| deportation of bulk | | | | of population; | | | | appoints Gedaliah | | | | governor of residue; | | | | releases Jeremiah, | | | | who elects to join | | | | Gedaliah at Mizpah. | | | | Gedaliah murdered. | | | | Jeremiah carried off,| | | | but rescued by | | | | Johanan (xxxix.-xli.,| | | | lii., XIII.) | | | | | | | |Johanan, in spite of | | | | Jeremiah's protest, | | | | goes down to Egypt | | | | and takes Jeremiah | | | | with him (xlii., | | | | xliii., XIV.) | | | | | | | |Jews in Egypt hold | | | | festival in honour of| | | | Queen of Heaven. | |=Amasis=, | | Ineffectual protest | | 570 | | of Jeremiah (xliv., | | | | XV.) | | | | |Nebuchadnezzar invades Egypt, (?)| | | 568 | Pistratus, | |=Evil-Merodach=, | | 560-527 |Release of Jehoiachin | 561 | | | | | | |_CYRUS CONQUERS BABYLON AND GIVES_ | | |_THE JEWS PERMISSION TO RETURN,_ | | |_538_ | | FOOTNOTE: [1] For spelling see note, page 4 CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE v INDEX OF CHAPTERS vii CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE ix BOOK I