Migrations Of Israel – Chapter 4
As stated earlier, the
House of Judah had a
completely separate and
distinct destiny, function
and history from that of
the House of Israel. The
House of Judah was to
remain in Palestine; but,
except for King Josiah,
none of the Kings of Judah
was righteous.
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Josiah instituted a brief reign of righteousness. Josiah proceeded to clean up the kingdom of Judah, removing all the idols, the groves, the high places, and eliminating all of the other abominations of pagan idol worship.
King Josiah Reads The Law
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II Kings 23:3.
“And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep His Commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all their heart and with all their soul …and all the people stood to the covenant.”
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Under Josiah, the House of Judah kept the Passover of Moses, which previous kings had neglected.
A Stained Glass Window Depicting King Josiah Keeping The Passover
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II Kings23: 22-25.
“Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah… that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.
Hilkiah The Priest
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II Kings23: 22-25.
And like unto him was
there no king before him,
that turned to the Lord
with all his heart, and
with all his soul, and with
all his might, according to
all the law of Moses;
neither after him arose
there any like him.”
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After King Josiah, however, the House of Judah became just as wicked as the House of Israel.
Baal Worship
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Jeremiah 3:6-10.
6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? She is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
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Jeremiah 3:6-10.
7 And I said after she
had done all these
things, Turn thou
unto me. But she
returned not. And
her treacherous sister
Judah saw it.
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Jeremiah 3:6-10.
8 And I saw, when for all
the causes whereby
backsliding Israel
committed adultery I had
put her away, and given
her a bill of divorce; yet
her treacherous sister
Judah feared not, but
went and played the
harlot also.
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Jeremiah 3:6-10.
9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
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Jeremiah 3:6-10.
10 And yet for all this
her treacherous sister
Judah hath not turned
unto me with her
whole heart, but
feignedly, saith the
LORD.
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This is a pretty sad state of
affairs. The House of Judah and
the House of Israel are spoken
of as treacherous sisters!
Neither of these two sisters was
willing to obey their Father,
Yahweh! They were too busy
having fun playing the harlot! Two Olive Branches
Therefore, Yahweh had no Representing The Two
choice but to punish Judah also.
Houses Of Israel
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God’s word concerning the House of Judah:
“And Yahweh said, I will remove
Judah also out of my sight, as I
have removed Israel, and will
cast off the city of Jerusalem
which I have chosen, and the II Kings 23:27.
house of which I have said, My
name shall be there.”
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The True Name of God is Yahweh (Ex. 3:15), but both rabbinical and priestly traditions have replaced the Name, Yahweh, with the title, God. God’s name is indeed part of the name of Jerusalem,
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ANCIENT JERUSALEM
… but it is well disguised. Breaking it down phonetically, it is Yah-Ru-Salem. Ru is a Hebrew root meaning melody or song. King David was always
singing Yah’s praises in Jerusalem.
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The Israelites were known as the “people of Yah” to the surrounding nations.
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Part of the punishment of Israel was that He took His Name from off of our lips, so that we could abuse it no longer. That is why we have forgotten His Name. The reasons for this are stated in I Chr. 22:8, Isa. 48:11 and Jer. 23: 26,27, which states,
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“How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? Yes, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreamswhich they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.”
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Baal is the Hebrew/Chaldean word for Lord. Indeed, our modern Bibles have replaced the name of Yahweh with the title, LORD.
Temple Of Baal – Shamin, Syria
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Yahweh removed Judah out of His sight in the year 586 BC. This event is recorded, among other places in the Bible, in II Kings 24:
Judah Taken Captive
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II Kings 24:
“And Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon came
against the city
[Jerusalem], and his
servants did beseige it.
And Jehoiachin the king
of Judah went out to
the king of Babylon, Siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar
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II Kings 24:
… he, and his mother,
and his servants, and
his princes, and his
officers: and the king
of Babylon took him in
the eighth year of his Nebuchadnezzar’s
reign…And he carried
Palace
away all Jerusalem,
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II Kings 24:
and all the princes, and all
the mighty men of valour,
even ten thousand captives,
and all the craftsmen and
smiths: none remained,
save the poorest sort of the Nebuchadnezzar
people of the land.” (Vs. conquers Jerusalem
11,12, 14.)
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The seal of Zedekiah
Nebuchadnezzar then installed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, on the throne of Jerusalem and renamed him Zedekiah. But Zedekiah also rebelled, thus causing Jerusalem to be destroyed.
Nebuchadnezzar then tried to install Gedaliah as governor.
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Ishmael
(II Kings 24: 25, 26) “And it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Judahites and the Chaldees “
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…. that were with him at Mizpah. And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to
Egypt: for they were afraid of the
Chaldees.”
(See also Jer. 40 and 41.)
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Thus there was civil strife within the House of Judah, some
siding with the Babylonians (Chaldees) and some with Ishmael, of the “seed royal,” meaning a descendant of King David. These people decided to go to Egypt instead of to
Babylon. (Jer. 41:10 and 43:6.)
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Judah Fleeing
This number included “the captains of the armies.” (II Kings 24:26.) So, we have evidence that a great number of Judahites, specifically soldiers, shepherds, vinedressers, and the poor, all fled to Egypt for safety.
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There, and possibly even in Ethiopia, Judahites settled but were later destroyed as Jeremiah had prophesied. (Jer. 44). What is not generally known is that Jeremiah’s flight continued from Egypt to Spain, and from Spain to Ireland, where Jeremiah finally settled.
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The Seal Of Baruch
(Of very great significance to our story is the fact that Jeremiah took with him Baruch, his scribe, and Zedekiah’s two daughters, who were also of the “seed royal.” …..
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… The Bible does not record their names, but from the Irish records, their names were Scota and Tamar, who took the Egyptian name of Tea Tephi. The story of these two daughters will be taken up in Part 6.)
Tea Tephi Sailing To
Ireland
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The Babylonian Captivity
This was written by Daniel while he was a captive with the other Judahites and Benjaminites in Babylon. This captivity lasted 70 years.
Daniel In Babylon
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Babylon where part of Judah were in captivity
This captivity of the House of Judah was also ordained by Yahweh, and for reasons similar to the
captivity of the House of Israel.
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The Babylonian Captivity
Turning to Jeremiah, Chapter 24: 1-7. we read the parable of the good and bad figs:
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“The Lord shewed me, and
behold, two baskets of figs were
set before the temple of the
Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon had carried
away captive Jeconiah the son of
Jehoiakim king of Judah… One
basket had very good figs, even
like the figs that are first ripe:
and the other basket had very The Good And
naughty figs,
Bad Figs
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… which could not be eaten,
they were so bad… Thus
saith the Lord, the God of
Israel; Like these good figs,
so will I acknowledge them
that are carried away
captive of Judah, whom I
have sent out of this place
into the land of the
Chaldeans for their good.
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For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up…for they shall return to me with their whole heart.”
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Restating this prophecy, the good figs are to go captive to Babylon for their own good–to learn a lesson of humility and obedience. They are to return again to the land of Judah, and when they do, they will have been reformed and belong once again to God.
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The Harp Of David
That is, they will return to His statutes and be His people again. This return from Babylon is a spiritual and moral return as well, and these good figs are to be the progenitors of the Messiah via the descendants of the House of David.
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Jeremiah, Chapter 24: 8-9
“And as the evil figs, which
cannot be eaten, they are so
evil; surely thus saith the
Lord, So will I give Zedekiah
the king of Judah, and his
princes, and the residue of
Jerusalem, that remain in this Bad Figs
land, and them that dwell in
the land of Egypt:
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Jeremiah, Chapter 24: 8-9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all the places whither I shall drive them.
King Zedekiah
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Those Judahites who refused to be taken captive, and who stayed behind in Judea, are identified as being the evil figs. Those who remained in Judea intermarried with the non-Israelite inhabitants of the land and became known as the Samaritans.
A Samaritan Priest
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