CHAPTER XII. 451 31. Q. What was his punishment for this crime ? A. While he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, the leprosy rose tip in his forehead, and he continued a leper till his death ; Verse 19. 32. Q. Is there any thing very remarkable in the reign of Jothàm, the son of Uzziali ? A. He was a good king, and God blessedhis arms, so that lie brought the Ammonites under tri- bute ; 2 Chron. xxvii. 1 it. 33. Q. How did Ahaz, the son of Jotbam, behave him- self ? A. He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, made images for Baal, and offered his children in sacrifice by fire, after the abominations of the heathens; 2 Chron. xxxviii. 1 -4. 34. Q. How did God sbew his displeasure against Ahaz ? A. His land was invaded by theking of Syria, and by the king pf-Israel ; multitudes of his people were slain, and many cap- tives were carried to Damascus and to Samaria, though the Israelites restored their captives again at the wordof theprophet Oded ; Verses 5 -15. 35. Q. What further iniquities of Ahaz are recorded ? A. That he set aside the brazen altar which was before the Lord, and set up another in the court of the temple, according to the pattern of an altar he had seen at Damascus, and at last fell in with the idolatry of the heathen nations ; 2 Kings xvi. 10. 2 Chron. xxviii. 36! Q. What was one particular aggravationof his:crimes ? A. That even in the time of his distress he sinned the more against God ; and because God did not help him, he sacri- ficed to the gods of Damascus; he cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, shut up the doors of the temple, and set up idols in Jerusalem, and through, all the land; 2 Chron. xxviii. 22-25. 37. Q. Did Hezekiah, the son of .Ahaz, continue in the sins of his father ? A. No ; but he macle a great reformation, not only in Judah, but also in Ephraim anti Manasseh ; he brake the imagés, cut clown the groves, destroyed their altars, repaired the temple, and restored the worship of tite true God there ; 2 Chron. xxix. and xxxi. 38. Q. What peculiar instance did be give of his zeal against all manner of idolatry ? A. He brake in pieces the brazen, serpent that Moses had made in the wilderness,'becatise the pc°. ple burned incense to it ; 2 Kings xviii. 4. 39. Q In what manner did he keep the passover ? A. He sent to all Israel as well as to Judah to invite'them to keep the passover 'at Jerusalem, according to the appointment of God; 2 Chron. xxx. 1 -12. though'I-Iezekiah, king of Judah, began this reformation in tire'first year of his reign, yet it might'not be carried to this
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