CHAPTER XV.

Page.

Ahaz: his idolatry: war with Israel.

Alliance with Tiglath-Pileser, who op-

Hezekiah's reign. De-

presses him.

struction of Sennacherib. Hezekiah's

sickness and recovery: his life prolonged

KINGDOM OF ISRAEL, SECOND SECTION.

Reign of Jehu: he destroys the prophets

of Baal, but retains the Golden Calves.

Jehoahaz. Joash defeats the Syrians

three times. Elisha dies. Jeroboam

the Second. Interregnum.

Zachariah.

Shallum. Menahem. Pekaiah. Pekah.

Hoshea carried captive to Nineveh.

Origin of the Samaritans.

II. Kings x. xiii. xiv. xv. xvi. xvii.

CHAPTER XVII.

KINGDOM OF JUDAH, THIRD SECTION.

Manasseh taken to Babylon: repents and

returns. Amon dethroned. Josiah's good

reign: Book of the Law found: slain

in a battle against Pharaoh Necho, king

of Egypt. Jehoahaz deposed and carried

to Egypt.

II. Chronicles xxxiii. xxxiv. XXXV. xxxvi. II. Kings

xxi. xxii. xxiii.

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165

CHAPTER XVIII.

Jehoiakim becomes tributary to Assyria:

revolts: Jerusalem taken by Nebuchad-

nezzar, and the Captivity begins. Jeho-

iakim dethroned. Zedekiah made king.

Revolts: final siege of Jerusalem. Zede-

kiah blinded, and carried captive to

Babylon. Death of the Prophet Jere-

miah.

II. Chronicles xxxvi. II. Kings xxiv. xxv. Also

Jeremiah xxxiv.-xliii.

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176

CHAPTER XXVI.

Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's

dreams. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-

nego cast into the Fiery Furnace

Daniel i.-iv.

CHAPTER XXVII.

Continuation of the history of Daniel: his

visions. Belshazzar's Feast. The taking

of Babylon by Cyrus.

Daniel v. vii. viii.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Continuation of the history of Daniel.

Daniel cast into the Lion's den: his death.

AFTER THE SEVENTY YEARS' CAPTIVITY.

Return of the Jews under Zerubbabel.

Dissensions between the Jews and Sama-

ritans. Change of character in the Jews.

The Temple rebuilt.

Ezra. Nehemiah.

CHAPTER XXXI.

Haggai Zechariah. Malachi.

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263

286

302

314

323

341

CHAPTER XXXII.

A short account of the Kings of Persia,

from Cyrus to Darius Codomanus, con-

quered by Alexander the Great.

353

Ezra reads the Law to the people: revises

the Sacred Books. Origin and form of

Synagogue Worship.

Book of Ezra.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

The rest of Nehemiah's administration.

Tobiah expelled the Temple, Manasses

flees to Samaria: A temple built on

Mount Gerizim.

Book of Nehemiah.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

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Contemporary History.

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ERRATA.

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