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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR SEPTEMBER rs.
review OF tho Twelve Lessons of the
Third Quarter - Read Psalm 1o3,
1-12 Golden Text, Psalm 103, g.
Summary and Topfcs.

Lesson I.-Topic: R~ehoboam's answer
to the ten tribes and their revolt. Place:
The assembly was held at Shechem. After
So!omons death the people assembled at
Shechem to choose 4 new King. Solo.
mons son, Rehoboam, was heir to the
throne; he was young and tender heart.
ed, but vain and wicked: the people asked
to be relieved OF excessive taxation; Re-
hoboam counseled with the people as to
what nsw he, should give; he forsook
the counsel OF the old men and listened
TO the counsel of the young men; he re-
turned a stern reply and said that he
Solomon had been; ten of the twelve
tribes then revolted and chose Jeroboam
as King.
II. Topic: Jeroboam's effort to estab.
lish himself in his kingdom. Place: The
northern part OF Palestine. AS soon as
Jeroboam was declared King of the ten
tribes, he took measures to establish him.
self in his kingdom: there were bright
prospects before him; he enlarged and
fortified several cities: he then took steps
to keep lis people from going to Jerusa.
lem to worship, fearing that if they did
their hearts would become attached to Re.
made two calves of gold and set one up in
Bethel and the other in Dan, urging the
people to worship in these cities instead OF
going to Jerusalem. This became a SIN,
for the people soon iell into idolatry.
III. Topic: Judah's prosperity and VIC
tory. Place: Judah. Asa's kingdom. At
ter the death of Rehoboam, Abijah, his
son, reigned in his stead; his reign was
short, and at his death, Asa. his son,
relgned in Judah forty-one years; Asa was
a good King and did that which was right
in the sight of the Lord; he removed the
affairs of the strange gods which had been
set up IN the kingdom, and broke down
the images which had been erected to
the Lord and to obey the Jaw; he fortified
the cities in Judah; the land had rest from
war many years; Asa raised an army to
meet the Philippians who came against
him: the battle was set in array; Asa
cried unto the Lord; the Lord caused the
Philippians TO flee.
". Topic: Jehosaphat establishing a
judiciary. Place: Jehoshaphat reigned
over Judah. At the death of Asa,
Jehoshaphat, his son, reigned in his stead
for twenty-five years. Jehoshaphat was a
good King and trusted God; he thorough
ly cleansed the land of idolatry, but he
committed a great error in joining him.
self to Ahab; he went with Ahab to fight
against Ben;hahad, King Of Syria; the
prophet of the Lord warned him not to
90, but he did and Ahab was slain. Then
Jehu, the prophet, %reproved Jehoshophat
for helping the ungodly.
V. Topic: The idolatry of 1sraePs kings.
Place: Omri and Ahab reigned over the
ten tribes. Omrl and Ahab were both
very wicked kings: they led the people
into the worship Of idols and fully estab-
lished Baal worship in the land; the pro.
phets of God were slain and His worship
forbidden; Omri founded the city of Sa-
maria and made it his capital; at his
death Ahab, his son, reigned in his stead;
Ahab was worse than any of the kings
that had preceded, for he married Jezebel,
honor of Baal in Samaria and set up i'm
ages to the heather god; the judgments
Of the Lord fell upon Ahab, and he was
slain in battle.
vi. Topic: Elijah's- obedience and faith.
Places: Samaria, Brook Cherith, and Fare
phath. Elijah the prophet appeared to
.Ahab and told him that there would be a
great bought and famine in the land
(which would continue three years; the
1:JAd seI.t Elijah to the brook Cherith;
Nhe ravens fed MIN there; the brook dried
Up: Elijah was sent to Zarephath; a wild
oW woman was commanded to feed Elijah;
he asked her for a little water; told her
tol bring him a morsel of bread; she said
she had but little; Elijah encouraged her
and asked her to bring him a cake first;
he said they would all be supplied.
VII. Topic: Elijah meets Obadiah and
kingdom. The famine had lasted three
years and six months; the supplies were
exhausted; the Lord told Elijah to show
himself to .Ahab; Obadiah and Ahab were
seeking grass; suddenly Elijah appeared
to Obadiah and asked him to tell Ahab
that Elijah was there: Obadiah feared and
said that if he should tell .Ahab hat Eli
jah was here, and then the prophet did
not appear to Ahab, he would be slain;
Elijah said that he would certainly appear.
VIII. Topic: Elijah convincing Israel
that Jehovah is the true God. Places:
Mount Carmel and Jezreel. A test was
proposed by Elijah in order to prove that
he was the true God; Baals prophets pre-
pared their sacrifice and called upon their
god to send fire; no answer; Elijah pre-.
pared his offering, dug, a trench; covered
the Offering and the altar and filled the
trench with water; Elijah then called
upon God and fire fell from heaven; the
sacrifice and the wood and the stone were
consumed. and the water in the trench
was licked up; the people said, Jehovah
is God" The $50 prophets of Baal were
slain.
TX. Topic: Elijah's flight. Places: ,Jez.
reel, Beer-sheba and Horeb. Ahab told
Jezebel all Elijah had done; Jezebel sent
a messenger warning Elijah that he would
be killed; Elijah fled for his life; dismissed
his servant; went a days journey into the
wilderness; sent angels to care for him.
X. Topic: Gods manner of dealing with
T0,.ol p.oo, Hawai- iha ~, - lio1
Elijah was at Horeb or Sinai in a cave.
Goo asked Elijah why he was there; Eli.
jah told the Lord how Jealous he had
been, and how they had sought his life;
God caused a great wind to rend the
mountain and break the rocks, and after
the wind an earthquake, and after the
earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not
revealing Himself in these; following these
manifestations the Lord spoke in a still
small voice.
XI. Topic: The parting of Elijah and
Elisha. Places: Gilgal, Bethel, Jericho,
and the place where Elijah was t~ranslat.
ed; Elijah made a farewell visit to the
schools of the prophets; Elijah asked Ell
said, Let a double portion of thy spirit
be upon me" Elijah wen up by a whirl-
wind into heaven.
XII. Topic: Israel reproved and eXhcrt-
ed to seek God: Places: Amos was a ma
tive of Tekoa, but p~rophesied at Bethel.
.J~eroboam IL. was King of Israel; the
kingdom was prosperous and rich; the
people were very wicked and were wor-
Shipping idols; because of their sins Amos
tells them that they would be carried into
captivity.
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