Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . his wherein thou trust-est^ And it came to pass that night, that the angel ofthe Lord went out, and smote in the camp of theAssyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand:and when they arose early in the morning, behold,thev were all dead corpses. (2 Kings, 17, 18, 19—xix. 85.) llezekiah died 697 and was succeeded by Ma-nasseh
Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan . his wherein thou trust-est^ And it came to pass that night, that the angel ofthe Lord went out, and smote in the camp of theAssyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand:and when they arose early in the morning, behold,thev were all dead corpses. (2 Kings, 17, 18, 19—xix. 85.) llezekiah died 697 and was succeeded by Ma-nasseh, who began to reign when he was twelve yearsold, and reigned 55 years. The commencement ofhis reign was noted for his shocking idolatries, cru-elty, and tyranny, foi which God suffered him tobe carried a prisoner to Babylon in the year of his reign, by Esar-Haddon, king ofAssyria. Here, however, he so humbled himself, thatGod moved the Assyrians to restore him to his throneas a tributary; and thenceforth, he set himself toundo the great evil he had done. He abolished theworship of idols and repaired the defences of the city,enclosing with a wall more space at the west, andOphel on the south-east, and after a loii^ reign he died Ah n \m^ \N.
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