phets also find no vision from the Ezek. vil, 26. Mischief shall Rom. iii, 1, 2. What advantage then hath the Jew? or what proflt is there of circumcision? Much 2 Thess. ii, 15. Therefore, breth-every way: chiefly, because that ren, stand fast, and hold the tradi- unto them were committed the tions which ye have been taught, oracles of God. whether by word, or our epistle. Isa. xxx, 8. Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever Jer. xxx, 2. Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. tables.) Then the Pharisees and scribes asked hin, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? Howbeit, in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For, laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold Jer. xxxvi, 2, 4, 17, 18 27--29, 32. the tradition of men, as the wash- Amos vill, 11-13. Behold, the Take thee a roll of a book, and ing of pots and cups: and many days come, saith the Lord GOD, write therein all the words that I other such like things ye do. And that I will send a famine in the have spoken unto thee against he said unto them, Full well ye land, not a famine of bread, nor a Israel, and against Judah, and reject the commandment of God, thirst for water, but of hearing against all the nations, from the that ye may keep your own tradi- the words of the Lord: And they day I spake unto thee, from the tion. Making the word of God shall wander from sea to sea, and days of Josiah, even unto this of none effect through your tradi- from the north even to the east day. Then Jeremiah called Baruch tion, which ye bave delivered: they shall run to and fro to seek the son of Nerlah: and Baruch and many such like things do ye. the word of the LORD, and shall wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah Gal. i, 14. And profited in the not find it. In that day shall the all the words of the LORD, which Jews' religion above many my fair virgins aud young men faint he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. And they asked equals in mine own nation, being for thirst. more exceedingly zealous of the Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words traditions of my fathers. at his mouth? Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah. (after that the king had burnt the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah,) Deut. iv, 6, 8. Keep therefore, Deut. vi, 9. And thou shalt write saying, Take thee again another and do them; for this is your wis- them upon the posts of thy house, roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, dom and your understanding in and on thy gates. the sight of the nations, which Deut. xi, 20. And thou shalt which Jehoiakim the king of sball hear all these statutes, and write them upon the door-posts Judah hath burnt. And thou shalt Bay, Surely this great nation is of thine house. and upon thy say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD, Thou hast a wise and understanding people.gates. burnt this roll, saying, Why hast And what nation is there so great, Deut. xxvii, 2, 3, 8. And it shall thou written therein, saying, The that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which be, on the day when ye shall pass king of Babylon shall certainly over Jordan unto the land which come and destroy this land, and I set before you this day? the LORD thy God giveth thee shall cause to cease from thence Deut. xxx, 11-14. For this commandment, which I command that thou shalt set thee up great man and beast? Then took Jerethee this day, it is not hidden stones, and plaster them with miah another roll, and gave it to from thee, neither is it far off. It plaster: And thou shalt write Baruch the scribe, the son of Neis not in heaven, that thou should-upon them all the words of this riah; who wrote therein, from the est say, Who shall go up for us to law, when thou art passed over; mouth of Jeremiah, all the words heaven, and bring it unto us, that that thou mayest go in unto the of the book which Jehoiakim king we may hear it, and do it? Neither land which the LORD thy God of Judah had burnt in the fire: is it beyond the sea, that thou giveth thee, a land that floweth and there were added besides with milk and honey; as the LORD unto them many like words. shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto God of thy fathers hath promised us, that we may hear it, and do it? thee. And thou shalt write upon But the word is very nigh unto the stones all the words of this thee, in thy mouth, and in thy law very plainly. heart, that thou mayest do it. PRIVILEGE OF POSSESSING SCRIPTURE. 2 Chr. xv, 3. Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. Ps. cxlvii, 19, 20. He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and bis judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. II. MODE OF RECORD. Jer. xlv, 1. The word that JereBaruch the son of Neriah, when miah the prophet spake unto he had written these words in a Deut. xxxi, 19, 22. Now there-book at the mouth of Jeremiah, fore write ye this song for you. in the fourth year of Jehoiakim and teach it the children of Israel: the son of Josiau king of Judab, saying. put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. Josh. vill, 32. And he wrote there, upon the stones, a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. Lam. 11, 9. Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed Isa. viii, 16. Bind up the testiand broken her bars; her king and her princes are among the Gen-mony, seal the law among my tiles the law is no more; her pro- disciples. 651 Jer. 11, 60. So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should words that are written against come upon Babylon, even all these Babylon. Dan. viii, 26. And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. Dan. xii, 4,9. But tnou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and Hab. ii, 2. And the LORD an- John xx, 30. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. John xxi, 25. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. Gal. vi, 11. Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. Eph. iii, 3. How that by revelation be made known unto me the mystery; as I wrote afore in tew words. Heb. xiii, 22. And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation; for I have written a letter unto you in few words. 1 Pet. v, 12. By Sylvanus, a faithful brother unto you, (as I suppose,) I have written briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. Rev. i, 11, 19. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia. Write the things which thou hast and the things which are, and the seen, things which shall be hereafter. Rev. v, 1-4, 7. And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. Rev. x, 4. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. Rev. xxii, 10. And he saith unto me Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book; for the Horeb, when the LORD made a time is at hand ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLE. THE DECALOGUE. all these words, saying, that love me, and keep my com- Thou shalt not commit adultery. and came down from the mount, nothing in the ark save the two nothing in the ark save the two covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. Neh. ix, 13 Thou camest down also and gavest them right judgments the commandments, Do not com thy father and thy are manifestly declared to be the 2 Cor. iii, 3. Forasmuch as yo epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. DECALOGUE WRITTEN BY GOD. said unto Moses, Come up to me Exod. xxiv, 12. And the Land I will give thee tables of sto into the mount, and be there and and a law, and commandnes which I have written; that thes mayest teach them. unto Moses, when he had made upon mount Sinai, two tables of Exod. xxxi, 18. And be gate testimony, tables of stone, written an end of communing with him with the finger of God. mount, and the two tables of the turned, and went down from the Exod. xxxii, 15, 16, 19. And Meses testimony were in his hand: the sides; on the one side and on the tables were written on both their other were they written. And the tables were the work of God, of God, graven upon the table and the writing was the writing And it came to pass, as soon as be came nigh unto the camp, that be Moses' anger waxed hot, and be cast the tables out of his hands, saw the calf, and the dancing, and and brake them beneath the mount. Exod. XXXIV, 4, 28. And he bewel two tables of stone, like unto the mount Sinal, as the LORD had the morning, and went up un first; and Moses rose up early in commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. Aud neither eat bread, nor drink water. he was there with the Load forty days and forty nights, be did And He wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Deut. iv, 18. And he declared ten commandments and he wrote uuto you his covenant, which be commanded you to perform, EVER I them upon two tables of stone, Deut. v, 22. These words the ORD spake unto all your assemty in the mount, out of the midst the fire, of the cloud, and of the ick darkness, with a great voice; id he added no more: and he rote them in the two tables of ine, and delivered them unto Deut. ix, 10, 11, 17. And the RD delivered unto me two les of stone, written with the ger of God; and on them was itten according to all the words ich the LORD spake with you the mount, out of the midst of fire, in the day of the assembly. d it came to pass, at the end of ty days and forty nights, that LORD gave me the two tables stone, even the tables of the renant. And I took the two les, and cast them out of my o hands, and brake them before ar eyes. law, and put it in the side of the 2 Kings xxii, 8. 10. And Hilkiah 2 Chron. xvii, 9. And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. 2 Chron. Xxxiv, 14--16. And when they brought the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Deut. x, 1-4. At that time the LORD given by Moses. And HilRD said unto me, Hew thee two kiah answered and said to Shades of stone like unto the first, phan the scribe, I have found the 4 come up unto me into the book of the law in the house of sunt, and make thee an ark of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered d. And I will write on the the book to Shaphan. And Shales the words that were in the phan carried the book to the king, tables, which thou brakest, and brought the king word back d thou shalt put them in the again, saying; All that was comAnd I made an ark of shittim-mitted to thy servants, they do it. od, and hewed two tables of me like unto the first, and at up into the mount, having two tables in mine hand. And wrote on the tables, according the first writing, the ten comindments, which the LORD ake unto you in the mount, out the midst of the fire, in the day the assembly: and the LORD ve them unto me. III. THE BIBLE. Deut. xvii, 18, 19. And it shali when he sitteth upon the rone of his kingdom, that he all write him a copy of this law a book, out of that which is bere the priests the Levites: And shall be with him, and he shall sad therein all the days of his fe that he may learn to fear the ORD his God, to keep all the ords of this law, and these tatutes, to do them." Deut. xxxi, 9, 24-26. And Moses Frote this law and delivered it into the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covejant of the LORD, and unto all the aders of Israel. And it came to ass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this aw in a book, until they were inished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the Neh. vill, 1, 2, 5. And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water-gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up. (See under PROPHET.) SOME BOOKS IN THE OLD Deut. 1, 1. These be the words Neh. 1, 1. The words of Nehe- lomon, the son of David, king of Israel. Eccles. 1, 1. The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. Cant. 1, 1. The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. Isa. i, 1. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Jer. i, 1-3. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin: 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. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. Dan. ix, 2. In the first year of his reign, I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. Dan. xii, 9. And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. Hos. i, 1. The words of the LORD that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. Joel 1, 1. The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Amos i, 1. The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Obadiah 1. The vision of ObaThus saith the Lord GOD diah. concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. Jonah 1, 1. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying. Mic. 1, 1. The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiab kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. Nah. i, 1. The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. Hab. i, 1. The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. Zeph. 1, 1 The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. Hag. i, 1. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying. Zech. i, 1. In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius. came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Barachiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying. Mal. i, 1. The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. SOME BOOKS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. Matt. 1, 1. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the sou of David, the son of Abraham. Mark 1, 1. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the son of God. Luke i, 3, 4. It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. John xx, 31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. Acts 1, 1, 2. The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen. Rom. i, 1. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God. 1 Cor. i, 1, 2. Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them chat are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours. Eph. i, 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus. Phil. i, 1. Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. Col. i, 1, 2. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thess. i, 1. Paul, and Silvanus and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. 1, 1. Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. 2 Pet. 1, 1. Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtain the righteousness of God and our like precious faith with us through Saviour Jesus Christ Jude 1. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called. Rev. 1, 1, 2. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shorty come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his ser vant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testi mony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. BOOKS QUOTED IN SCRIP TURE, BUT NOT IN THE CANON. Num. xxl, 14, 15. Wherefore is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth up the border of Moab. Josh, x, 13. And the sun sta still, and the moon stayed, until Jesus Christ by the command-selves upon their enemies. Is 1 Tim. 1, 1, 2. Paul, an apostle of the people had avenged the ment of God our Saviour, and this written in the book of Jash Lord Jesus Christ which is our hope, Unto Timothy my own son of heaven, and hasted not to go So the sun stood still in the m in the faith. down about a whole day. 2 Tim. i, 1. 2. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, which is in Christ Jesus, To Timoaccording to the promise of life thy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and Christ Jesus our Lord. Titus i, 1, 4. God, and an Christ. Paul, a servant of apostle of Jesus To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. Jesus Christ, and Timothy our Philemon, 1. Paul, a prisoner of brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow-labourer. Heb. xiil, 22. And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words. James 1, 1. James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 1 Pet. 1, 1. Peter, an apostle of 2 Sam. i, 18. Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the ten in the book of Jasher. use of the bow; behold, it is w the acts of Solomon, and all th 1 Kings xi, 41. And the rest of he did, and his wisdom, are y not written in the book of tas acts of Solomon? 1 Chron. xxix, 29, 30. Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written the book of Samuel the seer, in the book of Nathan the pro might, and the times that w phet, and in the book of Gad t seer, With all his reign and t over him, and over Israel. over all the kingdoms of the countries. the acts of Solomon, first 2 Chron. ix, 29. Now the rest of last, are they not written in book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Abs Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jerob the son of Nebat? 2 Chron. xii, 15. Now the acts1 of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. Jeroboam. The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles Nevertheof the kings of Judah less in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. Now 2 Chron. xiii, 22. And the rest the rest of the acts of Nadab, and of the acts of Abijah, and his all that he did, are they not writways, and his sayings, are written in the book of the Chronicles ten in the story of the prophet of the kings of Israel? Iddo. 2 Chron. xx, 34. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are writ ten in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in 2 Chron. xxxii, 32. Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and Lis goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 2 Chron. xxxiii. 18, 19. Now the Test of the acts of Manasseh, and is prayer unto his God, and the Words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the Kings of Israel: His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sins, and bis trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was bumbled, behold, they are written among the sayings of the REFERENCES TO OTHER HISTORICAL BOOKS. 1 Kings xiv, 19, 29. And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 1 Kings xv, 7, 23, 31. Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and 1 Kings xvi, 5, 14, 20, 27. Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 1 Kings xxii, 45. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings i, 18. Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings viii, 23. And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings x, 34. Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings xii, 19. And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings xiii, 8. 12. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings xiv, 15, 18, 28. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in 655 the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings xv, 6, 11, 15, 21, 26, 31, 36. And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and al! that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel? And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings xvi, 19. Now the rest of the acts of Aliaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings xxi, 17, 25. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings xxiii, 28. Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 2 Kings xxiv, 5. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 1 Chr. ix, 1. So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. |