446 A SHORT VIEW OF SCRIPTURE HISTOR'(. 34. Q. Who was Jehu, and how came he to the king- dom ? A. Jehu was a captain, who was anointed king by the prophet whom Elisha sent for that purpose, according to the ap- pointment of God and Elijah ; 1 Kings xix. 16. and 2 Kings ix. 1 -10. 35. Q. What was the great work for which God raised up Jehu to the kingdom ? A. To destroy the worship of Baal, and to bring the threatened judgments of God on the house of Ahab for their wickedness ; Verse 7. 36. Q. 'How did Jehu execute his bloody work upon the house of Ahab ?' A. These three ways ; 1. He shot Jehoram, the son orAhab, who was then king, with an arrow, and cast him upon the land of Naboth, whomAhab slew. 2. He com- manded Jezebel, the wicked and idolatrous queen-mother, to be thrown out of the window, and the dogseat her up. 3. He ordered the seventy remaining sons of Ahab to be slain in Sa- maria, and their heads to be brought him in baskets ; 2 Kings ix. and x. 37: How did he destroy the worship of Baal ? A. He ga- thered the prophets ofBaal, and his priests, and his worshippers together into his temple, under a pretence of a great sacrifice to Baal and then commanded them all to be slain with the sword, and the images to be burned, and the temple' to be destroyed ; Verses 18-28. 38. Q. Did Jehu'continue to obey God in all things ? A. No for though he executed thé vengeance of God' against Ahab, and the worshippers of Baal, yet "he maintained the idol- atry of Jeroboam, viz. the calves of Dan andBethel ; Verses 29, 30. 39. Q. Who was Joah ? A. He was the son of Jehoahaz the son-of Jehu, and he reigned over Israel ; 2 Kings Ciiì. 10. 40. Q. What is remarkable in his conduct? A. When Elisha was upon his death-bed, he-camedown .to see him, and wept over him, yet he dèparted not from the sins of Jeroboam ; Verse 14. 41. Q. What did he do for the good of Israel? A. Ac- cording to -the prophecy of dying Elisha, he smotethe Syrians thrice who had oppressed Israel in the days of his father ; Verses 15=19, 25. 42. Q. Is there any thing of moment recorded concern- ing Elisha: after his death ? A. They' buried a man the year following In the sepulchre of - Elisha, and as soon as he touched the bones of - Elisha, he revived 'and 'stood upon his feet ; Verse 21.:' .. .. 43. Q. What did Joash do against Judah ? A. When Amaziah king of Judah provoked him to tear, he routed the army of Judah, and- took the king prisoner ; he brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and plundered the house of the Lord,
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