GLEIG'S SCHOOL SERIES.

SACRED HISTORY.

BY

THE REV. G. R. GLEIG, M.A.

CHAPLAIN-GENERAL TO THE FORCES, AND
PREBENDARY OF ST. PAUL'S.

IN TWO PARTS.

PART THE SECOND.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

1851.

CONTENTS.

CHAP.

XXV.

Page

Civil War.

SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL.

David King of Judah. King of all Israel.

Murder of Amnon. Exile and return

of Absalom -

149

Absalom's Rebellion. His Death. Num-

bering of the People. David's Death

XXVII. - FIRST BOOK OF KINGS AND FIRST BOOK

OF CHRONICLES. Solomon. The Tem-

ple Built. Solomon's Idolatry. His

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Death

XXVIII. FIRST BOOK OF KINGS AND SECOND BOOK

OF CHRONICLES. Rehoboam. His un-

wise proceedings. The Kingdom Divided.

Rehoboam King of Judah. Jeroboam

King of Israel. Jeroboam's Sin. The

Young Prophet

-

155

162

- 166

XXIX. FIRST BOOK OF KINGS AND SECOND BOOK

OF CHRONICLES- continued. Rehoboam's

Idolatry. His Punishment and Death.

Abijam. Asa. Jehoshaphat

XXX.-FIRST BOOK OF KINGS AND SECOND BOOK

OF CHRONICLES-continued. Revolutions

in Israel. Jeroboam.

Nadab. Baasha.

Elah. Zimri. Omri. Ahab. Elijah

the Prophet

171

- 176

FIRST BOOK of Kings anD SECOND Book

OF CHRONICLES- continued. Naboth's

CHAP.

Page

XXXII. SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-

CLES. Jehoram King of Judah. Ahab

King of Israel. Elijah, and Elisha, the

Prophets

SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-

CLES- - continued. Ahaziah King of Ju-

dah. Jehu King of Israel. Athaliah's

Usurpation. Jehoash King of Judah.

XXXIII.

XXXIV. - SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-

CLES continued. King of Israel-Jero-

boam II. Anarchy. Zachariah. Shal-

lum. Menahem. Pekahiah. Pekah.

Kings of Judah

Uzziah.

Jotham.

XXXV.- SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-

CLES- - continued. Kings of Israel - Pe-

kah. Hoshea. Overthrow of the King-

dom. Affairs of Judah. Hezekiah

XXXVI.- SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-

CLES continued. Manasseh. Amon.

Josiah

-

XXXVII.-SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-

CLES-continued. Jehoahaz (or Shallum).

Jehoiakim

183

191

198

205

XXXVIII.-BOOKS OF EZRA, NEHEMIAH, AND ESTHER.

Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-

nego. Revolutions in Babylon. Cyrus

the Great

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XXXIX. - Books of Ezra, NehemiaH, AND ESTHER

-continued. First Return from Babylon.

Zerubbabel, Ezra, Mordecai, Esther, and

Nehemiah

216

221

- APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, AND GENERAL HIS-

TORY. Government by the High Priests.

Kings of the Asmonean Line

XLI.-Jewish Sects. The Sanhedrim. End of

the Asmonean Line. Reign of Herod

the Great

XLIII. - THE GOSPELS ACCORDING TO ST. MAT-

THEW, ST. MARK, ST. LUKE, AND ST.

JOHN. Birth of John the Baptist and of

Christ

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XLIV.- THE GOSPELS-continued. Return from

Egypt. Christ in the Temple. Com-

mencement of his Public Ministry

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XLV.. THE GOSPELS-continued. Marriage at

Cana of Galilee. Our Lord's Second

Passover. Proceedings in Judæa and

Second Year

His many

Miracles. The Transfiguration. Lazarus

Raised from the Dead

262

268

275

282

XLVII.—THE GOSPELS-continued. The Fourth

Passover. The Last Supper. The Cruci-

fixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of

Jesus Christ

XLVIII. - BOOK OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

Descent of the Holy Ghost. Peter. John.

Stephen. Philip

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XLIX. BOOK OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

continued. Conversion of St. Paul. His

Labours and those of Peter

L.-BOOK OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

continued. St. Paul's Travels. The great

progress of the Gospel

KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH

JUDEA DURING AND AFTER THE CAPTI-

289

298

304

311

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