and the beginning of the 4th (of Hosea, because in 2 Kings xviii. 9, 10, the 4th and 6th years of Hezekiah are inade parallel to the 7th and 9th of Hosea. Iu like manner Jehoshaphat's Ist year coincides with the 4th and 5th of Ahab; and the year that Ahaziah reigned with the 11th and 12th of Jehoram, king of Israel. 2 Kings ix. 29. The civil war between Omri aud Tibni, 1 Kings xvi. 21, 22, seems to have lasted abont four years [compare verses 15, 16, 23.]; when, on the death of Tibni, the whole land acknowledged Omri for its king. Before that event, he reigned in Tirzah only; and after the death of Tibni sufficient time must have elapsed before the consolidation of his government, to enable the sacred historian to determine that period to six years, v. 23. When he obtained full possession of the throne, he probably ordered that the years of his reign should be reckoned from the death of Elah. From 2 Kings i. 17. Jehoshaphat and Ahab, who, after their family alliance, seem to have often acted in concert, appear to bave conferred the royal dignity on their eldest sons at the same time : for the 2nd year of Jehoram, king of Judah, is made to coincide with the 1st year of the reign of Jehoram, king of Israel; in which case his reign began in the same year as Abaziah's, the 17th of Jehosbaphat’s. But whether he was deprived afterwards, and re-instated in the 22nd year of Jehoshaphat, or then received a complete investiture, or whether Jehoshaphat ordered his reign to be dated from thence, it is impossible to determine; but something of this kind seems necessary to harmonize the narrative. INDEX. .... 306 Page. 12 26, 27 38, 204 31, 83 65, 332 89 129 346 150, 218 161 178 297 183 20, 52 56 64 111 116 150, 217 289 188 178 358 22 48 Page. 57 69 120 218 240 24 8 25 80, 343 .52, 225 89 126 132 145 271, 273 294, 295 1, 2, 4,8 7 74 ... 207 Jezebel.... .... Page. 62 146 148, 240 27 209 254 137 142 244 69, 359 140 346 19 27 42 171 195 88 48, 60 72 113 149 54, 204 112 126 Page. 149 199 225 343, 245 103 360 113 69 90, 287 97 207 23, 333 ....... 336 22, 32, 69, 89, 96, 111, 149 27 51 80 116 311 111 57, 58 149 287 148 65 Mapna ..... 4, 39 . 73, 74 Page, 52 115 204 194 6 10 118 272, 274, 282, 286, 296 79 164 203 chronicles of 300 boast of ...... 297 216 355 Samson's 113, 155 114 339 126 Page. .. .... 141 26, 178 57, 302 60 62 64 97 161, 185 231 86 23, 66, 310, 342 27 54, 204 69 120, 206 204 210, 212 311 : ..... .... 335 J. Chilcott, Priuter, Bristol. |