. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. on. Its real value was that it helped to bringabout a lasting religiousunity of all the Hebrewpeople. Jehovah becamethe God of the nation,and His worship cen-tered in the sanctuariesestablished by the kings,especially at brought in, also,something of the civili-zation of the greaterworld outside of Pales-tine, the civilization ofBabylon and Egypt. 69. The Need of aReligious Revival.—Itis scarcely credible thatthe idea of God as we11 link of Him, the soleand all-powerful deityof the universe, shouldbe immediately ac
. The story of the ancient nations : a text-book for high schools. on. Its real value was that it helped to bringabout a lasting religiousunity of all the Hebrewpeople. Jehovah becamethe God of the nation,and His worship cen-tered in the sanctuariesestablished by the kings,especially at brought in, also,something of the civili-zation of the greaterworld outside of Pales-tine, the civilization ofBabylon and Egypt. 69. The Need of aReligious Revival.—Itis scarcely credible thatthe idea of God as we11 link of Him, the soleand all-powerful deityof the universe, shouldbe immediately accept-ed by all the Hebrewsin the primitive stagesof their the Hebrews weregoing through the process of absorbing the older Canaanitepopulation of the country, they also adopted some of theirgods. After the time of Solomon the contact withBabylonia and Egypt brought in still other religions amongthem. Beside Jehovah, Baal, the Canaanite god, had analtar and worship, even in Jerusalem. And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal,. Restoration of a Bronze Column from theTemple at Jerusalem. Restored by Chipiez. 58 CIVILIZATION OF EGYPT AM) WESTERN ASIA and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they inpieces thoroughly. * * * (II Kings, XI: is.) Even some of the Hebrew kings were unable to reach midkeep this great idea of Jehovah as the jealous God whowould not permil belief in any other god. The peopleseemed to be turning away from Jehovah. This went sofar that Manasseh, who became king of Judah about 685 b. a, reared up altars to Baal * * * and worshipped all the hostof heaven and served them * * * and used enchantments, and deal! with Ia miliar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wicked-ness in the sighl of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. (IIKings, XXI: 3, 6.) 70. The Work of the Prophets. After the time of Solo-mon and the division between the people of Judah andIsrael, the two kingdoms were hard beset by the Syriansand the smalle
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