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Isaiah -
GOLDEN TENr-"wln Is q ,he Lord
o-r soy to he.p o. aud 10 nght our bait
les - Ckron SIS
4lME Probably A. c. 7l
PLACE Jerusalem Selracherib was
ses-cging lachish ana Llhnah.
PERSONS -Iiezeklah Was King N he
-tacrn Kingdom Ite rortleru Kingdom
Lac ccAse4 to EXIST. S~erIacltfih ruled IA
AssyrAA and Iiraakah. afterwards kag 81
Lsyp~ vas probably governor 20 Lower
81 Isaiah ana Micah were proplelsG 1t
tA-s pcrg-
Introductory.
In the study OF the Old Testament
which We take up with the present les
son. We shall in tho next six months
trace the downfall Of Judah. the captlv.
ity and the return. and viii also review
he writing OF the major ana minor
prophets.
The History OF Israel. the northern
kingdom. We carried to a close In the
lessons ~ last year. Establ. he'd bv
Jerohoam in 90 b. c. (revised chronol.
ogy). IL became extinct in 80 b. C..
after a troubled existence OF a little
more than two centuries II saw Is
kings and nine dynasties. the longest Of
which, that OF Jehu. endured through
only five generations II changed It's
capital three times -Shechem, Tirzah.
Samaria Seven OF its kincs reirned but
two years az less. Its principal mon.
archs. Jeroboam Omri. Ahab. Jehu.
and Jeroboam H.. had been men whom
God could not bless. Ahabs marriage
20 Jezebel. the ~unspeakable Tyrian prin-
cess. brought countless evils In its train.
Periods OF outward prosperity under the
stronger rulers We're marked by deepen
ing idolatry and closed ever in bloody
civil wars. devastating the land The
great prophets hat uttered their bold
warnings. Elijah. Elisha. Jonah. Amos
and Hosea. were little Needed. Syrian
oppression was succeeded b. the As
syrian conquest. and the sad histOry
ends with the fall OF Samaria. a large
part Of the people being carried into ex-
lie. This story Of Israel is one Of the
most conspicuous examples in the
worlds annals Of the folly Of turning
from Jehovah TO other gods.
The History Of Judah. the southern
kingdom through these two centuries
was in strong contrast TO that Of Israel.
There had been - kings. and only D
single dynasty. Moreover the great
Kings, Asa. J~ehosaphat. Joash Uzzia5
and HezeSiah under whom Judah en-
Ioyed much prosperity. were all good
kings and Gol-fearing men. and reiruei
collectively lS7 years Idolatry flour
shed az times. especially after the fool
marriage Of Joram TO Athaliah,
laughter OF Jezebel. bur 4 succession
masterful reformation kept the king
dom m~easurably true 70 Jehovah. There
vas less need OF prophets than in Israel. :
and only "a Of first rank arose-Isaiah,
10 the time Of Uzziah Micah prophe- !
lied toward the close Of this period and +.
possibly Joel. Early in this history the
-evites and other pi0us citizens left Is q
for Judah. and greatly strength
sned the southern kingdom. Until the
all OF Israel that nation was q buffer be- :
Judah and Syria and Assyria. {
yhile 20 the south Egypt was repuisei
md Philistia conquered or held al bay. !,
.,ontrastet. therefore. with Israel. the .
Of judah through its first two GEN.
illustrates the Psalmist's words. |
Blessed is the nation whose God is ths 2
ord Alas that the nature OF the liz /
DRY vas SO soon 70 change. q
The Lesson Setting. 2
At the time Of our lesson Sennascher. !,
b has had a ~marvelously victorious [
ampaign. Sidon has surrendered. and
he allies Of Egypt have been defeated. :.
'orty-six OF the fortified cities OF Judah :,
hen fell before his swift advance. and &
erusalem is threatened. Signs Of the g
.ssyrian advance were given in the sky,
night after night the watchers on b.
lount Zion, seeing the glare in the west.
aust have specialized which Of the cities
Judah was being burned. A
Sennacherib's own account OF this =
lyasion was inscribed upon what is n
as the Taylor cylinder. now in A
be British museum. After an account
{ his triumphs over Syria. Egypt and -
hilistia, Senracherib wrote. And =
.ezekiah. the Judaite. who had not sub
TO my yoke-46 Of his fenced cit.
3, and fortresses. and small towns in
leir vicinity without number
and took; 210.150 persons,
nall and great. male and female,
orses, mules. asses. camels. large cat
e, small cattle. without number.
forth from the midst OF them,
ID allotted as spoil AS for himself,
a Gagged bird in Jerusalem. his cap
al city. ! shut him up. Forts against
m constructed. and any who would
out Of the city gate I caused TO turn
Fear Of the luster OF my
vereigniy overwhelmed him
lirty talents Of gold and 500 talents Of
yer. great stores on lap.s-
Eull couches Of ivory.
mense treasure, to Niue.eh
capital. / made him bring. s
d for the rendering OF the trib-
e and making homage the sent his
ibassadOr -McCurdy.
Historical Illustrations.