GEOGRAPHY OF THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH.

From 2 Ks. xxiii. 8, 19, and from 2 Chron. xxxiv. 6 and 7, it is evident that Josiah's dominions included the territory of the ten tribes--" all the land of Israel;" a grant having been made, apparently, by the king of Nineveh to Manasseh when he was restored to the throne, of all that had belonged to "Israel" before the ten tribes were carried away. The whole map of Palestine should therefore be carefully studied, also the principal divisions of the land of Egypt, and such places in Chaldea, Assyria, and Syria as are referred to.

I. Palestine. The boundaries of the tribes-four to the north, four to the south, one and a half central, and two and a half beyond Jordan-should be known with accuracy; also the principal mountains, hills, rivers, plains, &c., within them. The plains of Jezreel, Sharon, Jordan. The mountains of Megiddo, Mount Gilboa, Little Hermon, Tabor, Carmel range, and Hermon. The routes from north to south should be indicated by a line on an outline map-(1) by the coast round Mount Carmel; (2) through the hills, by Shechem; (3) by valley of Jordan; also the route from Babylon to Judea, by Carchemish and Riblah. Places,- -as Shiloh, Shechem, Mizpah, Geba, Beersheba, Ramah, and Gibeon.

II. Syria.-Mount Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, enclosing in their valley Cole Syria, Baalbec, or Heliopolis. The river Orontes. Riblah, Hamath should be accurately placed; latitude and longitude being attended to.

III. Egypt.-The general division of the country into Upper and Lower Egypt, and their relation geographically to Ethiopia. The Delta of the Nile, with its principal mouths. Pharaoh Necho's canal (?). Bethshemesh; On, or Heliopolis; Pelusium; Tahpenes, &c. The locality of the Pyramids. The "five cities" of Isaiah xix. should

be known.

Babylonia.-Where the ten tribes were located; also the places referred to in the history of the period,-Babylon, Sepharvaim, Calneh, Tadmor (Palmyra), the course of the Euphrates, also of the Chebar (Ezekiel's place of exile).

QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION.

BOOK OF JEREMIAH. PART I.

1. What were the principal events in the reign of Josiah?

2. How does it appear that the reformation effected by Josiah was only superficial?

3. From the points of Josiah's reformation, the state of Judah, morally and religiously, before the captivity, may be accurately defined.

4. What reason may be assigned why the captivity in Babylon lasted for exactly seventy years?

5. Give some account of the following persons: Seraiah; Ebed-melech ; Ahab, son of Kolaiah; Shemaiah, the Nehelamite; Baruch, the scribe.

6. What are the offices indicated by the terms Rabsaris, Rabmag, given to some of the Chaldean princes?

7. Give some instances of retributive punishment narrated in the book of Jeremiah.

8. Give a brief account of the kings, from Josiah's time to the close of the kingdom of Judah, defining the relation of each to Josiah, and the duration of their reigns.

9. How many kings reigned in Babylon after the first king? Give their names, and the year when each began to reign.

10. Some of Jeremiah's predictions were fulfilled in his own life time. Give some instances.

11. Sketch with pen or pencil a map of Palestine, and define the positions of the following places: Mizpah, Shiloh, Bethlehem, and Shechem.

12. Where were Riblah, Carchemish, and Bethshemesh? 13. There is internal evidence that Jeremiah's writings were collected in his own time.

14. On what occasions was the roll read by Baruch? What was the roll, and where was it destroyed?

15. Where was the king's "winter house?"

16. Give a brief sketch of the political history of Judah during the closing years of its kingdom.

17. For what purpose did Zedekiah visit Babylon early in his reign?

18. State generally the contents of Jeremiah's letters to the Jews in Babylon. How many were there?

19. Who were the Rechabites? Define the relation in which Jonadab stood to Rechab; name also their chief in Jeremiah's times.

20. Why did Jeremiah bring them into one of the Temple chambers?

21. Explain the reason of Jeremiah's severe censure of the Jews with reference to the Hebrew slaves.

22. Under what circumstances and in what year was this censure addressed to them?

23. Where did Jehoiakim and Jehoahaz die?

24. What reasons may be assigned for Josiah's determination to oppose Pharaoh Necho?

25. Who was Pharaoh Hophra? Describe the events which connect him with the history of Judah.

26. Why did Jeremiah buy his cousin's field?

27. On various occasions King Zedekiah applied to Jeremiah for counsel and advice. Give the times, places, and circumstances of each application.

28. How often was Jeremiah imprisoned? Give the causes and circumstances.

29. Show, by a pen or pencil sketch, in what place Zedekiah attempted to escape at the taking of Jerusalem, and say why he took that direction.

30. Give a brief sketch of the history of the remnant left under Gedaliah by Nebuzar-adan, from the taking of the city to their arrival in Egypt.

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