448 A SHORT VIEW eV SCRIPTURE HISTORY. CHAP. XII. Of the Kings of Judah. I. QUESTION. HOW many kings and rulers reigned over Judah ? A. Twenty, viz. Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Ahaziah, Athaliah the queen, Joash, Amaziah, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Je- hoiachin, and Zedekiah. 2. Were all these rulers of Juhah also great sinners as well as the kings of Israel ? A. A few of them were very religious, some verywicked, and others of an indifferent or mixed character. 3. Q. What fell out in Rehoboam's reign, after the ten tribes had made Jeroboam their king ? A. When Rehoboam raised a great army out of Judah and Benjamin to recover the ten tribes, God by his 'prophet forbid them to proceed ; 1 Kings xii. 22-25. 4. Q. Were there no wars then between Judah and Israel ? A. Yes, in the following times there were bloody wars between them. 5. Q. How did the people of Judah behave themselves un- der the government of Rehoboam ? A. They fell into idolatry and shameful sins, whereupon God was angry, and Shishak king of Egypt plundered the temple, and the king's house of their treasures, in the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign ; 1 Kings xiv. .25. So short lived was the supreme grandeur and glory of the Jewish Church and state. 6. Q. Did Abijali, the son of Rehoboam, do any thing remarkable in his reign ? A. He made a speech, and pleaded against Israel, when Jeroboam led them to war against him ; he reproved them for their departure from the truc worship of God, and from the houseof David : Andwhen they would not hearken, but set 'upon him in battle, lie and his army cried unto the Lord, and shouted, and slew five hundred thousand men. A brave example, and divine success ; 2 Chron. xiii. 4-17. 7. Q. What is recorded concerning Asa the son of Abijah, and king of Judah ? A. That he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, and destroyed the idols which had been set up in the land ; 2 Chron. xiv. 1 -5. 8. Q, What token of favour did God shew him ? A. When he called upon the `Lord, and trusted in him, he defeated the army of the Cthiopians who came against him, though they were a thousand thousand ; Verses 9 -15. 9. Q. Did Asa continue all his days tofear the Lord ? A. In his,old age he fell into distrust of God and he gave the trea- sure that remained in the house of God, and in the king's house, to the king of Syria, to guard and help him against Baasha the king of Israel ; and lie imprisoned the prophet which reproved him fir it ; 2 Chron. xvi. 1-10.
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