Lesson XL. The Jews in Babylon

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut · 1907

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Bible: Daniel 1—3 · 1 min read · All ages

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(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.

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, Hurlbut's Bible Lessons for Boys and Girls (Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., copyright 1907). Public domain. Transcription by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (pgdp.net). printed page 28. Source

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