Class Notes on Sacred History
Volume II: First Samuel through Nehemiah.
J. W. McGarvey (1893)
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SECOND KINGS
AND
SECOND CHRONICLES.


FROM THE FALL OF ISRAEL TO THE FALL OF JUDAH.

II. Ki. xviii. 1-xxv. 30; II. Chron. xxix. 1-xxxvi. 23.

§ I. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH.II. Ki. xviii. 1-xx. 21; II. Chron. xxix. 1-xxxii. 33.

1. Religious Character of His Reign. xviii. 1-6.

2. His Military Movements, and the Captivity of Israel. 7-12.
3. He Is Forced To Renew the Tribute. 13-16.
4. The Surrender of Jerusalem Demanded by Sennacherib. 17-27.
5. Rabshakeh's Speech to the People on the Wall. 28-37. [94]
6. The King Consults the Prophet. xix. 1-7.
7. Sennacherib Sends a Letter to Hezekiah. 8-13.
8. The Letter Is Laid Before the Lord. 14-19.
9. An Answer through the Prophet. 20-34.
10. The Prediction Fulfilled. 35-37.
11. Hezekiah's Sickness. xx. 1-11. [95]
12. An Ambassage from Babylon. 12-19.
13. The Rest of Hezekiah's Acts. 20, 21.
14. The Cleansing of the Temple. II. Chron. xxix. 1-19.
15. Renewal of the Sacrifices. II. Chron. xxix. 20-36.

16. Hezekiah's Great Passover. II. Chron. xxx. 1-27.

17. The Tithes and Offerings All Renewed.
II. Chron. xxxi. 1-21.

§ II. THE REIGNS OF MANASSEH AND AMON. II. Ki. xxi. 1-26.

1. Manasseh's Extreme Wickedness. xxi. 1-9.

2. The Penalty Announced Through the Prophets. 10-15.
3. Manasseh's Cruelty. 16.
4. His Chronicles and His Death. 17, 18, cf. II. Chron. xxxiii. 18-20.

5. His Captivity and Repentance. II. Chron. xxxiii. 11-17.

6. The Reign of Amon. 19-26; II. Chron. xxxiii. 21-25.
§ III. THE REIGN OF JOSIAH. II. Ki. xxii. 1-xxiii. 30;
II. Chron. xxxiv. 1-xxxv. 27.

1. The General Character of His Reign. II. Ki. xxii. 1, 2.

2. He Purges the Land of Idolatry. II. Chron. xxxiv. 3-7.
3. He Repairs the Temple. II. Ki. xxii. 3-7.
4. The Book of the Law Found. 8-13.
5. Huldah Consulted. 14-20.
6. The Book Read in the Temple to the People. xxiii. 1-3.
7. The Land Thoroughly Purged of Idolatry. 4-20.
8. The Passover Strictly Observed and Other Reforms. 21-24.
9. Estimate of Josiah and His Death. 25-30.
10. Fuller Account of His Death. II. Chron. xxv. 20-27.
JEREMIAH UNDER JOSIAH.

(1.) His Family and His Period of Prophecy. Jer. i. 1-3.

(2.) His Call to Be a Prophet. 4-10.
(3.) His First Prophetic Vision. 11-16.
(4.) His Commission. 17-19.
(5.) His First Discourse. ii. 1-iii. 5.
(6.) Second Discourse. iii. 6-vi. 30.
(7.) Third Discourse. vii. 1-x. 25.
(8.) Fourth Discourse. xi. 1-xii. 17.
(9.) Fifth Discourse. xiii. 1-27.

(10.) Sixth Discourse. xiv. 1-xv. 21.

(11.) The Seventh Discourse. xvi. 1-xvii. 27.
(12.) Eighth Discourse. xviii. 1-xx. 18.
THE PROPHET ZEPHANIAH.

(1.) His Family, and Prophetic Period. i. 1.

(2.) Theme of His First Prediction? 2-18.
(3.) What Other Nations Denounced? ii. 1-15.
(4.) What the Last Theme? iii. 1-20.

§ IV. THE REIGNS OF JEHOAHAZ AND JEHOIAKIM.
II. Ki. xxiii. 30-xxiv. 7; II. Chron. xxxvi. 1-8.

1. The Career of Jehoahaz. xxiii. 30-34.

2. The Reign of Jehoiakim. xxiii. 35-xxiv. 7.
THE PROPHET HABAKKUK.

(1.) The Time of His Prediction. i. 1-9, cf. First Three Years
of Jehoiakim. II. Ki. xxiv. 1.

JEREMIAH UNDER JEHOIAKIM.

§ I. IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS REIGN. Jer. xxvi. 1-24.

(1.) He Predicts the Captivity and Is Arrested. xxvi. 1-9.

(2.) He Is Tried before the Princes. 10-19.

(3.) Fate of Uriah. 20-24.
§ II. IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF JEHOIAKIM.
xxv. 1-38; xxxv. 1-xxxvi. 32; xlvi. 1-28.

(1.) Captivity and Its Duration Predicted. xxv. 1-11.

(2.) The Chaldeans To Be Punished. 12-14.
(3.) A Cup of Wine for All the Nations. 15-38.
(4.) The Defeat of Pharaoh at Carchemish. xlvi. 1-12.
(5.) Egypt To Be Conquered by Nebuchadrezzar, but Israel
never To Be Destroyed. 13-28.
(6.) A Lesson from the Conduct of the Rechabites. xxxv. 1-19.

(7.) Jeremiah's Prophecies to Date Written, and Publicly Read.
xxxvi. 1-8.

(8.) The Reading and the Immediate Results. 9-26.
(9.) The Roll Rewritten with Additions. 27-32.
§ V. THE REIGNS OF JEHOIACHIN AND ZEDEKIAH.
II. Ki. xxiv. 8-xxv. 7; II. Chron. xxxvi. 9-21.

1. The Beginning of the Captivity. II. Ki. xxiv. 8-17.

2. The Reign of Zedekiah. xxiv. 18-xxv. 7;
Jer. lii. 1-11; xxxix. 1-11.
JEREMIAH UNDER ZEDEKIAH.

(1.) He Sends Yokes to Neighboring Kings, and Advises
Submission to Nebuchadnezzar. Jer. xxvii. 1-22.

(2.) He Has a Conflict in the Temple with Hananiah, a False
Prophet. xxviii. 1-17.
(3.) Letters to the Captives in Babylon. xxix. 1-32.
(4.) He Predicts the Desolation of Babylon, and Sends a Copy
To Be Sunk in the Euphrates. l. 1-li. 64.
(5.) He Answers a Question from Zedekiah at the Beginning [106] 
of the Invasion. xxi. 1-14.

(6.) A Prediction at the Beginning of the siege. xxxiv. 1-7.

(7.) A Rebuke for Violating the Law of Hebrew Bondage. 8-22.

(8.) The Siege Suspended, and Jeremiah Imprisoned. xxxvii. 11-21.

(9.) Jeremiah Buys a Field, and Predicts the Restoration
of Israel. xxxii. 1-44.

(10.) He Is again Imprisoned, but His Life Is Saved by
Ebed-melech. xxxviii. 1-13.

(11.) Another Secret Interview with Zedekiah. xxxviii. 14-28.

§ VI. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY AND THE TROUBLES OF THE REMNANT.
II. Ki. xxv. 8-30; II. Chron. xxxvi. 17-23; Jer. xxxix. 8-xli. 18; lii. 12-30.

1. The City Destroyed and a Governor Appointed for the Remnant.
II. Ki. xxv. 8-22.

2. Jeremiah Is Released. Jer. xxxix. 11-14; xl. 1-6.
3. Scattered Bands Submit to Gedaliah, but He Is Assassinated.
II. Ki. xxv. 23-26.
4. Fuller Account of the Assassination. Jer. xl. 13-xli. 10.
5. Johanan Avenges the Death of Gedaliah. Jer., xli. 11-18.
6. The Remnant Inquire of the Lord about Going into Egypt.
xlii. 1-22.

7. They Reject the Word of God, and Go. Jer. xliii. 1-7.

8. Jeremiah Predicts the Invasion of Egypt by Nebuchadnezzar.
8-13.
9. He Rebukes the Idolatry of the Jews in Egypt, and Predicts
Their Extermination. xliv. 1-14.

10. They Defy Him and He Reiterates. 15-30.

§ VII. JEHOIACHIN RELEASED AND HONORED BY EVIL-MERODACH.
II. Ki. xxv. 27-30; Jer. lii. 31-34.
THE LAMENTATIONS. i. 1-v. 22.

1. Contents.

2. When Written.
3. Authorship, Date, Sentiments, and Allusions to Recent
Experience, Prove Jeremiah the Author.
THE PROPHET OBADIAH.

(1.) Title and Subject? i. 1-9.

(2.) Date? 10-15.

THE PROPHET EZEKIEL.

(1.) His Call to Be a Prophet. i. 1-iii. 27.

(2.) The Same Year. The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem
Predicted with Various Symbols. iv. 1-vii. 27.

(3.) Sixth Year. A Vision of the wickedness in Jerusalem.
viii. 1-ix. 25.
(4.) Zedekiah's Coming Fate Symbolized, and False Prophets
Denounced. xii. 1-xiii. 23.
(5.) Deceitful Inquiries of the Lord, and Dependence on a Few
Good Men Rebuked. xiv. 1-xv. 8.
(6.) Jerusalem Compared to a Woman, Base-born, but highly
Honored, Who Played the Harlot. xvi. 1-63.

(7.) By the Riddle of a Great Eagle, the Perjury of Zedekiah
Is Denounced. xvii. 1-24.

(8.) He Proclaims Personal Responsibility, and Forgiveness for
the Penitent. xviii. 1-32.

(9.) The Fortunes of Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin Depicted under [110] 
the Symbol of Young Lions, and Those of Judah under That
of a Dead Vine. xix. 1-14.

(10.) Seventh Year. Israel Reminded of God's Goodness to
Her, and Rebuked for Idolatry. xx. 1-49.

(11.) A Speedy Invasion of Judah and Ammon. xxi. 1-32.

(12.) Jerusalem To Be Punished for Immorality. xxii. 1-31.

(13.) Under the Names Oholah and Oholibah, Israel and Judah
Are Denounced for Idolatry. xxiii. 1-49.

(14.) Ninth Year. The Day That the Siege Began Is Stated,
and Jerusalem Is Compared to Flesh Boiling in a Caldron.
xxiv. 1-27.

(15.) Desolation of Ammon, Moab, Edom and Philistia
Predicted. xxv. 1-17, cf. Jer. xlvi. 1-xlix. 39.

(16.) Eleventh Year. Prediction of the Desolation of Tyre,
Closing with the Restoration of Israel. xxvi. 1-xxviii. 26.

(17.) Years Ten, Eleven, Twelve and Twenty-seven. Predictions
against Egypt. xxix. 1-xxxiii. 33; xxv. 1-6, 7-20.

(18.) The Shepherds of Israel Rebuked, and the Reign of the
Messiah Predicted. xxxiv. 1-31.

(19) Surrounding Nations To Be Made Desolate, and Israel
To Be Restored. xxxv. 1-xxxvi. 38.

(20.) The Restoration of Israel and Judah, and Their Perpetual
Reunion Under David. xxxvii. 1-28.
(21.) The Prophecy against Gog. xxxviii. 1-xxxix. 29.
(22.) Twenty-fifth Year. A Vision of the Temple and the
Tribes on a Grander Scale. xl. 1-xlviii. 35.
THE PROPHET JOEL.i. 1-iii. 21.


THE CHRONOLOGY OF JUDAH.


AFTER THE FALL OF ISRAEL.
Hezekiah,  
29 - 6 = 23 years
Manasseh,
  55 "
Amon,
  2 "
Josiah,
  31 "
Jehoahaz,
  ¼ "
Jehoiakim,
  11 "
Jehoiachin,
  ¼ "
Zedekiah,
  11 "
    -------  
      Total,   133½ "
Less three years for Jewish count,   3 "
    -------  
    130½ "
From the fall of Israel back to Rehoboam,   260 "
Solomon and David,
  80 "
    -------  
      Total of David's kingdom,   470½ "
David's accession, 1056 B. C.    
Fall of Judah, 588  "   "     
  ------    
      Exact time, 468  "   "     
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REVIEW.

JEREMIAH UNDER JOSIAH.
JEREMIAH UNDER JEHOIAKIM.

JEREMIAH UNDER ZEDEKIAH.

THE LAMENTATIONS.
OBADIAH.
EZEKIEL.
JOEL.
[CNSH2 94-117]

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