CONTENTS

THE HISTORY OF NORTHERN ISRAEL

LXI. THE DIVISION OF THE HEBREW EMPIRE. .

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I Kgs. 12. 1. Sb-20. M-2, 1410. 20 (St. O. T., II, §§ 59, 60,
63).

I. The Records of Northern Israel's History.-II. Re-
hoboam's Fatal Policy.-III. The Underlying Causes
of the Division.-IV. Events of Jeroboam's Reign.
-V. Jeroboam's Religious Policy.-VI. Character
of Jeroboam's Reign.-VII. Effects of the Division.

¡ LXII. THE MILITARY DYNASTIES OF NORTHERN ISRAEL

I Kgs. 15%. 27-896. 22. 22, 165,7,6,8-12a. 16-18. 21-24, 17-34, 20)1-18

(St. O. T., II, §§ 63–68, 74–76).

1. The Dynasty of Baasha.-II. Omri's Accession.

III. Omri's Foreign Policy.-IV. Ahab's War of Inde-

pendence.-V. Ahab's Character and Policy.-

VI. The Dangers of Ahab's Policy.

§ LXIII. ELUJAH'S WORK AS A RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL

REFORMER.

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I Kgs. 171-, 181-30, 33b-46, 191-21, 211-30. M. # (St. O. T.,

II, §§ 69–73).

I. The Elijah Stories.-II. Elijah, the Tishbite.-

III. Elijah's Demand of Loyalty to Jehovah.—IV.

Elijah's Appeal to the Nation.-V. The Revelation

at Horeb. VI. The Call of Elisha.-VII. Elijah's

Condemnation of Ahab's Tyranny.-VIII. The

Significance of Elijah's Work.

LXIV. THE DECLINE OF THE HOUSE OF AHAB..................

I Kgs. 221-40. 51. 53, II Kgs. 12-8. 17, 31, 2, 4-# (St. O. T.,

II, §§ 77–80, 88).

1. The Advance of Assyria.-II. Micaiah and the

Four Hundred False Prophets.-III. The Proto-

type of Satan.-IV. Ahab's Death.-V. The Reign of

Abasiah.—VI. The War Against Moab.

LXV. JEBU'S REVOLUTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES..

II Kgs. 91-6. 10b. 11-28. 30-37, 101-27. 32-36, 131-11. 23-25, 1415.

16. 23-29 (St. O. T., II, §§ 93-97).

I. The Prophetic Guilds.-II. The Jehovah Party

in Israel.-III. The Anointing of Jehu.-IV.

Jehu's Bloody Reform Measures.-V. Jehu's Trib-

ute to Assyria.-VI. The Cruel Oppression by the

Arameans.-VII. The Revival of Northern Israel

under Joash and Jeroboam.

LXVI. AMOS'S ARRAIGNMENT OF NORTHERN ISRAEL...

Am. 13-8. 13-15, 21.26. 2a b. d. 3. 6-8. 10. 9. 11-16 (St. O. T.,

III, §§ 2, 3).

I. Political Conditions in Northern Israel under

Jeroboam II.-II. Society and Religion in Israel.

-III. Date of Amos's Appearance.-IV. Amos's

Personal History.-V. The Personality of the

Prophet.-VI. Amos's Method of Securing a

Hearing.-VII. The Universal Principles Estab-

lished in Amos's Opening Address.-VIII. The

Application to Northern Israel.

§ LXVII. THE FATAL ERRORS AND CRIMES OF THE ISRAEL-

§ LXVIII. THE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCES OF ISRAEL'S

CRIMES.

Am. 71a b. 2-17, 81-2. 4. 5. 60. 7-9. 8. 10. 11b-14, 91-4. 7. 8b (St.
O. T., III, §§ 10-13).

I. The Visions of Impending Judgment.-II The
Reception of Amos's Message.-III. Amos's Con-
clusions Regarding Israel's Future.-IV. The
Later Appendix to the Book.-V. Amos's Concep-
tion of Jehovah.-VI. Amos's Social Teachings.

§ LXIX. THE BEGINNING OF JEHOVAH'S REVELATION BY

HOSEA.

Hos. 12b e. 8-6. 8. 9, 22b c. 4. 5a b, 31-4, 22a d e. 3. be e. §. 7a-o.

8-10. 12. 11. 18-17. 18e. 19-23 (St. O. T., III, §§ 15, 16).

I. The Book of Hosea.-II. Hosea's Date and Na-

tionality.-III. The Prophet's Private History.-

IV. The Unfaithfulness of his Wife.-V. The

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Truths which Hosea Learned from his Tragic Ex-

perience.-VI. The Application of his own Experi-

ence to That of his Nation.-VII. Hosea's Mes-

sages to the World.

§ LXX. JEHOVAH'S CHARGES AGAINST GUILTY ISRAEL..

Hos. 41-6, 51, 516-610, 6l1b-715, 84. 5b ea. 6-9b, 131-16 (St.

O. T., III, §§ 18-22, 28).

I. The Background and Literary Form of Hosea's

Later Prophecies.-II. The Guilt of Israel's Proph-

ets, Priests and Rulers.-III. The Fatal Lack of

True Repentance and Character.-IV. The Evi-

dences of National Degeneracy.-V. Hosea's Atti-

tude toward the Kingship and Idolatry.-VI. The

Inevitable Fate Awaiting the Nation.

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§ LXXI. JEHOVAH'S TENDER LOVE FOR HIS PEOPLE... 97

Hos. 111-9, 141-8 (St. O. T., III, §§ 26, 29).

I. The Revelation of Jehovah's Love in the Past.-

II. God's Passionate Desire to Forgive.-III. The

Prayer of True Repentance.-IV. The Divine Re-

sponse.-V. Hosea's Personality.-VI. Hosea's

Teachings Regarding God.-VII. Hosea's Place

Among the World's Religious Teachers.

§ LXXII. THE FATE OF NORTHERN ISRAEL........

II Kgs. 158-10. 13-16. 19-23. 25-27. 29-81, 171. 3. 4, 189-11, 1724-

4. 41 (St. O. T., II, §§ 98-102).

I. The Invasion of Tiglath-pileser IV.-II. The

Reign of Hoshea and the Fall of Samaria.-III. Fate

of the Northern Tribes.-IV. The Origin of the

Samaritans.-V. Causes of the Downfall of North-

ern Israel.-VI. Northern Israel's Contributions to

the Faith of Mankind.

THE ASSYRIAN PERIOD OF JUDAH'S HISTORY

§ LXXIII. FROM REHOBOAM to Uzziah.

I Kgs. 1421-28. 30. 31, 151. 2. 7b-13. 15-24, 2241-48, II Kgs.

825-29, 927. 28, 111-9. 11-21, 121-8. 4-18. 20. 21, 141. 2. 5. 6. 7-14.

17-21 (St. O. T., II, §§ 103-117).

I. General Characteristics of Judah's History.-II.

Rehoboam's Reign.-III. Asa's Policy.-IV. The
Priestly Reformation in Judah.-V. The Early Ju-
dean Prophetic History.-VI. The Reign of Ama-
ziah.

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LXXIV. THE REIGN OF UZZIAH AND THE CALL OF ISAIAH 123

II Kgs. 1514, 1422, II Chr. 266-10, II Kgs. 155-7. 32-35. 37.

36. 38, Is. 61-13 (St. O. T., II, § 117; III, § 30).

I. Uzziah's Victories.-II. Uzziah's Home Policy.

-III. The Political and Social Effects of Uzziah's

Reign.-IV. The Death Year of Uzziah.-V. The

Young Isaiah.-VI. The Account of Isaiah's Vi

sion.-VII. Its Meaning.-VIII. Isaiah's Commis

sion.

LXXV. ISAIAH'S EARLY SOCIAL SERMONS.....

Is. 51-14. 17-24, 26-3, 313-17. 34-, 41, 98-, 101-4, 5-30. Se,

(St. O. T., III, §§ 31-33).

1. The Present Form of the Book of Isaiah.-II.

The Different Periods of Isaiah's Activity.-III.

His First Address.-IV. The Song of the Vineyard.

-V. The Crimes of Judah's Leaders.- VI. Jeho-

vah's Judgments upon Israel and Judah.

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LXXVI. ISAIAH'S ADVICE TO KING AND PEOPLE IN 735 B.C. 141

II Kgs. 1614, Is. 7-5, 81-4, 171-4, 85-18, II Kgs. 167-90,

181-3. (St. O. T., II, § 119; III, §§ 34-37).

I. The Political Situation.-II. Isaiah's Advice to

Ahaz.-III. Isaiah's Sign to Ahaz.-IV. Effects of

the Assyrian Advance.-V. Isaiah's Object Lessons.

-VI. The Consequences of Ahaz's Policy.

lah's Confidence in Jehovah's Protection.-IV. The

Nature of the Deliverance.-V. Isaiah's Work as

Reformer, Statesman and Theologian.

LXXX. THE REACTION UNDER MANASSEH AND THE DE-

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§ LXXXII. JEREMIAH'S CALL AND EARLY REFORM SERMONS 199

Jer. 14-19, 22. 3. 20-22. 26. 27. 29-35, 312b. 18. 19. 20, 45-8. lib-18.

15-18. 14. 19-22, 51-3b, 4. 5, 610-14. 16. 23-x (St. O. T., III, §§

66-68).

I. Jeremiah of Anathoth.-II. His Call to be a

Prophet.-III. His Demand for a Fundamental

Reformation.-IV. The Foe from the North.-V.

Jeremiah's Literary Figures.-VI. His Early Mes-

sages to his People.

{ LXXXIII. THE GREAT REFORMATION UNDER JOSIAH......

II Kgs. 228-16. 18-20, 231-ac. 4-15. 19-25, Dt. 1214, 16.

28, 171-7 (St. O. T., II, §§ 126, 127; IV, § 140).

I. The Reformers of Judah.-II. The Finding of

the Law in the Temple.-III. The Detailed Reforms.

-IV. The Basis of the Reformation.-V. The Pres-

ent Form of Deuteronomy.-VI. Its History.-

VII. Its Characteristics.

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§ LXXXIV. CEREMONIAL, CIVIL AND PHILANTHROPIC REGU-

LATIONS OF THE DEUTERONOMIC CODE..... 218

Dt. 1218. 14. 7, 151, 1217.6 18. 15. 16, 148.6 9-11. 19-1s, 21.

20. 1-5, 1519-23, 261-11, 1423-27, 2321-3, 21, 24o, 203–4, 18la.

6. 3-1, 512-15, 161. 3. 6b-7. 3. 66. 8-11. 13-17, 151-8, 3110-18, 1618-