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The Hebrews IOI
J^rders of Palestine, especially from Assyria. As Amos had 178. De- ^
eseen, the Assyrians crushed the kingdom of Israel, and the Northern
»a«iaria, its capital, was captured by them in 722 B.C. Many |^n£ds°™ia
the unhappy Northern Hebrews were carried away as (722 b.c.)
CaPtives, and Israel was destroyed after having existed for a
'Me over two centuries.
The national hopes of the Hebrews were now centered in 179. Yahveh,
the V, 1 1 s\ 1 ■ i the God of
neipiess little kingdom of Judah (see map, p. 96), which Palestine, in
Struggled on for over a century and a quarter more. More help- Assur'gof
ss than Belgium in 1914, Judah was now entangled in a great ^ ^h5™'
*°rld conflict, in which Assyria was the irresistible champion.
us far the Hebrews had been accustomed to think of their
as dwelling and ruling in Palestine only. Did he have
P°Wer also over the vast world arena where all the great nations
were fighting ? But even if so, was not Assur, the great god ■ • -
victorious Assyria, stronger than Yahveh, the God of the
ebrews? A wonderful deliverance of Jerusalem from the cruel
Ssyrian army of Sennacherib (701 B.C.) enabled the great
Pr°phet Isaiah to teach the Hebrews that Yahveh, their God,
c°ntrolled the great world arena, where He, and not Assur,
^as the triumphant champion.
A century later Jerusalem beheld and rejoiced over the fall 180. De-
Assyria and the destruction of Nineveh (§ 130). . But it ^Southern
ad only exchanged one foreign lord for another, and Chaldea ^"chaldea
°Uowed Assyria in control of Palestine (§ 132). Then their (586 b.c.)
Willingness to submit brought upon the men of Judah the
Sarne fate which their kindred of Israel had suffered. In
B. c. Nebuchadnezzar, the Chaldean king of Babylonia,
stroyed Jerusalem and carried away the people to exile in
tiabylonia.
Forced to dwell in a strange land the Hebrews were more 181^ Doubts
n ever faced by the hard question: Was Isaiah right? Or brew exiles
*'d. Yahveh dwell and rule in Palestine only? We hear the ~{b;i
e°ho 0f tnejr ■ f an£j tkej uncertamty in some of their Unknown
SUr„; • Prophet
Urv'ving songs.
J^rders of Palestine, especially from Assyria. As Amos had 178. De- ^
eseen, the Assyrians crushed the kingdom of Israel, and the Northern
»a«iaria, its capital, was captured by them in 722 B.C. Many |^n£ds°™ia
the unhappy Northern Hebrews were carried away as (722 b.c.)
CaPtives, and Israel was destroyed after having existed for a
'Me over two centuries.
The national hopes of the Hebrews were now centered in 179. Yahveh,
the V, 1 1 s\ 1 ■ i the God of
neipiess little kingdom of Judah (see map, p. 96), which Palestine, in
Struggled on for over a century and a quarter more. More help- Assur'gof
ss than Belgium in 1914, Judah was now entangled in a great ^ ^h5™'
*°rld conflict, in which Assyria was the irresistible champion.
us far the Hebrews had been accustomed to think of their
as dwelling and ruling in Palestine only. Did he have
P°Wer also over the vast world arena where all the great nations
were fighting ? But even if so, was not Assur, the great god ■ • -
victorious Assyria, stronger than Yahveh, the God of the
ebrews? A wonderful deliverance of Jerusalem from the cruel
Ssyrian army of Sennacherib (701 B.C.) enabled the great
Pr°phet Isaiah to teach the Hebrews that Yahveh, their God,
c°ntrolled the great world arena, where He, and not Assur,
^as the triumphant champion.
A century later Jerusalem beheld and rejoiced over the fall 180. De-
Assyria and the destruction of Nineveh (§ 130). . But it ^Southern
ad only exchanged one foreign lord for another, and Chaldea ^"chaldea
°Uowed Assyria in control of Palestine (§ 132). Then their (586 b.c.)
Willingness to submit brought upon the men of Judah the
Sarne fate which their kindred of Israel had suffered. In
B. c. Nebuchadnezzar, the Chaldean king of Babylonia,
stroyed Jerusalem and carried away the people to exile in
tiabylonia.
Forced to dwell in a strange land the Hebrews were more 181^ Doubts
n ever faced by the hard question: Was Isaiah right? Or brew exiles
*'d. Yahveh dwell and rule in Palestine only? We hear the ~{b;i
e°ho 0f tnejr ■ f an£j tkej uncertamty in some of their Unknown
SUr„; • Prophet
Urv'ving songs.