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GLEIG'S SCHOOL SERIES.
SACRED HISTORY.
BY
THE REV. G. R. GLEIG, M.A.
CHAPLAIN-GENERAL TO THE FORCES, AND PREBENDARY OF ST. PAUL'S.
IN TWO PARTS.
PART THE SECOND.
LONDON:
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.
1851.
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
XXV.
Page
Civil War.
SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL.
David King of Judah. King of all Israel.
Murder of Amnon. Exile and return
of Absalom -
149
Absalom's Rebellion. His Death. Num-
bering of the People. David's Death
XXVII. - FIRST BOOK OF KINGS AND FIRST BOOK
OF CHRONICLES. Solomon. The Tem-
ple Built. Solomon's Idolatry. His
-
Death
XXVIII. FIRST BOOK OF KINGS AND SECOND BOOK
OF CHRONICLES. Rehoboam. His un-
wise proceedings. The Kingdom Divided.
Rehoboam King of Judah. Jeroboam
King of Israel. Jeroboam's Sin. The
Young Prophet
155
162
- 166
XXIX. FIRST BOOK OF KINGS AND SECOND BOOK
OF CHRONICLES- continued. Rehoboam's
Idolatry. His Punishment and Death.
Abijam. Asa. Jehoshaphat
XXX.-FIRST BOOK OF KINGS AND SECOND BOOK
OF CHRONICLES-continued. Revolutions
in Israel. Jeroboam.
Nadab. Baasha.
Elah. Zimri. Omri. Ahab. Elijah
the Prophet
171
- 176
FIRST BOOK of Kings anD SECOND Book
OF CHRONICLES- continued. Naboth's
XXXII. SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-
CLES. Jehoram King of Judah. Ahab
King of Israel. Elijah, and Elisha, the
Prophets
SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-
CLES- - continued. Ahaziah King of Ju-
dah. Jehu King of Israel. Athaliah's
Usurpation. Jehoash King of Judah.
XXXIII.
XXXIV. - SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-
CLES continued. King of Israel-Jero-
boam II. Anarchy. Zachariah. Shal-
lum. Menahem. Pekahiah. Pekah.
Kings of Judah
Uzziah.
Jotham.
XXXV.- SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-
CLES- - continued. Kings of Israel - Pe-
kah. Hoshea. Overthrow of the King-
dom. Affairs of Judah. Hezekiah
XXXVI.- SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-
CLES continued. Manasseh. Amon.
Josiah
XXXVII.-SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS AND OF CHRONI-
CLES-continued. Jehoahaz (or Shallum).
Jehoiakim
183
191
198
205
XXXVIII.-BOOKS OF EZRA, NEHEMIAH, AND ESTHER.
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
nego. Revolutions in Babylon. Cyrus
the Great
XXXIX. - Books of Ezra, NehemiaH, AND ESTHER
-continued. First Return from Babylon.
Zerubbabel, Ezra, Mordecai, Esther, and
Nehemiah
216
221
- APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, AND GENERAL HIS-
TORY. Government by the High Priests.
Kings of the Asmonean Line
XLI.-Jewish Sects. The Sanhedrim. End of
the Asmonean Line. Reign of Herod
XLIII. - THE GOSPELS ACCORDING TO ST. MAT-
THEW, ST. MARK, ST. LUKE, AND ST.
JOHN. Birth of John the Baptist and of
Christ
XLIV.- THE GOSPELS-continued. Return from
Egypt. Christ in the Temple. Com-
mencement of his Public Ministry
XLV.. THE GOSPELS-continued. Marriage at
Cana of Galilee. Our Lord's Second
Passover. Proceedings in Judæa and
Second Year
His many
Miracles. The Transfiguration. Lazarus
Raised from the Dead
262
268
275
282
XLVII.—THE GOSPELS-continued. The Fourth
Passover. The Last Supper. The Cruci-
fixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of
Jesus Christ
XLVIII. - BOOK OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
Descent of the Holy Ghost. Peter. John.
Stephen. Philip
XLIX. BOOK OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
continued. Conversion of St. Paul. His
Labours and those of Peter
L.-BOOK OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
continued. St. Paul's Travels. The great
progress of the Gospel
KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH
JUDEA DURING AND AFTER THE CAPTI-
289
298
304
311
319