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were slaves and in the captiv-
ity. Ezekiel was among the
captives on the river Chebar,
and Daniel was in Babylon.
Now 70 years after the captiv-
ity of Judah, a number of
Judah (not any of Israel, but a
number of Judah) -- and it's
only A FEW of Judah even,
and Judah consisted only of
the tribes of Judah and Benja-
min and Levi; and it's only a
part of them -- were sent back
to Jerusalem to build the 2nd
temple.
The temple that Solomon had
built had been destroyed
finally by 580 BC, beginning
with 604 and on down to 585;
and I think it finally was
finished by 580 BC. But 70
years later a colony was sent
back to build another temple
under Zerubbabel.
Now Zerubbabel was a gover-
nor. He was not a prophet,
incidentally. But the prophets
of that time were Ezra and
Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah
and Malachi. Now they did
write for that portion of Judah
that had gone back.
But the great 10 tribes
had long since, over
a 100 years before
Judah's captivity,
had gone north
and west, or
northwest to
Western Europe and North
and North western Europe and
the British Isles. Now many
people don't know that. They
don't know where they went.
They’re called the lost 10
tribes.
But it is interesting to know
that and to know the order of
these prophecies. Now the
prophecies, for example, of all
of Israel: many of these proph-
ets prophesied after Israel had
been taken captive and were
only prophets to the kingdom
of Judah after Israel had gone
into its captivity.
Now there are some other
prophets that didn't write
books of the Bible (like, for
example, Elijah was the
prophet and Elisha, {7} but
they didn't write books. You
don't find II Elijah 6 verse 7.
You don't find that in the
Bible, but it is interesting to
notice that.
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