QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW. What was embraced in the kingdom of Judah? What was its area? How was it governed? What was its religion? What was associated with the worship of Jehovah? What was the religious tendency of the people? How long did the kingdom of Judah last? What were the causes of this duration? What were the periods in its history? Under what kings was the first decline? Who led in a revival and reformation? Who was the greatest of the kings of Judah? What took place during the second decline? Who was the usurping queen? What did this queen try to do? Who wrought the second great reformation? What was the character of this king? What great destruction of Judah's enemies took place at this time? Which reign was both longest, wickedest, and most evil in its results? Who attempted a third reformation? What was the result of his endeavor? What was the political cause of the fall of Judah? By what nation and by what king was Jerusalem finally destroyed? Subjects for Special Papers. HISTORY OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. THE HOUSE OF DAVID. THE RELIGION OF JUDAH. THE PROPHETS OF JUDAH. ANCIENT JERUSALEM. THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH IN RELATION TO EGYPT AND ASSYRIA. [Illustration: SOLOMON'S DOMINIONS, THE KINGDOMS OF JUDAH & ISRAEL AND THE LANDS of the CAPTIVITIES] NINTH STUDY. THE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH. I. We must distinguish between the =CAPTIVITY OF ISRAEL=, or the ten tribes, and =THAT OF JUDAH=. 1. The captivity of Israel took place B. C. 721, that of Judah B. C. 587. The southern kingdom lasted one hundred and thirty-four years longer than the northern. 2. Israel was taken captive by the Assyrians under Sargon; Judah by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar. 3. Israel was taken to the lands south of the Caspian Sea (2 Kings 17. 6); Judah to Chaldea, by the river Euphrates (Psa. 137. 1). 4. Israel never returned from its captivity, which was the end of its history; but Judah was brought back from its captivity and again became a flourishing state, though subject to foreign nations during most of its after history. II. There were =THREE CAPTIVITIES= of Judah, all in one generation and all under one Chaldean king, Nebuchadnezzar: