Theory question 102
Concern for Judah(a) Give an account of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians during the reign of King Zedekiah.
(b) Identify four causes of social unrest today in Africa
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(a) Nebuchadnezzar made Zedekiah king; Zedekiah did evil and rebelled against Babylon (2 Kings 24:17-20).
In his ninth year Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem and built siegeworks (2 Kings 25:1).
The siege lasted until the eleventh year; famine was severe and there was no food (2 Kings 25:2-3).
The wall was breached; Zedekiah and his soldiers fled by night toward the Arabah (2 Kings 25:4).
The Chaldeans overtook him in the plains of Jericho; his army scattered (2 Kings 25:5).
At Riblah his sons were slain before his eyes; his eyes were put out and he was taken in fetters to Babylon (2 Kings 25:6-7).
Nebuzaradan burnt the temple, the king's house and all the great houses and broke down the walls (2 Kings 25:8-10).
The people were carried into exile; only the poorest were left as vinedressers and farmers (2 Kings 25:11-12).
The bronze pillars and temple vessels were carried to Babylon; the chief priests and officials were executed (2 Kings 25:13-21).
(b) Any four: bad leadership and corruption; poverty and unemployment; tribal and religious conflicts; election rigging; injustice and human-rights abuses; unequal distribution of resources; drug abuse; terrorism.
Narrate 2 Kings 25:1-21, then four causes.