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19. What became of Jonathan?

20. Who succeeded him?

21. What work did Simon complete?

22. What was the end of Simon?

23. Who was the successor of Simon?

24. What conquest was made by John Hyrcanus?

25. What prophecies were fulfilled by the fall of Edom?-Ps. cxxxvii. 7.-Is. xxxiv. 6, to the end.-Joel, iii. 19.

26. What is the present state of Idumea?

LESSON XIX. 1. Who was the first Asmonean King?

2. What prophecy thus had a fulfilment? A. Zech. vi. 13; but this was only really accomplished in our Lord.

3. Who reigned after Aristobulus?

4. Who after Alexander Janneus?

5. What dispute broke out between the sons of Alexandra?

6. Who fostered the ill-will between the brothers?

7. To whose decision was the dispute referred?

8. What was it that made the Roman power so terrible?

9. How did the Romans extend their dominion?

10. What were the Roman triumphs?

11. How was the Roman army composed?

12. What was the Roman standard?

13. How did the Romans rule their conquered provinces?

14. Who alone could obtain law and justice?

15. Who had long ago described the Romans exactly? -Deut, xxviii. 48, 49, 50, 51.

16. What Roman general first invaded Palestine?

17. By what means did Pompey take Jerusalem?

18. What presumptuous act did Pompey commit?

19. What was the punishment of Pompey's sacrilege?

20. What became of Aristobulus?

21. How did Pompey arrange the affairs of the Jews?

22. What troubles did Pompey meet with at home?

23. Who gained the chief power at Rome?

24. What country had Julius Caesar invaded?

25. What arrangements did Caesar make in Palestine?

26. Who was Herod?

27. What became of Julius Caesar?

28. Who divided his power on his death?

29. How did Herod gain favour from Antony?

30. Who put an end to the reign of Hyrcanus?

31. What exploits were done by Herod?

32. How did Herod make himself King?

33. Who was Herod's wife?

34. Who was High Priest?

35. What crimes did Herod's jealousy of the royal line lead him

to commit?

36. How were the High Priests appointed after the murder of Aristobulus?

37. How did Herod try to make up for his crimes?

38. Who had become Emperor of Rome?

39. What was the state of all the world?

40. What general expectation prevailed?

41. What had Augustus been told at a heathen temple?

42. What prophecy was fulfilled by Judea having an Edomite king?

-Gen. xlix. 10.

43. How long was it since the walls of Jerusalem had been built?

LESSON XX. 1. In what year of the world did Augustus number his people?

2. What was the object of Augustus?

3. What was the real cause of this taxation?

4. What prophecies had foretold that the Messiah should be born of a woman?-Gen. in. 15.-Is. vii. 14.-Jer. xxxi. 22.-Micah, v. 3.

5. How was Bethlehem fixed for His birth-place?-Micah, v. 2.

6. How was His birth foretold?-Is. ix. 6.

7. What allusion was there to His being received into a stable and rejected by His townsmen?-Is. i. 3.

8. What were the rejoicings?

9. By what rite was He made obedient to the Law?

10. By whom had His Name been previously borne?

11. Who had prophesied of that Name?-Jer. xxiii. 6.

12. How was His presentation in the Temple foretold?-Hag. ii. 7 and 9.

13. How was Simeon's greeting of Him foretold?-Is. xxv. 9.

14. How had He been marked out to the eastern nations as a Star?-Numb. xxiv. 17.

15. What predictions were there of the coming and the gifts of the eastern sages?-Ps. lxxii. 10-15.-Cant. iii. 6.- Is. lx. 3.

16. How had the massacre of the holy Innocents been predicted?-Jer. xxxi. 15, 16, 17.

17. How had the flight and return from Egypt been foreshown?-Hos. xi. 1.

18. What was Herod's last crime?

19. What children did he leave?

20. Who first succeeded him?

21. Why was Archelaus deposed?

22. How was Palestine divided?

23. Who governed Judea?

24. What regulations for the Roman empire were made by Augustus?

25. What languages were everywhere spoken? 26. Who succeeded Augustus, and in what year?

27. What were the predictions of our Lord's childhood?-Is. vii. 15.-liii. 2.

28. How had David declared the wisdom He showed in the Temple?-Ps. cxix. 99, 100.

29. Mention the prophecies of His forerunner?-Is. xl. 3.- Mal. iv. 5, 6.

30. How had baptism with water been already employed?

31. How did our Lord sanctify baptism?

32. What had been the object of the Law which St. John brought to a point?

33. How did He show how the sins of which His disciples were sensible might be removed?

34. Who were the first disciples?

35. Whom did they acknowledge in our Lord?-Deut. xviii. 15.

36. How had the miracles been promised as marks of the Messiah?-Is. xxxii. 3, 4.- xxxv. 5, 6.

37. How had His gentleness been foretold?-Is. xi. 1 2, 3, 4.-xlii. I, 2, 3.-lxi. I, 2,