Sacred History, Selected from the Scriptures, Vol. 4: With Annotations and Reflections, Particularly Calculated to Facilitate the Study of the Holy Sc Paperback -

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Excerpt from Sacred History, Selected From the Scriptures, Vol. 4: With Annotations and Reflections, Particularly Calculated to Facilitate the Study of the Holy Scriptures in Schools and Families Of the kings that succeeded Nabonassar in Babylon, nothing is recorded in Scripture till the reign of Boro dacb, or Merodacbobaladan, who sent the embassy to Hezekiah. He 18 supposed to have had a double mo tive for sending, first to inform himself concerning the prodigy of the atm's retrogression, and also to eipress his friendly disposition towards a king who seemed to be favoured by the idol, to whom the Babylonians paid adoration; for they worshipped the sun, and were very skilful in the science of astronomy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.