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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.

Jehoiakim, king of Judah, 607 B. C.,

Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, came

unto Jerusalem and besieged it; that in the

siege, Jehoiakim was given by the Lord into

the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, but allowed to

remain on the throne in Jerusalem, yet

Nebuchadnezzar carried with him to Babylon,

as tribute, a part of the vessels of the house of

God, and, as hostages, some of the members of

the royal household.

This act, with similar ones which followed in

swift succession, was but the culmination of

events which began years before. In order to

appreciate this climax, it is essential that we

study the causes which led to it, Since the

captivity of Judah is an object lesson to people

of the last generation, it is doubly necessary