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 Th e Fo u r Mo n a rch ies. 195

Gladly doth TigJath this advantage take.

And fuccours Ahaz, yet for TiglaW^ fake.

Then Rejin (Iain, his Army overthrown,

He Syria makes a Province of his own.

Unto Damafcus then comes yttdaK's, King,

His humble thankfulnefs (in hafle) to bring,

Acknowledging th' Ajjyrians high defert.

To whom he ought all loyalty of heart.

But Tiglath having gain'd his wifhed end,

Proves unto Ahaz but a feigned friend;

All Ifraels lands beyond Jordan he takes,

In Galilee he woful havock makes.

Through Syria now he march'd none fhopt his way,

And Ahaz open at his mercy lay;

Who ftill implor'd his love, but was diftreft; [81]

This was that Akaz, who fo high'" tranf greft: *

Thus Tiglafh reign'd, & warr'd twenty feven years

Then by his death releas'd was Ifraels fears.

SalnianaJJar or NabanaJJ'ar.

'T^IGLATH deceas'd, Salmanajfar was next, -■- He Ifraelites, more then his Father vext; Hojhea their laft King he did invade, And him lix years his Tributary made;

»' much. * 2 Chron. xxviii. 22.

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