The archives of the Babylonian kingdom would contain accounts of the insurrections raised, or threatened, by Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah ([…

Insurrection. —Never against Persia; but such as those alluded to in 2 Kings 24:0.

And I commanded, and search has been made
In the records of his predecessors, whether Chaldeans or Persians:

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It is an old slander, that the prosperity of the church would be hurtful to kings and princes. Nothing can be more false, for true godliness teache…