Sacred History, Selected from the Scriptures: With Annotations and ...

spoken in the days of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and
slays the idolatrous priests.

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Sect. IX. Josiah repairs the house of the Lord. The book of

the law found. A covenant made. A great passover

kept.

He warns the

Sect. X. Part of the prophecy of Jeremiah.

nations of impending judgments, and calls upon them

to humble themselves and reform their lives.

Sect. XI. Part of the prophecy of Jeremiah. He describes
the treachery of God's chosen people; and foretells
the judgment which would be inflicted upon them."
Sect. XII. The conclusion of the reign of Josiah. He is slain
in battle, His good character.

Sect. XIII. Part of the prophetic lamentation of Jeremiah
for the captivity of the Jewish nation.

Sect. XIV. Part of the history of the heathen nations which

were concerned with the Jews.

Sect. XV. The reign of Jehoahaz (called also Shallum) king

of Judah. Jeremiah sent to call the people to repent-

ance, and threaten them with God's vengeance for dis-

obedience.

Sect. XVIII. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, comes up
against Judah. Jeremiah foretells seventy years capti.
vity to the Lord's people; and the subsequent punish-
ment of the Assyrians.

Sect. XIX. Jeremiah commanded to write his prophecies in

a book. He gives the book to Baruch, who reads it in

the Lord's house.

Sect. XVI. Jehoahaz deposed. Jehoiakim made king of Judah. 60

Sect. XVII. The beginning of the reign of Jehoiachim. Je-

miah again sent to call the people of Judah to re-

pentance, and to threaten the destruction of the tem-

ple. The priests and prophets conspire against Jere-

miah. Urijah the prophet slain.

Sect.

Sect. XX. Jehoiachim becomes tributary to Nebuchadnezzar.

Baruch reads to the princes Jeremiah's prophecies.

Jehudi reads them to the king, who causes the book

to be burnt. Jeremiah writes another book.

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Sect. XXI. Jehoiachim rebels against Nebuchadnezzar. His

death.

Sect. XXII. The beginning of the reign of Jehoiachin (called

also Jechoniah, and Coniah) king of Judah. Jeremiah

sent to call upon him to return to righteousness, and

to threaten him with punishment for disobedience.

Sect. XXIII. Jerusalem besieged by Nebuchadnezzar. Jecho-

niah taken prisoner, and carried into captivity with

many others. The treasures of the Lord's house, &c.

carried away.

Sect, XXIV. The beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of

Judab. Jeremiah sent to command him in the name

of the Lord to submit to Nebuchadnezzar.

Sect. XXVII. Zedekiah's disobedience.

concerning him.

Sect. XXV. A false prophet contradicts Jeremiah's prophecy.

Sect. XXVI. Jeremiah's consolatory letter to the captives in

Babylon, foretelling the end of their captivity.

Ezekiel's prediction

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Sect. XXVIII. The city of Jerusalem clos ly besieged by Ne-

buchadnezzar. Jeremiah's prediction concerning him.

Sect. XXIX. The army of Nebuchadnezzar withdrawn from

Jerusalem. Jeremiah foretells its return. The prophet

endeavours to escape from Jerusalem, and is cast into

prison,

Sect. XXX. Jeremiah released by Zedekiah,..

Sect. XXXI. The princes conspire against Jeremiah for his

prediction. He is cast into a dungeon. Ebed melech

proeures his deliverance. Zedekiah consults him pri-

Sect. XXXII. Zedekiah hardens his heart.

Jeremiah's pro-

phetic description of the miseries of the siege.

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Sect. XXXIII. The city of Jerusalem taken. Zedekiah pur-

sued by the Chaldeans and taken. Ezekiel's and Jere-

miah's predictions concerning him and the people ful-

filled.

Sect. XXXIV. The temple burnt. The city of Jerusalem de-

stroyed. The remaining treasures carried away.

Sect. XXXV. Jeremiah's predictive lamentation for the mise-

ries of Judah.

Sect. XXXVI. Jeremiah sat at liberty. He continues with

others of the Jewish nation in Judea.

Sect. XXXVII. Gedeliah made governor over the Jews in

Judca. Ishmael and others conspire against him. Ge-

deliah is treacherously slain. Johanan succeeds him.

Sect. XXXVIII. Ishmael and the people form a design to

take refuge in Egypt. They consult Jeremiah. He

commands them in the name of the Lord to remain

in Judea.

Sect. XXXIX. The people discredit Jeremiah's prediction,

and scorn his counsel. They depart from Judea and go

to Egypt. Jeremiah prophecies the destruction of

Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar.

Sect. XL. Jeremiah's prediction respecting the Jews who

dwelt in Egypt. The Jews despise his counsel, and

persist in idolatrous practices. Farther predictions con-

cerning Egypt.

Sect. XLI. The history of the Jews who were carried cap-

tive into Babylon. The piety of Daniel, Shadrach,

Meshach, and Abed-nego.

Sect. XLII. Nebuchadnezzar's prophetic dream forgotten by

himself, but recalled to his memory and interpreted by

Daniel. Daniel and his friends promoted.

Sect. XLIII, Nebuchadnezzar sets up a golden image, Sha-

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drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, cast into a fiery far-

nace for refusing to worship it. They are miraculously

delivered.

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Sect. XLIV. Prophecies of Isaiah designed for the comfort

of the people of God, under the prospect of captivity,

and during its continuance. Cyrus named as their

deliverer.

Sect. XLV. Prophecies of Jeremiah respecting the restoration
of God's people.

Sect. XLVI. A prophecy of Ezekiel relating to the city of
Tyre.

Sect. XLVII. Prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekiel concern-

ing the Ammonites

Sect. XLVIII. Prophecies against Moab, Edom, Damascus,

&c.

Sect. XLIX. Prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, against

Egypt.

Sect. L. Another prophetic dream of Nebuchadnezzar's in-
terpreted by Daniel, Nebuchadnezzar abased for his
pride and arrogance. His restoration to reason and do-
minion.

Sect. LI. The kindness of Evil-merodach king of Babylon to
Jehoiachin king of Judah in his captivity.