_AZARIAH PROPHESIES THAT ISRAEL SHOULD BE A LONG TIME WITHOUT GOD,
WITHOUT PRIEST, AND WITHOUT LAW; BUT THAT IN THEIR TROUBLE THEY SHOULD
RETURN UNTO THE LORD: ASA, ENCOURAGED BY HIM, PUTS AWAY THE IDOLS, AND
REMOVES MAACHAH HIS MOTHER FROM BEING QUEEN._
_Before Christ 941._... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW FOR A LONG SEASON ISRAEL HATH BEEN WITHOUT THE TRUE GOD, &C.— It
is very plain from the first verse, that Azariah was about to foretel
something, as the _spirit of God came upon him;_ and therefore, as
Houbigant well observes, these verses should be rendered in the
future. _Now for a long time,... [ Continue Reading ]