Lesson XL. The Jews in Babylon.
(Tell Stories 7, 8 and 9 in Part Fifth.)
1. By what name were the people of Jū´dah called, after they were taken to Băb´y̆-lon? By the name Jews̝.
2. What prophet among them saw a vision? E̍̄-zē´kĭ-el.
3. What prophet lived in the palace of King Nĕb-u-chad-nĕz´zar? Dăn´iel.
4. What did Dăn´iel and his Jew´ĭsh friends in the palace refuse to eat? The meat and wine of the king.
5. What did God help Dăn´iel to do for King Nĕb-u-chad-nĕz´zar? To tell him the meaning of his dreams.
6. What did three friends of Dăn´iel refuse to do? To bow down before a golden image.
7. What was done to these men? They were thrown into a furnace of fire.
8. Whom did King Nĕb-u-chad-nĕz´zar see with those men in the fire? The Lord God.
9. What did God do for these men in the fire? He kept them alive.