Identifier: biblepanoramaorh00fost (find matches)
Title: The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Foster, William A. (from old catalog)
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atevervessels of gold and silver were still left there. And the people of Jerusalemwho were not slain, he carried away captive, except some of the poor of theland, whom he left to work in the fields and vineyards. Over these Nebuchad-nezzar set Gedaliah to be their governor. So the kingdom of Judah was ended, as the kingdom of Israel had been, onaccount of the sins of the people. It had lasted three hundred and eighty-eightyears, ever since Rehoboam was made king over the tribes of Judah and Benja-min ; nineteen kings and one queen had ruled over the people during that time;of these, we are told, that fifteen did wickedly and five served the Lord. Buteven when they had good kings, the people -worshipped idols. And though theLord waited long, and gave them time to repent, and sent his prophets to warnand persuade them, they would not obey him, and cease doing evil. Therefore,.at last, he sent the people of Judah, as he had before sent the people of Israel,out of the land of Canaan. 180
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THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM MOURN OVER THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR CITY. 1 i Jeremiah XXXIX. 8. 3 The Captiyes by the Riyer Chebar. EFORE Zedekiah was made king in Jerusalem, and during the reign ofJehoiachin, we have read that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came upand besieged the city. And Jehoiachin, because he was afraid of Nebu-chadnezzar, went out to him and promised to berths servant. Then Nebuchad-nezzar took Jehoiachin, his mother, his wives, and the princes of Judah; thebuilders also, and carpenters, and all the strong and brave soldiers that were inJerusalem, and carried them away as captives. Yet Nebuchadnezzar did not at that time destroy Jerusalem, nor take all thepeople away; he left some of them and made Zedekiah their king. But he tookmany of the Jews to his own land, and there gave them a place where theymight live by the river Chebar. The Lord allowed Nebuchadnezzar to takethem, because he was punishing them for their sins. Yet even after they hadbeen carried aw

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