=2.= What became of the B[)a]b-[)y]-l[=o]"n[)i]-an kingdom when N[)e]b-u-chad-n[)e]z"zar died? =It lost its power.=
=3.= Who was the last king in B[)a]b"[)y]-lon? =B[)e]l-sh[)a]z"zar.=
=4.= What did B[)e]l-sh[)a]z"zar see one night in his palace? =A hand writing on the wall.=
=5.= Who read the writing to the king? =D[)a]n"iel.=
=6.= What did the writing mean? =That his kingdom was ended.=
=7.= How was the kingdom ended? =The city was taken and B[)e]l-sh[)a]z"zar was killed.=
=8.= What kingdom took the place of the B[)a]b-[)y]-l[=o]"n[)i]-an kingdom? =The kingdom of P[~e]r"[s+]i[.a].=
=9.= What was done to D[)a]n"iel after this? =He was thrown into a den of lions.=
=10.= How was D[)a]n"iel saved from the lions? =The Lord shut the lions"
mouths.=
Lesson XLII. The Return from Babylon.
(Tell Stories 13 and 14 in Part Fifth.)
=1.= Who broke up the B[)a]b-[)y]-l[=o]"n[)i]-an kingdom and formed the kingdom of P[~e]r"[s+]i[.a]? =c[=y]"rus.=
=2.= How did c[=y]"rus, the new king, treat the Jew[s+] who were in B[)a]b"[)y]-lon? =He was kind to them.=
=3.= What did c[=y]"rus allow the Jew[s+] to do? =To go back to their own land.=
=4.= How long had the Jew[s+] been in the land of B[)a]b"[)y]-lon?
=Seventy years.=
=5.= What happy journey did the Jew[s+] take? =To the land of J[=u]-d[=e]"[.a].=
=6.= What city did they begin to build again? =The city of J[+e]-r[u:]"s[+a]-l[)e]m.=
=7.= What house did they build? =The temple of G.o.d.=
=8.= Who led the Jew[s+] in their journey and their building?
=Z[+e]-r[)u]b"ba-b[)e]l the ruler.=
=9.= What prophet encouraged the people to build? =H[)a]g"ga-[=i] and Z[)e]ch-a-r[=i]"ah.=
Lesson XLIII. Queen Esther.
(Tell Story 15 in Part Fifth.)
=1.= In what city did the king of P[~e]r"[s+]i[.a] live? =In the city of Sh[u:]"shan.=
=2.= What beautiful Jew"[)i]sh girl lived in Sh[u:]"shan?
=[)E]s"th[~e]r.=
=3.= Who cared for [)E]s"th[~e]r and brought her up? =Her cousin Mor"de-c[=a]i.=
=4.= Who was the king of P[~e]r"[s+]i[.a] at that time?
=[+A]-h[)a][s+]-[=u]-[=e]"r[)u]s.=
=5.= What did king [+A]-h[)a][s+]-[=u]-[=e]"r[)u]s do when he saw [)E]s"th[~e]r? =He made her queen.=
=6.= Who stood next to the king in power? =A man named H[=a]"man.=
=7.= What law did H[=a]"man cause king [+A]-h[)a][s+]-[=u]-[=e]"r[)u]s to make? =That all the Jew[s+] should be killed.=
=8.= What did Queen [)E]s"th[~e]r do when she heard that this law had been made? =She went to the king in his palace.=
=9.= What did she ask the king to do? =To spare the lives of her people.=
=10.= What became of H[=a]"man, the Jew[s+]" enemy? =He was put to death.=
Lesson XLIV. The end of the Old Testament.
(Tell Stories 16, 17 and 18 in Part Fifth.)
=1.= What good man came to J[+e]-r[u:]"s[+a]-l[)e]m soon after the time of Queen [)E]s"th[~e]r? =[)E]z"r[.a] the scribe.=
=2.= What was a scribe among the Jew[s+]? =One who wrote copies of G.o.d"s laws.=
=3.= What great work did [)E]z"r[.a] do? =He brought together the books of the Old Testament.=
=4.= What did [)E]z"r[.a] do at J[+e]-r[u:]"s[+a]-l[)e]m? =He taught the people to obey G.o.d"s law.=
=5.= What other good man came while [)E]z"r[.a] was at J[+e]-r[u:]"s[+a]-l[)e]m? =N[=e]-he-m[=i]"ah.=
=6.= What did N[=e]-he-m[=i]"ah do? =He helped the people to build a wall around the city.=
=7.= Why did they need a wall around the city? =To make it strong against enemies.=
=8.= What was done at a great meeting of the people when the wall was finished? =The law was read to the people.=
=9.= Who was the last prophet of the Old Testament? =M[)a]l"a-ch[=i].=
Lesson XLV. Review of Jewish People.
=1.= How many kings reigned over J[=u]"dah? =Nineteen kings and one queen.=
=2.= Who was the first king of J[=u]"dah? =R[=e]-ho-b[=o]"am.=