462 A SHORT VIEW OF SCRIPTURE HISTORY. 32. Q. What remarkable instance did Nehemiah give of his zeal in punishing those who married strangers ? A. He drove away one of the sons of Joiuda the son of Eliashib the high- priest, for marrying the daughter of Sanballat the Horonite, who had hindered the Jews so much in their building several years before ; Verse 28. Note, This young man's name was Manasseh ; as Josephus informs us. 33. Q.HadNehemiahnoprophet to assist him in this difficult work? A. It is, supposed that Malachi the last of the prophets prophesied about this time, for he doth not reprove them for neg- lect of building, as Haggai did ; Hag. i. 4, 9. nor does he speak of the finishing of the temple, as Zechariah did ; Chap. iv. vii ix. But supposing that already done, he reproves them about their marriage of strangers, and of several wives, or of taking concubines ; Mal. ii. 11, 14, 16. and their robbing God of their tithes ; Chap. iii. 1 -12. and their polluting the altar, and neg- lect of offering God the best ; Chap. i. 6-14. which were the very things which Neliemiah corrected in his last reformation. Thus far the holy scripture has delivered down to us the history of the transactions of God with men, and particularly with his own people, the nation of Israel, in a long and continu- ed succession of events, from the creation of the world to the return of the Jews from the captivity of Babylon, and the set- tling of the church and state under Nehemiah, whom the king of Persia made governor over the land. There are several other historical matters related in scripture, which belong to particular persons ; the most considerable of them are the histories ofJob, and Jonah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and Esther. CHAP. XIV.Tie History of Job. I QUESTION, WHOwas Job ? A. A most religious man in the land of Uz, who had ten children, and very great riches ; Job is 1 -3. 2. Q. In what age of the world is Job supposed to have lived ? A. In, or before the days of Moses, because there is not the least intimation of any of the transactions of God with Israel in the whole book of Job. 3. Q. What particular act of piety is related of him in his prosperous state ? A. When hischildren had been feasting each other in their turns, .Job offered sacrifices for them, lest they should have sinned and provoked God in the seasons of their mirth ; Verses 4, 5. 4. Q. What were the afflictions that fell upon Job ? A. God
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