451 A SHORT VIEW OE SCRIPTURE ntSTORt. 60. Q. Did Josiah destroy all the remainder ofthe idolatry of Israel, which Jeroboam set up at Dan and Bethel? A. Yes, and he slew the priests of the high places, and burned the bones of the priests that had been buried there, upon the altar, ac- cording to the word which the old prophet spake to Jeroboam ; 2 Kings xxiii. 15-20.-1 Kings xiii. 2, 61. Q. how came Josiah by his death ? He went out t6 fight with the king of Egypt without the direction of God, and he was slain, and great lamentation was made Mr him; 2 Chrone xxxv. 20-25. 62. Q. Who succeeded Josiah in the kingdom? A. His son Jehoahaz, who, when he had reigned three months, was put in bonds by the king of Egypt, was carried thither, and there he died ; 2 Kings xxiii. 31-34. 63. Q. Whom slid the king of Egypt make king in his room ? A. Eliakim his brother, and gave him the name of Jehoiakim ; 2 Kings xxiii. 34. 64. Q. What sort of governor was Jehoiakim, and what was his end ? A. He did evil in the . sight of the Lord, several neighbour nations beset him round about, and Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up his forces against him, took some cap- tives, bound the king in fetters, and he died in shame, his dead body being cast without the gates of Jerusalem, and without a burial ; and his young son Jehoiachin reigned in his stead ; 2 Citron. xxxvi. 5 -8. Dan. i. 1 -3. Jer. xxii. 18, 19. r 65. Q. What' became of this Jehoiachin, who is also called Jechouiah and Coniah ? A. When he had reigned three months, Nebuchadnezzar took the city of Jerusalem, and carried him to Babylon, together with ten thousand cap- tives; and rich treasures of silver and gold that 'remained Its the temple, and in the king's house ; 2 Kings xxiv. 8-17. Jer. xxii. 24-30. 66. Q. Was there any king in Judah after Jehoiachin ? A Yes, the last king was Zedekiah, his father's brother, whom Nebuchadnezzar made king in Jerusalem ; Verses 17, 18. 67. Q. What fell out in the days of Zedekiah ? A. He rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar, to whom he had sworn sub- jection by the naine of the trueGod; whereupon Nebuchadnezzar came up and took the city Jerusalem again, after a siege of two years ; 2 Kings xxv. 1 -4. 68. Q. How ¡lid he punish Zedekiah for his rebellion ? A> When Zedekiah lied from the city, he was seizedby the Baby- lonians; Nebuchadnezzar ordered his sons to be slain before his face, then his eyes were put out,, he was bound with fetters of brass, and carried to Babylon, and there was no snore king in Judah ; Verses 6, 7. -2 Citron. xxxvi. 13. 69. Q. What became of the city and temple at this time? A. Tile kin; of Babylon burned the temple of the Lord, the
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