the false priests on that same altar, and so it came to pass. God also sent Ahijah the prophet to tell Jeroboam— "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart to do that only which was right in mine eyes; and hast done evil above all that were before thee; for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back; I will cut off from Jeroboam every man in the city. "Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat: and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat; for the Lord hath spoken it." 2. NADAB, the son of Jeroboam, reigned after his father. "He did evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the sin wherewith Jeroboam made Israel to sin." When he had reigned two years, Baasha conspired against him and slew him. 3. BA-A-SHA, of the house of Ahijah, of the tribe of Issachar, became king after Nadab's death. “He did evil in the sight of the Lord; and walked in the way of Jeroboam.' 4. ELAH, the son of Baasha, reigned after his father. He also did evil in the sight of the Lord; and when he had been king two years, Zimri, who was captain of half his chariots, smote him. 5. ZIMRI took the kingdom after the death of Elah. He destroyed all the family of Baasha, as God had foretold by the prophet Jehu. And Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah; and then the city being taken, he went into the palace, and burnt it over him with fire. 6. OMRI became king after Zimri. He did evil in the sight of the Lord worse than all that were before him. QUESTIONS. How many kings of Israel were there? Of what sort were they? What was the sin of Jeroboam? Who was Ahijah? What did he tell Jeroboam? How many kings of Israel were killed? What became of Zimri? CHAPTER LXI. KINGS OF ISRAEL (continued). 7. AHAB, the son of Omri, reigned after his father. He was a very wicked king. "He did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him." He married Jezebel, the daughter of Eth-ba-al, King of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him. He also worshipped As-tar-te or Ash-ta-roth. THE SCRIPTURE PROGRESSIVE READING BOOKS. SECOND BOOK: OLD TESTAMENT-PART II. With Nineteen Illustrations. LONDON AND GLASGOW: THE former portion of this Book continues the brief abstract of Old Testament History, with the biographies of a few of the most remarkable of its heroes. This is followed by a short notice of each of the Prophets, and a few chapters which bring down the history to the birth of Christ. These The latter portion is occupied with precept rather than history. It exhibits the Divine modes of teaching by Figures, Parables, Miracles, Visions, Emblems, Hymns, and Proverbs. chapters, it is hoped, will furnish abundant material to skilful teachers for a very large number of oral lessons, while the Proverbs might be committed to memory by the pupils with much advantage to them in after life. The Editor would also refer teachers for additional information of a similar kind to the "Help to Students of the Bible," compiled by him, for their use, for the Oxford University Press. The Tables, to be found in the Appendix, will be useful both for reference and in elucidation of the text. The Editor begs again to record his thanks to those Authors and Publishers who have so courteously and readily allowed him to make extracts from their valuable works. OXFORD, 1877. JAMES RIDGWAY. |