9. In whose reign did God carry out the judgment which He pronounced against the altar at Bethel which Jeroboam had made?
10. Of what gross act of contempt against God was Jehoiakim, king of Judah, guilty?
11. What acts of cruelty are recorded against King Jehoiakim?
12. In what way did God punish Jehoiakim for his iniquity?
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PAGE 1147.
133. A tax of half a shekel of silver for every male of twenty years old and upward (Exod. xxx. 12-14).
134. Joash, king of Judah, in order to obtain money for the restoration of the Temple (2 Chron. xxiv. 6-9).
135. 2 Chron. xxiv. 8.
136. Isaiah is generally considered to have been the grandson of King Joash, and thus has sometimes been called the royal prophet (Isa. i. 1).
137. The altar seen by Isaiah in his vision was the altar of burnt offering, on which the fire which came down from heaven was perpetually burning (Isa. vi. 6; Lev. vi. 13; 2 Chron. vii. 1).