The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-17
one thousand words and all the people

one thousand words and all the people
rejoiced and was glad.
The temple was built on MT. Moriah
chiefly by Syrian worklnen, and had
massive foundations. The dimensions
were 90 feet long, 80 feet wide, and IS feet
heigh. The floor was of cedar boarded
with plank of fir. The wainscoating
was OF cedar, covered with gold, rs was
the whole interior.
The temple was surrounded by an inner
court for the priest There was also a
Great, or Outward Court called the
Court of the Lord S House, Jer. IoI4
his temple was destroyed by the Baby
lonlans during siege of Jerusalem, under
Nebuehadnezzar 1t was first plundered,
however, by Shishad king of Egypt in the
year o72sB. &. And it came to pass in
the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that
Shishak, king of Egypt, came up against
Jerusalem, and he took away the treasur-
ers Of the house of the Lord and the
treasurers of the kings house; he even
took away all; and he took all the shields
OF gold which Solomon had made. Ct
King t4:25-2o)
The temple was repaired again $50
years B. G. by King Jehoash,by using
all the dedicated money in its repairs.
They took a chest and bored a hole in
the led eft, and set it beside the aItero
to rain the contribution of. the people
as they went in the house of the Lord,
and thus the temple was repaired '.And
they gave the money, being told, into the
hands of them that did the work, that had
the oversight of the house of the Lord, and
they laid it to the carpenters and builders
that wrought upon the house of the Lord.
and the masons, and heWers of stone, and
TO buy timber and heWed stone, to repair
breaches of the house of the Lord, and
for all that was laid out for the house
to repair it, Gil Kings I2:II) Again
B. { 72o, .Heze kiah repaired and cleaned
the house of the Lord. Hezekiah was
good man; began to reign at TWENTY-FIVE
years and reigned tWenty-seven wears.
His mothers name was Abiiah. the
daughter of Zechariah He did that
which was right in the sight of the Lord,
according to all that David, his father.
had done" He DESTROYED the idols and
''Brazen Serpent" which the children of
Israel had kept till his day. Hezekiah
said Hear me, We Levites, sanctifv now
yourselves and sanctify the house of the
Lord GOD of your fathers, and carry forth
the filthinesS out of the holy place. =
Then Hezekiah said Nov We have con-
secrated yourselves unto the Lord, come
near and bring sacrifices and thank
offerings unto the Lord" Gil Chron.
PTS 80
And the people brought 70 bullocks,
100 rams, 200 lambs, 600 oxen, 1000
sheep and they had great revival.
And Hezekiah rejoices, and all the,
people that God had prepared the people
for the thing was done suddenly"
Again, IN the year oo8 B. c., the house
of the Lord was polluted by the wicked
and shameful Manasseh who began to
reign at twelve years old and reigned
tlfty-flve years. He "bullt again the
highplaces which Hezekiah, his father.
had broken down, reared up an alter
TOR BaalIm and made groves. and worship
ed all the host of heaven and served
them, also built an alter in the house of
the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, in
Jerusalem shall my name be forever
And he built an alter for all the host of
heaven IS the two courts of the house of
the Lord"
And he caused his children to pass
through the fire in the Valley Of Hinnom:
also he observed times and used enchant-
ments, and used wtch-crafts and dealt
with familiar spirits, and with wizards:
ne wrought much evil in sight of the
Lord to provoke him to anger. And he set