PART III.

_Renewal of Hostilities; Decline of both Kingdoms before the power of the Assyrian Empire._

CHAP. I. Accession of Jehu CHAP. II. Athaliah and Joash; Death of Elisha CHAP. III. Amaziah and Jeroboam II.; Era of Jonah CHAP. IV. Decline and Captivity of the Kingdom of Israel CHAP. V. Reign of Hezekiah CHAP. VI. Reign of Manasseh――Reforms of Josiah CHAP. VII. Death of Josiah――Captivity of Judah NOTE. _Duration, Relation, Contrasts of the Two Kingdoms_[441]