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Ozias PARALIPOMENON • Paralipomevok. 911 tKc kingof Ifrael in Bethfames, oV'broueht faim inrolerufa* 1 1cm : and deftroycd the wal thcrof from the gaie of Epbrairo, 14 to the gate of the corner, foure hundred cubites.fAl the gold alio, and iilucr, and al rhc vcflcls, that he found in the hoafe of God, and with Obedcdom in the treafures alfo of the ' kinges houfe, moreouer he brought backe the fonncs of xj the hoftages into Samaria, f And Amafias the fonnc of Ioas the kingof luda liued, after that loas died the fonneof x6 loachazthc king of Ifrael, fiftene yeares. f But the reft of the wordes of Amafias the firft and the laft are Wriren in the 17 Bookcof the kinges of luda and Ifrael. f Who after he re- uoltcd from our Lord, they lay in waitc agaynft him in leru- (alcm. And when he had fled into Lac his, they fent, and (lev 18 him there, f And carying him backe vpon horfes, buried him with his fathers in theCitie of Dauid.

CHAP. XXVI.

''Ozias serving God, 6. prevaileth in battel against the Philistians, Arabians, and Ammonites. 9 prospereth in honour and Wealth. 16. Then proud offereth incense on the altar, is striken with leprosie, expelled out of the Temple, and citie. 20. and his sonne Ioathan ruleth the kingdom.''

nd al the people of Iuda made his sonne Ozias sixtene yeares old, king for Amasias his father. He built Ailath, and restored it to the dominion of Iuda, after that the king slept with his fathers. Sixtene yeares old was Ozias when he began to reigne, and he reigned two and fiftie yeares in Ierusalem, the name of his mother was Iechelia of Ierusalem. And he did that which was right in the eies of our Lord, according to al thinges, which Amasias his father had done. And he sought our Lord in the daies of Zacharias that vnderstood and saw God: and when he sought our Lord, he directed him in al thinges. Moreouer he went forth, and fought against the Philisthijms, and destroyed the wal of Geth and the wal of Iabinia, and the wal of Azotus: he built also townes in Azotus, and among the Philisthijms. And God did helpe him against the Philisthijms, and against the Ammonites. And the Ammonites gaue giftes to Ozias: and his name was renowned vnto the entrance of Ægypt for his often victories. And Ozias built towers in Ierusalem ouer the gate of the corner, and ouer the gate of the valley, and the

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