CLASS NOTES ON SACRED HISTORY J. W.

McGARVEY

SECOND KINGS AND SECOND CHRONICLES.

THE CHRONOLOGY OF JUDAH.

AFTER THE FALL OF ISRAEL.

1. Hezekiah. 29 - 6 = 23 years.
\\#2Ki 18:1,2 2Ch 29:1\\.
2. Manasseh. = 55 years.
\\#2Ki 21:1 2Ch 33:1\\.
3. Amon. = 2 years.
\\#2Ki 21:19 2Ch 33:21\\.
4. Josiah. = 31 years.
\\#2Ki 22:1 2Ch 34:1\\.
5. Jehoahaz. = 0.25 years.
\\#2Ki 23:31 2Ch 36:2\\.
6. Jehoiakim. = 11 years.
\\#2Ki 23:36 2Ch 36:5\\.
7. Jehoiachin. = 0.25 years.
\\#2Ki 24:8 2Ch 36:9\\.
8. Zedekiah. = 11 years.
\\#2Ki 24:18 2Ch 36:11\\.
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Total = 133.5 years.

Less three years for Jewish count = ( 3 ) years.

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= 130.5 years.

From the fall of Israel back to Rehoboam = 260 years.

Solomon and David = 80 years.

\\#1Ki 11:42 2Ch 9:30 2Sa 5:4 1Ki 2:11\\
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Total of David's kingdom = 470.5 years.
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David's accession, 1056 B.C.

Fall of Judah, 588 B.C.
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Exact time 468 B.C.

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SECOND KINGS AND SECOND CHRONICLES.
REVIEW.

\\Index to Second Kings and Second Chronicles 13552\\

I.
1. What the general character of Hezekiah's reign?
2. State his dealings with the ambassadors from Babylon.
3. State the principal events in Sennacherib's invasion.
4. What provoked it? and when did it begin?
5. What preparation did Hezekiah make for it?
 6. What line of argument did Rabshakeh employ?
7. What argument employed in the letter of the king?
8. How did Hezekiah proceed under these circumstances?
9. What improvements did he make in Jerusalem?
10. Describe his cleansing of the temple, and renewal of the
sacrifices.
11. What distinguished his first passover?
12. What literary work was done by Hezekiah?
13. Through what reigns, and through how many years did Isaiah
prophesy?
14. What other prophets were contemporary with him?

II.
1. What the length and character of Manassehs's reign?
2. What consequences were predicted?
3. Describe the reign of Amon.
4. How account for two such reigns after Hezekiah's?

III.
1. What reforms effected by Josiah in the early part of his
reign?
2. What turned him against the policy of his father and
grandfather?
3. Give the account of the book found by Hilkiah.
4. How could Josiah have been so ignorant of it?
5. Was it a newly composed book? or an old one lost?
6. How came it to be lost or hid?
7. How long was it hid?
8. What other reforms after the discovery of the book?
9. Was it the book of Deuteronomy alone?
10. Describe the death of Josiah.
11. What his motive in resisting Neco?
12. What the comparative merit of his reign?

JEREMIAH UNDER JOSIAH.

13. When was Jeremiah called to be a prophet? and who was he?
14. Describe his call and commission.
15. What the chief theme of his discourses in the reign of Josiah?
16. Describe the incident of the linen girdle.
17. Why did he not take a wife?
18. Describe the incident in the potter's house.
19. What other prophet of this period? and what his theme?

IV.
1. What unusual choice of a king to succeed Josiah? and why?
2. What change was made? and by whom?
3. What prediction respecting Jehoahaz?
4. What was the political policy of Jehoiakim?
5. What power had now supplanted the Assyrian?
6. What became of Jehoiakim?
7. When did Habakkuk prophesy?
8. What were his principal themes?
9. Quote some of his notable sayings.

JEREMIAH UNDER JEHOIAKIM.

10. Give the account of his arrest and trial before the princes.
11. What previous incident ??? narrowly he escaped?
12. When did he predict the duration of the captivity?
13. Describe symbolic use of a cup of wine.
14. What prediction respecting Egypt?
 15. Repeat his lesson from the conduct of the Rechabites.
16. Give the account of his first book of prophecies.

V.
1. Describe the captivity of Jehoiachin.
2. Who was made his successor? and why?

JEREMIAH UNDER ZEDEKIAH.

3. State and explain Jeremiah's prediction respecting his fate.
4. What brought on the war between Zedekiah and Nebuchadnezzar?
5. Describe the siege of Jerusalem.
6. Why were the eyes of Zedekiah put out? and what prediction
fulfilled as a result?
7. What advice did he give to all the kings in league with
Zedekiah?
8. Describe his conflict with Hananiah.
9. What advice did he give to the captives in Babylon? and how?
10. What written prediction respecting Babylon? and what done with
it?
11. Describe his first private interview with the king?
12. What did he predict at the beginning of the invasion?
13. What hypocritical ceremonial did he rebuke?
14. Give the account of his first imprisonment.
15. Describe his purchase of a field, and give his reason for it.
16. Give the account of his second imprisonment.
17. Describe his last interview with the king.

VI.
1. Describe the destruction of Jerusalem.
2. What government was established for the remnant in the land?
3. Describe the release of Jeremiah.
4. Describe the fate of Gedaliah.
5. What was then done by the remnant?
6. What predictions were uttered by Jeremiah in Egypt?
7. What is supposed to have become of him?
8. What more is known of Jehoiachin?

THE LAMENTATIONS.
9. What the contents of this book?
10. Where and when was it written? and by whom?

OBADIAH.
11. What the title, subject, and date of this book?

EZEKIEL.
12. Describe Ezekiel's call to be a prophet?
13. What was going on in Jerusalem at the time?
14. Repeat the warning given him about fidelity as a watchman.
15. What military events did he predict?
16. Give his allusions to Noah, Daniel and Job.
17. How did he set forth personal responsibility?
18. Give his prediction respecting Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin.
19. What remarkable revelation about the beginning of the siege?
20. What did he predict about Tyre?
21. What notable passage in his prediction of the restoration of
Israel?

JOEL.
22. What is known of the prophet Joel?
24. What his most important prediction?
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SECOND KINGS AND SECOND CHRONICLES.

FROM THE FALL OF ISRAEL TO THE FALL OF JUDAH.

\\#2Ki 18:1-25:30 2cH 29:1-36:23\\.

I. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH. \\#2Ki 18:1-20:21 2Ch 29:1-32:33\\.

1. Religious Character of His Reign. \\#2Ki 18:1-6\\.
2. His Military Movements, and the Captivity of Israel.
\\#2Ki 18:7-12\\.
3. He Is Forced to Renew the Tribute. \\#2Ki 18:13-16\\.
4. The Surrender of Jerusalem Demanded by Sennacherib.
\\#2Ki 18:17-27\\.
5. Rabshakeh's Speech to the People on the Wall. \\#2Ki 18:28-37\\.
6. The King Consults the Prophet. \\#2Ki 19:1-7\\.
7. Sennacherib Sends a Letter to Hezekiah. \\#2Ki 19:8-13\\.
8. The Letter is Laid Before the Lord. \\#2Ki 19:14-19\\.
9. An Answer Through the Prophet. \\#2Ki 19:20-34\\.
10. The Prediction Fulfilled. \\#2Ki 19:35-37\\.
11. Hezekiah's Sickness. \\#2Ki 20:1-11\\.
12. An Ambassage from Babylon. \\#2Ki 20:12-19\\.
13. The Rest of Hezekiah's Acts. \\#2Ki 20:20,21\\.
14. The Cleansing of the Temple. \\#2Ch 29:1-19\\.
15. Renewal of the Sacrifices. \\#2Ch 29:20-36\\.
16. Hezekiah's Great Passover. \\#2Ch 30:1-27\\.
17. The Tithes and Offerings All Renewed. \\#2Ch 31:1-21\\.

II. THE REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON. \\#2Ki 21:1-26\\.

1. Manasseh's Extreme Wickedness. \\#2Ki 21:1-9\\.
2. The Penalty Announced Through the Prophets. \\#2Ki 21:10-15\\.
3. Manasseh's Cruelty. \\#2Ki 21:16\\.
4. His Chronicles and His Death. \\#2Ki 21:17,18\\. Compare
\\#2Ch 23:18-20\\.
5. His Captivity and Repentance. \\#2Ch 33:11-17\\.
6. The Reign of Amon. \\#2Ki 21:19-26 2Ch 33:21-25\\.

III. THE REIGN OF JOSIAH. \\#2Ki 22:1-23:30 2Ch 34:1-35:27\\.

1. The General Character of His Reign. \\#2Ki 22:1,2\\.
2. He Purges the Land of Idolatry. \\#2Ch 34:3-7\\.
3. He Repairs the Temple. \\#2Ki 22:3-7\\.
4. The Book of the Law Found. \\#2Ki 22:8-13\\.
5. Huldah Consulted. \\#2Ki 22:14-20\\.
6. The Book Read in the Temple to the People. \\#2Ki 23:1-3\\.
7. The Land Thoroughly Purged of Idolatry. \\#2Ki 23:4-20\\.
8. The Passover Strictly Observed and Other Reforms.
\\#2Ki 23:21-24\\.
9. Estimate of Josiah and His Death. \\#2Ki 23:25-30\\.
10. Fuller Account of His Death. \\#2Ch 25:20-27\\.

JEREMIAH UNDER JOSIAH. \\#Jer 1:1-20:18\\.

(1) His Family and His Period of Prophecy. \\#Jer 1:1-3\\.
(2) His Call to Be a Prophet. \\#Jer 1:4-10\\.
(3) His First Prophetic Vision. \\#Jer 1:11-16\\.
(4) His Commission. \\#Jer 1:17-19\\.
 (5) His First Discourse. \\#Jer 2:1-3:5\\.
(6) Second Discourse. \\#Jer 3:6-6:30\\.
(7) Third Discourse. \\#Jer 7:1-10:25\\.
(8) Fourth Discourse. \\#Jer 11:1-12:17\\.
(9) Fifth Discourse. \\#Jer 13:1-27\\.
(10) Sixth Discourse. \\#Jer 14:1-15:21\\.
(11) The Seventh Discourse. \\#Jer 16:1-17:27\\.
(12) Eighth Discourse. \\#Jer 18:1-20:18\\.

THE PROPHET ZEPHANIAH. \\#Zep 1:1-3:20\\.

(1) His family, and Prophetic Period. \\#Zep 1:1\\.
(2) Theme of His First Prediction. \\#Zep 1:2-18\\.
(3) Other Nations Denounced. \\#Zep 2:1-15\\.
(4) The Last Theme. \\#Zep 3:1-20\\.

IV. THE REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ AND JEHOIAKIM. \\#2Ki 23:30-24:7 2Ch 36:1-8\\.
1. The Career of Jehoahaz. \\#2Ki 23:30-34\\.
2. The Reign of Jehoiakim. \\#2Ki 23:35-24:7\\.

THE PROPHET HABAKKUK. \\#Hab 1:1-9\\.

(1) The Time of His Prediction. \\#Hab 1:1-9\\.
Compare First Three Years of Jehoiakim. \\#2Ki 24:1\\.

JEREMIAH UNDER JEHOIAKIM. \\#Jer 25:1-26:24 35:1-36:32 46:1-28\\.

1. In the Beginning of This Reign. \\#Jer 26:1-24\\.
(1) He Predicts the Captivity and Is Arrested. \\#Jer 26:1-9\\.
(2) He Is Tried before the Princes. \\#Jer 26:10-19\\.
(3) Fate of Uriah. \\#Jer 26:20-24\\.
2. In the Fourth Year of Jehoiakim. \\#Jer 25:1-38\\
\\#Jer 35:1-36:32 46:1-28\\.
(2) The Chaldeans to Be Punished. \\#Jer 25:12-14\\.
(3) A Cup of Wine for All the Nations. \\#Jer 25:15-38\\.
(4) The Defeat of Pharaoh at Carchemish. \\#Jer 46:1-12\\.
(5) Egypt to Be Conquered by Nebuchadrezzar, but Israel Never
to Be Destroyed. \\#Jer 46:13-28\\.
(6) A Lesson from the Conduct of the Rechabites. \\#Jer 35:1-19\\.
(7) Jeremiah's Prophecies to Date Written, and Publicly Read.
\\#Jer 36:1-8\\.
(8) The Reading and the Immediate Results. \\#Jer 36:9-26\\.
(9) The Roll Rewritten with Additions. \\#Jer 36:27-32\\.

V. THE REIGNS OF JEHOIACHIN AND ZEDEKIAH. \\#2Ki 24:8-25:7\\

\\#2Ch 36:9-21\\.
1. The Beginning of the Captivity. \\#2Ki 24:8-17\\.
2. The Reign of Zedekiah. \\#2Ki 24:18-25:7 Jer 52:1-11 39:1-11\\.

JEREMIAH UNDER ZEDEKIAH. \\#Jer 21:1-4 27:1-29:32 32:1-44\\

\\#Jer 34:1-22 37:11-21 38:1-28 50:1-51:64\\.
(1) He Sends Yokes to Neighboring Kings, and Advises
Submission to Nebuchadnezzar. \\#Jer 27:1-22\\.
(2) He Has a Conflict in the Temple with Hananiah, a False
Prophet. \\#Jer 28:1-17\\.
(3) Letters to Captives in Babylon? \\#Jer 29:1-32\\.
(4) He Predicts the Desolation of Babylon, and Sends a Copy to
Be Sunk in the Euphrates. \\#Jer 50:1-51:64\\.
(5) He Answers a Question from Zedekiah at the Beginning of
the Invasion. \\#Jer 21:1-4\\.
(6) A Prediction at the Beginning of the Siege. \\#Jer 34:1-7\\.
(7) A Rebuke for Violating the Law of Hebrew Bondage.
\\#Jer 34:8-22\\.
 (8) The Siege Suspended, and Jeremiah Imprisoned.
\\#Jer 37:11-21\\.
(9) Jeremiah Buys a Field, and Predicts the Restoration of
Israel. \\#Jer 32:1-44\\.
(10) He Is Again Imprisoned, but His Life Is Saved by
Ebedmelech. \\#Jer 38:1-13\\.
(11) Another Secret Interview with Zedekiah. \\#Jer 38:14-28\\.

VI. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY AND THE TROUBLES OF THE REMNANT.
\\#2Ki 25:8-30 2Ch 36:17-23 Jer 39:1-41:18 52:12-30\\.
1. The City Destroyed and a Governor Appointed for the Remnant.
\\#2Ki 25:8-22\\.
2. Jeremiah Is Released. \\#Jer 39:11-14 40:1-6\\.
3. Scattered Bands Submit to Gedaliah, but He Is Assassinated.
\\#2Ki 25:23-26\\.
4. Fuller Account of the Assassination. \\#Jer 40:13-41:10\\.
5. Johanan Avenges the Death of Gedaliah. \\#Jer 41:11-18\\.
6. The Remnant Inquire of the Lord about Going into Egypt.
\\#Jer 42:1-22\\.
7. They Reject the Word of God, and Go. \\#Jer 43:1-7\\.
8. Jeremiah Predicts the Invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar.
\\#Jer 43:8-13\\.
9. He Rebukes the Idolatry of the Jews in Egypt, and Predicts
Their Extermination. \\#Jer 44:1-14\\.
10. They Defy Him and He Reiterates. \\#Jer 44:15-30\\.

VII. JEHOIACHIN RELEASED AND HONORED BY EVILMERODACH.

\\#2Ki 25:27-30 Jer 52:31-34\\.

THE LAMENTATIONS. \\#La 1:1-5:22\\.

1. Contents.
2. When Written.
3. Authorship, Date, Sentiments, and Allusions to Recent
Experience, Prove Jeremiah the Author.

THE PROPHET OBADIAH. \\#Ob 1:1-15\\.

THE PROPHET EZEKIEL. \\#Eze 1:1-48:35\\.

(1) His Call to Be a Prophet. \\#Eze 1:1-3:27\\.
(2) The Same Year. The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem
Predicted with Various Symbols. \\#Eze 4:1-7:27\\.
(3) Sixth Year. A Vision of the Wickedness in Jerusalem.
\\#Eze 8:1-9:25\\.
(4) Zedekiah's Coming Fate Symbolized, and False Prophets
Denounced. \\#Eze 12:1-13:23\\.
(5) Deceitful Inquiries of the Lord, and Dependence on a Few
Good Men Rebuked. \\#Eze 14:1-15:8\\.
(6) Jerusalem Compared to a Woman, Base-born, but Highly
Honored, Who Played the Harlot. \\#Eze 16:1-63\\.
(7) By the Riddle of a Great Eagle, the Perjury of Zedekiah Is
Denounced. \\#Eze 17:1-24\\.
(8) He Proclaims Personal Responsibility, and Forgiveness for
the Penitent. \\#Eze 18:1-32\\.
(9) The Fortunes of Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin Depicted under the
Symbol of Young Lions, and Those of Judah under that of a
Dead Vine. \\#Eze 19:1-14\\.
(10) Seventh Year. Israel Reminded of God's Goodness to Her,
and Rebuked for Idolatry. \\#Eze 20:1-49\\.
(11) A Speedy Invasion of Judah and Ammon. \\#Eze 21:1-32\\.
(12) Jerusalem to Be Punished for Immorality. \\#Eze 22:1-31\\.
 (13) Under the Names Oholah and Oholibah, Israel and Judah Are
Denounced for Idolatry. \\#Eze 23:1-49\\.
(14) Ninth Year. The Day That the Siege Began Is Stated, and
Jerusalem Is Compared to Flesh Boiling in a Caldron.
\\#Eze 24:1-27\\.
(15) Desolation of Ammon, Moab, Edom and Philistia Predicted.
\\#Eze 25:1-17\\. Compare \\#Jer 46:1-49:39\\.
(16) Eleventh Year. Prediction of the Desolation of Tyre,
Closing with the Restoration of Israel. \\#Eze 26:1-28:26\\.
(17) Years Ten, Eleven, Twelve and Twenty-seven. Predictions
against Egypt. \\#Eze 29:1-33:33 25:1-6,7-20\\.
(18) The Shepherds of Israel Rebuked, and the Reigns of the
Messiah Predicted. \\#Eze 34:1-31\\.
(19) Surrounding Nations to Be Made Desolate, and Israel to Be
Restored. \\#Eze 35:1-36:38\\.
(20) The Restoration of Israel and Judah, and Their Perpetual
Reunion under David. \\#Eze 37:1-28\\.
(21) The Prophecy against Gog. \\#Eze 38:1-39:29\\.
(22) Twenty-fifth Year. A Vision of the Temple and the Tribes
on a Grander Scale. \\#Eze 40:1-48:35\\.

THE PROPHET JOEL. \\#Joe 1:1-3:21\\.

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DANIEL.
PART FIRST: DANIEL AT THE COURT OF BABYLON. \\#Da 1:1-6:28\\.
I. Daniel's Chaldean Education. 13605
\\#Da 1:1-21\\.
II. Nebuchadnezzar's Dream Interpreted. 13606
\\#Da 2:1-49\\.
III. Nebuchadnezzar's Golden Image. 13607
\\#Da 3:1-30\\.
IV. Nebuchadnezzar's Proclamation Respecting His Insanity. 13608
\\#Da 4:1-37\\.
V. Belshazzar's Feast. 13609
\\#Da 5:1-31\\.
VI. Daniel in the Lion's Den. 13610
\\#Da 6:1-9\\.

PART SECOND: OTHER PREDICTIONS. \\#Da 7:1-12:13\\.

I. Daniel's Vision of Four Great Beasts. 13611
\\#Da 7:1-28\\.
II. His Vision of the Ram and the He Goat. 13612
\\#Da 8:1-27\\.
III. His Prayer for the Restoration of Israel, and His
Prediction of Seventy Weeks Till the Messiah. 13613
\\#Da 9:1-27\\.
IV. His Last Vision: Third Year of Cyrus. 13614
\\#Da 10:1-12:13\\.

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DANIEL.
 PART FIRST: DANIEL AT THE COURT OF BABYLON. \\#Da 1:1-6:28\\.

I. DANIEL'S CHALDEAN EDUCATION. \\#Da 1:1-21\\.

1. He and Three Companions Are Selected for the King's College.

\\#Da 1:1-7\\.
(1) How was this in the third year of Jehoiakim? \\#Da 1:1\\.
Compare \\#Jer 25:1\\.
(2) How long before the fall of Jerusalem? See \\#2Ki 23:36\\
\\#2Ki 24:18\\.
(3) What, "the land of Shinar"? \\#Da 1:2\\. Compare
\\#Ge 11:1,2\\.
(4) Why put the vessels in the treasure house of his god?
\\#Da 1:2\\.
(5) Purpose of the proposed instruction? and length of the
course? \\#Da 1:4,5\\.
(6) Why select only royal or noble youths? \\#Da 1:3,4\\.
(7) Why a special diet prescribed? \\#Da 1:5\\. Compare
\\#Da 1:10\\.
(8) Of what rank were Daniel and the three? \\#Da 1:6\\. Compare
\\#Da 1:3\\.
(9) How had they fallen into Nebuchadnezzar's hands? \\#Da 1:1\\.
Compare \\#2Ki 24:1,2\\.
(10) Why the change of their names? \\#Da 1:7\\.

2. The Royal Diet Is Refused. \\#Da 1:8-16\\.

(1) How would the meat and wine defile them? \\#Da 1:8\\.
(2) Why would the eunuch's head be endangered? \\#Da 1:10\\.
(3) Why next appeal to the steward? \\#Da 1:11\\.
(4) What is pulse? \\#Da 1:12\\.
(5) What proof of character in this refusal?
(6) Why did the steward make the venture? \\#Da 1:14,16\\.

3. The Final Result. \\#Da 1:17-21\\.

(1) Who meant by "them" all? \\#Da 1:19\\. Compare \\#Da 1:15\\.
(2) Who conducted the final examination? \\#Da 1:19,20\\.
(3) In what sense did Daniel continue till "the first year of
Cyrus"? \\#Da 1:21\\.

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DANIEL.
PART FIRST: DANIEL AT THE COURT OF BABYLON. \\#Da 1:1-6:28\\.

II. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM INTERPRETED. \\#Da 2:1-49\\.

1. The Dream, and the Call upon the Wise Men. \\#Da 2:1-13\\.
(1) How in his second year? \\#Da 2:1\\. Compare \\#Da 1:5,18\\.
(2) Why think the dream significant? \\#Da 2:3\\. Compare
\\#Da 2:1\\.
(3) Meaning of, "gain time"? \\#Da 2:8\\.
(4) Did they claim inspiration? \\#Da 2:11\\.
(5) Was his argument valid? \\#Da 2:9\\.
(6) Why was Daniel involved? \\#Da 2:13\\.
(7) Why was he not called in?
(8) What the original language of it? \\#Da 2:4-7:28\\. Compare
\\#Da 2:4\\, \@margin.\@
 2. Daniel Begs for Time. \\#Da 2:14-16\\.
(1) How could he be sure of giving the dream? \\#Da 2:16\\.

3. The Secret Revealed to Daniel. \\#Da 2:17-24\\.

(1) Meaning of, "desire mercies of the God of heaven"?
\\#Da 2:18\\.
(2) How could he know that the revelation was a reality?
\\#Da 2:19\\.

4. Daniel Recalls the Dream. \\#Da 2:25-35\\.

(1) What lesson did he teach the king? \\#Da 2:27,28\\.
(2) How could smiting the feet pulverize the whole image?
\\#Da 2:34,35\\.

5. The Interpretation. \\#Da 2:36-45\\.

(1) What were the other three kingdoms. \\#Da 2:39,40\\.
(2) Why was the Roman kingdom partly strong and partly broken?
\\#Da 2:42,43\\.
(3) In the days of what kings? \\#Da 2:44\\. Compare \\#Da 2:40\\.
(4) Meaning of, "all these kingdoms"? \\#Da 2:44\\.
(5) How did it break these in pieces?

6. The Effect on the King. \\#Da 2:46-49\\.

(1) Why worship Daniel? \\#Da 2:46\\.
(2) What the change at Daniel's request? \\#Da 2:49\\.
(3) What the original source of this promotion? See \\#Da 1:8\\.
(4) What effect must all this have had on the condition of the
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PART FIRST: DANIEL AT THE COURT OF BABYLON. \\#Da 1:1-6:28\\.

III. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S GOLDEN IMAGE. \\#Da 3:1-30\\.

1. The Image and Its Dedication. \\#Da 3:1-7\\.

(1) Image of what? \\#Da 3:1\\.
(2) Was it all of gold?
(3) Why such an assembly? \\#Da 3:2,4\\.
(4) Why the threat in the proclamation? \\#Da 3:6\\.
(5) How did they have so many instruments? \\#Da 3:5\\.

2. The Three Hebrews Are Accused. \\#Da 3:8-12\\.

(1) What the motive of the accusers?
(2) Why was not Daniel included?

3. They Defy the King and Are Cast into the Furnace. \\#Da 3:13-23\\.
(1) Why give them a second chance? \\#Da 3:15\\.
(2) Why ask, "who is that god that shall deliver you"?
\\#Da 3:15\\.
(3) What was their expectation? \\#Da 3:17,18\\.
(4) How could the soldiers be burned? \\#Da 3:22\\.
(5) In what way were the three bound? \\#Da 3:23\\.

4. Their Deliverance and the King's Decree. \\#Da 3:24-30\\.

 (1) What kind of furnace was it? \\#Da 3:25\\.
(2) Who was the fourth? \\#Da 3:25,28\\.
(3) What the effect of the proclamation? \\#Da 3:29\\.
(4) God's design in the miracle?

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PART FIRST: DANIEL AT THE COURT OF BABYLON. \\#Da 1:1-6:28\\.

IV. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S PROCLAMATION RESPECTING HIS INSANITY.

\\#Da 4:1-37\\.

1. The Preamble. \\#Da 4:1-3\\.

(1) Why the address so universal? \\#Da 4:1\\.
(2) Why say, "the Most High God"? \\#Da 4:2\\.
(3) What meant by "his kingdom"? \\#Da 4:3\\. Compare
\\#Da 4:37\\.

2. His Vision of a Great Tree. \\#Da 4:4-18\\.

(1) What his circumstances at the time? \\#Da 4:4\\.
(2) Why call in the Babylonian wise men before Daniel?
\\#Da 4:6,8,9\\.
(3) Significance of the band of iron and brass? \\#Da 4:15\\.
(4) Who are meant by "the watchers" and "the holy ones"?
\\#Da 4:17\\.

3. Daniel's Interpretation and Advice. \\#Da 4:19-27\\.

(1) Why Daniel's hesitation and trouble? \\#Da 4:19\\.
(2) Design of God in the matter? \\#Da 4:25\\. Compare
\\#Da 4:17\\.
(3) What meant by, "a lengthening of thy tranquillity"?
\\#Da 4:27\\. Compare \\#Da 4:4\\.
(4) The condition of it?

4. The Prediction Fulfilled. \\#Da 4:28-37\\.

(1) Why so proud of Babylon? \\#Da 4:30\\. Compare Rawlinson.
(2) What the nature of his insanity? \\#Da 4:32,33\\.
(3) Why permitted to herd with cattle? and why his person
neglected?
(4) Why did he connect his recovery with the most High?
\\#Da 4:34\\.
(5) What effect had this on his heathen subjects, and on the
Hebrew captives?

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PART FIRST: DANIEL AT THE COURT OF BABYLON. \\#Da 1:1-6:28\\.

V. BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. \\#Da 5:1-31\\.

1. The Feast, and the Desecration of the Holy Vessels. \\#Da 5:1-4\\.
(1) Who was Belshazzar. See Rawlinson.
 (2) Why send for the temple vessels? \\#Da 5:2\\. Compare
\\#Da 5:4\\.

2. The Handwriting on the Wall. \\#Da 5:5-12\\.

(1) Why the \@third\@ ruler? \\#Da 5:7\\.
(2) How was Nebuchadnezzar his father? \\#Da 5:11\\.
(3) Why had he not called Daniel?

3. The Interpretation. \\#Da 5:13-31\\.

(1) Why change \@Upharsin\@ to \@Peres?\@ \\#Da 5:25,27\\.
(2) Why could not the wise men read it?
(3) How was Belshazzar killed?
(4) Jeremiah's prediction? \\#Jer 51:30-32\\.
(5) Who was Darius the Mede? \\#Da 5:31\\.

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PART FIRST: DANIEL AT THE COURT OF BABYLON. \\#Da 1:1-6:28\\.

VI. DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN. \\#Da 6:1-28\\.

1. His Promotion, and a Plot against Him. \\#Da 6:1-9\\.

(1) Why this honor? \\#Da 6:3\\. Compare \\#Da 5:29\\.
(2) Relative excellence of his administration? \\#Da 6:4\\.
(3) Why the conclusion of his enemies? \\#Da 6:5\\.
(4) What cunning in their proposal? \\#Da 6:7,8\\.
(5) Why did they have a den of lions?
(6) Why such provision in their law? \\#Da 6:8\\.

2. Daniel Convicted, and the Sentence Executed. \\#Da 6:10-17\\.

(1) Why not pray in secret? \\#Da 6:10\\.
(2) In what way did the king labor to rescue him? \\#Da 6:14,15\\.
(3) Why think his God would deliver Daniel? \\#Da 6:16\\.
(4) Construction of the den? \\#Da 6:17\\.
(5) Why the stone sealed? \\#Da 6:17\\.

3. Daniel Unharmed, and His Accusers Thrown to the Lions.

\\#Da 6:18-24\\.
(1) Why the king so troubled? \\#Da 6:18\\.
(2) Why cast in the accusers?

4. The King's Proclamation. \\#Da 6:25-28\\.

(1) How did he know so much of God?
(2) What the effect of this event on the captives?

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PART SECOND: OTHER PREDICTIONS. \\#Da 7:1-12:13\\.

I. DANIEL'S VISION OF FOUR GREAT BEASTS. \\#Da 7:1-28\\.

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III. HIS PRAYER FOR THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL, AND HIS PREDICTION OF
SEVENTY WEEKS TILL THE MESSIAH. \\#Da 9:1-27\\.
(1) His knowledge of Jeremiah. \\#Da 9:2\\.

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IV. HIS LAST VISION: THIRD YEAR OF CYRUS. \\#Da 10:1-12:13\\.

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PART FIRST: DANIEL AT THE COURT OF BABYLON.

\\#Da 1:1-6:28\\.

I. DANIEL'S CHALDEAN EDUCATION. \\#Da 1:1-21\\.

1. He and Three Companions Are Selected for the King's College.
\\#Da 1:1-7\\.
2. The Royal Diet Is Refused. \\#Da 1:8-16\\.
3. The Final Result. \\#Da 1:17-21\\.

II. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM INTERPRETED. \\#Da 2:1-49\\.

1. The Dream, and the Call upon the Wise Men. \\#Da 2:1-13\\.
2. Daniel Begs for Time. \\#Da 2:14-16\\.
3. The Secret Revealed to Daniel. \\#Da 2:17-24\\.
4. Daniel Recalls the Dream. \\#Da 2:25-35\\.
5. The Interpretation. \\#Da 2:36-45\\.
6. The Effect on the King. \\#Da 2:46-49\\.

III. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S GOLDEN IMAGE. \\#Da 3:1-30\\.

1. The Image and Its Dedication. \\#Da 3:1-7\\.
2. The Three Hebrews Are Accused. \\#Da 3:8-12\\.
3. They Defy the King and Are Cast into the Furnace. \\#Da 3:13-23\\.
 4. Their Deliverance and the King's Decree. \\#Da 3:24-30\\.

IV. NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S PROCLAMATION RESPECTING HIS INSANITY.

\\#Da 4:1-37\\.
1. The Preamble. \\#Da 4:1-3\\.
2. His Vision of a Great Tree. \\#Da 4:4-18\\.
3. Daniel's Interpretation and Advice. \\#Da 4:19-27\\.
4. The Prediction Fulfilled. \\#Da 4:28-37\\.

V. BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST. \\#Da 5:1-31\\.

1. The Feast, and the Desecration of the Holy Vessels. \\#Da 5:1-4\\.
2. The Handwriting on the Wall. \\#Da 5:5-12\\.
3. The Interpretation. \\#Da 5:13-31\\.

VI. DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN. \\#Da 6:1-28\\.

1. His Promotion, and a Plot against Him. \\#Da 6:1-9\\.
2. Daniel Convicted, and the Sentence Executed. \\#Da 6:10-17\\.
3. Daniel Unharmed, and His Accusers Thrown to the Lions.
\\#Da 6:18-24\\.
4. The King's Proclamation. \\#Da 6:25-28\\.

PART SECOND: OTHER PREDICTIONS.

\\#Da 7:1-12:13\\.

I. DANIEL'S VISION OF FOUR GREAT BEASTS. \\#Da 7:1-28\\.

II. HIS VISION OF THE RAM AND THE HE GOAT. \\#Da 8:1-27\\.

III. HIS PRAYER FOR THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL, AND HIS PREDICTION OF
SEVENTY WEEKS TILL THE MESSIAH. \\#Da 9:1-27\\.

IV. HIS LAST VISION: THIRD YEAR OF CYRUS. \\#Da 10:1-12:13\\.

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PART FIRST: THE CAPTIVITY ENDED AND THE TEMPLE REBUILT. \\#Ezr 1:1-6:22\\.
I. A Caravan of the Captives Return. 13617
\\#Ezr 1:1-2:70\\.
II. Worship Renewed and the Temple Begun. 13618
\\#Ezr 3:1-13\\.
III. The Work Suspended. 13619
\\#Ezr 4:1-24\\.
IV. The Work Resumed and Completed. 13620
\\#Ezr 5:1-6:22\\.

PART SECOND: THE RETURN OF EZRA, AND HIS PUBLIC LABORS. \\#Ezr 7:1-10:44\\.
I. He Is Commissioned to Re-establish the Law in Judah. 13621
\\#Ezr 7:1-28\\.
II. His Caravan and His Journey. 13622
\\#Ezr 8:1-36\\.
III. Ezra Suppresses Unlawful Marriages. 13623
\\#Ezr 9:1-10:44\\.

THE PROPHETS.
Haggai. 13621
\\#Hag 1:1-2:23\\.
 Zechariah. 13621
\\#Zec 1:1-6:8\\.

Review. 13624

Outline of Ezra. 13625

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I. A CARAVAN OF THE CAPTIVES RETURN. \\#Ezr 1:1-2:70\\.

1. The Decree of Cyrus. \\#Ezr 1:1-4\\.

(1) Who was Cyrus? \\#Ezr 1:1\\.
(2) What word by Jeremiah? \\#Ezr 1:1\\.
(3) How had Jehovah charged him? \\#Ezr 1:2\\. Compare
\\#Isa 44:24-45:7\\.
(4) How had he obtained his accurate information? Compare
\\#Da 9:2,3\\.
(5) Who permitted to go? \\#Ezr 1:3,4\\.
(6) Why expect his subjects to make offerings? \\#Ezr 1:4\\.

2. A Caravan Formed and Presents Given Them. \\#Ezr 1:5-11\\.

(1) Why men of Judah, Benjamin and Levi, first to move?
\\#Ezr 1:5\\.
(2) Meaning of, "they that were round about them"? \\#Ezr 1:6\\.
(3) How had the holy vessels been preserved so long? \\#Ezr 1:7\\.
(4) Why so many of them?
(5) Who was Sheshbazzar? \\#Ezr 1:8\\. Compare \\#Ezr 5:2\\.
(6) Do the figures agree? \\#Ezr 1:11\\. Compare \\#Ezr 1:9,10\\.

3. The Families Named and Numbered. \\#Ezr 2:1-67\\.

(1) Why these given?
(2) The care as to genealogies? \\#Ezr 2:59-63\\.
(3) Whole number of persons? \\#Ezr 2:64,65\\.
(4) Why the preponderance of asses among their animals?
\\#Ezr 2:66,67\\.
(5) How does the number of persons compare with numbers
previously given?
(6) Cause of the discrepancy?

4. They Make Offerings for the Temple, and Return to Their Former
Cities. \\#Ezr 2:68-70\\.
(1) What is a daric? \\#Ezr 2:6\\. Compare \\#1Ch 29:7\\.
(2) What is a pound?
(3) How able to make such offerings?
(4) Why go at once to their cities? \\#Ezr 2:70\\.
(5) Who the Nethinim? \\#Ezr 2:70\\.

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PART FIRST: THE CAPTIVITY ENDED AND THE TEMPLE REBUILT. \\#Ezr 1:1-6:22\\.
 II. WORSHIP RENEWED AND THE TEMPLE BEGUN. \\#Ezr 3:1-13\\.

1. The Offerings and Festivals Renewed. \\#Ezr 3:1-7\\.

(1) Why wait till the seventh month? \\#Ezr 3:1\\. Compare
\\#Ezr 2:70\\.
(2) Who the chief priest? \\#Ezr 3:2\\.
(3) What altar? \\#Ezr 3:3\\. Compare \\#Ezr 3:2\\.
(4) How could they conduct the services without a temple?

2. The Foundation of the Temple Laid. \\#Ezr 3:8-13\\.

(1) Why wait till the second year and second month? \\#Ezr 3:8\\.
(2) Why from twenty years and upward? \\#Ezr 3:8\\.
(3) Why the music and rejoicing?
(4) What psalm? \\#Ezr 3:11\\. Compare \\#2Ch 5:13 Ps 136:1-26\\.
(5) Why the weeping? \\#Ezr 3:12\\.
(6) Who of them had seen the first house? \\#Ezr 3:12\\.

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PART FIRST: THE CAPTIVITY ENDED AND THE TEMPLE REBUILT. \\#Ezr 1:1-6:22\\.

III. THE WORK SUSPENDED. \\#Ezr 4:1-24\\.

1. A Proposal from the Samaritans Rejected. \\#Ezr 4:1-6\\.

(1) Why the proposal rejected?
(2) Why the subsequent enmity?
(3) Why their appeal to Ahasuerus ineffectual? \\#Ezr 4:6\\.

2. The Adversaries Appeal to Artaxerxes. \\#Ezr 4:7-17\\.

(1) Who was this king? See Rawlinson. Compare
\@Bible (Speaker's) Commentary,\@ on Ezekiel, vol. 4.
(2) Meaning of, "eat the salt of the palace"? \\#Ezr 4:14\\.
(3) Was it true that the Jews were building the city?
\\#Ezr 4:12\\.
(4) What truth in their account of the city? \\#Ezr 4:15\\.
(5) Meaning of, "no portion beyond the river"? \\#Ezr 4:16\\.

3. An Order for Suspension. \\#Ezr 4:18-24\\.

(1) How long the suspension? See Rawlinson.
(2) What inferred as to national records?

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PART FIRST: THE CAPTIVITY ENDED AND THE TEMPLE REBUILT. \\#Ezr 1:1-6:22\\.

IV. THE WORK RESUMED AND COMPLETED. \\#Ezr 5:1-6:22\\.

1. The Prophets Exhort and the Work Is Resumed. \\#Ezr 5:1-5\\.

(1) What had the two prophets to say on the subject? See
\\#Hag 1:1-11 2:1-9,10-19 Zec 1:1-6:8\\.
(2) Eight encouraging visions.
(3) Time between the two prophets? \\#Hag 1:1\\. Compare
 \\#Zec 1:1\\.
(4) Confusion in the text. \\#Ezr 5:4\\. Compare \\#Ezr 5:10\\
and \@margin\@ of \\#Ezr 5:4\\.

2. A Letter of Inquiry Sent to Darius. \\#Ezr 5:6-17\\.

(1) Who was Tatnai? \\#Ezr 5:6\\.
(2) Difference from the letter to Artaxerxes? Compare
\\#Ezr 4:7-16\\.

3. The King's Reply. \\#Ezr 6:1-12\\.

(1) Meaning of, "house of the archives"? \\#Ezr 6:1\\.
(2) Where was Achmetha? and why was the roll there? \\#Ezr 6:2\\.
(3) Why was Darius so favorable to the Jews?

4. The House Completed and Dedicated. \\#Ezr 6:13-18\\.

(1) What Artaxerxes? and what had he to do with it? \\#Ezr 6:14\\.
Compare \\#Ezr 7:22\\.
(2) How long since the foundation was laid? \\#Ezr 6:15\\. Compare
\\#Ezr 3:8\\. [Cyrus' seven years minus two years equals
five years plus Cambyses' seven and a half years plus
Gomates' half year plus Darius' six years equals nineteen
years.]

5. The Passover Kept. \\#Ezr 6:19-22\\.

(1) Why did the priests and Levites now kill the passover?
\\#Ezr 6:20\\.
(2) What two classes of Israelites took part? \\#Ezr 6:21\\.
(3) Why is Darius here called, "the king of Assyria"?
\\#Ezr 6:22\\. Compare \\#Ezr 4:22\\.

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PART SECOND: THE RETURN OF EZRA, AND HIS PUBLIC LABORS. \\#Ezr 7:1-10:44\\.

I. HE IS COMMISSIONED TO RE-ESTABLISH THE LAW IN JUDAH.

\\#Ezr 7:1-28\\.

1. An Account of Ezra and His Journey. \\#Ezr 7:1-10\\.

(1) Is the genealogy full? \\#Ezr 7:1-5\\. Compare
\\#1Ch 6:50-52 4:15\\.
(2) What of Seraiah? \\#Ezr 7:1\\. Compare \\#2Ki 25:18-21\\.
(3) Meaning of, "ready scribe in the law of Moses"? \\#Ezr 7:6\\.
(4) How long this after finishing the temple? \\#Ezr 7:7\\.
[See note under iv.4, \\Topic 13620\\, and add Darius'
thirty years plus Xerxes' twenty-one years plus
Artaxerxes' six years equals fifty-seven years.]
(5) How long on the journey? \\#Ezr 7:9\\.
(6) His special purpose in returning? \\#Ezr 7:10\\.
(7) Meaning of, "seek the law of Jehovah"? \\#Ezr 7:10\\.

HAGGAI (\\#Hag 1:1-2:23\\).

AND ZECHARIAH (\\#Zec 1:1-6:8\\).
(1) Haggai's First Message. \\#Hag 1:1-11\\. Compare
\\#Ezr 5:1-3\\.
a. Was this before or after the decree of Darius?
\\#Hag 1:1\\. Compare \\#Ezr 5:1-13\\.
 a. Why rebuke the delay, when the king had ordered them
to stop? \\#Hag 1:4\\. Compare \\#Ezr 4:24\\.
b. Why should the drought put them to building?
\\#Hag 1:4-6\\.
c. Meaning of reference to a bag with holes. \\#Hag 1:6\\.
(2) Effect on the People. \\#Hag 1:12-15\\.
a. How long after the prophet's message? \\#Hag 1:15\\.
Compare \\#Hag 1:1\\.
b. Had they yet heard from Darius?
(3) A Second Message, Predicting the Superior Glory of This
House. \\#Hag 2:1-9\\.
a. How long after work renewed? \\#Hag 2:1\\.
b. Why in their eyes as nothing? \\#Hag 2:3 Ezr 3:11-13\\.
c. Force of, "Yet once"? \\#Hag 2:6\\. Compare
\\#Heb 12:27\\.
d. Why the latter glory greater than the former?
\\#Hag 2:9\\.
(4) A Third Message Promising Abundance. \\#Hag 2:10-19\\.
a. What the interval? \\#Hag 2:10\\. Compare \\#Hag 2:1\\.
b. What the condition of the crops? \\#Hag 2:16\\.
c. Why the people unclean? \\#Hag 2:11-14\\.
d. Meaning of \\#Hag 2:16\\?
(5) A Fourth Message the Same Day. \\#Hag 2:20-23\\.
a. Meaning of this?
(6) Zechariah's First Message. \\#Zec 1:1-6\\.
a. Why called son of Iddo in Ezra? \\#Zec 1:1\\. Compare
\\#Ezr 5:1\\.
b. Main thought of the message?
c. Connection of time with Haggai? \\#Zec 1:1\\. Compare
\\#Hag 1:1 2:1,10\\.
(7) Eight Visions to Encourage the Building. \\#Zec 1:7-6:8\\.
(a) Time? \\#Zec 1:7\\.
a. Vision of Horses, Showing Peace in the Earth, and
Mercy toward Jerusalem. \\#Zec 1:7-17\\.
b. Vision of Four Horns, and Four Smiths. \\#Zec 1:18-21\\.
c. Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line. \\#Zec 2:1-13\\.
(a) Zechariah's age? \\#Zec 2:4\\.
(b) Figure of, "apple of his eye"? \\#Zec 2:8\\.
d. Vision of Joshua and Satan. \\#Zec 3:1-10\\.
(a) Significance?
e. Vision of the Lamps and Olive Trees. \\#Zec 4:1-14\\.
(a) Significance?
f. Vision of a Flying Roll. \\#Zec 5:1-4\\.
(a) Why this especial warning of thieves and
perjurers?
g. Vision of the Ephah. \\#Zec 5:5-11\\.
(a) How could the woman sit in the ephah? \\#Zec 5:7\\.
(b) Why taken to the land of Shinar? \\#Zec 5:11\\.
h. Vision of the Four Chariots. \\#Zec 6:1-8\\.
(a) What meant by these?

2. Ezra's Letter of Authority. \\#Ezr 7:11-26\\.

(1) The language of this letter? \\#Ezr 7:12\\. Compare
\@margin.\@
(2) Whence had he obtained the law of God? \\#Ezr 7:14\\.
(3) How did the king know so much about the ritual of the
temple? \\#Ezr 7:27,24\\. Compare \\#Ezr 8:22\\.
(4) What prompted his liberality? \\#Ezr 7:21,22\\. Compare
\\#Ezr 7:23\\.
(5) Why the exemption from taxation? \\#Ezr 7:24\\.
 (6) How could he risk the enforcement of God's law?
\\#Ezr 7:25,26\\.

3. Ezra's Thanksgiving. \\#Ezr 7:27,28\\.

(1) What does this indicate as to the authorship of this book?
(2) What gather "chief men" to go with him? \\#Ezr 7:28\\.

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II. HIS CARAVAN AND HIS JOURNEY. \\#Ezr 8:1-36\\.

1. The Families of His Caravan. \\#Ezr 8:1-14\\.

(1) How many males? [One thousand four hundred and
ninety-six.]

2. Some Levites Enlisted. \\#Ezr 8:15-20\\.

(1) How many? [Thirty-eight Levites and two hundred and twenty
Nethinim.]
(2) Why slow to move?
(3) Where was Ahava? and why the halt? \\#Ezr 8:15,21\\. [It
was eighty miles up the river.]

3. A Fast, and Prayer for a Prosperous Journey. \\#Ezr 8:21-33\\.

(1) Why did they fast? \\#Ezr 8:21\\.
(2) Did he reason correctly about the military escort?
\\#Ezr 8:22\\.

4. Twelve Treasurers Appointed. \\#Ezr 8:24-30\\.

(1) Why was this done?

5. The Journey Completed, and the Accounts Rendered.

\\#Ezr 8:31-36\\.
(1) How did God deliver them? \\#Ezr 8:31\\.
(2) How was the account tested? \\#Ezr 8:33,34\\.
(3) Purpose of the offerings? \\#Ezr 8:35\\.
(4) How was Israel regarded by neighboring rulers? \\#Ezr 8:36\\.

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III. EZRA SUPPRESSES UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES. \\#Ezr 9:1-10:44\\.

1. Unlawful Marriages Are Reported to Him. \\#Ezr 9:1-4\\.

(1) What class of princes made the report? \\#Ezr 9:1\\. Compare
\\#Ezr 9:4\\.
(2) Why Ezra's desperation? \\#Ezr 9:3\\.

2. Ezra's Confession of the People's Guilt. \\#Ezr 9:5-15\\.

(1) Why no petition in the prayer?
 3. A Reformation Proposed by Shechaniah. \\#Ezr 10:1-5\\.
(1) Why so ready a response from the people? \\#Ezr 10:1,4\\.

4. The Reformation Effected. \\#Ezr 10:6-17\\.

(1) Why the great rain? \\#Ezr 10:9\\.
(2) Why did all tremble? \\#Ezr 10:9\\.
(3) Why must the elders and judges come? \\#Ezr 10:14\\.
(4) Why did four oppose the movement? \\#Ezr 10:15\\.
(5) How long to complete the work? \\#Ezr 10:16\\.

5. The Names of Those Who Put Away Their Wives. \\#Ezr 10:18-44\\.
(1) Could this reform have been effected, had the law been
newly devised by Ezra?

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REVIEW.

1. Into what parts is the book divided? and what interval of time
between them?
2. What circumstances led to the movement of the first caravan?
3. How long was this after the captivity of Jehoiachin?
4. What given to them by Cyrus? and why?
5. Number in the caravan?
6. What was first done toward the restoration of the worship?
7. Describe the laying of the foundation of the temple.
8. What the machinations of the Samaritans, and their success?
9. What led to the renewal of the work?
10. What, to the royal approval?
11. Time occupied in building?
12. When was the passover renewed?

1. Who was Ezra?

2. With what purpose? and under what commission did he return to
Jerusalem?
3. Was it the religious, or the civil code of Moses, which he
came to re-establish?
4. How did his caravan compare in numbers with that under
Zerubbabel?
5. How did he reason in regard to safety on the journey?
6. What precaution did he take in regard to the treasures which
he brought?
7. What was the first violated law that he enforced?
8. What distress in regard to it? and why?
9. Why did the people consent?

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EZRA.
PART FIRST: THE CAPTIVITY ENDED AND THE TEMPLE REBUILT.
\\#Ezr 1:1-6:22\\.
 I. A CARAVAN OF THE CAPTIVES RETURN. \\#Ezr 1:1-2:70\\.
1. The Decree of Cyrus. \\#Ezr 1:1-4\\.
2. A Caravan Formed and Presents Given Them. \\#Ezr 1:5-11\\.
3. The Families Named and Numbered. \\#Ezr 2:1-67\\.
4. They Make Offerings for the Temple, and Return to Their Former
Cities. \\#Ezr 2:68-70\\.

II. WORSHIP RENEWED AND THE TEMPLE BEGUN. \\#Ezr 3:1-13\\.

1. The Offerings and Festivals Renewed. \\#Ezr 3:1-7\\.
2. The Foundation of the Temple Laid. \\#Ezr 3:8-13\\.

III. THE WORK SUSPENDED. \\#Ezr 4:1-24\\.

1. A Proposal from the Samaritans Rejected. \\#Ezr 4:1-6\\.
2. The Adversaries Appeal to Artaxerxes. \\#Ezr 4:7-17\\.
3. An Order for Suspension. \\#Ezr 4:18-24\\.

IV. THE WORK RESUMED AND COMPLETED. \\#Ezr 5:1-6:22\\.

1. The Prophets Exhort and the Work Is Resumed. \\#Ezr 5:1-5\\.
2. A Letter of Inquiry Sent to Darius. \\#Ezr 5:6-17\\.
3. The King's Reply. \\#Ezr 6:1-12\\.
4. The House Completed and Dedicated. \\#Ezr 6:13-18\\.
5. The Passover Kept. \\#Ezr 6:19-22\\.

PART SECOND: THE RETURN OF EZRA, AND HIS PUBLIC LABORS.

\\#Ezr 7:1-10:44\\.

I. HE IS COMMISSIONED TO RE-ESTABLISH THE LAW IN JUDAH.

\\#Ezr 7:1-28\\.
1. An Account of Ezra and His Journey. \\#Ezr 7:1-10\\.

THE PROPHETS HAGGAI (\\#Hag 1:1-2:23\\)

AND ZECHARIAH (\\#Zec 1:1-6:8\\).
(1) Haggai's First Message. \\#Hag 1:1-11\\. Compare
\\#Ezr 5:1-3\\.
(2) Effect on the People. \\#Hag 1:12-15\\.
(3) A Second Message, Predicting the Superior Glory of This
House. \\#Hag 2:1-9\\.
(4) A Third Message Promising Abundance. \\#Hag 2:10-19\\.
(5) A Fourth Message the Same Day. \\#Hag 2:20-23\\.
(6) Zechariah's First Message. \\#Zec 1:1-6\\.
(7) Eight Visions to Encourage the Building. \\#Zec 1:7-6:8\\.
a. Vision of Horses, Showing Peace in the Earth, and
Mercy toward Jerusalem. \\#Zec 1:7-17\\.
b. Vision of Four Horns, and Four Smiths. \\#Zec 1:18-21\\.
c. Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line. \\#Zec 2:1-13\\.
d. Vision of Joshua and Satan. \\#Zec 3:1-10\\.
e. Vision of the Lamps and Olive Trees. \\#Zec 4:1-14\\.
f. Vision of a Flying Roll. \\#Zec 5:1-4\\.
g. Vision of the Ephah. \\#Zec 5:5-11\\.
h. Vision of the Four Chariots. \\#Zec 6:1-8\\.

2. Ezra's Letter of Authority. \\#Ezr 7:11-26\\.

3. Ezra's Thanksgiving. \\#Ezr 7:27,28\\.

II. HIS CARAVAN AND HIS JOURNEY. \\#Ezr 8:1-36\\.

1. The Families of His Caravan. \\#Ezr 8:1-14\\.
2. Some Levites Enlisted. \\#Ezr 8:15-20\\.
3. A Fast, and Prayer for a Prosperous Journey. \\#Ezr 8:21-33\\.
 4. Twelve Treasurers Appointed. \\#Ezr 8:24-30\\.
5. The Journey Completed, and the Accounts Rendered.
\\#Ezr 8:31-36\\.

III. EZRA SUPPRESSES UNLAWFUL MARRIAGES. \\#Ezr 9:1-10:44\\.

1. Unlawful Marriages Are Reported to Him. \\#Ezr 9:1-4\\.
2. Ezra's Confession of the People's Guilt. \\#Ezr 9:5-15\\.
3. A Reformation Proposed by Shechaniah. \\#Ezr 10:1-5\\.
4. The Reformation Effected. \\#Ezr 10:6-17\\.
5. The Names of Those Who Put Away Their Wives. \\#Ezr 10:18-44\\.
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