SECOND KINGS
AND
SECOND CHRONICLES.
FROM THE FALL OF ISRAEL TO THE FALL OF JUDAH.
II. Ki. xviii. 1-xxv. 30;
II. Chron. xxix. 1-xxxvi. 23.
§ I.
THE
REIGN OF
HEZEKIAH.
II. Ki. xviii. 1-xx. 21;
II. Chron. xxix. 1-xxxii. 33.
1. Religious Character of His Reign.
xviii. 1-6.
- How old was Ahaz when Hezekiah was born?
1, 2, cf. xvi. 2.
- Where had the brazen serpent been kept?
4.
2. His Military Movements, and the Captivity of Israel.
7-12.
3. He Is Forced To Renew the Tribute.
13-16.
- Who was Sennacherib?
13.
- Why was he at Lachish?
14.
- What account of this invasion left by Sennacherib himself?
See Rawlinson: G. A. Smith, 309.
- What preparation made by Hezekiah?
II. Chron. xxxii. 1-8.
4. The Surrender of Jerusalem Demanded by Sennacherib.
17-27.
- What of the names of these officers? See Rawlinson.
- What the conduit of the upper pool?
17;
Lands of the Bible, 196, 197.
- What the fuller's field?
17.
- Why the allusions to Egypt in Rabshakeh's speech?
21, 23, 24.
- Why that to the high places and altars?
22.
- Why claim that Jehovah had sent him?
25.
- Why ask him to speak in the Syrian language?
26.
5. Rabshakeh's Speech to the People on the Wall.
28-37.
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- Meaning of the inducements offered?
31, 32.
- Point in the reference to other gods?
32-35.
- Why no response from the people?
36.
- Why Hezekiah's officers so distressed?
37.
- Why this demand for surrender made so soon after renewal of the tribute?
21,
cf. Is. xxx. 1-5; xxxi. 1-9.
6. The King Consults the Prophet.
xix. 1-7.
- Why go into the house of the Lord?
1.
- Why ask the prayer of Isaiah?
4.
7. Sennacherib Sends a Letter to Hezekiah.
8-13.
- Why the letter sent?
9.
- Why think Hezekiah was trusting in his God?
10.
8. The Letter Is Laid Before the Lord.
14-19.
- Why spread the letter before the Lord?
14.
- On what was it written?
- Ground of Hezekiah's plan?
19.
9. An Answer through the Prophet.
20-34.
- Why the allusion to Lebanon and its cedars?
23.
- Meaning of remark about strange waters and rivers?
24.
- Point in the mention of hook and bridle?
28.
- Why say a remnant?
31, cf. 13;
Rawlinson.
- Why the city to be saved?
34.
10. The Prediction Fulfilled.
35-37.
- How were they smitten?
35.
- Why did Sennacherib retreat?
36.
- Repeat Byron's poem on this.
- How long till Sennacherib's death? See Rawlinson.
[Seventeen years.]
11. Hezekiah's Sickness.
xx. 1-11.
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12. An Ambassage from Babylon.
12-19.
13. The Rest of Hezekiah's Acts.
20, 21.
14. The Cleansing of the Temple.
II. Chron. xxix. 1-19.
- How long had the temple been neglected? See
II. Ki. xvi. 2; xv. 32-34.
- When this cleansing?
3.
- What filthiness?
5.
- How can we account for his course?
15. Renewal of the Sacrifices.
II. Chron. xxix. 20-36.
- Why, "for all Israel"?
24.
- The order of the singing and trumpeting?
27, 28.
- Meaning of, "bowed themselves and worshipped"?
29.
- Were the Psalms of David and of Asaph then in use?
30.
- Why specify the authority for the music?
25.
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16. Hezekiah's Great Passover.
II. Chron. xxx. 1-27.
- Why invite all Israel?
1.
- Condition of Israel at the time?
II. Ki. xviii. 1; xvii. 1-4.
- Had they the written law of the passover?
II. Chron. xxx. 5, 16.
- Why did many mock at the invitation?
10, 11.
- If many were not sanctified, why permitted to eat?
17-20.
- In what respect had not the like occurred since Solomon?
17. The Tithes and Offerings All Renewed.
II. Chron. xxxi. 1-21.
§ II.
THE
REIGNS OF
MANASSEH AND
AMON.
II. Ki. xxi. 1-26.
1. Manasseh's Extreme Wickedness.
xxi. 1-9.
- Comparative length of his reign?
1.
- How account for the contrast between him and his father?
- Meaning of, "all the host of heaven"?
3, 5.
- In what way was the evil more than that of the Canaanites?
9.
2. The Penalty Announced Through the Prophets.
10-15.
- Meaning of, "line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab"?
13.
- What meant by wiping Jerusalem?
13.
- Who were these prophets?
3. Manasseh's Cruelty.
16.
- Who his probable victims?
- Tradition about Isaiah?
4. His Chronicles and His Death.
17, 18,
cf. II. Chron. xxxiii. 18-20.
5. His Captivity and Repentance.
II. Chron. xxxiii. 11-17.
6. The Reign of Amon.
19-26;
II. Chron. xxxiii. 21-25.
- Why follow the first ways of his father?
- Why the conspiracy?
23, 24.
- Why the new sepulchre?
26, cf. 18.
§ III.
THE
REIGN OF
JOSIAH.
II. Ki. xxii. 1-xxiii. 30;
II. Chron. xxxiv. 1-xxxv. 27.
1. The General Character of His Reign.
II. Ki. xxii. 1, 2.
2. He Purges the Land of Idolatry.
II. Chron. xxxiv. 3-7.
- Why extend his work into the northern territory?
6, 7.
3. He Repairs the Temple.
II. Ki. xxii. 3-7.
4. The Book of the Law Found.
8-13.
- Why did Hilkiah call it, "the book of the law"?
8.
- Why did Shaphan read it to the king?
- Why did the king rend his clothes?
11, 13.
- What did he think of its antiquity?
13.
- How and why had it been hid?
- Why was Josiah so ignorant of it? Cf.
xxi. 1, 2, 19, 20.
5. Huldah Consulted.
14-20.
- Why consult her?
- What words of the book referred to?
16,
cf. Deut. xxviii. 1-68.
- Is there reason to believe that the book contained nothing but Deuteronomy?
- Is there reason to think that the book had been recently composed?
6. The Book Read in the Temple to the People.
xxiii. 1-3.
- Why called, "the book of the covenant"?
2.
7. The Land Thoroughly Purged of Idolatry.
4-20.
- Why carry the ashes to Beth-el?
4.
- Why cast the remains of the Asherah on the graves?
6.
- Meaning of horses and chariots [99]
of the sun?
11.
- Why burn bones on the altars at Beth-el and elsewhere?
16, 20.
- What man of God had proclaimed this?
16, 20,
cf. I. Ki. xiii. 1-3.
8. The Passover Strictly Observed and Other Reforms.
21-24.
9. Estimate of Josiah and His Death.
25-30.
- What the superiority of his life?
25.
- Why the decree of captivity not relaxed?
26.
10. Fuller Account of His Death.
II. Chron. xxv. 20-27.
- Purpose of Neco's expedition?
20.
- Why did Josiah interfere?
- Why did Neco say, "God hath commanded me"?
21, 22.
- Why the excessive mourning?
- When did Jeremiah make his appearance?
25, cf. Jer. i. 1-3.
JEREMIAH UNDER
JOSIAH.
(1.) His Family and His Period of Prophecy.
Jer. i. 1-3.
- Was this the Hilkiah of Josiah's reign?
- Where was Anathoth? Lands of the Bible, 235.
- What had Josiah done the previous year?
2, cf. II. Chron. xxxiv. 3.
(2.) His Call to Be a Prophet.
4-10.
- In what sense known and sanctified?
5.
- Why say, "I am a child"?
6.
- Why say, "Be not afraid"?
8.
- How to "pluck up, [100]
break down," etc.?
10.
(3.) His First Prophetic Vision.
11-16.
- What the significance of the almond rod and the boiling caldron?
11, 13.
(4.) His Commission.
17-19.
- Penalty of being dismayed?
17.
- Meaning of defenced city, iron pillar and brazen walls?
18.
- Why would all fight against him?
18, 19.
(5.) His First Discourse.
ii. 1-iii. 5.
(6.) Second Discourse.
iii. 6-vi. 30.
(7.) Third Discourse.
vii. 1-x. 25.
(8.) Fourth Discourse.
xi. 1-xii. 17.
(9.) Fifth Discourse.
xiii. 1-27.
- Symbolic use of a linen girdle.
xiii. 1-20.
- Why to the Euphrates?
4.
- Is this a reality? [101]
(10.) Sixth Discourse.
xiv. 1-xv. 21.
- Picture of a coming famine.
xiv. 1-6.
- False prophets contradict Jeremiah.
xiv. 13-15.
- Pleadings of the best of men could not avert the captivity.
xv. 1.
(11.) The Seventh Discourse.
xvi. 1-xvii. 27.
- Jeremiah forbidden to marry on account of coming trouble.
xvi. 1-4.
- Return from captivity predicted.
14-16.
(12.) Eighth Discourse.
xviii. 1-xx. 18.
THE
PROPHET
ZEPHANIAH.
(1.) His Family, and Prophetic Period.
i. 1.
(2.) Theme of His First Prediction?
2-18.
(3.) What Other Nations Denounced?
ii. 1-15.
- Picture of the final fate of Nineveh.
13-15.
(4.) What the Last Theme?
iii. 1-20.
- What the character of her princes, judges, prophets and priests?
3, 4.
- Picture of a happy restoration.
13-20.
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§ IV.
THE
REIGNS OF
JEHOAHAZ AND
JEHOIAKIM.
II. Ki. xxiii. 30-xxiv. 7;
II. Chron. xxxvi. 1-8.
1. The Career of Jehoahaz.
xxiii. 30-34.
2. The Reign of Jehoiakim.
xxiii. 35-xxiv. 7.
- Why a tax to raise the tribute?
35.
- Why reverse his father's course?
37.
- Why not protected by Pharaoh?
xxiv. 1, cf. 7.
- What had become of the Assyrian power? See Rawlinson.
- How did Jehovah send the "bands"?
2, 3.
- Why for Manasseh's sins?
3, 4.
- What else did Nebuchadnezzar do to him?
II. Chron. xxxvi. 6.
- Why release him?
- His final fate?
Jer. xxii. 18, 19.
THE
PROPHET
HABAKKUK.
(1.) The Time of His Prediction.
i. 1-9,
cf. First Three Years
of Jehoiakim.
II. Ki. xxiv. 1.
JEREMIAH UNDER
JEHOIAKIM.
§ I.
IN THE
BEGINNING OF
THIS
REIGN.
Jer. xxvi. 1-24.
(1.) He Predicts the Captivity and Is Arrested.
xxvi. 1-9.
(2.) He Is Tried before the Princes.
10-19.
- On what grounds was he acquitted?
16, 19.
(3.) Fate of Uriah.
20-24.
§ II.
IN THE
FOURTH
YEAR OF
JEHOIAKIM.
xxv. 1-38;
xxxv. 1-xxxvi. 32; xlvi. 1-28.
(1.) Captivity and Its Duration Predicted.
xxv. 1-11.
- How Nebuchadrezzar God's servant?
9.
- How long now a prophet?
3.
(2.) The Chaldeans To Be Punished.
12-14.
(3.) A Cup of Wine for All the Nations.
15-38.
- Significance? and fulfillment?
(4.) The Defeat of Pharaoh at Carchemish.
xlvi. 1-12.
- Vividness of the description.
(5.) Egypt To Be Conquered by Nebuchadrezzar, but Israel
never To Be Destroyed.
13-28.
- Perpetual preservation of Jacob.
28.
(6.) A Lesson from the Conduct of the Rechabites.
xxxv. 1-19.
(7.) Jeremiah's Prophecies to Date Written, and Publicly Read.
xxxvi. 1-8.
- Meaning of, "a roll of a book"?
2.
- Why to be read after being spoken?
3.
- Who was Baruch?
4, cf. 26.
- Meaning of, "I am shut up"?
5.
(8.) The Reading and the Immediate Results.
9-26.
- How long was Baruch writing?
1, cf. 9.
- Occasion of the fast?
9.
- Why were the princes alarmed?
16.
- Why ask about the process?
17, 18.
- Why tell Baruch and Jeremiah to hide?
19, 26.
- Meaning of, "three or four leaves"?
23.
(9.) The Roll Rewritten with Additions.
27-32.
§ V.
THE
REIGNS OF
JEHOIACHIN AND
ZEDEKIAH.
II.
Ki. xxiv. 8-xxv. 7; II. Chron. xxxvi. 9-21.
1. The Beginning of the Captivity.
II. Ki. xxiv. 8-17.
- Why the surrender?
11, 12.
- Distinction between the ten thousand and the eight thousand?
14, 16.
- Why take especially the craftsmen and the smiths?
- Why make Jehoiachin's uncle king?
17.
- Mistake as to his age?
II. Chron. xxxvi. 9.
- Jeremiah's prediction of his fate.
Jer. xxii. 24-30.
- In what sense was he childless?
30, cf. Matt. i. 12.
- Why was this prediction [105]
so startling?
29.
[He was the last king in the line of inheritance from David.]
2. The Reign of Zedekiah.
xxiv. 18-xxv. 7;
Jer. lii. 1-11; xxxix. 1-11.
JEREMIAH UNDER
ZEDEKIAH.
(1.) He Sends Yokes to Neighboring Kings, and Advises
Submission to Nebuchadnezzar.
Jer. xxvii. 1-22.
(2.) He Has a Conflict in the Temple with Hananiah, a False
Prophet.
xxviii. 1-17.
- How expect Nebuchadnezzar's yoke to be broken?
3, 4.
- Why prophecy of peace suspicious?
9.
(3.) Letters to the Captives in Babylon.
xxix. 1-32.
- Why the two men sent to Babylon?
3.
(4.) He Predicts the Desolation of Babylon, and Sends a Copy
To Be Sunk in the Euphrates.
l. 1-li. 64.
- A new incident in the career of Zedekiah.
li. 59-64.
(5.) He Answers a Question from Zedekiah at the Beginning [106]
of the Invasion.
xxi. 1-14.
(6.) A Prediction at the Beginning of the siege.
xxxiv. 1-7.
(7.) A Rebuke for Violating the Law of Hebrew Bondage.
8-22.
(8.) The Siege Suspended, and Jeremiah Imprisoned.
xxxvii. 11-21.
(9.) Jeremiah Buys a Field, and Predicts the Restoration
of Israel.
xxxii. 1-44.
(10.) He Is again Imprisoned, but His Life Is Saved by
Ebed-melech.
xxxviii. 1-13.
(11.) Another Secret Interview with Zedekiah.
xxxviii. 14-28.
§ VI.
THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE
CITY AND THE
TROUBLES OF THE
REMNANT.
II.
Ki. xxv. 8-30; II. Chron. xxxvi. 17-23; Jer. xxxix. 8-xli. 18; lii. 12-30.
1. The City Destroyed and a Governor Appointed for the Remnant.
II. Ki. xxv. 8-22.
- Why the delay?
8, cf. 3.
- Why leave some of the poor?
12.
- Why select Gedaliah?
22.
2. Jeremiah Is Released.
Jer. xxxix. 11-14; xl. 1-6.
3. Scattered Bands Submit to Gedaliah, but He Is Assassinated.
II. Ki. xxv. 23-26.
- Who were these captains?
23.
- Ishmael's motives?
25.
- What others came to Gedaliah?
Jer. xl. 11, 12.
- What their chief [107]
dependence for food? and why?
ib. 10, 12.
4. Fuller Account of the Assassination.
Jer. xl. 13-xli. 10.
- Why not believe Johanan?
xl. 16.
- What Chaldeans were with Gedaliah?
xli. 3.
5. Johanan Avenges the Death of Gedaliah.
Jer., xli. 11-18.
- Why fear the Chaldeans?
18.
6. The Remnant Inquire of the Lord about Going into Egypt.
xlii. 1-22.
7. They Reject the Word of God, and Go.
Jer. xliii. 1-7.
8. Jeremiah Predicts the Invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar.
8-13.
- Where was Tahpanhes?
8.
- What "Pharaoh's house" was there?
- What "the pillars of Beth-shemesh"?
13.
See margin.
9. He Rebukes the Idolatry of the Jews in Egypt, and Predicts
Their Extermination.
xliv. 1-14.
10. They Defy Him and He Reiterates.
15-30.
§ VII.
JEHOIACHIN
RELEASED AND
HONORED BY
EVIL-MERODACH.
II. Ki. xxv. 27-30;
Jer. lii. 31-34.
THE
LAMENTATIONS.
i. 1-v. 22.
1. Contents.
- Five dirges, in as many chapters, distinguished by trains of thought and
meter.
2. When Written.
3. Authorship, Date, Sentiments, and Allusions to Recent
Experience, Prove Jeremiah the Author.
THE
PROPHET
OBADIAH.
(1.) Title and Subject?
i. 1-9.
(2.) Date?
10-15.
THE
PROPHET
EZEKIEL.
(1.) His Call to Be a Prophet.
i. 1-iii. 27.
(2.) The Same Year. The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem
Predicted with Various Symbols.
iv. 1-vii. 27.
(3.) Sixth Year. A Vision of the wickedness in Jerusalem.
viii. 1-ix. 25.
(4.) Zedekiah's Coming Fate Symbolized, and False Prophets
Denounced.
xii. 1-xiii. 23.
(5.) Deceitful Inquiries of the Lord, and Dependence on a Few
Good Men Rebuked.
xiv. 1-xv. 8.
(6.) Jerusalem Compared to a Woman, Base-born, but highly
Honored, Who Played the Harlot.
xvi. 1-63.
(7.) By the Riddle of a Great Eagle, the Perjury of Zedekiah
Is Denounced.
xvii. 1-24.
(8.) He Proclaims Personal Responsibility, and Forgiveness for
the Penitent.
xviii. 1-32.
- Is this inconsistent with
Exodus, xx. 5, 6?
- Exhortation about a new heart and a new spirit?
31.
(9.) The Fortunes of Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin Depicted under [110]
the Symbol of Young Lions, and Those of Judah under That
of a Dead Vine.
xix. 1-14.
(10.) Seventh Year. Israel Reminded of God's Goodness to
Her, and Rebuked for Idolatry.
xx. 1-49.
- Meaning of, "statutes that were not good, and judgments wherein they
should not live"?
25, cf. 23, 24.
(11.) A Speedy Invasion of Judah and Ammon.
xxi. 1-32.
(12.) Jerusalem To Be Punished for Immorality.
xxii. 1-31.
- The figure of dross.
17-22.
(13.) Under the Names Oholah and Oholibah, Israel and Judah
Are Denounced for Idolatry.
xxiii. 1-49.
(14.) Ninth Year. The Day That the Siege Began Is Stated,
and Jerusalem Is Compared to Flesh Boiling in a Caldron.
xxiv. 1-27.
(15.) Desolation of Ammon, Moab, Edom and Philistia
Predicted.
xxv. 1-17,
cf. Jer. xlvi. 1-xlix. 39.
(16.) Eleventh Year. Prediction of the Desolation of Tyre,
Closing with the Restoration of Israel.
xxvi. 1-xxviii. 26.
- Extent and variety of the commerce of Tyre?
xxvii. 1-25.
(17.) Years Ten, Eleven, Twelve and Twenty-seven. Predictions
against Egypt.
xxix. 1-xxxiii. 33;
xxv. 1-6, 7-20.
- The prophet's responsibility like that of watchman.
xxxiii. 1-20.
- He hears the news of the fall of Jerusalem.
xxxiii. 21-33.
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(18.) The Shepherds of Israel Rebuked, and the Reign of the
Messiah Predicted.
xxxiv. 1-31.
(19) Surrounding Nations To Be Made Desolate, and Israel
To Be Restored.
xxxv. 1-xxxvi. 38.
(20.) The Restoration of Israel and Judah, and Their Perpetual
Reunion Under David.
xxxvii. 1-28.
(21.) The Prophecy against Gog.
xxxviii. 1-xxxix. 29.
(22.) Twenty-fifth Year. A Vision of the Temple and the
Tribes on a Grander Scale.
xl. 1-xlviii. 35.
THE
PROPHET
JOEL.
i. 1-iii. 21.
- Who was Joel?
- In which kingdom did he live?
ii. 1, 15, 23, 32;
iii. 1, 6, 8, 16, 18-21.
- Was this before, or after the captivity?
- What was his most notable prediction?
ii. 28-32,
cf. Acts, ii. 15-21.
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THE CHRONOLOGY OF JUDAH.
| AFTER THE FALL OF ISRAEL. |
| Hezekiah, |
|
29 - 6 = 23 |
years |
| Manasseh, |
|
55 |
" |
| Amon, |
|
2 |
" |
| Josiah, |
|
31 |
" |
| Jehoahaz, |
|
¼ |
" |
| Jehoiakim, |
|
11 |
" |
| Jehoiachin, |
|
¼ |
" |
| Zedekiah, |
|
11 |
" |
| |
|
------- |
|
| Total, |
|
133½ |
" |
| Less three years for Jewish count, |
|
3 |
" |
| |
|
------- |
|
| |
|
130½ |
" |
| From the fall of Israel back to Rehoboam, |
|
260 |
" |
| Solomon and David, |
|
80 |
" |
| |
|
------- |
|
| Total of David's kingdom, |
|
470½ |
" |
| David's accession, |
1056 B. C. |
|
|
| Fall of Judah, |
588 " " |
|
|
| |
------ |
|
|
| Exact time, |
468 " " |
|
|
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REVIEW.
§ I.
- What the general character of Hezekiah's reign?
- State his dealings with the ambassadors from Babylon.
- State the principal events in Sennacherib's invasion.
- What provoked it? and when did it begin?
- What preparation did Hezekiah make for it?
- What line of argument did Rabshakeh employ?
- What argument employed in the letter of the king?
- How did Hezekiah proceed under these circumstances?
- What improvements did he make in Jerusalem?
- Describe his cleansing of the temple, and renewal of the sacrifices.
- What distinguished his first passover?
- What literary work was done by Hezekiah?
- Through what reigns, and through how many years did Isaiah prophesy?
- What other prophets were contemporary with him?
§ II.
- What the length and character of Manasseh's reign?
- What consequences were predicted?
- Describe the reign of Amon.
- How account for two such reigns after Hezekiah's?
§ III.
- What reforms effected by Josiah in the early part of his reign?
- What turned him against the policy of his father and grandfather?
- Give the account of the book found by Hilkiah.
- How could Josiah have been so ignorant of it?
- Was it a newly composed book? or an old one lost?
- How came it to be lost or hid?
- How long was it hid?
- What other reforms after the discovery of the book?
- Was it the book of Deuteronomy alone?
- Describe the death of Josiah.
- What his motive in resisting Neco? [114]
- What the comparative merit of his reign?
JEREMIAH UNDER
JOSIAH.
- When was Jeremiah called to be a prophet? and who was he?
- Describe his call and commission.
- What the chief theme of his discourses in the reign of Josiah?
- Describe the incident of the linen girdle.
- Why did he not take a wife?
- Describe the incident in the potter's house.
- What other prophet of this period? and what his theme?
§ IV.
- What unusual choice of a king to succeed Josiah? and why?
- What change was made? and by whom?
- What prediction respecting Jehoahaz?
- What was the political policy of Jehoiakim?
- What power had now supplanted the Assyrian?
- What became of Jehoiakim?
- When did Habakkuk prophesy?
- What were his principal themes?
- Quote some of his notable sayings.
JEREMIAH UNDER
JEHOIAKIM.
- Give the account of his arrest and trial before the princes.
- What previous incident ??? narrowly he escaped?
- When did he predict the duration of the captivity?
- Describe symbolic use of a cup of wine.
- What prediction respecting Egypt?
- Repeat his lesson from the conduct of the Rechabites.
- Give the account of his first book of prophecies.
§ V.
- Describe the captivity of Jehoiachin.
- Who was made his successor? and why?
- State and explain Jeremiah's prediction respecting his fate.
- What brought on the war between Zedekiah and Nebuchadnezzar?
- Describe the siege of Jerusalem.
- Why were the eyes of Zedekiah put out? and what prediction fulfilled as a
result? [115]
JEREMIAH UNDER
ZEDEKIAH.
- What advice did he give to all the kings in league with Zedekiah?
- Describe his conflict with Hananiah.
- What advice did he give to the captives in Babylon? and how?
- What written prediction respecting Babylon? and what done with it?
- Describe his first private interview with the king?
- What did he predict at the beginning of the invasion?
- What hypocritical ceremonial did he rebuke?
- Give the account of his first imprisonment.
- Describe his purchase of a field, and give his reason for it.
- Give the account of his second imprisonment.
- Describe his last interview with the king.
§ VI.
- Describe the destruction of Jerusalem.
- What government was established for the remnant in the land?
- Describe the release of Jeremiah.
- Describe the fate of Gedaliah.
- What was then done by the remnant?
- What predictions were uttered by Jeremiah in Egypt?
- What is supposed to have become of him?
- What more is known of Jehoiachin?
THE
LAMENTATIONS.
- What the contents of this book?
- Where and when was it written? and by whom?
OBADIAH.
- What the title, subject, and date of this book?
EZEKIEL.
- Describe Ezekiel's call to be a prophet?
- What was going on [116]
in Jerusalem at the time?
- Repeat the warning given him about fidelity as a watchman.
- What military events did he predict?
- Give his allusions to Noah, Daniel and Job.
- How did he set forth personal responsibility?
- Give his prediction respecting Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin.
- What remarkable revelation about the beginning of the siege?
- What did he predict about Tyre?
- What notable passage in his prediction of the restoration of Israel?
JOEL.
- What is known of the prophet Joel?
- What his most important prediction? [117]
[CNSH2 94-117]
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