Show chronology of the ad 0 f i for the it will be remembered that in the last issue of tho I 1 closed i ake first part of this subject wiach the death of 1 b a it must be remembered that in this as in the pre issue the figures preceding denote the number of years before christ 1096 saul is king david in the hands ot god slays goliah and saves israel 1063 samuel is sent to anoint david king david in fear flees from tho presence of saul 1056 saul dies and david is made king of judah 1019 david is made king af all the tribes 1025 Ab solaro the son of david revolts against his father 1016 duvid dies and solomon is made Kiny 1004 tho grand temple is dedicated solomon dies and the ten tribes revolt roma was first founded the first money was coined and brought into use genevah Ne nevah m all her glory is destroyed tho jews aro carried captiva to babylon with danial and his friends jerusalem is destroyed and the temple burnt as foretold Shadrach Meshech and abednego are cast into the fiery furnace and then came the decree of chad nezzar to acknowledge the god of the jews babylon tho great and glorious is taken by king cyrus daniel for lis faithful trust in god is cat into the den of lions the jews return under zer as choir leader tho second temple is dedicated esther is made queen ezra the scribe collects the scattered scriptures together nehemiah fah builds again the wall of jerusalem herodotus the worlds first historian writes his first i history and bible history closes malachi the prophet writes the last book of the old testament and now for the space of years the channel of revelation is closed No voice of a prophet is heard god and man do hot the plans and purposes of the divine mind are hid in darkness alexander the great visits jerusalem the princes of judea had their birst money coined five months before christ john the baptist and of christ was bom four months later christ was bom according the promise given to the woman years before amid the darkness of the fall this chronology is according to the first biblical scholars of the age and I 1 hope be beneficial to all readers CHAS |