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133 |
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133 |
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And then by his God was King Joash forsaken |
839 |
Joash is murdered in bed by |
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23-25 |
The princes were slain, and his riches were taken. |
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his servants, and is succeeded |
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And Joash was murdered! Ay! Murdered in bed, |
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by his son, Amaziah. |
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And bad Amaziah made king in his stead. |
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134 |
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134 |
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And this Amaziah the Israelites hired, |
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Amaziah obeys the Lord, and |
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XXV |
And then to the conquest of Edom aspired, |
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sends away the Israelites |
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1-10 |
And yet ere those Israelites hastened to war, |
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that he had hired. |
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When God had reproved him he put him afar. |
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135 |
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135 |
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And yet when returning a victor from war |
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Amaziah conquers Edom, |
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11-14 |
Midst captives and riches, their idols he bore! |
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and brings back with him |
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Those idols he worshipped! Those idols he cherished! |
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their idols to be his gods. |
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And through that vile worship, their worshipper perished! |
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136 |
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136 |
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2 Ch. |
Elated by conquest, he Israel sought! |
826 |
Amaziah challenges Jehoash, |
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XXV |
Jehoash! – he challenged! Johoash! – he fought! |
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king of Israel, and is |
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17-28 |
His soldiers forsook him! His efforts were vain; |
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defeated. |
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And later by rebels, the Monarch was slain. |
810 |
Amaziah is slain. |
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137 |
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137 |
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Then Uzziah was king, and he did what was right, |
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Uzziah reigns. |
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XXVI |
Till his vanity put all his senses to flight. |
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He does right and prospers, |
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1-18 |
Though eighty the priests that advised him and urged him, |
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but growing strong is also |
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He’d have carried his point, though the eighty had scourged him! |
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proud. |
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138 |
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138 |
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For he went to the altar, a censor in hand, |
765 |
Uzziah attempts to burn |
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19-21 |
And his anger broke forth at the priestly command; |
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incense up on the altar and |
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Then a leper was he, and his fate was bemoaned, |
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becomes a leper. |
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But his son was appointed, and he was dethroned. |
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139 |
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139 |
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XXVII |
This son was the Jotham, whose precepts were ample, |
758 |
Uzziah is succeeded by his |
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With nothing at fault in his Godly example |
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son, Jotham, who reigns |
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2 Ki. XV |
Yet the same of his people could never be said, |
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sixteen years. |
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32-35 |
So bad and deceitful the lives that they led. |
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140 |
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140 |
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To the Temple they hastened, as though they were good, |
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Jotham worships God, his |
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Isaiah |
But returning they worshipped their idols of wood; |
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people idols, and Isaiah |
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I – IX |
Though Isaiah warned them, entreated and plead, |
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pictures their captives. |
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And pictured them captives to Babylon led! |
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141 |
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141 |
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He told them of Judah grown over with briars, |
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He tells them of the desolation |
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XLV |
And when he’d reproved them, he told them of Cyrus! |
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of Judah, of the coming of |
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1-8 |
He told them most plainly of how they’d offended. |
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Cyrus, and of the Messiah. |
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And of the Messiah from David descended |
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142 |
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142 |
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But they heeded him not, and their good king expired, |
742 |
Ahaz succeeds his father in |
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2 Ch. |
And Ahaz succeeded, who idols admired! |
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the 17th year of Pekah, |
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XXVIII |
Who idols exalted, and altars displaced, |
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king of Israel. |
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And vessels of gold and of silver defaced! |
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143 |
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143 |
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2 Ki. |
And this was the time of the reigning of Pekah, |
741 |
Ahaz is oppressed by Resin |
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XVI |
When Israel’s kingdom grew weaker and weaker, |
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and Pekah. |
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5-9 |
Though Pekah and Resin had Ahaz oppressed, |
740 |
His fortunes are redressed by |
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Till Tigleth-Pileser his fortunes redressd! |
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Tigleth-Pileser. |
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144 |
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144 |
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2 Ch. |
And after the throne to his son had descended, |
727 |
Ahaz dies, and is succeeded |
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XXIX |
The weakening kingdom of Israel ended, |
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by his son Hezekiah, who |
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2 Ki. XVIII |
So Israel’s kingdom was first to expire, |
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revives the Lord’s cause. |
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9-10 |
Whilst Judah’s revived under good Hezekiah. |
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145 |
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145 |
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2 Ch. |
Though Ahaz the doors of the Temple had shut, |
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Hezekiah restores the worship |
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XXX |
And the vessels of gold and of silver had cut, |
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of God and keeps the |
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1-4 |
His son, Hezekiah, revived the Lord’s cause, |
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Passover. |
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And kept the Passover, and followed the laws! |
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146 |
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146 |
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He wrote to the ten tribes as well as the two, |
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Hezekiah invites the ten |
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5-12 |
And said God may take off his anger from you! |
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tribes to keep the feast of the |
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But the “ten tribes” they mocked him! They laughed him to scorn! |
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Passover. |
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And few were those Jews – to Jerusalem borne! |
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147 |
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147 |
|
2 Ki. |
And after their laughter, we hear of his tears! |
713 |
15 years are added to the life |
|
XX |
Of his life being spared, and the number of years! |
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of Hezekiah, he grows proud, |
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1-13 |
Of the riches and jewels he vainly displayed, |
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and displays his wealth. |
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Of the prophecy true, that so truly dismayed! |
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