_THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE FORWARD IN DESTROYING IDOLATRY. HEZEKIAH RESTORES THE COURTS OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES; ENJOINS THE PAYMENT OF TITHES, AND ARTS WITH GREAT SINCERITY IN THE REFORMATION._ _Before Christ 726._... [ Continue Reading ]
IN EPHRAIM ALSO, AND MANASSEH— Though these tribes made part of Hoshea's dominions, yet Hezekiah might direct this abolition of idolatry in them, either in virtue of a law which bound Israel as well as Judah, and required the extirpation of these things in the whole land of Caanan; or by the special... [ Continue Reading ]
TO PRAISE IN THE GATES OF THE TENTS OF THE LORD— See 1 Chronicles 9:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DEDICATED THINGS FAITHFULLY— _The dedicated things for a deposit._ Houbigant; who observes, that _Miniamin_ in the 15th verse should be read _Benjamin._... [ Continue Reading ]
BESIDES THEIR GENEALOGY OF MALES— _With whom, moreover, were numbered their sons:_ and so in the 17th and 18th verses. The last clause of the 18th verse Houbigant renders thus: _Because the sacred gifts were committed to their trust._ REFLECTIONS.—1st, The gracious impression that God had made on t... [ Continue Reading ]