FOR

THE YOUNG;

WITH

CRITICAL ILLUSTRATIONS

AND

PRACTICAL REMARKS.

H E ZEKIAH TO JEREMIAH,

INCLUDING

MANASSEH AND JOSIAH.

GALLAUDET’S SERIES,

CONTINUED BY 'REV, HOLLACĚ HOOKER

HARZ FORI, CON

PUBLISHED PY THE
AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by HORACE HOOKER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of the State of New York.

CONTENTS.

HISTORY OF HEZEKIAH.

.

CHAPTER I.

Childhood and youth of Hezekiah,

CHAPTER II.

Hezekiah begins to reign-He purifies the temple and renews

its worship,

19

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CHAPTER III.

Hezekiah celebrates the passover,

32

CHAPTER IV.

The high places and groves destroyed—The brazen serpent

broken in pieces,

42

CHAPTER V.

Hezekiah completes the reformation-His character as a re-

former,

50

CHAPTER VII.

Hezekiah conquers the Philistines, and rebels against Assy-

ria--Declension in Judah,

63

(RECAP)

Hezekiah receives an embassy from the king of Babylon, 101