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Chapter XLVI.
But Jeu possessed the
kingdom of Joram. After the death of Ochozia in Judæa, when he had
reigned one year, his mother, Gotholiah, seized the supreme power,
having deprived her grandson (whose name was Joas) of the government,
he being at the time but a little child. But the power thus snatched
from him by his grandmother was, after eight years, restored to him
through means of the priests and people, while his grandmother was
driven into exile. He, at the beginning of his reign, was most devoted
to the divine worship, and embellished the temple at great expense;
afterwards, however, being corrupted by the flattery of the chief men,
and unduly honored by them, he incurred wrath. For Azahel, king of
Syria, made war upon him; and, as things went badly with him, he
purchased peace with the gold of the temple. He did not, however,
obtain it; but through resentment for what he had done he was slain by
his own people in the fortieth year of his reign. He was succeeded by
his son Amassia. But, on the side of the ten tribes, Jeu having died,
Joachas his son began to reign, displeasing to God on account of his
wicked works, in punishment of which his kingdom was ravaged by the
Syrians, until, through the mercy of God, the enemy was driven back,
and the inhabitants of the land began to occupy their former position.
Joachas, having ended his days, left the kingdom to his son Joa. He
raised civil war against Amassia, king of the two tribes; and, having
obtained the victory, conveyed much spoil into his own kingdom. That is
related to have occurred to Amassia as a punishment of his sin, for,
having entered as a conqueror the territories of the Idumæans, he
had adopted the idols of that nation. He is described as having reigned
nine years, so far as I find it stated in the Books of Kings. But in
the Chronicles320
of Scripture, as
well as in the Chronicles321
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“Chronicis,” i.e. of Eusebius. | of Eusebius, he is
affirmed to have held the government twenty-nine years; and the mode of
reckoning which may easily be perceived in these Books of Kings
undoubtedly leads to that conclusion. For Jeroboam is said to have
begun to reign as king of the ten tribes in the eighth year of the
reign of Amassia, and to have held the government forty-one years, and
to have at length died in the fourth year of the reign of Ozia, son of
Amassia. By this mode of reckoning, the reign of Amassia is made to
extend over twenty-eight years. Accordingly, we, following out this,
inasmuch as it is our purpose to adhere in this work to the dates in
their proper order, have accepted the authority of the
Chronicles.322
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