The Kings and Prophets of Israel and Judah; From the Division of the Kingdom to the Babylonian Exile 12+

📒 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 pro...