Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-06

king, the kings mother. the princes.
the officers, the treasures of the house
Of the Lord and of the kings house,
all the men of war, and the crafts
men and the smiths. He left in Judah
only the poorest of the land.--II
Kings. 24.11-16. % Nebudchadnezzar
appointed Mattaniah, Jehoiachins
changed his name to Zedekiah. He
was only twenty and one years old,
but reigned eleven. years.-II Kings.
24.17. (c) In the ninth year of Zede-
kiah's reign Observation-Disclosures built
forts around Jerusalem and besieged
1t two years: in the fourth month of
the eleventh year the king and others
fed because of famine in the city
ii Kings, ASIA. td) Nebudchadnez-
Ear pursued Zedekiah, captured him,
cruelty out out his eyes. after staying
his sons. bound him in brass and car
ried him captive to Babylon.-II
Kings. 1851.
80. ca One month after the evacua-
ton Of Jerusalem Nebudchadnezzar
burnt the house of the Lord, and the
kings house and every great
mans house burnt he with fire. And
brake down the walls of Jeru-
salem.-II Kings, 25.S-12. OBJ Geda-
liah was treacherously slain by Ish-
mael and ten of his men.-II Kings.
25.22-25. (c) The Jews that were left
in Judah became frightened after the
death Of Gedaliah and fled to Egypt.
III Kings, 1926. (d) BY command Of
the king to the captain of the guard
jeremiah. who was a prisoner in the
kings house, was permitted to go to
Babylon as a captive or remain with
Gedaliah in judah. He chose to re-
main.-Jeremiah, 40.4-5.
80. (a) God saidN to Jeremiah. See,
have this day set thee over the ma
tons and over the Kingdoms. to root
out. and to pull down, and to build.
and to plant.-Jeremiah Ito. OBJ
Jeremiah prophesied that Judah and
Jerusalem would be taken captive to
Babylon by Nebudchadnezzar and
years. when Babylon would be pun
ished.-Jeremiah, 25.9-12; compare
jeremiah, 29.10. and Daniel, g.
Co For making these prophecies the
priests. prophets and princes stirred
the people, saying. This man (Jere-
prophesied against this city, as We
have heard with your ears-Jere-
miah. 26.11. Cd The hand of Ahikam
was with Jeremiah that they
should not give him into the hand
or the people to put him to DEATH
jeremiah, 1924.
a.. (a) Jeremiah, in his letter to the
captives in Babylon. speaking in
Gods stead said, Seek the peace of
the city whittier l have caused you to
be carried away captive. and pray
unto the Lord for it. for in the peace
mercer snail ye have peace.-Jere-
miah, 29.1-7. (b) jeremiah said, How
doth the city sit solitary. that was
full Of people, go she that was great
among the nations. how is she be-
come ry:-Lamentations. IL Co
Jeremiah said, The kings of the
earth. and all the inhabitants of the
world. would not have believed that
the adversary and the enemy should
have entered into the gates of Jerusa-
lem.-Lamentations, 4.12. cd For say
ing that Jerusalem and the king
would be taken captive. Zedekiah had
shut jeremiah in the court of the
prison, which was in the kings house.
He was in the court of the prison
when Jerusalem was taken.-Jere-
miah, 321-3.
IS. (a) Now the king sat in the
winter house in the ninth month;
and there was a fire on the hearth
burning before him. And it came to
pass, that when Jehudi had read
three or four leaves, he cut it with
the penknife, and cast it into the fire
that was on the hearth, until all the
roll was consumed in the fire that
WAS Oh lHe Hedrtn.-Je reTnldn. So.--
%. OBJ Being accused of favoring the
Chaldeans. Jeremiah was placed
again in the court of the prison, with
a >daily allowance Of bread. while
bread in the city lasted.-Jeremiah III,
37.14-21. (c) Then took they Jere-
miah. and cast him into the dungeon
that was in the court of the
prison: and they let down jeremiah
with cords. And in the dungeon there
was no water. but mire: so jeremiah
sunk in the mire.-Jeremiah, $50. OBJ
Ebd-melech, an Ethiopian, one Of the
eunuchs of the kings house ran to
the king and obtained permission to
release Jeremiah which he did by
means Of ropes made from old rags.
He was then kept again in the court
Of the priSon.-Jeremiah. 3s.S-12.
96. (a) God said through Jere-
miah, Yet a small number that escape
the sword shall return out of the land
of Egypt into the land of judah. and
all of the remnant of Judah that are
gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn
there shall know whose words shall
stand, mine or theirs.-Jeremiah, As. IS.
OBJ Evil-Merodach, the new King of
Babylon, in his first year set Jehoia-
chin free. changed mis- prison garments,
placed him in a high position and had