=6.= What did the writing mean? =That his kingdom was ended.=
=7.= How was the kingdom ended? =The city was taken and B[)e]l-sh[)a]z´zar was killed.=
=8.= What kingdom took the place of the B[)a]b-[)y]-l[=o]´n[)i]-an kingdom? =The kingdom of P[~e]r´[s+]i[.a].=
=9.= What was done to D[)a]n´iel after this? =He was thrown into a den of lions.=
=10.= How was D[)a]n´iel saved from the lions? =The Lord shut the lions' mouths.=
=1.= Who broke up the B[)a]b-[)y]-l[=o]´n[)i]-an kingdom and formed the kingdom of P[~e]r´[s+]i[.a]? =Ç[=y]´rus.=
=2.= How did Ç[=y]´rus, the new king, treat the Jew[s+] who were in B[)a]b´[)y]-lon? =He was kind to them.=
=3.= What did Ç[=y]´rus allow the Jew[s+] to do? =To go back to their own land.=
=4.= How long had the Jew[s+] been in the land of B[)a]b´[)y]-lon? =Seventy years.=
=5.= What happy journey did the Jew[s+] take? =To the land of J[=u]-d[=e]´[.a].=
=6.= What city did they begin to build again? =The city of J[+e]-r[u:]´s[+a]-l[)e]m.=
=7.= What house did they build? =The temple of God.=
=8.= Who led the Jew[s+] in their journey and their building? =Z[+e]-r[)u]b´ba-b[)e]l the ruler.=
=9.= What prophet encouraged the people to build? =H[)a]g´ga-[=i] and Z[)e]ch-a-r[=i]´ah.=
=1.= In what city did the king of P[~e]r´[s+]i[.a] live? =In the city of Sh[u:]´shan.=
=2.= What beautiful Jew´[)i]sh girl lived in Sh[u:]´shan? =[)E]s´th[~e]r.=
=3.= Who cared for [)E]s´th[~e]r and brought her up? =Her cousin Môr´de-c[=a]i.=
=4.= Who was the king of P[~e]r´[s+]i[.a] at that time? =[+A]-h[)a][s+]-[=u]-[=e]´r[)u]s.=
=5.= What did king [+A]-h[)a][s+]-[=u]-[=e]´r[)u]s do when he saw [)E]s´th[~e]r? =He made her queen.=
=6.= Who stood next to the king in power? =A man named H[=a]´man.=
=7.= What law did H[=a]´man cause king [+A]-h[)a][s+]-[=u]-[=e]´r[)u]s to make? =That all the Jew[s+] should be killed.=
=8.= What did Queen [)E]s´th[~e]r do when she heard that this law had been made? =She went to the king in his palace.=
=9.= What did she ask the king to do? =To spare the lives of her people.=
=10.= What became of H[=a]´man, the Jew[s+]' enemy? =He was put to death.=
Lesson XLIV. The end of the Old Testament.
(Tell Stories 16, 17 and 18 in Part Fifth.)
=1.= What good man came to J[+e]-r[u:]´s[+a]-l[)e]m soon after the time of Queen [)E]s´th[~e]r? =[)E]z´r[.a] the scribe.=