History Of The Kingdom Of Judah From The Death Of Solomon To The Babylonish Captivity

Frances M. Wilbraham provides a detailed account of the history of the kingdom of Judah from the death of Solomon to the Babylonish Captivity. The book explores the political and religious changes that occurred during this period, and the impact they had on the Jewish people. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... the capital and the outlying towns. Their action seems to have been simply a public protest against the policy and character of Amaziah himself; for, after they had put him to death, they raised his sixteenyear-old son, Azariah, popularly known by the shorter name Uzziah, to the throne. With the death of Amaziah, Judah began to emerge from its long seclusion and obscurity and to participate in the stirring world politics of the age. In the quiet of the two centuries following the death of Solomon there is little external evidence of progress in Judah's religious, political and social life. In dealing with the conspirators who slew Jehoash, however, a higher ethical principle was observed, for, contrary to the earlier usage, the lives of the kinsmen of the culprits were spared. The early Judean prophetic stories, with their high ethical teachings and finished literary style, also demonstrate that during this period the teachers of Judah were quietly educating the people and laying deep the foundations of their national character. The problems and events of the period are petty and unimportant; but at its close the nation was ready to enter into a larger world and to pass through the series of painful experiences which were to open the eyes of its prophets to those new truths which made their messages of universal value to man LXXIV. THE REIGN OF UZZIAH AND THE CALL OF ISAIAH In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, I.tji Uzziah [Azariah] son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, (hk and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. And his i4) mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. And he did that which pleased Jehovah, just as his father Amaziah had done. However...

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From the division of the kingdom to the Babylonian Exile.

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