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THE STORY OF DANIEL THE PROPHET

Stephen N. Haskell

“But go thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand in thy
lot at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13.

was through the gifts of his sons. Josiah had

three sons and one grandson, who were in

turn seated on the throne at Jerusalem. Each,

because of wrong training in youth, refused to

take God at his word, and failing, hastened the

final overthrow.

The three sons were Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, and

Zedekiah. The grandson was Jehoiachin, who

preceded his uncle, Zedekiah. The fate of each

is a solemn warning to people living at the end

of time. He who might have been the light of

heathen nations was swallowed up by

Egyptian darkness.

Jehoiakim, the second, who, properly trained,

would have been so charged with the power of

God that the heathen king would either have

united his forces with the king of Judah, or,