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There were twelve tribes descended from Jacob whose name was
later changed to Israel, by God. , Ephraim, Manasseh,
Naptali, Dan, Asher, Issachar, Judah, Zebulon, Simeon,
Reuben, and Gad.

These twelve tribes were split into two kingdoms, the
northern kingdom called Israel with its capital at Samaria
and the southern kingdom called Israel with its capital at
Jerusalem. The northern kingdom rebelled against God and
went into idolatry, whilst in the southern kingdom, there
were some who were true to the Lord. There were some good
kings and there were some bad kings.

But more and more the people turned away from God to their
idols. The punishment could not be put off any longer. The
last prophet God sent to warn them was Jeremiah. Finally,
more than one hundred years after the northern kingdom was
conquered by Assyria, God raised up another nation to bring
punishment upon Judah.

Assyria had been conquered by another nation which had
become very strong. This was Babylon or Chaldea, as it is
sometimes called. Their king was Nebuchadnezzar. He had
conquered all the countries of the world. The people of
Jerusalem and Judea were very much afraid as they heard of
this powerful king. Even though their king was the son of
good King Josiah, he was an evil king and had turned away
from God.

Finally King Nebuchadnezzar came with his army against
Jerusalem. He took the king and bound him in chains to take
him back as a prisoner to Babylon. He saw the beautiful
golden temple that Solomon had built. He took some of the
golden dishes and spoons from it and took them back for the
temple of his god.

He marched away then but left another king, a brother of the
one he had taken prisoner, ruling in Jerusalem. Three months
later he came back again. This time he went into the temple
and took all the beautiful gold and silver dishes and
drinking goblets. Some of the golden plates were too large
to carry so they were cut into pieces. He went into the
king's palace and took from it everything that was valuable.

Then he took many prisoners. Among them were princes,
soldiers, carpenters and others who were good workmen. He
took ten thousand prisoners. They had to march seven hundred
miles back to Babylon. The soldiers treated them roughly and
cruelly. Little children were separated from their parents.
Old people were put to death. Young men were killed.
Families were broken up and some left in Jerusalem while
others were taken away.

Then Nebuchadnezzar made another son of King Josiah to be
king over the people that were left behind. He made this
king, Zedekiah, swear that he would not rebel against him.
Then he went back to Babylon.

Julia Shipley is a committed Christian worshipping and
serving in her local church. She has a heart for the young
children and the youth believing the word of God is the
final authority. Proverbs 22:6 tells us to "Train a child in
the way that they should go: And when they are old they will
not depart from it."

I believe that we should be teaching our children about the
Word of the Lord. It is foundational for life. For
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