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yetit ten Tnbes from hts Kingdome. Abia the wicked bat vahant and
sortunate in fight, i.Chron. XI ii. 15. Asa the apright whofe heart
was perseB all his dajs, z.Chron. xv. 17. josapbath the jufi ,
whoje heart tvas list up in the ways osthe Lord , z.Chron. xvi I.
6. Ahaziah the Idolater, 7i>bofe onely commendation was that he
raigned but one year, Z-Chron. xxi 1. z. Joas the back^fiider, the
leafe os whofe goodnssf determined 7vith his uncles life, 2. Chron.
XXiv. 2. Amaziah the rafh, Tvorsied in a needlejs 7i>ar againfi ths
King of Israef 2. Chron.xxv. 21. Joatham the peaceable ,who built
the higheft gate to the houfe of Lord, 2. Reg. xv. 37. Ahaz thepro-
2^/70 m time of his difirejf , yet trespajfed more againfi the
Lord,2. Chron. xxvii. 22. Hezekiah piouswho defiroiedthe
high places. Josiah /^0 tender- hearted, whomeltedat Gods threat-
vings, z.Chron. xxxiv. 27. denounced againfi the people of the

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III. Examinabimus haec Fulleri di6ta,8c videbimus an otn-
nes Reges Judx in sepulcro Davidis sepulti fuerintNotan-
dum autem & observandum ed, quod aliud sit sepeliri in se-
pulcro Davidis s aliud sepeliri in sepulcris Regum Judx.
Sepultura Regum proprie di£la est , sepeliri in Ipelunca a
Davide fadta, in qua sepultus etiam Salomo dicitur. Sepe-
liri autem in sepulcris Regum est, ubi Reges Judce aliicon-
diti sunt. Hinc foas non lepultusdicitur inlepultura Regum,
quia in mortenon est honoratus, sicutiin vita sua: vid. annot»
celeb. fohann. Meyer. ad Seder Olam pag. m. 941. Et slfa in
suo sepulcro,quodsibi paraverat, 2. Paral. xvi. 14.conf. i.Reg.
xv. 24. Si igitur Asia sepultus fuisset in sepulcris Regum
fadtis 8c paratis, non opus habuisset, ut aliud sibi propnum
sepulcrum pararet, jam autem textus clare testatur posterius,
quando ita z.Paral. xvi. legitur: Et fepeliverunt in fepulcris,
<jtt& pro se exciderat in civitate David. Ergo colligitur aliud
fuisse sepulcrum Afsit a sepulcris Davidis & Salomor.is distin-
£tum. Verum hic nihii obstat, ut affirmemus Joas 8c
Assam sepultos in sepulcris Regum Judae esse, quia additur
in civitate David, quae mons Zion fuit &c civitas David ap-
pellatur Sc « ebm ttoAj? civitas superior: vid. Eduard. Simfon.
Chronic. Cathol. part, g. sol. m. 9. edit. Oxon. Non pugnat hoc
cum aliis locis Seripturae. Potuit cnrm Jfsa sibi parare sepul-

crum