Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-12-14
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in international ser 1llee'ss.l -
December IS, 1898-The CaptINsS
Of .ludah-Jeremiah 62:1.1l. sa$#s:E


GOLDEN TEXT.-Ye shall seek me am ~
find me. when we search for me VIII - -
your heart-Jer. 29:l3. 80:
THE SECTION includes the story OF Oh. .us
fall of jerusalem; Kings Z4:e-%''oo ' = i
Chron. 36:9-21: Jer 39:1-10; 52:1-30 -
TIME.-Jel usalem was DESTROYED 3. ~
586 Tor $50. The struggle against tne 2ooS
lonlans continued about 20 years leCo1 c%o =,
PLACE.-1 Jerusalem, city OF 20o0o m
habuants. according to Then1us. rloa -,
200 miles north of Jerusalem, at the Jas y.
Lebanon, at the junction where the sreat,
road from the east parts, one soutnw
ward to Tyre, along the coast the o'ne1
southwark to Palestine and EgypI =.
LESSON COMMENT. =.
/. The First Captivity. The Begin
ming of the End. Jehoiakim's kelgn'-
This took place in the fourth year OF
Jehoiaim (605-4 B. c. by Nebuchad-
nezzar and his Babylonian army (Jer'.
s5:1, Is; Kings 24:1; Dan. 1:D. twas
at this time that Daniel and his friends
were carried captive to Babylon (Dan.
1:1-6), and from this date is to be
counted the 70 years of captivity fore
told by Jeremiah (25:9-12; 29:1o). Inc
captivity began at different points and
had various endings.
Ii. The Period of Rest.-For seven
or eight years, during the remainder OF
Jehoiakim's reign of II years e Kings
24:D. Jehoiakim was a vassal of Neb-
uchadnezzar during this time. 1t was
an opportunity for repentance; the
Lord was slow to anger and abundant
in mercies, desiring that the people be
saved.
III. The Second Captivity.-Jehoia-
chin's reign (B. C. 59O. Jehoiachin was
the son of Jehoiakim, and began to
reign when IS years old. He reigned
only three months. He seems to have
rebelled against Babylon, for Nebu-
chadnezzar again came with his army
and besieged Jerusalem, captured the
city and sent great amount of treas
ures from the palace and the temple to
Babylon. with 10000 of the more i'm
portant of the people e Kings 24:1o-
16). Among these were the prophet
Ezekiel (Ezek. IL, p. and the great
grandfather Of Mordecai, Queen
Esther's cousin esther 2:5, g., and.
King Jehoiakim himself, who lay in
prison at Babylon for 81 years before he
was released.
hah's Reign.-Vs. 1-3. Nine years.
Zedekiah was the uncle of Jehoiachin
and half brother of Jehoiakim. Zede-
hah was man not so much bad at
| heart as weak in will.
3. For through the anger of the
Lord it," the evil courses of Zedekiah.
''came to pass" The sin was so deep
seated and the sinner so determined on
his sin that there was nothing to do but
to let it work itself out and bring it's
own ruin and punishment. That,
rather, and 'Zedekiah rebelled against
the king of Babylon:" Sin is always
weakness and blindness. Thus Zede-
| ldah's sins led him to blindly and fool
ishly rebel.
V. The Third Captivity. The Great
Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem
The siege lasted year and half (Vs.
~. 4. I'm the ninth year
tenth month";" Last of December, 3.
C. 5ss. Northumberland" This is cor
rect spelling of ACKNOWLEDGMENT. And
all his army" A great host (Kings).
'*Pitched against it," Surrounded 1t
with their armies to prevent all pro-
visions from entering and to starve it 10
death.
6. Fourth month";" June-July, e.
C. $50. "The famine was sores" For
the horrors of this siege see Lamenta-
| tons. Mothers were at last driven to
murder and eat their children.
The City Tal1en.-7. 1.-THE city was
broken up:" Broken into. A breach
was made in the walls at midnight, ac-
cording to Josephus.. ''The gate Con
the north) between the two walls' of
Mounts Moriah and Zion, down the
Tyropean valley. This path came out
in ''the kings garden" which was laid
out near Sloan in the broad space
formed by the junction of the Hinnom
and Kidron valleys, at the southeast
corner of the city. Nov the Chaldeans
were by the city round about" This is
mentioned so as to explain how escape
was possible. The attack of the Chal-
deans was of necessity from the north,
where the city was least defended,
while the steep sides of the south. east
and southwest were left comparative
~ free. The Jewish people fed south
ward by the way of the plain, toward
the mouth of the Jordan and the head
of the Dead sea. The temple, the pal
ace, the houses of the mobiles, were de-
liberately set on fire.
VI The Fate of King Zedeldah.-vs.
Sill. 8. THE Chaldeans over
took Zedekiah." and all his soldiers and
friends deserted him.
9. ITO Riblah:" See "Place." "Gave
judgment upon him;"i i. e., brought him
to trial as common criminal, not as
a king. because he had repudiated his
most solemn oath of allegiance and
been a secret traitor to the king who
had placed him on the throne G. Kings
24:20; Chron. 36:13). -
10. ''Slew the sons of Zedekiah be:
fore his eyes," The punishment of Zed-
eHah was doubly cruel: first, his be-
ing made to witness the execution of
his own sons, and then his being de-
prived Of sight. so that the last scenes
impressed upon him would be the death
agonies of his children.
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