A New and Complete History of the Holy Bible as Contained in the Old and New Testaments; From the Creation of the World to the Full Establishment of Christianity Containing a Clear and Comprehensive Account of Every Remarkable Transaction Recorded in the (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ... had recovered his wealth from the Assyrians, or had enriched himself by their spoil. The sacred historian attributes Hezekiah's conduct on this occasion to "his pride of heart," involving an appropriation to himself of that glory which belonged only to Jehovah. Although, therefore, his conduct did not occasion the doom, it gave the prophet Isaiah occasion to make known to him that the treasures of his kingdom were the destined spoil, and his posterity the destined captives of the very nation whose present embassage had produced in him so much unseemly pride. This was in every way a most remarkable prediction; for Babylon was then an inconsiderable kingdom, and the people almost unknown by whom the prediction was to be fulfilled. Hezekiah received this announcement with true oriental submission--satisfied, he said, if there were but peace and truth in his own days. The remainder of Hezekiah's reign, through the years of prolonged life which had been granted to him, appears to have been prosperous and happy. To no other man was it ever granted to view the approach of death with certain knowledge, through the long, but constantly shortening, vista of years that lay before him. At the time long before appointed, Hezekiah died, after a reign of twenty-nine years, B. C. 725. Manasseh was but twelve years of age when he lost his father, and began to reign. The temptations which surrounded him, and the evil counsels which were pressed upon him, were too strong for his youth. He was corrupted; and it seemed the special object of his reign to overthrow all the good his father had wrought in Judah. The crimes of all former kings seem light in comparison with those which disgraced his reign. He upheld idolatry with all the influence of the regal power, and t...