea venticinque anni quando principiò a regnare, e sedici anni regnò in Gerusalemme: sua madre si chiamò Jerusa, che era figliuola di Sadoc.Fiue and twentie yeares old was he when he began to reigne, and sixtene yeares he reigned in Ierusalem: the name of his mother was Ierusa, the daughter of Sadoc.Viginti quinque annorum erat cum regnare cœpisset, et sedecim annis regnavit in Jerusalem: nomen matris ejus Jerusa filia Sadoc. 34And he did that which was right before the Lord: according to all that his father Ozias had done, so did he.Ed egli fece quel, che era grato nel cospetto del Signore; facendo tutto quello, che avea fatto Ozia suo padre.And he did that which was liked before our Lord: according to al things, which Ozias his father had done, did he worke.Fecitque quod erat placitum coram Domino: juxta omnia quæ fecerat Ozias pater suus, operatus est. 35But the high places he took not away: the people still sacrificed, and burnt incense in the high places: he built the highest gate of the house of the Lord.Egli però non tolse via i luoghi eccelsi: tutt'ora il popolo sagrificava, e bruciava incenso ne luoghi eccelsi. Egli edificò l'altissima porta della casa del Signore.Howbeit the excelses he tooke not away: as yet the people immolated, and burnt incense in the excelses, he built the highest gate of the house of our Lord.Verumtamen excelsa non abstulit: adhuc populus immolabat, et adolebat incensum in excelsis. Ipse ædificavit portam domus Domini sublimissimam.
36But the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Juda?Il resto poi delle azioni di Joatham, e tutto quello, che egli operò, non è egli scritto nel diario de' fatti dei re di Giuda?But the rest of the wordes of Ioatham, and al that he did, are not these things written in the Booke of the words of the dayes of the kings of Iuda?Reliqua autem sermonum Joatham, et universa quæ fecit, nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Juda ? 37In those days the Lord began to send into Juda, Rasin king of Syria, and Phacee the son of Romelia.In quel tempo cominciò il Signore a spedir contra Giuda Rasin re della Siria, e Phacee figliuolo di Romelia.In those dayes our Lord began to send into Iuda Rasin the king of Syria, and Phacee the sonne of Romelia.In diebus illis cœpit Dominus mittere in Judam Rasin regem Syriæ, et Phacee filium Romeliæ. 38And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the city of David, his father; and Achaz, his son, reigned in his stead.E Joatham si addormentò co' padri suoi, e fu sepolto con essi nella città di Davidde suo padre, e gli succedette nel regno Achaz suo figliuolo.And Ioatham slept with his fathers, and was buried with them in the citie of Dauid his father, and Achaz his sonne reigned for him.Et dormivit Joatham cum patribus suis, sepultusque est cum eis in civitate David patris sui: et regnavit Achaz filius ejus pro eo.
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Year of the World 3194, Year before Christ 810.
Grotius
Twentieth. Houbigant endeavours to shew it should be, "the 14th;" Capellus says, the 17th; (Haydock) and others have suspected that the number is incorrectly printed. (Grotius, etc.)
Capel
But this expedient ought only to be adopted when no other can give satisfaction; and this difficulty may be obviated by saying, that Jeroboam's reign with his father continued six years, and that after he had held the septre nineteen years alone, Azarias commenced; (Calmet; Usher) or, that there was an interregnum of eleven years, which is not probable. (Capel)
Haydock
Azarias; otherwise called Ozias; (Challoner) and this was his real name. (Grotius) See 4 Kings 14:21. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Lord. Many laudable actions are specified, 2 Paralipomenon 26:4. But at last, forgetting the instructions of the prophet Zacharias, he opened his heart to pride, the bane of great souls, and would arrogate to himself the rights of the priesthood, which brought on his leprosy. (Calmet)
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But. In this he was not different from his father, 4 Kings 14:4.
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Worthington
A leper. In punishment of his usurping the priestly functions, 2 Paralipomenon 26:19. (Challoner) (Worthington)
Calmet
The priests boldly remonstrated with him, but to no effect; till the king perceived himself stricken with the leprosy. Josephus ([Antiquities?] 9:10.) says, a dreadful earthquake was felt at the same time, which is supposed to be that mentioned [in] Amos 1:1., and Zacharias 14:5; (St. Jerome, etc.) though Usher produces some chronological difficulties against this opinion: but they are founded on error. (Calmet)
Haydock
Free. Paralipomenon apart; at a distance from all. (Haydock)
Menochius
The like rules were observed in cities, as in the camp, Leviticus 13:46. (Menochius)
Haydock
Ozias was in a manner dead to all civil transactions; and Isaias 6:1. probably refers to this event. Syriac and Arabic, "he remained hidden." Josephus (ibid.[IX. 10.]) says, "leading a private life." Thus aiming at too much, he lost all! (Haydock)
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Year of the World 3246, Year before Christ 758.
Haydock
David: or, Ozias slept....and they buried him in the field of the royal sepulchre, because he was a leper, and Joatham, etc., 2 Paralipomenon 26:23. (Haydock)
Calmet
Such an aversion had people for lepers, that they would not even bury them with others. (Calmet)
Worthington
Yet he was treated with some honour. (Worthington)
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Year of the World 3232, Year before Christ 772.
Calmet
Thirtieth. Usher would place an interregnum of eleven years and a half, after the death of Jeroboam, to make the first year of Zacharias correspond with the 38th of Azarias, during which, he supposes, the troubles mentioned [in] Amos vii., and viii., happened. But this interregnum has no foundation, ver. 5. (Calmet)
Capellus says it would have lasted above 22 years. He and Houbigant would read, 28th: the latter adds ten years to the reign of Zacharias. The transcriber might easily omit the years, as they end in the same manner as months. Arabic has "six years;" whence we may infer, that the copies formerly varied. The exploits of Zacharias require a longer space than six months. (Chron. sac. p. 107, 110.)
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Calmet
Place, having before taken his measures with the conspirators; (ver. 15.) so that he had not to fear the resentment of the people. He cut off the last king of the family of Jehu; (Haydock) probably at Jezrahel, Osee 1:5. (Calmet)
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Year of the World 3223.
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Manahem, general of Zacharias, revenged his death, and then returning to Tharsa[Thersa?], treated it and the neighbouring city, Thapsa, with the utmost fury. So Josephus, [Antiquities?] 9:11. But his conjectures are to be received with caution.
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Usher
Ten years. Dating from the time that he was enabled to enjoy the throne in peace, after a struggle of eleven months. (Usher, the year of the world 3233.)
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Calmet
Days. During which Jeroboam or Manahem swayed the sceptre. (Calmet)
Menochius
The Septuagint refer all his days to the following verse, (Haydock) which seems to intimate that the tribute was required annually, as may be gathered from the Vulgate veniebat. (Menochius)
Haydock
But Phul probably received the talents only once, to indemnify him for his trouble. He was perhaps the father of Sardanapalus, Anacindaraxes, etc. Phul was the first of the Assyrian monarchs who came into the land of Israel, where we shall find them too often in the sequel. He probably repented on the preaching of Jonas, and averted the scourge (Calmet) which fell upon the city during the reign of his son. (Haydock)
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Rich. The lower classes were not perhaps entirely exempted.
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Year of the World 3243, Year before Christ 761.
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Year of the World 3245, Year before Christ 759.
Calmet
Near. Hebrew, "may be along with Argob, etc." who were in the conspiracy. (Chaldean, Septaugint, etc.) (Calmet)
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Haydock
Israel. This book is lost. (Haydock)
The Paralipomenon takes no notice of these kings; but relates only the transactions of the kings of Juda after Joas gained the victory; which greatly abridged their power, 4 Kings 14:14.
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Haydock
Romelia. St. Jerome (ep. 142.) places the birth of Romulus in this year, which preceded the famous Olympiads. But Salien differs that event 14 years. (The year before Christ 769.) (Haydock)
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Assyria, at the invitation of Achaz, 4 Kings 16:7.
Calmet
Theglathphalasar is probably the same who is called Ninus the younger, or Thilgam, (Aelian. animal. 12:21.) by profane writers. He re-established the kingdom of Nineve in part, after the city had been taken, under his father Sardanapalus, by Arbaces, founder of the empire of the Medes, and by Belesus, Narbonassar, or Baladan, who reigned at Babylon. Such was the state of the eastern empires at this time. (Calmet)
Haydock
Aion, or Ahion, (3 Kings 15:20.) perhaps the Enan of Ezechiel 48:1. (Haydock)
Maacha, whither Seba had retreatd, 2 Kings 20:14. Hebrew Abel-beth-maacha.
Calmet
Galaad, comprising all the east of the Jordan. (Calmet)
Haydock
Nephthali, to the north-west. (Haydock)
Thus the Galileans and Nephthali were transported into Assyria, to repeople it after the late ravages. The tribe in Galaad were fixed on the river Gozan, 1 Paralipomenon 5:26.
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Challoner
In the twentieth year of Joatham. That is, in the twentieth year from the beginning of Joatham's reign. The sacred writer chooses rather to follow here this date, than to speak of the years of Achaz, who had not yet been mentioned. (Challoner)
Haydock
But Joatham reigned only 16 years, (ver. 33.) so that this was the fourth year of Achaz. (Haydock)
Calmet
Usher says that Osee did not ascend the throne till nine years after the death of Phacee, as he is asserted to have commenced his reign in the twelfth year of Achaz, 4 Kings 17:1. But another difficulty arises from the mention of this 20th year, as Phacee would have reigned 22, instead of 20; (ver. 27.) for Joatham only commenced in the second year of Phacee. To reconcile these passages, we may conclude that Osee conspired against the king of Israel in the 18th year of Joatham, gained possession of part of the kingdom in the 20th of the same prince, and of the whole in the 12th of Achaz. (Calmet)
The pretended interregnum ought to be rejected, as the murderer of the late king would not delay to ascend the throne. Houbigant adds 10 years to the reign of Phacee, as well as to that of Zacharias: the dates assigned to the kings of Israel being otherwise so much deficient, p. 113.
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Year of the World 3246, Year before Christ 758.
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Did he. Yet he did not imitate his presumption. God gave great success to his enterprises, 2 Paralipomenon 27:2.
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Began. Achaz was much more infested by these princes.
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Azarias.... Otherwise called Ozias.
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A leper.... In punishment of his usurping the priestly function. 2 Par. 26.
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In the twentieth year of Joatham.... That is, in the twentieth year, from the beginning of Joatham’s reign. The sacred writer chooses rather to follow here this date than to speak of the years of Achaz, who had not yet been mentioned.
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Otherwise called Ozias. 2. Paral. 26. Mat. 1.
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This punishment was inflicted vpon him, for his presumption to offer incēse on the altar. 2. Paralip. 26.
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He was buried honorably in the citie of Dauid, that is, nere to the walles, but in the filde, because he was a leper euen to his death. 2. Paral. 26.
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Some men of Ruben, Gad, Manasses, and Nepthali, were caried captiues into Assyria.
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Otherwise called Azarias. •. 1.
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St John Chrysostom † AD 407 The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John 31
… 24 ): as also Esaias saith, “and the head of Ephraim is Somoron” ( Isa. vii. 9 , LXX.), but the inhabitants were termed not “Samaritans” but “Israelites.” But as time went on, they offended God, and in the reign of Pekah, Tiglath-Pileser came up, and took many cities, and set upon Elah, and having slain him, gave the kingdom to Hoshea.
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1. In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, AZARIAS SON OF AMASIAS KING OF JUDA BEGAN TO REIGN. This Azarias was called by another name, Ozias. For Azarias in Hebrew means the help of God; Ozias means the strength of God; and where the help of God is, there is strength. For God is most strong and most powerful. Whence in II Paralipomenon, chapter 26, verse 7, it is said of him: "And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, and against the Ammonites," etc. From this passage Francis Ribera in Amos, chapter 1, verse 1, thinks there was an interregnum of thirteen years between Amasias and Azarias, because Azarias was three years old when his father Amasias died. He proves this from the fact that in the fifteenth year of Amasias, as was said in the preceding chapter, verse 23, Jeroboam began to reign, in whose twenty-seventh year, as is said here, Azarias began to reign. But Amasias reigned for twenty-nine years. Therefore the twenty-ninth year of Amasias was the fourteenth year of Jeroboam. Therefore the kingdom of Juda was vacant from the 14th year of Jeroboam until the 27th of the same, namely for a space of thirteen years. But I answer that this 27th year of Jeroboam is the 27th year from the time when Jeroboam began to reign together with his father Joas; for of the kingdom, which he himself reigned alone after his father, this was only the fourteenth year, in which Amasias dying in the twenty-ninth year of his reign, left Azarias his son as successor. That this is so is clear from II Paralipomenon, chapter 25, verse 25, where Amasias, after the death of Joas, is said to have lived for fifteen years. He died therefore at the end of the 14th year and the beginning of the 15th year of Jeroboam, who immediately succeeded his father Joas. Thus Salianus, Cajetan and others. For interregna must be avoided here, lest the continuous series of chronology be disturbed, and rendered uncertain and doubtful. Whence Eusebius, Josephus and others everywhere immediately subjoin and connect the kingdom and years of Amasias to the kingdom and years of Azarias.
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2. AND HE REIGNED FIFTY-TWO YEARS. In the time of Azarias lived Sardanapalus, whom the Gentile Historians place as the last king of the Assyrians, and they say that he, being effeminate, was besieged by Arbaces the prefect of Media in Nineveh, and there burned himself with the royal treasure. Wherefore Arbaces made himself king of Media in the tenth year of Azarias, when Proca Silvius was reigning among the Latins, Agemone among the Corinthians, and the legislator Lycurgus among the Spartans. Thus Eusebius, Diodorus, Justinus, Ptolemy, Strabo, and from them Torniellus, Salianus, Gordonus, Samerius and others. But shortly afterwards Nineveh and its kingdom were restored; for, as we shall soon hear, shortly afterwards under the same Azarias reigned Phul king of the Assyrians, to whom succeeded Tiglath-Pileser, to him Shalmaneser, to him Sennacherib, to him Esarhaddon, under whom because of the Assyrians slain shortly before while besieging Hezekiah and Jerusalem, by an Angel, Merodach the Babylonian raised his head, and made himself king of Babylon, who was the grandfather of Nebuchadnezzar the first monarch of the Babylonians. For all these kings already named are called kings of the Assyrians, not of the Babylonians, nor before Baladan is anyone called king of Babylon in Scripture. It appears therefore that Phul the Assyrian divided the empire of Sardanapalus with Arbaces the prefect, so that Arbaces ruled over Media and Persia, but Phul over Assyria and Babylon: thus from Metasthenes Annius Genebrardus, Torniellus, Samerius, Gordonus, Salianus and others. To this chronology agrees the time of the prophecy of Jonah, who, as we heard in the preceding chapter, verse 25, prophesied under Jeroboam, whose contemporary was Azarias. Jonah therefore sent by God chastised the luxury and licentiousness of Sardanapalus and the Ninevites. Sardanapalus repented with the Ninevites, but not long afterwards, having relapsed into their former vices, they were besieged and laid waste by Arbaces the Mede, as I said in Jonah.
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5. But the Lord smote the king (Azarias) and HE BECAME A LEPER, because namely he himself usurped the office of Pontiff, burning incense upon the altar of incense, which was in the Holy Place, as is said in II Paralipomenon, chapter 26, verse 16, concerning which there are more details there.
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8. IN THE THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF AZARIAH KING OF JUDAH, ZACHARIAS SON OF JEROBOAM REIGNED OVER ISRAEL. He was the great-grandson of Jehu; hence the royal line of Jehu ended in Zacharias, as it were in the fourth generation, as God had promised him, chapter x, verse 30: "In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah," namely from the time when he himself began to reign with his father Amaziah; for from the time when Azariah reigned alone after his father, this was the 26th or 27th year. If therefore you count 38 years of Azariah from the 18th year of Amaziah his father, when he himself took him as co-regent in the kingdom, this 38th year of Azariah will be the 41st year of Jeroboam king of Israel, inasmuch as he began to reign alone in the 15th year of Amaziah father of Azariah. For this was the forty-first year, the last of Jeroboam: hence, upon his death, his son Zacharias succeeded him for six months. But because Azariah after his father Amaziah reigned alone for 52 years which are here recorded individually: for in verse 37, the 39th year of Azariah is numbered, and in verse 23, Note: Under Azariah the Olympiads began to be reckoned, but in which year of his reign this occurred the Chronologists vary. Eusebius, book III of the Preparation and in the Chronicle places the beginning of the Olympiads in the 50th year of Azariah and consequently the beginning of the city of Rome, when Romulus founded it in the fourth or fifth year of Ahaz: for the beginning of the Olympiads precedes the beginning of Rome by 23 years, as all Historians and Chronologists agree. Now add two years of Azariah (for he reigned 52 years) and sixteen of his son Jotham, and five of Ahaz and you will have the 23 years which we seek. Others think the Olympiads began in the fourth or fifth year of Azariah; Serarius in the 47th year of the same. Pererius, in book XI on Daniel, as it were in the eighth year of Ahaz. Torniellus, Salianus and others in the 52nd year of Azariah, or rather in the first year of Jotham, because he succeeded his father Azariah. For this difference of a few years is small in such a great interval of ancient times. According to the chronological table which I prefixed to the Pentateuch, the Olympiads began in the fortieth year of Azariah; but Rome was founded in the tenth or eleventh year of Jotham, of which verse 33. Furthermore, before the Olympiads nothing is certain among the pagan Greek and Latin Historians, but all is uncertain and confused: hence they themselves call this age μυθικό, that is, fabulous: but after them, equally as after Rome was founded, all things began to be assigned to their years derived from that point, as Eusebius testifies, book X of the Preparation, chapter III, and Censorinus, book X On the Birthday, chapter xxi. An Olympiad moreover was a space of four years, which intervened between two Olympic games, which were celebrated for Jupiter Olympius with the concourse of all Greece, every fourth year, at Pisa and Elis in memory of the intercalary day at the beginning of summer or the summer solstice, from the eleventh moon to the sixteenth, as Livy, Censorinus and others testify. Hear Solinus the Polyhistor, chapter 11: "The Olympic contest (which Hercules once held in honor of his maternal ancestor Pelops, victor in every kind of contest) having long been discontinued, Iphitus of Elis restored it after the destruction of Troy in the 408th year. Rome was then founded, the 7th Olympiad beginning after the destruction of Troy in the 433rd year." The same is written by Diodorus Siculus, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Eratosthenes cited by Clement of Alexandria, and by others from these. AND MANAHEM CAME UP FROM TIRZAH, which he was besieging in the name of his king Zacharias, says Josephus, and having killed Shallum in Samaria, who had killed Zacharias the king, he seized the kingdom, and when he returned to Tirzah, and the men of Tirzah did not receive him as king, he raged against them, and especially against the men of Tappuah by ripping open the pregnant women in it, as is said in verse 16.
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16. AND THE BORDERS THEREOF FROM TIRZAH, for the field of the city of Tappuah extended as far as Tirzah, says Vatablus. AND HE RIPPED THEM UP, that is, he dissected the pregnant women, so that he might extract the fetus, says Abulensis. This was great cruelty and barbarism.
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19. PHUL KING OF THE ASSYRIANS CAME. This is "Phul," who by another name is called "Belochus," who together with Arbaces the Mede besieged Sardanapalus in Nineveh for two years, and forced him to construct a most lofty pyre in the palace, and to cast himself into it along with his wives and sons and a thousand myriads of gold and ten thousand myriads of silver, and to burn himself. The burning lasted for fifteen days. In him ended the monarchy of the Assyrians, which from Belus to Sardanapalus lasted thirteen hundred years. Moreover Phul divided the monarchy with Arbaces, and kept for himself Assyria and Babylon; he granted to Arbaces Media and Persia. Furthermore Phul in Hebrew is the same as bean, says Pagninus, just as at Rome the Fabii were named from the bean, among whom Fabius Maximus, the liberator of Rome and conqueror of Hannibal, was eminent. Scaliger notes that the names of the kings of the Assyrians and Babylonians are some simple, such as Phul, Asar, Theglath; others compound, such as Theglathphalasar is composed of three; namely from Theglath, Phul and Asar. Salmanasar is composed of Salman and Asar, and Asarhaddon is formed from Asar and Haddon. Nabuchodonosor from Nabo, who was the God of the Babylonians, Chad, and Netser. See what is said there in Isaiah XLVI, 1. AND MANAHEM GAVE PHUL A THOUSAND TALENTS OF SILVER, that he might be to him a help, against the rebels of Thersae, Thapsae, etc., as was said in verse 14. This was the occasion why Theglathphalasar the successor of Phul invaded Israel, and led him away into Assyria, as will be said in verse 29. Phul therefore being called to help
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29. IN THE DAYS OF PEKAH CAME THEGLATHPHALASAR KING OF ASSUR. Who was the son of Phul of whom verse 19 speaks, and therefore was called Phul, Assar, or Theglath Phul-Assar. Behold, he laid waste Israel, and led away from it five tribes into Assyria, namely the inhabitants of "Gilead," that is the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh; and "Galilee," namely the Zebulonites and Nephtalites, of whom Isaiah, cap. ix, verse 1, when a little before he had been called to help by Ahaz king of Judah, against Rezin king of Syria, and Pekah king of Israel, he came to Damascus, and having slain those kings, as is said in the following cap. 6 and 7, he also oppressed Ahaz himself, by whom he had been called, and plundered his dominion, II Paralipomenon xxviii, 8. Isaiah himself had predicted this very thing to Ahaz a little before, vii, 17. This therefore was the first captivity of Israel, that is of the ten tribes. Hence fittingly Theglathphalasar in Hebrew (to which the Assyrian and Chaldean language is akin) is the same as the captivity of wonderful binding, says Pagninus in the Hebrew Names.
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30. AND OSEE REIGNED IN HIS PLACE (namely Osee in place of Pekah) IN THE TWENTIETH YEAR OF JOTHAM SON OF OZIAH. You will say: Jotham reigned only sixteen years, as is said in verse 33; what then is this twentieth year of his? I answer: It was the twentieth from the time when Jotham began to reign with his father Azariah: for he was struck by God with leprosy, and therefore separated from the company of men, he entrusted the administration of the kingdom to his son Jotham, as was said in verse 5. Thus Cajetan and others. You will say: Osee could not reign with Jotham; for Pekah, whom Osee succeeded, survived Jotham by three years, as is evident here in verse 27 compared with verse 1 of the following cap. I answer, Osee began to reign and to invade the kingdom of Pekah, while Jotham was living, and then after his death, after some years he completely overcame him, and killed him in the fourth year of Ahaz king of Judah, and then alone reigned fully. Thus Cajetan. Secondly, better the Hebrews in the Seder Olam, Abulensis, Genebrardus, Torniellus, Salianus thus explain it: "in the twentieth year of Jotham," that is which would have been the twentieth year of Jotham alone reigning after his father, if he himself had still lived, who had died four years before. It was therefore this year the twentieth from when Jotham began to reign; but because he reigned only sixteen years, hence in reality this was the fourth year of Ahaz, who succeeded Jotham; but Scripture preferred to name Jotham rather than Ahaz, because it had not yet made mention of Ahaz. Moreover Scripture numbers the years of Osee in two ways; first, from this fourth year of Ahaz, as is done here; secondly, from the twelfth year of Ahaz; as is done in IV Kings cap. xvii, verse 1. The reason is, that in the first eight years Osee was not a peaceful king, but still struggling with the family of Pekah, or rather a servant of the Assyrians than a king, or hindered from the kingdom for other reasons. And so from the fourth year of Ahaz he reigned more by sufferance than by full right. Thus Abulensis, Serarius, Salianus
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32. In the second year of Pekah, etc., JOATHAM THE SON OF OZIAS KING OF JUDA REIGNED; for Pekah began to reign in the 52nd and last year of Ozias: wherefore this was the first year of Pekah's reign; the second was that in which, Ozias having died, Joatham succeeded him, who reigned sixteen years: wherefore in the 17th year of Pekah, Joatham having died, his son Achaz succeeded him, as is said in the following chapter 1; because namely the last year of Joatham was not complete, but halved, so that the 17th of Pekah was at the same time the last of Joatham dying, and of Achaz succeeding him. Wherefore one year added or subtracted in chronology makes no difference; because halved years are now reckoned, now not reckoned. Furthermore, "Joatham," says the Author of the Imperfect Work, homily 1 on Matthew, is interpreted perfect or lord, immaculate. And truly perfect was this Joatham, and as lord immaculate compared to the kings preceding him; because he did that which was pleasing to God, and no reproof of him is read in the scripture of the kingdoms. He reigned sixteen years -- well and piously; whence he is praised before others by Scripture and by Josephus. In the time of Joatham Isaiah and Micah prophesied, as is evident from his title. In the eleventh year of Joatham, Romulus being in the 18th year of his age laid the foundations of the city of Rome on the 21st day of April (whence this day henceforth was celebrated as it were as Rome's birthday every year) namely on the very Palilia, that is, the festival of Pales the goddess of shepherds, which was celebrated by them on that day for the happy birth of flocks. Hence it was called Palilia or Parilia. This was done in the third year of the sixth Olympiad, as Varro wishes; or the fourth, as Cato wishes, and with him followed Cicero, Pliny, Tacitus, Gellius, Censorinus, Eusebius, St. Augustine, Orosius, and Cardinal Baronius. Wherefore the Olympiads precede Rome by 23 years, as I said: for so many years are completed by the six Olympiads already mentioned; for each contains four years. By this reckoning the beginning of the Olympiads should be assigned to the 40th year of Azarias, as I said, and according to the same reckoning Rome was founded in the year 731 before the birth of Christ. Others, because they assign this beginning of the Olympiads somewhat later or more tardily, hence consequently assign the building of Rome later or more tardily. Whence Torniellus and Salianus, because they combine the beginning of the Olympiads with the first year of Joatham, hence combine the beginning of Rome with the eighth or ninth year of Achaz. But in a matter so ancient after so many centuries this small difference of time is of little account. Here is that of Propertius: The city was festive, the fathers said, Palilia. This was the first day to be within the walls. Hence also St. Jerome in chapter 1 of Isaiah,
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Ozias (Azarias; Heb. 'Uzzijjah)
… In II Kings 14:21; 15:1-7 he is also called Azariah; but the name U. is more frequent (ibid. 15:13, 30-34; II Chron. 26; Is. 6:1 and other prophets; Mt. 1:8).
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Ozias (Azarias; Heb. 'Uzzijjah)
… Jecholiah and by a prophet named Zechariah, who was his trusted counselor for many years (II Chron. 29:3, 5). "As long as he sought Yahweh, God made him prosper" (ibid. 26:5). The worship on the high places (bāmāth), however, was not uprooted (II Kings 15:3-4).
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… of worship and prescribes for Israel the absolute centralization of the place of worship for the time when it will be in Palestine (vv. 8-12). Thus the text has been interpreted by later sacred authors: cf. I Kings 15:14; 22:24; II Kings 12:4; 14:4; 15:4-34. Particular prescriptions grant (Deut. 12:13-19), for the time prior to the complete occupation of Palestine, the private slaughter of animals, not having a sacrificial character, …
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Ozias (Azarias; Heb. 'Uzzijjah)
… For this reason his son Jotham took over the administration; he was associated with his father in the kingdom for the remaining 11 (or 13) years, and reigned alone, after the death of U., for another 5 (or 3) years (II Kings 15:5).
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Zacharias (Heb. Zēhharjâh « Yahweh has remembered »)
… In II Kings 14:29; 15:8-12 only his idolatrous conduct is recalled, and it is stated that in Z. the prophecy made to Jehu was fulfilled, to whom a dynasty lasting four generations had been promised (cf. ibid. 10:30).
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1 and 2 (3 and 4) Book of Kings
… The content of R. also finds frequent verification in other historical books, and in the prophetic ones (cf. among many cases: Hos. 7, 7; 8, 4 = II Reg. 15, 10, 14, 25; Hos. 5, 13; 7, 11; 8, 9; 12, 2 = II Reg. 15, 17-20; Am. 7, 10; 4, 1-6 = II Reg. 14, 23-29; It. 7, 1-12 = II Reg. 16, 5; It. 36, 1-37, 38 = II Reg. 18, 13-19, 37, etc.). …
3. Father of Shallum, king of Israel (2 Kings 15:10, 13, 14).
… In his turn, after a reign of only one month, he was killed by Menahem (v.), who conquered Samaria and took possession of the throne (II Kings 15:10-15).
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Ozias (Azarias; Heb. 'Uzzijjah)
… In II Kings 14:21; 15:1-7 he is also called Azariah; but the name U. is more frequent (ibid. 15:13, 30-34; II Chron. 26; Is. 6:1 and other prophets; Mt. 1:8).
Thersa (Heb. Tirzah; Gr. Θεραΐ)
… capital (1 Kings 15:21, 33; 16:6-23). In 743 Menahem, probably governor of T., marched against Samaria, killing the king there; having seized power, he fought the resistance, devastating the territory of Thapsa (to be read as the Gk. Tappūah) as far as T. (2 Kings 15:13).
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… Having seized the kingdom, he established a regime of cruelty and terror (II Kings 15:16-22).
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1 and 2 (3 and 4) Book of Kings
… The content of R. also finds frequent verification in other historical books, and in the prophetic ones (cf. among many cases: Hos. 7, 7; 8, 4 = II Reg. 15, 10, 14, 25; Hos. 5, 13; 7, 11; 8, 9; 12, 2 = II Reg. 15, 17-20; Am. 7, 10; 4, 1-6 = II Reg. 14, 23-29; It. 7, 1-12 = II Reg. 16, 5; It. 36, 1-37, 38 = II Reg. 18, 13-19, 37, etc.). …
… According to the best calculations he reigned from 742 (according to others: 744) to 737 B.C. (according to II Kings 15:17, 23 he would have reigned 10 years, but there must be an alteration in the numbers). …
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Having subdued the West, he succeeded in entering victoriously the ancient Babel, of which he made himself king under the name of Pu-lu (Pul in II Kings 15:19 ff.).
PHUL. - King of Assyria (II Kings 15:19 and I Chron. 5:26), to be identified "with absolute certainty" (O.
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With the invasion of Tiglath-Pileser III it became an Assyrian province (2 Kings 15:20). The few Jews who, on the return from exile, had settled in G. were in 150 transferred by Simon Maccabeus to Judea (1 Macc. 5:14-25). Aristobulus I (104-105) forced the inhabitants …
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… He was killed in the tower of the royal palace, the victim of a conspiracy plotted by one of his commanders named Phacee (v.), who usurped the throne: with him the 7th dynasty came to an end (II Kings 15:23-25).
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ARGOB. - 1. A warrior or official of the court of Facce, king of Israel, with whom he was killed in Samaria by Facce (II Kings 15:25).
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… Nevertheless the tribe joined in the war waged by Deborah against Sisara (Judg. 5:15), Issacharites were the judges Thola (Judg. 10:1) and King Baasa (II Kings 15:27); and the tribe, of 87,000 warriors (I Chron. 7:5), favored David in his accession to the throne of Israel (I Chron. 12:32).
… Pēqāh). - King of Israel (736-732 B.C.), 18th after the division of the Kingdom, insistently called "son of Remaliah" (II Kings 15:27, 30; Isa. 7:4, 5, 9; 8:6), a figure otherwise unknown and perhaps contemptible. …
… The Assyrian king did not delay in invading Samaria, conquering a great number of cities (II Kings 15:27-30). Then he rebelled
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Abel (Hebrew 'Abhēl 'meadow'; possibly Aramaic from Canaanite 'Abil 'channel')
… from the wall to Joab, who lifted the siege (II Sam. 20:14-19). Benhadad took it from Baasha, king of Israel (I Kings 15:20; II Chron. 16:4). Tiglath-Pileser occupied it along with the other cities of Naphtali and deported its inhabitants to Assyria (II Kings 15:29). Today it is probably Abil el-Kameh, west of Banias.
… Tiglath-Pileser devastated Israel, deporting to Assyria the inhabitants of many localities; meanwhile Pekah having been killed by the supporters of the Assyrian party, he gave him as successor A-n-si (Hoshea), who paid him a tribute of 10 talents of gold (II Kings 15:29 ff.). …
Debbora (Heb. Dēbhōrāh «bee»; LXX Δεββόρζ; Vulg. Debora)
… in the canticle, Jabin king of Hazor in the prose — can be explained by the rebuilding of Hazor, already alluded to in the times of Joshua (cf. Josh. 11:1-13 with 19:36), as is evident later in the times of Solomon (1 Kings 9:15), of Tiglath-Pileser (2 Kings 15:29), of Tobit (Tob. …
I. IN ASSYRIA, MEDIA, BABYLONIA. - In 732 B.C. Tiglath-Pileser III (Pdl) deported to Assyria and Media numerous inhabitants of the northern regions of the kingdom of Israel (II Kings 15:29); after the conquest of Samaria (722 B.C.) Sargon increased the number of exiles (II Kings 17:6; 18:6). In his
… But the earlier Assyrian deportations of the Israelites of the north (II Kings 15:29; 17:6) suffice to explain the tone of G.
… With Galilee and Transjordan lost through the work of the powerful king of the Assyrians Tiglath-Pileser III (v.), of the ancient Kingdom of Israel only the mountainous territory around Samaria remained (II Kings 15, 29; cf. I Chron. 5, 26). Amid growing discontent against Assyrian power, H., son of Elah, conspired against the king Pekah, his predecessor, and, having killed him, usurped the throne …
The name, which before the exile was applied to the territory of the Northern Kingdom (II Kings 10:32; 15:29; 17:28; II Chron. 25:13), after the destruction of the capital and the Kingdom designated the inhabitants of the Assyrian province of Samarina, then of the district of Semaraja. …
15:30
Ela (Heb. 'Elâh = "Oak", "Terebinth")
For other individuals with this name cf. 2 Kings 15:30, 1 Chron. 4:15; 9:8. For the city on the "Elamite" gulf; V. ELATH. …
… the mountainous territory around Samaria remained (II Kings 15, 29; cf. I Chron. 5, 26). Amid growing discontent against Assyrian power, H., son of Elah, conspired against the king Pekah, his predecessor, and, having killed him, usurped the throne (II Kings 15, 30).
King P. did not long survive the disaster: an internal revolt broke out, and he was killed by Hoshea (v.), who took the crown from him (II Kings 15:30). The Assyrian King was probably not uninvolved in the conspiracy, and he thus reports the event in his annals, undoubtedly exaggerating, yet in agreement with the biblical account: …
15:31
1 and 2 (3 and 4) Book of Kings
… Solomon (I Reg. 11, 41); the Annals of the Kings of Judah (15 times, the first for Rehoboam [I Reg. 14, 29], the last for Jehoiachin [II Reg. 24, 5]); the Annals of the Kings of Israel (18 times, the first for Jeroboam [I Reg. 14, 19], the last for Pekah [II Reg. 15, 31]). It is dis-
… mountains of Judah, father of the hero Eliam (II Kings 23:24). In Absalom's conspiracy he took the side of the rebellious son, causing great grief and despair in David who, seeing himself now lost, turned to the Lord that He might render his counsels vain (II Kings 15:31). To prevent any agreement between father and son, A. advised Absalom to unite incestuously and publicly with the concubines left in Jerusalem by his father and to give no respite …
15:33
… Sixteen years of reign are attributed to him (II Kings 15:33), of which thirteen were shared with his father and three or four he reigned alone. …
15:35
… gate" (II Chron. 26, 9), but an earthquake once again devastates J. (Am. 1, 1; Zech. 14, 15) and the desolation would have been complete had not Jotham (738) attended to the fortifications, already begun by his father, especially in the region of Ophel (II Kings 15, 35; II Chron. 27, 2-3).
… He also built certain cities and constructed towers and fortresses (II Chron. 26:3 ff.; II Kings 15:35). In the time of this king hostilities against the kingdom of Judah began on the part of the king of Syria, Rezin, and of his ally Phacee (v.), king of Samaria: but the threat became …
15:37
… Kings 15:35). In the time of this king hostilities against the kingdom of Judah began on the part of the king of Syria, Rezin, and of his ally Phacee (v.), king of Samaria: but the threat became more serious only in the years of his successor Ahaz (cf. II Kings 15:37; Isa. 7:1).
… Assyrian king boasts of having collected, around the 8th year of his reign (738 B.C.), in an expedition against the states of western Syria, a tribute in gold, silver, ivory, etc. «from Kuštāšpi of Kummuh (Commagene), from Rasūnu of Damascus (Rezin, cf. II Kings 15:37), from Menihimme (M.) of Samaria...».
Rasin (Heb. Rēṣīn; Septuagint Pāṇḍaṣ; Assyrian Rasūṇṇ)
Jotham, king of Judah, refused to join it. R. and Pekah wanted to force him to do so by arms (II Kings 15:37), in order to keep communications free with Egypt, their supporter, and to draw Edom, Moab and the Philistines into the league. …
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.