The History of the Bible, Kings – Chronicles
KINGS.
Q. What call you the next booke to Samuel?
A. Kings.
Q. How many bookes of Kings are there?
A. Two.
Q. How many things are principally to be conſidered in theſe two bookes?
A. Two: the rest of the kingdome of Iſrael before the diuiſion, and after the diuiſion.
Q. How many kings were there before the kingdom was diuided?
A. Three: Saul, Dauid, and Salomon.
Q. How many of theſe were mentioned in the firſt booke?
A. Two: Dauid & Salomon.
Q. What is recorded of Dauidin this booke?
A. He cauſed his ſonne Salomon to be annointed King: & the charge that he gaue him at his death.
Q. What notable things are recorded of Salomon?
A. He flew Adoniah, Ioab, and Shemei.
chapter 1 He prayed for wifedome and obtained it.
chapter 5 He prepareth for the building of the Temple.
chapter 7 He builded the Temple in 7. yeares.
Hee receiued the Queene of Sheba very honorably, 1. King. 10.
Q. What were his ſinnes?
A. Idolatrie and adulterie, 1. king. 11.
Q. How was he puniſhed?
A. The Lord ſtirred vp enemies againſt him: Hadad, Rezin, and Ieroboam. chap. 11.
Q. How long raigned Salomon?
A. Fourtie yeares. 1. kin. 11.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Rehoboam. 12. chap.
Q. How old was Salomon when he begate Rehoboam?
A. Eleuen yeares: for Rehoboam was 40. yeares old when he beganne to raigne, 1. King. 24. Salomon was 52. yeares olde when he died. Hee was but 12. yeares old when he began to raigne, 1. King. 2. and he raigned onelyonly 40. yeares 1. King. 11.
Q. What became of the kingdome after the death of Salomon?
A. It was deuided.
Q. Why?
A. Becauſe of Salomons finnes.
Q. What call you the two kingdomes?
A. Iſrael and Iudah.
Q. How many tribes were in the kingdome of Iudah?
A. Two Iudah & Beniamin.
Q. How many were in the kingdome of Iſrael?
A. Ten: Reuben, Simeon, Iſſachar, Zebulon, Dan, Gad, Aſher, Neptali, Ephraim, and Manaſſes.
Q. How many kings?
A. Twentie: Rehoboam, Abiam, Aſa, Iehoſaphat, Iehoram, Ahaſiah, Athaliah, Ioab, Amaſiah, Azariah, Iothan, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manaſſes, Amon, Ioſiah, Iehoahaz, Iehoiakim, Iehoiakin, Zedekiah.
Q How many things muſt we conſider in the hiſtorie of eueryevery one of theſe kings?
A. Two: their acts of Peace, and their acts of warre.
Q. How many things muſt weconſider in their acts of peace?
A. Two: what they did for religion: and what for the common wealth.
Q. Who was the firſt king of Iudah?
A. Rehoboam. 1. king. 12.1.
Q. What is ſet downe of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. Shiſhack king of Egypt came vp againſt him, and ſpoiled him of his riches.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Eighteene yeares.
Q. Who was high Priest in his time?
A. Zadock.
Q. Who ſucceded him?
A. Abiam, chap. 15.
Q. What is mentioned of him?
A. He committed wickedneſſe in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Three yeares.
Q. What were his acts of war?
A. He put Ieroboam to flight.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Iddo.
Q. Who was high Prieſt?
A. Ahimaaz.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Aſa.
Q. What were his good deedes?
A. He put the Sodomites out of the land.
He ſuppreſſed the ſtewes.
He deſtroied all the Idols.
He put his mother from her eſtate, for making an idol in a groue.
He put Maacha from her regencie.
He fought with Baaſh.
Q. What were his euil deedes?
A. He made a couenant with Benhadad.
He forſooke God, 1. Kin. 16. chap.
Q. How was he puniſhed?
A. He died of the gout after he had raigned 41. yeares, 1. King. 15.3.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Azariah, Iehu, and Hanani.
Q. Who were high Prieſts?
A. Ahimaaz, and Azariah.
Q. Who ſucceeded Aſa?
A. Iehoſhaphat, 1. King. 15.
Q. What is ſet downe of him?
A. He did that which was good in the ſight of the Lord: he receiued comfort after the inuaſion of his enemies, of Oziel.
His ſhippes were broken at Ozion-Gaber, chap. 2.
Q. What did he for Religion?
A. He aboliſhed idolatrie, & cauſed the people to be taught. eodem.
Q. What did he for the commonwealth?
A. He builded cities, and placed garriſons in them.
Q. What were his acts of war?
A. He ouercame the Moabites, the Ammonites, and the inhabitants of Mount Seir.
He made affinity with Ahab, chap. 18.
He went with him to warre againſt Ramoth Gilead, cha. 22.
He ioyned himſelfe with Ahaziah to make ſhips to go to Tarſhiſh eod.
Q. What befell to him for theſe things?
A. The Lord ſent Iehu the Prophet to reprooue him; and his ſhips were broken, ſo thathe could not go to Tarſhiſh.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Iehu, Azariah, and Eliazar.
Q. What high Prieſts?
A. Ahimaaz and Azariah.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Twenty fiue yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Iehoram, 1. King. 22.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the fight of the Lord: he married Ahabs daughter. 2. King 8. he committed idolatrie, eod. he ſlew ſeauen of his brethren.
Q. What became of him?
A. He died of an incurable diſeaſe, after he had raigned 8. yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Ahaziah.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was ſlain at Ram oth-Gilead hauing raigned one yeare, and alſo 42. of his brethren were ſlaine by Iehu. 2. Chr. 22.
Q. Who was high Prieſt?
A. Iehoidah.
Q. Who were Prophets?
A. Eliah, who was taken vp into heauen.
Q. Who ſucceeded Ahaziah?
A. Atholiah his mother 2. King. 11.
Q. What is recorded of her?
A. She put to death all the kings ſeede, except Ioaſh the ſonne of Ahaziah.
Q. How eſcaped he?
A. Iehoſhebah the daughter to king Ioram, and ſiſter to Ahaziah hid him ſixe yeares.
Q. What became of Athalia?
A. Shee was ſlaine at the commandement of Iehoidah, hauing raigned 7. yeares, 2. king. 11.
Q. Who ſucceeded her?
A. Ioaſh.
Q. VVhat is recorded of him?
A. He did that which was good in the ſight of the Lord, all the time that Ichoida taught him.
Q. What were his good deeds?
A. He made prouiſion for the repaire of the Temple. 2. Kin. 12.
Q. What were his ſinnes?
A. He committed idolatrie, he ſlew Zachariah the prieſt, he tooke on him the honour of God. 2. King. 12.
Q. VVhat became of him?
A. He was ſlaine by his ſeruants, hauing raigned fourtieyeares, eod.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Iehoidah and Zacharie.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Amaſiah.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did that which was good in the ſight of the Lord. 2. king. 14.
Q. What were his good acts?
A. He put them to death which ſlewe his father, and hee ouercame the Edomires. eod.
Q. Did he continue in the ſeruice of God?
A. No, he fell to idolatrie 2. Chro. 25.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. He was ouercome by Ioaſh king of Iſrael, becauſe he was not warned by the parable of the thiſtle. The citie was taken and the temple ſpoiled,and he was ſlaine by his ſeruants hauing raigned 29. yeares, eod.
Q. Who was high priest in his time?
A. Azariah.
Q. What Prophet liued in his time?
A. Iſaiah.
Q. Who ſucceeded Amaſiah?
A. Vzziah, alias Azariah. 2. King. 15.2. Chro. 36.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did that which was good in the ſight of the Lord, all the daies of Zachariah, and the Lord proſpered him: he loued tilling.
Q. Did he continue still in the ſeruice of God?
A. No: he tooke on him the prieſts office.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. He was ſmitten with aleproſie, and continued a leper vntounto his death.
Q. What prophets were in his time?
A. Iſaiah, Ioel, Hoſea, and Obadia.
Q. Who were high Prieſts?
A. Zachariah and Azariah.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Fiftie two yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Iothan, 2. King. 15.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did vprightly in the ſight of the Lord: he built the gate of the Temple called Beutifull: he ouercame the Amorites, eod.
Q. What prophets were in his time?
A. Iſaiah, Nahum, and Michah.
Q. What Prieſts?
A. Ahitub and Zadock.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Sixteene yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Achaz, 2. King. 15.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord, hee drew his ſonnes through the fire: he was beſieged by Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah king of Iudah; he refuſed the counſell of Iſaiah: he forſooke God: he deſtroyed the ornaments of the Temple.
Q. Who was high Prieſt?
A. Vriah.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Sixteene yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Hezechiah, 2. King. 16.
Q. How old was Achaz when he begat Ezechias?
A. Tenne yeares: for whenhe was twenty yeares old, he began to raigne, and raigned ſixteene yeares, 2. King. 16. ſo he dyed in the thirtie ſixe yeare of his age: Now Ezechias ſucceeded his father whē he was fiue and twentie yeares of age, 2. King. 18.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did vprightly in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. How are his acts diuided?
A. Into his good & bad acts.
Q. What were his good acts?
chapters 18,19 A. He repaired the Temple, and reſtored religion which his father had ouerthrowne: hee brake in peeces the braſen Serpent which Moſes had made: he hearing the reuiling wordes of Rabſhakeh, humbled himſelfe before the Lord, and the Augel of the Lord deſtroyed in the campe of Aſher, an hundredfoure ſcore and fiue thouſand.
Q. What befell to him then?
A. He was ſicke, and the Lord ſent Iſaiah vntounto him, to bidde him ſet his houſe in order, for hee ſhould die, chap. 20. lib. 2.
Q. What did Hezekiah?
A. He prayed to the Lord, and he reſtored him to health againe, and added fifteene yeares to his daies, eod.
Q. What ſigne did God giuegive him that he ſhould recouer?
A. The Sunne went backe tenne degrees, eod.
Q. What was his ſinne?
A. He ſhewed the treaſure of the temple to the Babylonian Embaſſadours, eod.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He ſent Iſaiah the Prophet to reprooue him. c. 20. l. 3.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Iſaiah, Ieremiah, and Huldah.
Q. Who was high Prieſt?
A. Azariah.
Q. How long raigned Hezechiah?
A. Twentie nine yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Manaſſes.
Q. What is recorded of him?
chapters A. He reſtored idolatrie: he made his ſonnes paſſe through the fire: he cut Iſaiah aſunder with a wooden ſaw.
Q. How was he puniſhed?
A. He was carried captiue into Babylon.
Q. What did he there?
A. He prayed vntounto the Lord, and he heard him, and reſtored his kingdome vntounto him again 2. Chro. 33.
Q. What did he then?
A. He took away the ſtrange gods and reſtored religion, eod.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Fiftie yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Amon, cap. 21. lib. 2.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was ſlaine by his ſeruants, hauing raigned 2. yeares, 2. Chr. 33.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Ioſiah.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did vprightly in the fight of the Lord: 2. King. 22.
Q. What were his acts?
A. He found the booke of the law, and read it in the eares of all the people: he deſtroyedidolatrie & repaired the tē ple: he kept a great paſſe-ouer. 2. King. 22.23.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was ſlaine with an arrow at Megiddo, hauing raigued 31. yeares, eod.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Ieremiah, Zephaniah, & Haldah a Propheteſſe.
Q. Who was high Prieſt?
A. Hilchiah.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Iehoahaz his ſonne, ca. 23. lib. 2.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Two yeares.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. Pharaoh Necoh King of Egypt came vp againſt him, and put him in bonds, & put the land to tribute of an hundred talents of ſiluer, and a talent of gold. And Ehakim the brother of Iehoahaz raigned in his ſtead, and chaunged his name to Iehoiakim. cha. 23. lib. 2.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord, eod.
Q. What were his acts?
A. He paid tribute to Pharaoh, ca 23. lib. 2. He impriſoned Ieremiah:Ier. 36. he cut the Prophet Habacuk in peeces, and burnt Baracks propheſies.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was carried captiue by Nabuchadnezzar, hauing raigned 11. yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Iehoiakin his ſonne, ca. 24. lib. 2.
Q. VVhat is recorded of him?
chapter 24 A. He deliuered himſelfe into the hands of Nabuchadnezzar by the counſell of Ieremie, in which captiuitie were Ezechiel, Daniel, and the three children.
Q How long raigned he?
A. Three moneths.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Mattaniah his vncle, whom the king of Babel called Zedechiah.
Q. What is recorded of him?
chapter 24 A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord, for which he and the kingdom of Iudah were carried into captiuitie by Nabuchadnezzar king of Babel.
Q. How long had he raigned before he was carried captiue?
A. Eleuen yeares.
Q. What Prophets were in his …?
A. Baruck, Ezechiel, and Ieremiah.
Q. What did they to Zedekiah when they had taken him?
2. King. 25.A. They ſlewe his ſonnes before his eyes, then they put out his eyes, and bounde him in chaines, and carried him to Babel.
Q. Who was high Prieſt in his time?
A. Seraiah.
Q. What prophets?
A. Baruck and Ezechiel.
Q. Rehearſe the chiefe Prophets that propheſied in theſe kings times?
A. Iddo, Shemiah, Iehu, Zachariah, Eliah, Ioel, Iſaiah, Nahum, Michab, Zephaniah, Ieremiah, Huldah, Vziah, Baruck, Ezechiel.
Q. Rehearſe the Prieſts?
A. Ahiah, Azariah, Ichoidah,Zachariah, Amaziah, Ahitub, Zadock, Shallum, Hilkiah, and Seraiah.
Q. Rehearſe the chiefe Kings of Babel?
A. Berodach Baladan, who honoured Hezechiah; Nabuchadnezzar, who was caſt into a Wood, nouriſhed by a goate, bewrayed by an Owle, found out by a Leopard. His name ariſeth of Nabn a Goate, Chad, an Owle, and nazor, a Leopard. He ouercame the Aſſyrians: he carried Iudah captiue. He was proud, & became as a beaſt: afterward he was reſtored to his kingdome. Nabuchadnezzar the leſſe, who beautified the Temple. Euilmeradock who gaue his father vntounto 300. vultures to be deuoured, Balthaſer, to whom the hand writing appeared.
Q. Which was the chiefe citte of Iſrael?
A. Samaria.
Q. Which was the chiefe citie of Iudah?
A. Ieruſalem.
Q. Which was the chiefe city of Aſſyria?
A. Nini…e.
Q. Which was the chiefe citie of the Babylonians?
A. Babylon.
Q. Rehearſe the Kings of Iſrael?
A. Ieroboam, Nadab, Baaſha, Elah, Zimri, Omri, Ahab, Ahaziah, Iehoram, Iehu, Iehoahaz, Ioaſh, Ieroboam, Zachariah, Shallum, Menahem, Pekahiah, Pekah, Hoſhea.
Q. How many kings raigned ouer Iſrael?
A. Nineteene, and none of them good. 1. King. 12.
Q. What is recorded of Ieroboam?
A. The prophet Ahiah rent his garment in 12. peeces, and gaue him tenne. He foretold him that he ſhould bee king ouer Iſrael. He made two golden calues for the Iſraelites to worſhip, ſetting one of them in Dan, and the other in Bethel: for which he being reprooued by the Prophet, ſtretched out his hand to lay hold on him, and it withered, ſo that hee could not pull it to him againe, vntill the Prophet prayed for him.
He cauſed his wife to diſguiſe her ſelfe, and to goe to the Prophet.2. King. 15
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Twentie two yeares.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Ahiah, Iddo, and Shemaiah.
Q. Who ſucceeded Ieroboam?
A. Nadab. 1. king. 14.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. What became of him?
chapter 14 A. He was ſlaine by Baaſha at Gybbethon, hauing raigned two yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Baaſha, 1. King. 15.
Q. What did he?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. What were his acts?
A. He fought with Aſa, and built Ramah.
Q. VVhat became of him?
A. He died hauing raigned 24. yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Elah his ſon, 1. king. 16.
Q. What did he?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was ſlaine by Zimri in Tirzai being drunke, hauing raigned two yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Zimri, eod.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He ſlue all the houſe of Baaſha.
Q. What became of him?
A. He burnt Tirzai & himſelfe in the middeſt of it, beeing beſieged by Omri, hauing raigned 7. daies.
Q. What became of the kingdome then?
A. Halfe the people followed Tibni to make him king, & the other halfe followed Omri to make him.
Q. How was this controuerſie ended?
A. Tibni was ſlaine and Omri raigned.
Q. What is recorded of Omri?
A. He built Samaria, and died hauing raigned 12. years.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Ahab his ſonne, 1. king 16.28.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He worſhipped Baal, and built him a temple. 19. he killed the Prophets of the Lord: hee ouercame the Ammonites: he ſlue Naboth for his vineyard, and priſoned Michaiah. 1. king. 21.22.
Q. What became of him?
A. He was ſlaine at Ramoth-Gilead, hauing raigned 22. yeares, eod.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Eliah, Michaiah, andObadiah.
Q. What is recorded of Eliah?
A. He foretold the famine: he was fed of Rauens: he reſtored his hoſteſſe ſonne to life: he ſlew Baals Prophets, ls. 1. ca. 18.
He fled from Ieſabel and was nouriſhed by the angell of the Lord, chap. 19.
He reprooued Ahab for ſlaying Naboth.
He reprooued Ahaziah for ſending to aske counſell of Baalzebub, cap. 1. lib. 2.
He prayed to the Lord and fire came downe from heauen & conſumed an hundred men.
He diuided the waters of Iordan with his cloake, ca. 2. l. 2. and afterwards he was taken vp into heauen.
Q. When Eliah was taken vp into heauen, who was Prophet in his roome?
A. Eliſha.
Q. What things are recorded of him?
A. He deuided the waters of Iordan with the cloke of Eliah. 2. king. 2.
He healed the venemous and bitter waters, eod.
As he was going to Bethel litle children mocked him, and he curſed them, and two Beares came out of the forreſt and deuoured them, euen 42. of them, cap. 2.
He gaue water to three kings hoaſts. cap. 3.
He increaſed the oyle of the widow.
chapter 4 He raiſed the Shunamites ſonne to life.
chapter 5 He healed Naaman of his Leproſie.
He maketh iron to ſwimme. chapter 6 He diſcloſeth the king of Aramscounſel to the king of Iſrael.
He propheſieth plentie to Samaria.
He propheſied the dearth of 7. yeares to the Shunamite.
And laſtly, he propheſied to Hazael that he ſhould be king in Syria.
Q. Who ſucceeded Ahab?
A. Ahaziah, 1. king 22.40.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord, and raigned two yeares. 1. king. 22.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. Moab rebelled, and he fell through the Lattiſe window of his vpper chamber, and fell ſicke. 2. king. 1.
Q. What did he then?
A. He ſent to aske counſell of Baalzebub whether hee ſhould die or no? eod.
Q. What did the Lord then?
A. He ſent Eliah to him, ſaying, becauſe he had ſent to Baalzebub, he ſhould not come from the bed whereon he was, but ſhould die the death.
Q. What became of him?
A. He dyed, and hauing no ſonne, Iehoram raigned in his ſtead, which Iehoram was ſonne to Ahab, eod.
Q. What things are recorded of him?
A. He did euil in the ſight of the Lord: he fought with the Moabites: he fought againſt Hazael King of Aram at Ramoth Gilead, & was wounded. And laſtly, he was ſlaine by Iehu after he had raigned twelue yeares. c. 9. lib. 2.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Eliſha, and Michaiah.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Iehu.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He ſlew Iehoram and Ahaziah, he cauſed Ieſobel to be caſt out of a window, c. 9. l. 2.
He ſlew 70. of Ahabs ſons, & 42. of Ahaziahs brethren, c. 10. lib. 2.
He ſlew Baals prieſts and deſtroyed Baal and his houſe, and turned it into a lakes, hauing raigned 28. yeares, c. 10. l. 2.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Iehoahaz, c. 10. l. 2.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. The Lord deliuered him into the hands of the Syrians. 2. king. 13.
Q. Did he continue ſo?
A. No, he prayed vntounto the Lord, and he deliuered him. eod.
Q. Did he take any warning by his troubles?
A. No: he returned to his former wickedneſſe.
Q. What became of him then?
A. He died hauing raigned 17. yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Ioaſh his ſonne, 2. king. 13.9.
Q. What things are recorded of him?
A. He ouercame Benhadad the ſon of Hazael three times: he tooke Amaziah king of Iudah: he brake downe the wals of Ieruſalem, and ſpoiled the Temple. 2. king. 14.
Q. What became of him?
A. He died hauing raigned 16. yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Ieroboam his ſon, eod.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. What were his acts?
A. He reſtored the coaſts of Iſrael, eod.
Q. What became of him?
A. He died hauing raigned 41. yeares, 23. verſe.
Q. What Prophets were in his time?
A. Hoſea, Amos, and Ionah.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Zachariah, 2. king. 14.
Q What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. What became of him?
A. Shallum ſlew him after he had raigned ſixe moneths, 15. ch. and raigned in his ſtead.
Q. What became of Shallum?
A. Menahem ſlew him after he had raigned one monethmonth, ca. 15.13. and raigned in his ſtead.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. The king of Aſhur came vp againſt him, and Menahem gaue him a 1000. talents of ſiluer to depart from him.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Tenne yeares.
Q. What became of him?
A. He dyed.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Pekahiah his ſonne, cap. 15. lib. 2.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. How long raigned he?
A. Two yeares.
Q. What became of him?
A. Pekah ſlue him and raigned in his ſtead.
Q. What is recorded of Pekah?
A. He did euill in the ſight of the Lord.
Q. How was he plagued?
A. Tiglath-Pileſer came againſt him, and caried many away captiue, cap. 15. lib. 2.
Q. What became of Pekah?
A. He was ſlaine by Hoſhea, hauing raigned 20. yeares.
Q. Who ſucceeded him?
A. Hoſhea, cap. 15.30.
Q. What is recorded of him?
A. He gaue licence to the Iewes to go to Ieruſalem three times a yeare: he and the kingdom of Iſrael were caried capriue by Shalmanazer king of Aſhur, cap. 17.2.
Q. What prophets were in his time?
A. Ahiah, Iehu, Eliah, Michaiah, Eliſhah, Obadiah, Hoſea, Amos, Ionas, Ioel.
Q. Who were the kings ofSyria that vexed Iſrael?
A. Benhadad, Rezin, & Hazael.
Q. Which is the chiefe citie of Syria?
A. Damaſcus.
Q. Which are the kings of Affyria?
A. Pul, Tiglath-Pileſer, Salmanaſer, Shenacherib, and Iſhardon.
Q. Which is the chiefe citie of Aſſyria?
A. Niniue.
Regum finis.
CHRONICLES.
Q. What call you this booke?
A. Chronicles, or booke of daies
Q. Why is it ſo called?
A. Becauſe it containeth ſome times and ages of the world.
Q. How many ages are there of the world?
A. Eight.
1. From Adam to Noah.
2. From Noah to Abraham.
3. From Abrahams departing from Vr in Chalde, vntounto the departing of Iſrael from Egypt.
4. From the departing of Iſrael out of Egyyt, vntounto the firſt building of the Temple.
5. From the firſt building of the Temple vntounto the captiuitie of Babylon.
6. From the captiuitie of Babylon to the reedifying of Ieruſalem.
7. From the reedifying of Ieruſalem vntounto the comming of Chriſt.
8. From the comming of Chriſt to the iudgement.
Q. What notable things hauebeene and ſhall be in theſe ages?
A. The creation of the world, the floud, the circumciſion, the annointing of Kings, the tranſmigration of Babylon: the incarnation of Chriſt: the opening of heauen by the preaching of the Goſpel, and the reſurrection of bodies to iudgment.
Q. How many of theſe ages are in this booke?
A. Sixe: from the firſt creation, to the reedifying of Ieruſalem.
Q. Rehearſe the fathers of the firſt age?
A. Adam, Sheth, Enoch, Kenan, &c. vt in Geneſ. which age containeth 1656. yeares.
Q. Rehearſe the Patriar…s of the ſecond age?
A. Shem, Arpacſhad, Shalah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, vt in Goneſ: which age containeth 363. yeares and ten daies.
The third age containeth 430. yeares.
The fourth age containeth 480. yeares.
The fift age containeth 419. yeares.
The ſixt age containeth 143. yeares.
The ſeauenth age containeth 483. yeares.
Q. Howe many of the laſt age are alreadie expired?
A. One thouſand ſixe hundred and ſeauen yeares.
Q. Who was Abrahams ſonne according to promiſe?
A. Iſaack.
Q. Who Iſaaks?
A. Iacob.
Q. Which of Iacobs 12. ſonnes had the Kingdome?
A. Iudah, and of him came Chriſt.
Q. Who had the Prieſthood?
A. Leui.
Q. What goruernmēt had the firſt?
A. Captaines, Moſes and Ioſhua.
Q. What gouernours had they then?
A. Iudges, as before in that booke.
Q. Rehearſe the genalogie from Iudah to Dauid?
A. Phares, Eſrom, Aram, Aminadab, Naaſſon, Salomon, Boos, Obed, Ieſſe, and Dauid.
Q. Who ſucceeded Dauid?
A. Salomon.
Q. Who ſucceeded Salomon?
A. Rehoboam.
Q. Rehearſe the prieſts from Aaron to Ahnub?
A. Eleazar, Phineas, Abiſhua, Bucci, Vzzi, Zeraiah, Meraioh, Amaſiab, Ahitub.
Q. Why is Iehoſaphat calledking of Iſrael?
A. Becauſe God was called the God of Iſrael, by reaſon of Iacob to whome he promiſed. Therefore Iſrael is ſometime taken for Iudah, becauſe Iudah was the chiefe people.
Q. Rehearſe the fathers to Chriſt?
A. Peruſe the third chapter of Luke.
Finis Chronicorum.