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THE KING’S BUSINESS
Was he presumably personally deliquept? Deut. 17:14-19. What did Josiah immediately do to learn his present status with the Lord? v. 21. What was Huldah’s reply? vs. 23-28. ( 3 ) The King Reads the Book to the Congregation, v. 30. To what class of people did he read? v. 30. How many of them did he get together? v. 29. How much of the Book did he read? v. 30. As for himself, what next did he do? . v. 31. Having led the way, what did he cause the rest to do ? v.. 32. How did Josiah now attempt to carry out the covenant? v. 33.
What were the results during his life time ? v. 33. How did it go after his death? 36:5. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) Centuries without the Word, mean centuries without the Lord. (2) They should have kept the Word in the heart, as well as by the ark. (3) The Word in the heart (Psa. 37:31) is like chains on the tires. ' (4) First the Bible, then the revival. (5) Time neither rusts' nor dulls thè Sword of the Spirit, Heb. 4:l2. ( 6 ) Gold could never redeem (1 Peter 1:18, 19) ; nor heal, (Acts 3:6) ; nor satisfy, (Isa. 55:1), (7) Has the church slighted the Bible? ( 8 ) “I believe the Bible because it finds me?’ (9) Has your Bible found you?
O The Captivity of Judah
AUGUST 26,' 1917. LESSON IX. 2 Kings 25:1-12. (Read 16-21. Memorize vs. 10, 11). G olden T ext : “A s I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the ■ wicked.”—Ezek. 33:11.
DAILY BIBLE READINGS
Mon., August 20—Jer. 9:7-16. Tues., August 21—2 Kings 23:36-24:9. Wed., August 22—2 Kings 24:10-20.
Thurs., August 23—2 Kings 25:1-12. (The Lesson) Fri., August 24—2 Kings 25:13-21. (The Lesson).
Sat., August 25—2 Kings 17:1-8. Sun., August 26—2 Kings 17:9-23.
EXPOSITION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
vs. 1-3. “And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebu chadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and all his host (army), against Jerusa lem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about. And (So) the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. And (omit , And) on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed (was
sore) in the city, and (so that) there was no bread fo r the people of the land." There are five accounts in the Bible of the siege and fall of Jerusalem (cf, Jer. 39; 52; Lam. 4; 2 Chron. 36:17-21). T.fie siege lasted a year and six months lacking a day. The condition of the -people within the city as the siege drew near its close was pitiable in the extreme (Lam. 4:4-10). At the outset of the siege there appeared to be no liklihood that the city would be
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